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5 次の英文は, 太郎(Taro)とメアリー(Mary)がプラスチックのゴミ(plastic waste)
から海洋(ocean)を救う問題について話し合っているものです。これを読んで,問いに答え
なさい。
Taro
:I usually go to a store with my shopping bag.
Mary
:I know that.
Oh, I *forgot to *bring_mine today.
Taro : Then you have to get a *plastic shopping bag.
Mary: All right.
But Taro, why do we have to buy_one?
Last
We(any /*spend
3
year we got such bags *for free.
to/didn't/money/haye)for them.
hopes_so.
I think everyone
Taro : Mary, I bring my shopping bag
I want to save the
I'm reading a book about plastic waste.
we should know about 8,000,000 *tons of plastic
Ocean.
It says
waste
*flow into the ocean every year.
Mary :Really?
What should we do
2
:I bring my shopping bag
that will *reduce plastic waste in the ocean even a little.
Taro
3
I go to a store. I think
Mary : I see
Even a small "action can make the better woria.
From tomorrow,
I
4
Taro : Great!
That's one action.
(注)forgot…. forgetの過去形
plastic shopping bag… レジ袋
spend …(金を)使う
~を持ってくる
for free…無料で
ton(s)… トン(1,000 kg)
bring
flow into
~へ流れ出る
reduce… 減らす
action …行動