右:小西幸子さんが通った広島
左:広島県産業奨励館(現原爆ドーム
For a long time, streetcars have been vital to the people of
Hiroshima. Among many streetcars in service today, a few of
them survived the atomic bombing of World War II. They :
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streetcar[stritká:r]
vital[váital]
service[ssnis]
in service 運行中の
are
atomic[atámik]
bombing[bámin]
called “atomic-bombed streetcars.”
bomb[bám]
Until the war, streetcar drivers were male. However. a lot..
battlefield [baetlf:ld]
men were sent to the battlefields, so the drivers were renlo
replace[ripléis]
with girls. One of them, Konishi Sachiko, was oniy fourteen
operate[ápareit]
when she started to learn how to operate a streetcar after her
daily studies at school. Working as a driver was hard, but
Sachiko and her classmates were proud of their work.
1 Why are some of Hiroshima's streetcars called "atomic-bombed streetcars"?
Questions
2 How did Sachiko and her classmates feel about their work?
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