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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。
- Do you listen to K-pop music?
- Who are some of your favorite foreign music artists?
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。
- foreign /FOR-in/
- earn /urn/
- album /AL-buhm/
- annual /AN-yoo-uhl/
- total /TOHT-l/
[adjective] – belonging or connected to a country that is not your own
Marla can speak five foreign languages: French, Spanish, Chinese, Filipino, and Thai.
[verb] – to receive money as payment for work that you do
He earns 2500 yen a day at his job.
[noun] – a collection of several pieces of music, made available as a single item on a CD, the internet, etc.
Have you heard all of The Beatles’ albums?
[adjective] – happening once every year
The company held its annual forum at the SLX Convention Center.
[noun] – the amount you get when several smaller amounts are added together
The total price of the items I bought was 5000 yen.
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。
BTS has become the first foreign group to be on the top spot of Oricon’s year-end album charts, earning almost $162 million (18.48 billion yen) in the country. The Oricon Annual Ranking 2021 reports Japan’s most popular songs and albums—including the digital ones—last year. According to Oricon, BTS’ album “BTS, The Best” led the year-end album chart with 992,837 sold copies. This makes them the first international group to lead the chart and the first foreign artists on the top spot since Michael Jackson with his album “Thriller” which sold 575,000 copies in the country 37 years ago. “This time, we won first place in the Oricon Annual Ranking 2021’s total ranking of sales division by artist. We are really happy that you love our songs. It is also a great honor to receive such a wonderful award. Thanks to ARMYs who always support us. Thank you very much,” said BTS members RM, j-hope, Jimin, V, Jung Kook, Jin, and SUGA.
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。
- BTS is the first international group at Oricon’s top spot.
- The group earned 15 billion yen worth of music sales in Japan last year.
- “Permission to Dance” album led Oricon’s year-end album chart with 992,837 sold copies.
- Long before BTS, Michael Jackson also topped the Oricon charts 37 years ago.
- The members of BTS are RM, Jimin, Jung Kook, and Jin.
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。
| foreign | earn | album | annual | total |
- Mike _______ a huge amount of money selling his vintage comic books.
- Her third and last ________ came out in 1990.
- The ________ number of COVID-19 cases in the country increased by over two million.
- She teaches English to _______ students.
- All employees receive an ________ bonus before the holidays.