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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。
- Does it often rain in your country?
- What do you do to prepare for floods?
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。
- rainfall /REYN-fawl/
- usual /YOO-zhoo-uhl/
- meanwhile /MEEN-hwahyl/
- warning /WAWR-ning/
- serious /SEER-ee-uhs/
[noun] – the amount of rain that falls
The heavy rainfall ruined the soccer game.
[adjective] – normal; happening, done, or used most often
I woke up earlier than usual.
[adverb] – until something expected happens, or while something else is happening
My sister went shopping. Meanwhile, I cleaned the house.
[noun] – notice of a possible danger or problem, so that it can be prevented or avoided
Our teacher gave him a warning for using his phone in class.
[adjective] – severe in effect; bad
She got serious injuries from the accident.
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。
New South Wales (NSW), Sydney, and Southeast Queensland in Australia are flooded from the intense rainfalls on March 22, Sunday. The Hawkesbury and Nepean rivers, Sydney’s borders to the north and west, have reportedly reached higher levels than usual. Meanwhile, Sydney’s main source of water, The Warragamba Dam, released 500 gigaliters of water last Sunday. So far, there have been 15,000 evacuations in the Mid-North Coast and 3,000 in Sydney. On the other hand, 10 million people aside from Western Australia are put under a weather warning. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology has warned NSW and several inland areas of a “serious risk” of flash floods.
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。
- The Warragamba Dam is Sydney’s main source of water.
- There have been 15,000 evacuations in Sydney.
- 10 million except for Western Australia are put under a weather warning.
- Southeast Queensland is one of the affected areas in the floodings.
- The Hawkesbury and Nepean rivers did not reach higher levels than usual.
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。
| rainfall | usual | meanwhile | warning | serious |
- My father came home from work later than _____.
- The police gave us a _____.
- Heavy ______ caused the floods.
- She is suffering from a _____ illness.
- They went out. _____, let’s have coffee.