Pre-reading questions:
I will read each question. Then, please answer them.
講師がそれぞれの質問を読むので答えましょう。
- What do you like doing in your free time?
- Do you usually stay at home when you have free time?
Vocabulary:
I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me.
単語、意味、例文を読みます。講師に続いて音読しましょう。
- leisure /LEE-zher/
- spend /spend/
- unnecessary /uhn-NES-uh-ser-ee/
- lack of something /lak uhv SUHM-thing/
- properly /PROP-er-lee/
[noun] – the time when you are not working or doing other duties
Mary usually travels in her leisure time.
[verb] – to use time doing something or being somewhere
He spent three hours playing video games.
[adjective] – not needed or wanted, or more than is needed or wanted
You can remove this unnecessary information in your report.
[noun] – the fact that something is not available or that there is not enough of it
The small village is suffering from a lack of water.
[adverb] – correctly
My computer is not working properly.
Article reading:
Please read the whole article. Then, I will check your pronunciation and intonation.
記事を音読しましょう。講師はあなたの発音とイントネーションを確認します。
We work hard to get the leisure time we deserve. It’s a reward that everyone looks forward to. But did you know that having free time can be a source of our stress?
According to US economist Daniel Hamermesh, the way we look for high-quality products and services has taken more of our time than we’ve spent using them. Additionally, people in high-stress, high-paying jobs place so much focus on work that they think of free time as something unnecessary. Anat Keinan, an associate professor of marketing, also points out that our perspectives are changing: a lack of leisure time has become a status indicator. She claims that celebrities on Twitter boast about “having no life” and “needing a vacation badly.”
The fear that we aren’t spending our time “properly” might make leisure seem pointless. Even so, the only “right” way to use free time is to relax, make lovely memories, and trust that everything will turn out fine.
According to US economist Daniel Hamermesh, the way we look for high-quality products and services has taken more of our time than we’ve spent using them. Additionally, people in high-stress, high-paying jobs place so much focus on work that they think of free time as something unnecessary. Anat Keinan, an associate professor of marketing, also points out that our perspectives are changing: a lack of leisure time has become a status indicator. She claims that celebrities on Twitter boast about “having no life” and “needing a vacation badly.”
The fear that we aren’t spending our time “properly” might make leisure seem pointless. Even so, the only “right” way to use free time is to relax, make lovely memories, and trust that everything will turn out fine.
True or False:
Read the sentences and identify if they are true or false based on the article.
文章を読んで、記事に基づいて正誤を答えましょう。
- According to the article, leisure can be a source of our stress.
- Daniel Hamermash says that we spend more time looking for high-quality services than we’ve spent time on them.
- Those who work in high-stress, high-paying jobs think of free time as something unnecessary.
- Anat Keinan claims that our perspective toward leisure time is not changing.
- The only “right” way to use free time is to spend more money on it.
Fill in the blanks:
Choose the correct word from the table then fill in the blanks.
適切な言葉を選んで空欄を埋めましょう。
| leisure | spend | unnecessary | lack of something | properly |
- We have no _______ vegetables so far.
- What do you do in your _______ time?
- It’s so dark. I can’t see _______.
- It’s _______ to add anything else to that. It’s fine as is.
- How do you _______ New Year’s Day?