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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 like visiting the zoo? Do you like taking pictures of wild animals? 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。 danger /DEYN-jer/ [noun] – the possibility of harm or death to someone He drove so fast that I really felt my life was in danger. university /yoo-nuh-VUR-si-tee/ [noun] – a place of higher education usually for people who have finished twelve years of schooling and where they can obtain more knowledge and skills, and get a degree to recognize this She works in a university as a professor. scientist…
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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。 Have you seen a dam before? What do you do to stay prepared for natural disasters? 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。 dam /dam/ [noun] – a wall built across a river to stop the flow and collect the water, esp. to make a reservoir (= an artificial lake) that provides water for an area or can be used to make electricity Local officials building a new dam in the city. glacier /GLEY-sher/ [noun] – a large mass of ice that moves slowly You can see a glacier from…
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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 like traveling? Have you already traveled in Europe? 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。 happen /hap-uhn/ [verb] – (of a situation or an event) to have existence or come into existence No one knows exactly what happened but several people have been hurt. despite /dih-spahyt/ [preposition] – without taking any notice of or being influenced by; not prevented by I still enjoyed the week despite the weather. book /book/ [verb] – to arrange to have a seat, room, performer, etc. at a particular time in the future…
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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 work from home nowadays? Do you know about Wuhan’s success story? 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。 pass /pas/ [verb] – to go past a particular point in time Don’t purchase products that have passed the sell-by date. cancel /kan-suhl/ [cancel] – to decide that an organized event will not happen, or to stop an order for goods or services that you no longer want I already canceled the magazine subscription. frightened /FRAHYT-nd/ [adjective] – feeling fear or worry She gets frightened when he shouts at her….
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© via CNN.com 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 riding trains? Do you ride on a train everyday? 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。 temperature /TEM-per-uh-cher/ [noun] – the measured amount of heat in a place or in the body In hot weather the temperature gets very high. speed /speed / [noun] – how fast something moves The car has a top speed of 155 miles per hour. passenger /PAS-uhn-jer/ [noun] – a person who is travelling in a vehicle but is not driving it, flying it, or working on it Neither…
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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 like snow? What season do you like 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。 temperature /TEM-per-uh-cher/ [noun] – the measured amount of heat in a place or in the body The temperature today is higher than yesterday. Celcius /SEL-see-uhs/ [noun] – a range of numbers for measuring temperature in which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100° Weather forecast said the temperature may drop to 7 degrees Celcius tonight. recent /REE-suhnt/ [adjective] – happening or starting from a short time ago Have you heard the…
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