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。
- Are you interested in farming?
- Have you already been to a farm?
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。
- crop /krop/
- technique /tek-NEEK/
- pesticide /PES-tuh-sahyd/
- produce /pruh-DOOS/
- develop /dih-VEL-uhp/
[noun] – (the total amount collected of) a plant such as a grain, fruit, or vegetable grown in large amounts
The main crops that we grow for export are coffee and rice.
[tek-NEEK] – a way of doing an activity that needs skill
If she wants a job, she needs to improve her interviewing techniques.
[noun] – a chemical substance used to kill harmful insects, small animals, wild plants, and other unwanted organisms
The pesticide was spread over the farm.
[verb] – to make something or bring something into existence
The company produces wine for export.
[verb] – to invent something or bring something into existence
We have to develop a new rule to deal with the problem.
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。
Bedford’s Infarm, a vertical farm with a surface area of 10,000 square meters (2.5 acres), millions of crops can be grown annually in high units without soil. The farm used 95% less water than traditional farming techniques and did not use any toxic pesticides. As per Jo Churchill, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, hydroponic indoor farms are a key element of the UK’s sustainability and food security. They also have this advanced technology in addition to regular technology. According to Churchill, there is room for everyone to produce to their full potential if they can develop better and more varied methods of distributing food to both customers and producers. The Bedford location is Infarm’s first large-scale growing facility in the UK and can house up to 40 cloud-connected farming units, each standing 10 meters high. Each unit has the capacity to annually grow more than 500,000 plants or a football field’s worth of food. This agricultural technique could give young people more possibilities, particularly in the fields of robotics, artificial intelligence, and plant breeding.
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。
- Bedford’s Infarm is a vertical farm with a surface area of 100,000 square meters.
- Millions of crops can be grown annually in high units without soil in Bedford’s Infarm.
- Jo Churchill is the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
- Infarm’s first large-scale growing facility in the UK is located in Bedford.
- Each unit has the capacity to annually grow more than 900,000 plants.
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。
crop | technique | pesticide | produce | develop |
- Our sales __________ needs to be modified.
- Trees absorb carbon dioxide and __________ oxygen.
- Rice is the main __________ grown in the area.
- This __________ is effective in killing insects.
- It cost them a lot of money to __________ this software.