© ROMAN TURNEY PHOTOGRAPHY via BBC NEWS
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 give to charity?
- Do you do volunteer work?
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。
- vehicle /VEE-i-kuhl/
- charity /CHAR-i-tee/
- expect /ik-SPEKT/
- national /NASH-uh-nl/
- wonderful /WUHN-der-fuhl/
[noun] – a machine, usually with wheels and an engine, used for transporting people or goods, especially on land
Make sure to lock your vehicle before you leave.
[noun] – help, especially in the form of money, given freely to people who are in need
Anna’s family donates to charity at least once a year.
[verb] – to think or believe something will happen
We didn’t expect everyone to attend the party.
[adjective] – relating to or typical of a whole country and its people, rather than to part of that country or to other countries
Japan has about 34 national parks.
[adjective] – extremely good
These old photos bring back wonderful memories.
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。
More than 1,000 people watched a Christmas parade of tractors and other farming vehicles move through Baldock, Letchworth, and Hitchin on Saturday, December 18. It is a charity event for Letchworth’s Garden House Hospice. Organizer Richard Hill, an agricultural contractor from St. Ippolyts, said that the parade is meant to promote people’s “mental health.” When Hill first came up with the idea, he expected only 20 or 30 tractors to participate. However, “every farm in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire sent a tractor or two,” as well as other vehicles. Hill added that he had the support of the National Farmers Union, local businesses, and the council, and that all he wanted to do was bring people together. Carla Pilsworth of Garden House Hospice thanks everyone and says it’s “just what the community needed,” while Hitchin photographer Roman Turney says it is wonderful to see a parade of vehicles decked out in Christmas lights for a good cause.
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。
- More than 100 people watched a Christmas parade of tractors on Saturday, December 18.
- Richard Hill said that the parade is meant to promote people’s “mental health.”
- Hill expected only 10 or 20 tractors to participate in the parade.
- Hill did not have the support of the National Farmers Union, local businesses, and the council.
- Roman Turney is a Hitchin photographer.
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。
| vehicle | charity | expect | national | wonderful |
- I often do _______ work for children.
- We had a _______ time in Asakusa.
- My grandparents live near a _______ park in Hokkaido.
- Excuse me. Are you the driver of this _______?
- They _______ Ron to show up on time, but he arrived late.