Listen to this week’s stories and fill in the blanks.
今週のストーリーをもう一度聞き、それぞれの内容確認の質問に英語で答えてみましょう。
Ms. Saito: Come on in, Boon. Let’s put the turtle in this water tank.
Boon: You’re not afraid of turtles, Ms. Saito?
Ms. Saito: No. I used to have a turtle when I was little.
Boon: Wow, you have so many books!
Ms. Saito: Well, I am an English teacher. Actually, some of them were my father’s. He passed away a few years ago.
Boon: What did he do?
Ms. Saito: He wrote dictionaries.
Boon: Dictionaries…. Incredible!
Ms. Saito: When I was a child, I was no good at sports.
Boon: Just like me.
Ms. Saito: My father encouraged me to read books. I started to enjoy reading books with the help of dictionaries.
Lesson 009 英語の質問をクリックすると回答が出ます。
RoboCorpus: Jukichi, Jukichi. Can you hear me?
Jukichi: Oh, there you are.
Lex: Are you OK? We’ll get you out of here.
Jukichi: I’m fine. In fact, all these old books look really familiar to me. Why don’t we stay here for a while?
RoboCorpus: I agree. I want to know more about Boon and his teacher.
Lex: I am interested in her father. He was a dictionary writer.
RoboCorpus: OK, then I will meet Ms. Saito and introduce myself.
Lex: Put me in your pocket, RoboCorpus!
Ms. Saito: I’m so glad you liked my library.
Boon: I didn’t realize how fascinating dictionaries were.
Lesson 010 英語の質問をクリックすると回答が出ます。
Ms. Saito: Look! It’s a robot!
Boon: Who are you?
RoboCorpus: I am a friend of that turtle. My name is RoboCorpus.
Ms. Saito: You just said “corpus,” right?
RoboCorpus: Yes. I have corpus data in my memory. I am a translation robot.
Ms. Saito: That incredible! Corpus data is used for making dictionaries.
Boon: What do you want?
RoboCorpus: I want to make friends with you and learn about humans.
Ms. Saito: I see…. OK, come in. I have an idea. Listen, Boon. You said you don’t like P.E.
Boon: Yes. I hate P.E. because I have to run.
Ms. Saito: Well, there will be an English vocabulary contest during summer vacation. I want you to try it.
Lesson 011 英語の質問をクリックすると回答が出ます。
Lex: I’m glad Ms. Saito let us stay here for a while.
RoboCorpus: I wonder if Boon will take part in the contest.
Jukichi: Ms. Saito wants him to feel confident.
Lex: Yeah, but he looked very nervous when he heard about the contest.
RoboCorpus: I think we should help him.
Lex: I am a dictionary, but I don’t know the best way to learn new vocabulary.
Jukichi: Maybe Ms. Saito knows a good method.
Lex: My only concern is his lack of enthusiasm.
RoboCorpus: How do humans become motivated?
Lex: Money! Profit! Humans want to be rich.
Jukichi: No. In his case, he needs encouragement.
RoboCorpus: Encouragement…. I have an idea.