中学生の基礎英語 レベル2 Lesson 186 事実を伝えたいんだ
Story Time
放課後コンピューター室で、ミンジュンがブランドンを見かけました。ブランドンは真剣な顔つきです。
Min-jun: Hey, Brandon. What are you working on?
Brandon: An article for the newspaper club. Have you heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
Min-jun: No, I haven’t. What’s that?
Brandon: It’s a huge area of plastic garbage floating in the ocean. Ocean currents bring garbage there from all over the world. The plastic breaks down into tiny pieces and damages the marine ecosystem.
Min-jun: That’s terrible!
Brandon: It’s shocking! How could this happen? If more people cared about our planet, there would not be so much pollution.
Words & Phrases
garbage ゴミ、廃棄物
floating( < float) 浮いている
ocean 海
currents(<current) 流れ、海流
tiny ごく小さな
pieces(<piece ) 一片、破片
damages(<damage) ~に悪影響をおよぼす
Today’s Story
本日のテキストを英訳してみましょう。文章をクリックすると英文例が表示されます。
Hey, Brandon. What are you working on?
An article for the newspaper club. Have you heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
No, I haven’t. What’s that?
It’s a huge area of plastic garbage floating in the ocean. Ocean currents bring garbage there from all over the world. The plastic breaks down into tiny pieces and damages the marine ecosystem.
That’s terrible!
It’s shocking! How could this happen? If more people cared about our planet, there would not be so much pollution.
Today’s CAN-DO
If more people cared about our planet, there would not be so much pollution.
Another Example
If I were in Paris, I would sit in a cafe and look at the Eiffel Tower.
CAN-DO Practice
If Brandon were my friend, I would play catch with him.
If Brandon were my friend, I would ask him how to write articles.
Let’s Chat!
Are you leaving already?
GIf I had time, I would stay longer.
Oh, that’s a shame.
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