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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。
- Have you tried making Spam Onigirazu?
- How often do you buy canned food from the grocery?
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。
- compare /kuhm-PAIR/
- dish /dish/
- main /meyn/
- ingredient /in-GREE-dee-uhnt /
- decorate /DEK-uh-reyt/
[verb] – to examine or look for the difference between two or more things
This city is quite busy compared to ours.
[noun] – food prepared in a particular way as part of a meal
We all enjoyed the Italian dish.
[adjective] – larger, more important
The Yosemite National Park is one of the main attractions in California.
[noun] – a food that is used with other foods in the preparation of a particular dish
Cinnamon is the special ingredient of this cake.
[verb] – to add something to an object or place, especially in order to make it more attractive
Our house is newly decorated.
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。
Sales of canned cooked meat Spam have reached a record high for the seventh year in 2021 despite pandemic-related issues. As a result, Hormel, the company behind the best-selling brand, made record sales of $3.5bn in the three months ending in October. The supply chain challenges did not stop the brand from securing the Planters peanut brand in June, which saw net sales of $11.4 billion, up 19% compared with 2020. Spam has long been a beloved product in the Asia-Pacific region. In Hawaii, the canned ham is made into Spam Musubi– a sushi-like dish. The canned meat is also popular in South Korea and is the main ingredient of budae jjigae, or army stew. Moreover, tins of Spam are given as gifts for the Lunar New Year, sometimes placed in decorated boxes as part of the celebration for the holiday. Spam was created in 1937 by Hormel Foods Corporation. Skippy peanut butter is also one of Hormel’s known brands.
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。
- Sales of Spam have reached a record high in 2021.
- Spam is not a beloved product in the Asia-Pacific region.
- Budae jjigae is a dish from South Korea.
- Hormel Foods Corporation created Spam in 1936.
- Skippy peanut butter is also one of Hormel’s popular brands.
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。
| compare | dish | main | ingredient | decorate |
- Potato salad is an easy _____ to make.
- They ______ the town with Christmas lights.
- We need one more _______ for this soup.
- The house was light and clean ______ with our old apartment.
- Painting is the _____ activity of the day.