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4 次の英文は,中学生の大介が, アメリカ人留学生のポール(Paul)と会話している場面のもの
です。これを読んで, 問いに答えなさい。
Daisuke: Hi, Paul. Our *graduation ceremony is next week.
Paul: Yes, it is. Then we will go to different high schools.
Daisuke: Iwill *miss my classmates. but I have a lot of good *memories.
Paul: What is your best memory of junior high school?
Daisuke: Well, my best memory is our school *chorus contest.
Paul: Why?
Daisuke: Because we practiced hard as a group and we became good friends.
But it wasn't easy. At first, some of our classmates didn't come to
the *practice. ①
I had the same *feelings. Other members didn't
That
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Paul: I remember that.
say *anything. Then, as a leader, you *gave a great speech.
*encouraged everyone to sing together.
After that, we started to give and listen to ideas to
our chorus group better. Finally, our *harmony became
Daisuke: Thank you.
very beautiful. What is your best memory, Paul?
Paul:
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Mine is the soccer club.
Daisuke: I know your soccer team was strong.
Paul: Well, our team had the same experience. We were not strong at
first, because we didn't listen to each other. Some members didn't
come to our practice. So our team *lost our first game.
Daisuke: Really?
Paul: Yes.
After that, we *realized that we had to talk a lot in our
team.
In the *meeting, we *set our goal, and we decided to give
and listen to ideas to
our team stronger. Then, our team
became better and we could enjoy playing soccer together.
Daisuke: We had a wonderful time and learned many things with our
classmates and *teammates. That will help us when we are high
school students.
Paul: That's right.
(注) graduation ceremony 卒業式
memory(memories) 思い出
practice 練習
miss いなくて寂しく思う
chorus contest 合唱コンテスト
anything(否定文で)何も
encourage (d)~ to ~を…するよう励ます
feelings 感情
give a speech スピーチをする
harmony ハーモニー
meeting ミーティング
teammate(s)
lost lose(負ける)の過去形
set one's goal 目標を設定する
realize(d) 気づく
チームメート