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火は,美咲(Misaki ) と, シンガポールからの留学生シェリー(Shely ) の対話で
す。これを読んで, 後の各問に答えなさい。
[対話文読解]
7
えた
2Usaki : You've lived in Tapan for one vear. Are you enjoying your ife here?
Shelly : Yes, very much.
Misaki : I'm glad to hear that.
問2
Shelly : Well, that's a difficult question. Each season has something good to
enjoy.
問さ
Misaki : For example?
In summer, I can
Shelly : In spring, I can enjoy many kinds of flowers.
enjoy swimming in the sea. In fall, the leaves of the trees become
red or yellow, and they are very beautiful. In winter, I enjoy seeing
the white snow. It's verv new to me because we have no snow in
my country. How about you, Misaki?
Misaki :I like spring the best because we can enjoy cherry blossoms.
Shelly : I see. Last spring I went to the park near my house to see them
With my friends. I saw many cherry trees with a lot of blossoms.
They were really beautiful. There( people, lunch, many, were,
eating) under the trees. They all looked very happy.
Misaki : Many Japanese people like cherry blossoms very much. I think we
can say that the flower is a symbol of Japan.
Shelly:I think so, too.
Misaki : The 100-yen coin even has a cherry blossom design on it.
Shelly:Really! I didn't know that. Why are cherry blossoms so popular
among Japanese people?
Misaki : Because cherry blossoms are connected with many good memories
for us. So I think Japanese people see cherry blossoms as special
flowers.
(注) leaves
leaf 「葉」の複数形
雪
cherry blossom… 桜の花
snow
symbol … シンボル
100-yen coin
100円硬貨
design … 模様
among
~の間に
be connected with
~とつながっている
思い出
memory