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 like listening to music?
- Have you watched a singing contest?
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。
- decide /dih-SAHYD/
- instead of /in-STED ohv/
- organize /AWR-guh-nahyz/
- champion /CHAM-pee-uhn/
- usually /YOO-zhoo-uh-lee/
[verb] – to choose something, especially after thinking carefully about several possibilities
Have you decided what to do this winter?
[preposition] – in place of someone or something
He used a spoon and fork instead of chopsticks.
[verb] – to make arrangements for something to happen
I’ll invite guests if you organize the food and drinks.
[noun] – someone or something, especially a person or animal, that has beaten all other competitors in a competition
He’s the world boxing champion.
[adverb] – in the way that most often happens
My family and I usually eat out on Sundays.
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。
The organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest have decided that the UK will host the event next year instead of Ukraine. The host of the contest is usually the winner, but the Broadcasting Union (EBU), which organizes the event, started working with a news program last month after checking Ukraine’s situation. Manchester, Sheffield, and London have already mentioned that they want to make a formal approach. Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, Birmingham, Aberdeen, Brighton, Bristol, Belfast, Cardiff, and Nottingham are other candidates. The UK has hosted Eurovision eight times, more than any other country. Ukraine will now join the Big Five—the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain—as the champion automatically makes it to the Grand Final. The Grand Final of the competition has not yet been planned, but it usually takes place in May.
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。
- Ukraine will host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
- The EBU organizes the contest.
- The UK has hosted Eurovision six times.
- Ukraine will not join the Big Five.
- The champion automatically makes it to the Grand Final.
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。
| decide | instead of | organize | champion | usually |
- Let’s have the picnic on Saturday _______ Sunday.
- Her dream is to be an Olympic _______.
- Have you _______ what to wear to the party?
- It _______ rains in the summer.
- My friends and I will _______ the event.