©Jane Wynyard/Save The Elephants (STE)
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 animal?
- Could you give three (3) words that describe elephants?
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。
- twin /twin/
- calf /kahf/
- discover /dih-SKUHV-er/
- difficult /DIF-i-kuhlt/
- population /pop-yuh-LEY-shuhn/
[noun] – either of two children born to the same mother on the same occasion
The mother just gave birth to twins.
[noun] – a young cow, or the young of various other large mammals such as elephants and whales
The calves were fed by Mr. McDonald.
[verb] – to find information, a place, or an object, especially for the first time
Alexander Graham Bell was the one who discovered the telephone.
[adjective] – not easy or simple
Mike is having a difficult time healing from his wife’s death.
[noun] – all the people or animals living in a particular country, area, or place
Research says that the birds’ population in the world is between 50 billion and 430 billion.
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。
Twin baby elephants have been seen last week at the Samburu National Reserve in Northern Kenya. Tour guides from Elephant Watch Camp (EWC) first saw the male and female calves out on the camp. They are just the second set ever to have been discovered by the charity called Save the Elephants (STE), which trains EWC tour guides about the different elephant groups. Iain Douglas-Hamilton, the founder of STE, said that this is a difficult time for the twins as the previously discovered set had not survived long after birth 15 years ago. He added that mother elephants usually “do not have enough milk to support two calves.” The two baby elephants are Bora’s second and third since giving birth on her first in 2017. On the other hand, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service, its elephant population as of 2020 has improved (from 16,000 to 34,800) since 1989 after a series of illegal hunting for ivory.
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 twin elephants were seen in a zoo in Angola, Africa.
- EWC stands for Elephant World Camp.
- Before the recently discovered twins, Save the Elephants (STE) saw the first set 15 years ago.
- STE founder Iain Douglas-Hamilton said that this is a smooth and unchallenging time for the twins.
- The mother of the two baby elephants is named Bora.
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。
| twin | calf | discover | difficult | population |
- The microscope was ________ by Zacharias Janssen.
- My _______ brother and I have got the same nose and eyes.
- Luckily, the _______ escaped from the hunter.
- During this ________ time, our friendship makes everything hopeful.
- Sadly, the _______ of blue whales decreased to less than 25,000.