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次の英文は、英語の授業の課題として, 中学3年生の研翔(Kento)が書いた英文です。これを読
んで、あとの問いに答えなさい。
I'm going to write about my experience.
Ahn the
ル
ついて書皿
My father started living in London five years ago.
When I
母は5年間ロンドンに住んでいた。
was eleven, my mother and I went there to live with my father.
さいの
A
1242 = 12 115
We lived in London for three years.
Yan
x
Last month, my family came back to Japan.
先月
121.
We were living with my father in London, so I was
ti
) at
私たちは父と住んでいた。
だから、暴れる悲しかった
first. But I worried about school because I couldn't speak English well. There were a
lot of students from other countries at school in London. Some of them spoke English
very well, and others didn't. But they always looked happy when they were talking
Little by little I learned English through talking with the other 10
students. I started to feel that speaking English was not a big problem.
together.
B
One day, an American student came to talk to me. He said, "Hi. My name is Kent
Jones. Your name is the same as mine, right?" "Yes," I said, “Our names are almost the
same. We use kanji.” I wrote my name in kanji. I said, "This is my name.
means studying, and 'to' means flying." Kent said, "Wow, that's a cool name."
and I became good friends and often visited each other's families.
'Ken'
Kent 15
C
I
Kent's father often took me to nice spots in and around London.
found that Kent ew a lot about the history of London. He taught me a lot about the
culture there. I really enjoyed talking with his family.
However, there was a problem. Kent's family liked Japan and wanted to know more 20
about it. When they asked me about Japanese culture such as food or history,
D
I was sad. I realized I didn't know many things about my country.
realized I had to learn more about Japanese culture.
After I came back to Japan, I continued to talk with Kent on the internet. My English
is getting better, but I should learn more about my own country. I'm going to study hard 25
about Japanese history and talk to Kent about it.
I hope we will meet in Japan someday.
(2)
() London F month A at first 最初は
American アメリカ人の the same as ~ ~と同じ
each other おたがい take ~を連れていく
spot
taught teach
however しかしながら
own 自分自身の someday いつか
internet インターネット
I also
little by little 少しずつ through ~を通して
almost ほとんど fly
knew know(~だとわかっている)の過去形
ask ~にたずねる realize 〜だと実感する