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Lesson 24
読解力をつけよう
501 Words
目標 6 分
◆次の英文を読んで,あとの問いに答えなさい。
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One day in September, Mr. Suzuki, an English teacher. took a new foreign English teacher to Yuki
class. He said, “This is Mary, your new ALT. Mary. this is your first class, so could you taiK aboue
yourself?” Mary said, “OK.
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everyone. I'm Mary. I'm from Australia. I learned
Japanese in college in Australia. I'm very excited to work as an ALT. Let's enjoy today's English
class."
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A few weeks later, Mary talked with her friend, Lucy. Lucy said, “Do you like music, Mary?" "Yes,
of course," said Mary. Lucy said, “[ ア ] I've practiced the koto for about three months. I feel very
relaxed when I'm playing it," Mary said, “I want to practice it, too, Lucy." “You can practice it with
me next Saturday," said Lucy. “Really? I'm happy to hear (B)that," said Mary.
The next Saturday, Mary had her first koto lesson. After that, she talked with Lucy's Japanese 10
friend, Naoko. Naoko said, “Some foreigners are practicing the koto for an international festival. Itn
be held in January next year.
said Mary.
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Mary?” “Sure. Ill practice the koto hard for the festival,"
One day in December, Mary talked about the international festival in Yuki's English class. Mary
said, “Tll play the koto with my friends at the festival, so I'm practicing it very hard now. Many 「5
foreigners will come to the festival. You can talk to them and learna lot of things about their countries
there.” “[ イ ] I'll ask my friends to go there with me," Yuki thought.
One month later, Yuki and her friend, Rika went to the festival. They found Mary. She was wearing
a kimono. “You're beautiful1, Mary,” said Rika. “[ ウ ] Thank you, Rika. My friends and I will play
the koto soon. I'm very nervous,” said Mary. “Don't worry, Mary. You've practiced the koto very 20
hard. Please enjoy playing the koto," said Yuki.“Thank you, (D)I will," said Mary. Their performance
was very good. Yuki and Rika took some pictures with Mary after the performance.
There were many kinds of foods from different countries at the festival. Mary made cookies at
home and brought them to the festival. Yuki and Rika ate some of her cookies and they were very
good. They also ate curry made by people from India for lunch. It was a little hot, but very good.
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After lunch, Yuki and Rika talked with Mary's friends in English. Mary helped Yuki and Rika, so
Yuki and Rika understood them and learned some things about cultures of their countries. Yuki and
Rika enjoyed the festival very much.
Yuki came home and talked about the festival with her mother and father. Her mother said, “Yuki,
you had a very good experience at the festival.” Yuki said, “[ エ ] There were a lot of people from 3C
other countries at the festival. They learned about Japanese culture. Now I want to learn more about
Japanese culture, too." “You should know more about Japanese culture. It's also important when you
want to understand cultures of other countries better,” said her father.
foreign 外国の
ALT 外国語指導助手
koto こと(第)
relaxed くつろいだ
lesson けいこ, レッスン
foreigner (s) 外国人
international 国際的な
be held 開催される
nervous 緊張した
performance 演奏
cookie (s) クッキー
India インド
hot からい
experience 経験
