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次の英文は,日本にホームステイしているエミリー(Emily) のことを書いたものです。これを読んで問いに答えなさい。
Emily is a high school student from the U.S. She is interested in Japan very much. She came to Japan
and has stayed at Taro's house for one month. She is enjoying her stay in Sapporo.
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One day, she went to a movie with Taro. The movie was really nice, so it made them excited. After
that, they took a *subway to go back to their home. Emily was telling him what she thought about the
quiet. He said, "Please talk in a small voice.
movie_in_a *loud voice on the subway, so Taro
In Japan, we are usually quiet on the subway." She was surprised to hear that, so she said to Taro,
"Sorry, but I don't know why we have to be so quiet. In the U.S., we can talk with each other on the
subway. Sometimes some people dance and sing a song." This time Taro was surprised to hear that.
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The next day, Emily was talking with Taro's father. She said, “Today I saw something *strange when
I was on the subway. There were so many people and most of them could not sit down. Only one *seat
was *empty, but *no one tried to sit there." Taro's father answered, “Did you see a sign near the seat?
That seat is only for people who need some help like *elderly people or *pregnant women, or people with
special *needs. *Even if there are no elderly people standing on the subway, other people won't sit there.
The *priority seats are on the buses and trains in many towns in Japan, but the seats like this
only
in Sapporo." Emily thinks everyone should give a seat to elderly people or pregnant women. By doing
so, they won't need special seats on the subway.
Emily will stay in Sapporo for more two months and
そうすることで
(E) subway
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loud... 大きな
strange... おかしな, 奇妙な
empty
空いている
no one
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・だれも~しない
seat...
elderly ・・・ 高齢の
even if ~・・・ たとえ~でも