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 like honey?
- What superfood do you know?
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。
- advantage /ad-VAN-tij/
- consider /kuhn-SID-er/
- publish /PUHB-lish /
- contain /kuhn-TEYN/
- provide /pruh-VAHYD/
[noun] – a good feature that makes something better than similar things
Flexible working hours have advantages for both employers and employees.
[verb] – to spend time thinking about a possibility or making a decision
Have you considered what you’ll do if you aren’t hired?
[verb] – to make information available to people, especially in a book, magazine, or newspaper, or to produce and sell a book, magazine, or newspaper
She was only 19 when her first novel was published.
[verb] – to have something inside or include something as a part
Try to avoid foods that contain a lot of fat.
[verb] – to give someone something that they need
This book provides important information on the services available in the area.
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。
Most lists of “functional foods” – those that provide health advantages beyond basic nutrition – did not include honey until recently. According to entomologist May Berenbaum of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, “Even beekeepers – and certainly bee scientists – considered it nothing more than sugar water.”
Honey contains a number of plant components that affect the health of honey bees, according to a flurry of studies published since then. Honey contains compounds that can help bees live longer, fight infections and heal wounds, and adapt to hard situations like extreme cold. The findings point to approaches to help bees that have been harmed by parasites, chemical exposure, and habitat loss in recent years.
Honey is a sweetener that tastes great on toast and in tea, but it’s so much more. The sticky liquid is mostly sugar, which is consumed by hive members, but it also contains enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and organic compounds, which give honey its distinctive flavor and provide bees with a number of health advantages.
Honey contains a number of plant components that affect the health of honey bees, according to a flurry of studies published since then. Honey contains compounds that can help bees live longer, fight infections and heal wounds, and adapt to hard situations like extreme cold. The findings point to approaches to help bees that have been harmed by parasites, chemical exposure, and habitat loss in recent years.
Honey is a sweetener that tastes great on toast and in tea, but it’s so much more. The sticky liquid is mostly sugar, which is consumed by hive members, but it also contains enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and organic compounds, which give honey its distinctive flavor and provide bees with a number of health advantages.
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。
- Bee scientists considered honey nothing more than sugar water.
- Honey contains a number of plant components that affect the health of honey bees.
- Honey contains compounds that can help bees live longer.
- Honey helps bees to adapt to hard situations like extreme cold.
- Honey also contains enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and organic compounds.
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。
| advantage | consider | publish | contain | provides |
- The newspaper refused to __________ the letter.
- The use of renewable energy sources provides an environmental ______________ by reducing carbon emissions.
- Many people fail to ______________ the impact of regular exercise on overall health and well-being.
- This drink doesn’t __________ any alcohol.
- This book ______________ important information on the services available in the area.