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9 次の英文を読んで、後の問いに答えなさい。
Naln was an 'exchange student from *Tndonesia at Minami High School. Her class was going to
nave class activities about Indonesia Nani was asked to introduce some games to play. She thought,
“I have an idea. I will introduce a game like Japanese janken.
One day after school, Nani was on her way home. It began to rain. She was lucky because she
was carrying her pink umbrella with her. She went to a convenience store to buy some "snacks. She
Ctered the store and put her umbrella near the door There were some other umbrellas there.
When she was looking for some snacks, she saw a tall girl. The girl went out through the door.
Nani bought some "pieces of bread and a *pack of orange juice. She found one pink umbrella near
the door, but it wasn't hers. She said to herself, "Someone has taken( ).
Nani said to the
Clerk, "T can't find my umbrella. I put it here but " The clerk thought "for a while and said, "1 guess
my daughter, Kumiko, took yours "by mistake. Our shoD is very small, and our “family members
Sometimes use that door. Kumiko hurried to her friend's house to return a book. She will be back
SOon.
Nani said, "No problem." The clerk looked at her uniform and said, "Oh, you
are a Minami High School student. Kumiko was a student there, too." Nani said, "My name is Nani.
I'm from Indonesia."
A few minutes later Kumiko came back and her mother said to her, "Kumiko, this is Nani. You
took her umbrella. Both of yours are pink." Kumiko said, "Oh, I'm sorry." Her mother said, "She is an
exchange student from Indonesia at Minami High School." Kumiko said, "I was a student there too.
Nice to meet you. When I was a student, I was very interested in foreign countries. I wanted to
have a friend like you. Did you tell your classmates about your country? Nani said, "Yes, but I want
to teach them more. I'm going to introduce Indonesian janken to my classmates. I hope they will
enjoy it." Kumiko smiled and said, "A game? That's interestingl I'm interested in it. I'd like to see it.
Would you like to come to my room?" Nani said,
They went up to Kumiko's room. Nani said, "Ill teach you a game, Suit, from my country. It's
like a Japanese janken. This is how to play it. You are three "fingers, a *thumb, a “forefinger and a
*little finger. A thumb means an elephant. A forefinger means a man. A little finger means an ant.
An elephant is stronger than a man. A man is stronger than an ant. An ant is stronger than an
elephant." Kumiko asked, "Why is an ant stronger than an elephant?" Nani answered, "An ant goes
into its ear, and the elephant cannot do anything about it. The elephant feels very bad. Do you
1understand?" Kumiko said "Yes, I do. I think it is not difficult to understand this game." Nani was
glad to hear that. They played it together. After the first game, they tried it again. Kumiko won the
second game. They tried it many times. They had a good time. Kumiko said to Nani. "Thank you
for teaching me such an interesting game. Im sure your classmates will be excited too."
Two days later, Nani's class had class activities.
When Nani introduced the game to her
classmates, they were interested in it. I hey enjoyed playing it many times. They had a great time.
(注*) exchange student 交換留学生
Indonesia インドネシア
snack 軽食
piece 一切れ
pack パック
for a while しばらくの間
by mistake 間違って
family member 家族
thumb 親指
forefinger 人差し指
little finger 小指
finger 指
