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 been to a garage sale?
- Is there an IKEA store in your city?
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。
- permanent /PUR-muh-nuhnt/
- gently /JENT-lee/
- condition /kuhn-DISH-uhn/
- secondhand /SEK-uhnd-HAND/
- scratch /skrach /
[adjective] – lasting for a long time or forever
The changing of school uniforms is permanent.
[adverb] – with lightness of action or effect; softly
She mixed the soup ingredients gently for 5 minutes.
[noun] – the physical situation that someone or something is in
Most of my grandfather’s books are still in good condition.
[adjective] – owned or used in the past by someone else
I bought this secondhand teapot for $3.
[noun] – a mark made by scratching
This table has many scratches.
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。
IKEA announced on March 31, 2022, that it is making its Buy Back & Resell program permanent across 37 US stores starting April 1 after its testing phase last summer. The program is applicable only to personally-used IKEA furniture that is fully functional. The Swedish furniture company won’t accept items that have been changed in any way. Here are some of the returnable items: office drawer cabinets, sideboards, bookcases, small tables, cabinets, dining tables, desks, and chairs. Non-Ikea-branded products and recalled items are excluded. The company will install a section for the “gently used” items that are approved for resale at discounted prices. IKEA has already launched a buyback program in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 2021 as part of its plan to reduce its environmental effects. Customers there can return gently used products in excellent condition and get store credit worth up to 50% of the original sale price. Secondhand items in “very good” condition earn a 40% credit, and “well-used” products with several scratches get 30% of the original price. There are currently 465 IKEA stores worldwide.
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。
- IKEA is making its Buy Back & Resell program permanent across 37 US stores.
- Customers can return gently used office drawer cabinets, sideboards, bookcases, and small tables.
- Customers can also return non-IKEA-branded products.
- In the UK, IKEA products in excellent condition can get store credit worth up to 50% of the original sale price.
- Well used products with no scratches get 30% of the original price.
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。
| permanent | gently | condition | secondhand | scratch |
- Please close the door ________.
- That store sells ________ items.
- The new rules of the school are ________.
- This CD has some _________, but it still works.
- My old toys are still in good __________.