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 pets?
- How do you take care of pets?
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。
- population /pop-yuh-LEY-shuhn/
- clinic /KLIN-ik/
- suggest /suhg-JEST/
- present /prez-UNHNT/
- develop /dih-VEL-uhp/
[noun] – all the people living in a particular country, area, or place
The country has a total population of 65 million.
[noun] – a building, often part of a hospital, to which people can go for medical care or advice relating to a particular condition
He is being treated at the London clinic.
[verb] – to mention an idea, possible plan, or action for other people to consider
May I suggest a white wine with this dish, Sir?
[verb] – to give, provide, or make something known
We were deeply touched by what he presented at the meeting.
[verb] – to (cause something to) grow or change into a more advanced, larger, or stronger form
Sickness may develop from inadequate fluid intake.
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。
Swabs were collected from 310 pets in 196 homes where the human illness had been discovered. Six cats and seven dogs tested positive for virus antibodies, while 54 animals tested positive for PCR. “If you have Covid, you should avoid contact with your cat or dog, just as you would do with other people,” Utrecht University’s Dr. Els Broens stated. “The main concern is not the animals’ health, but the potential risk that pets could act as a reservoir of the virus and reintroduce it into the human population.”
There has been no indication of pet-to-owner transmission to date, according to the study’s authors, though it would be impossible to detect while the virus was still easily spread between humans. The majority of affected pets are asymptomatic or show only modest signs of Covid. Utrecht University researchers sent a mobile veterinary clinic to homes in the Netherlands where Covid had been identified in the previous 200 days.
“Blood samples were analyzed for antibodies that suggested a previous exposure to Covid, and swabs from their pets were obtained to look for evidence of infection. The researchers presented their findings at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases:
• An active infection was found in 4.2 percent of the participants.
• Antibodies were found in 17.4 percent of those who participated in the study.
All of the PCR-positive (polymerase chain reaction) animals were able to eliminate the infection and develop antibodies, according to follow-up tests. Viruses are more likely to go from humans to animals than the other way around, according to researchers.”
There has been no indication of pet-to-owner transmission to date, according to the study’s authors, though it would be impossible to detect while the virus was still easily spread between humans. The majority of affected pets are asymptomatic or show only modest signs of Covid. Utrecht University researchers sent a mobile veterinary clinic to homes in the Netherlands where Covid had been identified in the previous 200 days.
“Blood samples were analyzed for antibodies that suggested a previous exposure to Covid, and swabs from their pets were obtained to look for evidence of infection. The researchers presented their findings at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases:
• An active infection was found in 4.2 percent of the participants.
• Antibodies were found in 17.4 percent of those who participated in the study.
All of the PCR-positive (polymerase chain reaction) animals were able to eliminate the infection and develop antibodies, according to follow-up tests. Viruses are more likely to go from humans to animals than the other way around, according to researchers.”
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。
- Swabs were collected from 310 pets in 196 homes where the human illness had been discovered.
- According to Dr. Els Broens, the main concern is not the animals’ health, but the potential risk that pets could transmit the virus to the human population.
- According to the findings, an active infection was found in 4.2 percent of the participants.
- Antibodies were found in 16.4 percent of those who participated in the study.
- Viruses are more likely to go from humans to animals than the other way around, according to researchers.
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。
| population | clinic | suggest | present | develop |
- She has __________ the sales report for this month.
- India has a ___________ of more than 1 billion.
- What do you __________ I order?
- He was treated at the hospital’s eye __________.
- You need to __________ a positive mental attitude.