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 is your favorite food?
- What food dish do you like the most?
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。
- strange /streynj/
- ingredient /in-GREE-dee-uhnt/
- ancient /EYN-shuhnt/
- return /ri-TURN/
- complicated /KOM-pli-key-tid/
[adjective] – unusual and unexpected, or difficult to understand
I saw a strange flower in the forest.
[noun] – a food that is used with other foods in the preparation of a particular dish
What is the main ingredient of sashimi?
[adjective] – of or from a long time ago, having lasted for a very long time
This stone axe dates back to ancient times.
[verb] – to come or go back to a previous place
David returned home after about four hours.
[adjective] – involving a lot of different parts, in a way that is difficult to understand
This application form has many complicated instructions.
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。
It may seem strange that Portugal loves bacalhau (salt cod), a fish that can only be found far in the cold North Atlantic Ocean. How did it exactly end up on Portuguese plates?
Bacalhau is the main ingredient of Portuguese food, which uses 20% of the global supply. The Portuguese have a deep affection for this fish, so much so that it is believed to have “365 ways to prepare salted cod, one for each day of the year.” The ancient culinary legacy of bacalhau dishes dates back to the late 14th century. Portugal’s 20th-century dictator, António de Oliveira Salazar, started a “cod campaign” in 1934 to revive the country’s fishing (and drying) industry and make cod the national symbol. However, many of the men never returned to their families’ homes due to the dangerous and tiresome work. Because of this complicated history, cod is loved by many in Portugal.
It is impossible to imagine what the country must go through to get these fish from the North Atlantic. But the Portuguese will continue to love it for many decades to come.
Bacalhau is the main ingredient of Portuguese food, which uses 20% of the global supply. The Portuguese have a deep affection for this fish, so much so that it is believed to have “365 ways to prepare salted cod, one for each day of the year.” The ancient culinary legacy of bacalhau dishes dates back to the late 14th century. Portugal’s 20th-century dictator, António de Oliveira Salazar, started a “cod campaign” in 1934 to revive the country’s fishing (and drying) industry and make cod the national symbol. However, many of the men never returned to their families’ homes due to the dangerous and tiresome work. Because of this complicated history, cod is loved by many in Portugal.
It is impossible to imagine what the country must go through to get these fish from the North Atlantic. But the Portuguese will continue to love it for many decades to come.
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。
- Bacalhau can only be found in the cold South Atlantic Ocean.
- Bacalhau uses 20% of the global supply.
- The culinary legacy of bacalhau dishes started around the late 14th century.
- António de Oliveira Salazar started a “cod campaign” in 1934.
- Many of the men never returned to their families’ homes during the campaign.
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。
| strange | ingredient | ancient | return | complicated |
- The rules seem too _______ to follow.
- _______ scrolls were found in these old caves.
- Do you hear that _______ noise from outside? I wonder what it is.
- The list of _______ included butter and sugar.
- She left her city and never _______.