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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 celebrate Christmas with your family?
- What is your favorite Christmas movie?
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。
- merry /MER-ee/
- widower /WID-oh-er/
- importance /im-PAWR-tns/
- heartfelt /HAHRT-felt/
- befriend /bih-FREND/
[adjective] – happy or showing enjoyment
A merry smile lit up her face upon hearing the good news.
[noun] – a person whose wife or husband has died and who has not married again
It’s been five painful years since he became a widower.
[noun] – the quality or state of being important
The subject shows the importance of every country’s culture.
[adjective] – strongly felt and sincere
Our heartfelt thanks to those people who helped us finish this project.
[verb] – to be friendly towards someone
She is such a lovely girl. Everyone likes to befriend her.
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。
It’s the most wonderful time of the year again. Celebrating it with good movies would be a merry idea, and Netflix is here to give us several choices of Christmas movies. Among them are these three.
• Love Actually (2003)
This movie follows the stories of nine people in a holiday setting, including a married man, a guy in one-sided love, a brokenhearted writer, and a prime minister.
• Holiday Rush (2019)
This tells the story of a family headed by a former radio DJ (and recent widower) who lost his job during the holiday season. This heartfelt movie shows the true importance of Christmas.
• Klaus (2019)
This animated Christmas movie retells the story of Santa Claus in a creative and interesting way, following a postman befriending a white-bearded toymaker. It was also one of the chosen movies to win for Best Animated Feature in the Academy Award.
Netflix has almost everything we need for a holiday movie time. Time to grab our cups of hot chocolate and a couple of Christmas cookies! Ho ho ho!
• Love Actually (2003)
This movie follows the stories of nine people in a holiday setting, including a married man, a guy in one-sided love, a brokenhearted writer, and a prime minister.
• Holiday Rush (2019)
This tells the story of a family headed by a former radio DJ (and recent widower) who lost his job during the holiday season. This heartfelt movie shows the true importance of Christmas.
• Klaus (2019)
This animated Christmas movie retells the story of Santa Claus in a creative and interesting way, following a postman befriending a white-bearded toymaker. It was also one of the chosen movies to win for Best Animated Feature in the Academy Award.
Netflix has almost everything we need for a holiday movie time. Time to grab our cups of hot chocolate and a couple of Christmas cookies! Ho ho ho!
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。
- “Love Actually” was released in 2003.
- “Holiday Rush” tells a story of a couple who separated during the war.
- The main lead in “Holiday Rush” is a radio DJ.
- The animated movie “Klaus” is not related to Santa Claus.
- “Klaus” was nominated for Best Picture in the Academy Award.
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。
| merry | widower | importance | heartfelt | befriend |
- Our ________ sympathy goes out to the victims of the war.
- The joy of the heart makes the face ________.
- My dad tells me to not ________ a stranger.
- The _______ lost his wife to cancer.
- The teacher explained the _________ of doing homework.