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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。
- What electronic devices do you own?
- What electronic device do you use 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。
- facility /fuh-SIL-i-tee/
- raise /reyz/
- timeline /TAHYM-lahyn/
- prefer /pri-FUR/
- decision /dih-SIZH-uhn/
[noun] – a place, especially including buildings, where a particular activity happens
Have you been to the new sports facility? It’s huge!
[verb] – to cause something to increase or become bigger, better, higher, etc.
The government plans to raise taxes next year.
[noun] – a plan that shows how long something will take or when things will happen
I’m sure we can follow the project’s timeline.
[verb] – to like, choose, or want one thing rather than another
Hannah prefers juice to soda.
[noun] – something you choose; a choice
Let us know your decision by the end of the day.
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。
Japanese corporation Toshiba has announced its plan to separate into three businesses on Friday, November 12. The company will focus on two main areas: energy and facilities and device and storage operations. Additionally, it will maintain its 40.6% share in memory chipmaker Kioxia and other assets. Toshiba aims to raise the stock market prices of its several companies after suffering stakeholder pressure. The reorganization is expected to be completed in 2023, but analysts are concerned about the timeline. Atul Goyal of investment bank Jefferies prefers a three-to-six month schedule and says that the progress “seems slow.” Established in the 1870s, Toshiba is one of Japan’s largest companies, offering products and services that range from home electronics to nuclear power plants. The decision to split the corporate into three businesses marks the end of an era, but it also points out activist investors’ growing power, as indicated by the effective removal of the board’s chairperson in June.
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。
- Toshiba will split into three businesses.
- Toshiba will focus on energy and facilities and device and storage operations.
- The corporation will not maintain its share in memory chipmaker Kioxia and other assets.
- Atul Goyal prefers a one-year schedule for the reorganization.
- Toshiba was founded in the 1970s.
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。
| facility | raise | timeline | prefer | decision |
- We _______ face-to-face to online classes. It is easier to do activities that way.
- It was Robert’s _______ to change topics. Do you think it was a good idea?
- The antique store plans to _______ its prices. The increase will not be much, though.
- The local government is planning to build more medical _______.
- Could you send the project’s _______ to me via email?