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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。
- What was the last gift you received?
- What is a popular gift in your country?
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。
- previous /PREE-vee-uhs/
- please /pleez/
- colleague /KOL-eeg/
- talent /TAL-uhnt/
- social /SOH-shuhl/
[adjective] – happening or existing before something or someone else
The previous house owners left the furniture here.
[verb] – to make someone feel happy or satisfied
I’ve heard that it’s difficult to please Mina.
[noun] – a person that you work with
We will introduce your new colleague tomorrow.
[noun] – a natural ability to be good at something, especially without being taught
Charlie showed his talent in music at a young age.
[adjective] – relating to activities in which you meet and spend time with other people and that happen during the time when you are not working
The school promotes social events for the students.
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。
Some people have mastered the art of gift-giving to perfection. What makes them so skilled at selecting the ideal present?
Associate Professor Peggy Liu, who studied the psychology of gift-giving, discovered that the best gifters are well-organized and appear to have “adulting” as an art form. Skilled gifters who like giving, according to Liu, keep track of what they gave others the previous year, if the recipients were pleased, and have a fixed gifting formula for specific people in their lives, such as their children’s teachers, colleagues, or neighbors. Although no formal research determines which personality types are better at giving gifts, Liu claims that the best gift-givers consider their talent as a part of who they are. “The warm and nice feeling we get from giving gifts and receiving them, is all part of our social ways,” psychology professor Daniel Farrelly says.
Thinking about the happiness on people’s faces when they get your present serves as an inspiration to improve. After all, it’s their joy that motivates us to give gifts in the first place.
Associate Professor Peggy Liu, who studied the psychology of gift-giving, discovered that the best gifters are well-organized and appear to have “adulting” as an art form. Skilled gifters who like giving, according to Liu, keep track of what they gave others the previous year, if the recipients were pleased, and have a fixed gifting formula for specific people in their lives, such as their children’s teachers, colleagues, or neighbors. Although no formal research determines which personality types are better at giving gifts, Liu claims that the best gift-givers consider their talent as a part of who they are. “The warm and nice feeling we get from giving gifts and receiving them, is all part of our social ways,” psychology professor Daniel Farrelly says.
Thinking about the happiness on people’s faces when they get your present serves as an inspiration to improve. After all, it’s their joy that motivates us to give gifts in the first place.
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。
- Associate Professor Peggy Liu discovered that the best gifters are well-organized.
- Skilled gifters who like giving have a fixed gifting formula for specific people in their lives.
- Formal research has determined which personality types are better at giving gifts.
- Liu claims that the best gift-givers do not think of their talent in gift-giving as a part of who they are.
- Psychology professor Daniel Farrelly says that the feeling of giving and receiving gifts is part of our social ways.
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。
| previous | please | colleague | talent | social |
- The sales increase will definitely _______ our boss.
- I had an active _______ life in college.
- She has a good working relationship with her _______.
- The _______ manager resigned 2 months ago.
- I discovered my _______ in dancing when I was five years old.