©(Ajay Narendra via AP)
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 think insects are interesting?
- Have you seen an insect flying at night?
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。
- star /stahr/
- travel /TRAV-uhl/
- cave /keyv/
- correctly /kuh-REKT-lee/
- sign /sahyn/
[noun] – a very large ball of burning gas in space that is usually seen from the earth as a point of light in the sky at night
At night, many stars can be seen above the desert.
[verb] – to go from one place to another
Sea turtles use the ocean currents to travel across thousands of kilometers.
[noun] – a large hole in the side of a hill, cliff, or mountain, or one that is underground
We visited dark caves during our school trip to the mountains.
[adverb] – in a right or proper way
The robot moved correctly when the program was written with no mistakes.
[noun] – something that shows or gives information about something
Birds use natural signs like wind direction to help them fly long distances.
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。
A new study has found that the Bogong moth from Australia uses stars to travel. This insect flies at night and moves every year when the weather gets hot. The moth travels about 1,000 kilometers to cold caves in the Australian Alps. After some time, it flies back to the place where it started to have babies. This is the first time scientists have shown that an insect can use stars to travel far. The study was published in a science magazine called Nature.Scientists studied the moths using a machine that shows a night sky. They turned off the Earth’s magnetic field to see only how the moths use the stars. When the stars in the machine looked like the real night sky, the moths flew correctly. But when the stars were mixed up, the moths got confused. Scientists also looked at the moths’ brains and saw that the moths reacted to some star patterns. Scientists are not sure which stars help the moths, but they think big star groups like the Milky Way may help. This study shows that even small insects can travel long distances by using signs from nature.
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 Bogong moth travels during the day.
- The moths fly to cold caves in the mountains when it gets hot.
- The Bogong moth travels only 100 kilometers each year.
- This is the first time scientists found that an insect uses stars to travel far.
- Scientists used a special machine to show the night sky.
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。
| stars | travel | caves | correctly | signs |
- Bats sleep inside ______ during the day.
- Fish follow water temperature and light as ______ to know when to migrate.
- The children used a telescope to look at the ______ in the sky.
- Monarch butterflies ______ each year to warmer places during winter.
- The machine did not work ______ because it was broken.