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。
- Do you often eat candies?
- What is your favorite candy?
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。
- Swede /sweed/
- used to (doing) something /yoost too (DOO-ing) SUHM-thing/
- square /skwair/
- offer /AW-fer/
- attend /uh-TEND/
[noun] – a person from Sweden
Her father is Japanese, but her mother is Swede.
[idiom] – familiar with a condition or activity
He’s used to studying at night.
[noun] – a small area of open land in a city or town, often one in the shape of a square
Let’s meet at Sunrise Square at 4:00 p.m.
[verb] – to provide or supply something
The school offers a lot of opportunities for the students.
[verb] – to go officially and usually regularly to a place
I attend piano classes after school.
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。
Candy is something that almost everyone can’t get enough of. You can buy and eat them whenever and wherever you choose. But did you know that these snacks are only purchased once a week in Sweden?
Swedes are so used to buying candy on Saturdays at Liljeholmen Square in Stockholm that they have a term for it: lördagsgodis, which means “Saturday sweets.” The idea of lördagsgodis isn’t new and has been around since the 1950s. Aside from being a family pastime, lördagsgodis has a lot more to offer: it helps children consider weekly budgets and adds to a culture that supports independence from an early age. When Swedish children turn 16, the state offers the same amount of study allowance to them as long as they attend school. It’s a “smooth transition” for children to receive money from the government, according to Sofi Tegsveden Deveaux, an author and professor of Swedish culture and values.
The lördagsgodis trend will surely continue. And from this, we may also learn more about budgeting from the Swedish children, one candy at a time.
Swedes are so used to buying candy on Saturdays at Liljeholmen Square in Stockholm that they have a term for it: lördagsgodis, which means “Saturday sweets.” The idea of lördagsgodis isn’t new and has been around since the 1950s. Aside from being a family pastime, lördagsgodis has a lot more to offer: it helps children consider weekly budgets and adds to a culture that supports independence from an early age. When Swedish children turn 16, the state offers the same amount of study allowance to them as long as they attend school. It’s a “smooth transition” for children to receive money from the government, according to Sofi Tegsveden Deveaux, an author and professor of Swedish culture and values.
The lördagsgodis trend will surely continue. And from this, we may also learn more about budgeting from the Swedish children, one candy at a time.
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。
- Swedes buy candy on Saturdays at Liljeholmen Square in Stockholm.
- Lördagsgodis means “Saturday sweets.”
- The idea of lördagsgodis is new.
- Lördagsgodis helps teach children how to budget.
- The government gives study allowance to Swedish children when they turn 18.
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。
| Swede | used to (doing) something | square | offer | attend |
- They are _______ the hot weather, so their stay in the Philippines was not difficult for them.
- The online restaurant _______ free delivery today.
- What time do you _______ your English classes?
- My uncle is _______. He will go back to Sweden next week.
- Sapphire _______ is now open to the public.