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。
- What smoking rules does your country have?
- Do you know the benefits of having rules?
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。
- generation /jen-uh-REY-shuhn/
- forbidden /fer-BID-n/
- quit /kwit/
- switch /swich /
- population /pop-yuh-LEY-shuhn/
[noun] – all the people of about the same age within a society or within a particular family
In comparison to their parents, the younger generation smokes less.
[adjective] – not allowed, especially by law
What things are forbidden in the cinema?
[verb] – to stop doing something or leave a job or a place
Would you quit your work if you were to receive a large sum of money?
[verb] – to change suddenly or completely, especially from one thing to another, or to exchange by replacing one person or thing with another
She began her studies as an English major, but in her junior year, she switched to History.
[noun] – all the people living in a particular country, area, or place
Ten percent of the population lived in this 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。
In an effort to finally phase out smoking, New Zealand will make it illegal to sell tobacco to the next generation. According to regulations set to take effect next year, anybody born after 2008 will be forbidden from purchasing cigarettes or tobacco products for the rest of their lives. Doctors and other health professionals in the country have commended the government’s “world-leading” tobacco availability and nicotine levels in cigarettes regulations. “It will help people quit or switch to less harmful products, and make it much less likely that young people get addicted to nicotine,” said Prof Janet Hook from the University of Otago. New Zealand is dedicated to achieving a national target of lowering smoking rates to 5% by 2025, with the ultimate goal of eliminating the activity entirely. In New Zealand, approximately 13% of adults smoke now, compared to roughly 18% a decade earlier. On the other hand, the indigenous Maori population has a much higher percentage – over 31% – as well as a higher risk of disease and death.
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。
- New Zealand will make it illegal to sell tobacco to the next generation.
- Anybody born after 2000 will be forbidden from purchasing cigarettes or tobacco products for the rest of their lives.
- Doctors and other health professionals in the country have commended the government’s smoking regulation.
- According to the article, the rule will help people quit or switch to less harmful products.
- New Zealand is dedicated to achieving a national target of lowering smoking rates to 5% by 2025.
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。
| generation | forbidden | quit | switch | quit |
- Nigeria has a _________ of nearly 100 million.
- People of my __________ all think the same way about this.
- It is __________ to smoke at school.
- He __________ the show last year because of bad health.
- Jeff has __________ from engineering to medicine as his major.