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127 Immigration to Brazil from Japan
The ship carried 781 Japanese
In 1908, an immigrant ship arrived in Brazil.
dreaming of a better life in a new country. This was the start of immigration to
Brazil from Japan. Japanese immigrants came to Brazil to work on coffee farms.
At first, the immigrants' life on the coffee farms was not like their image.
Differences in language, culture, customs and climate
made their life very difficult. However, the immigrants
Their work was appreciated by
worked hard.
So it (who /
the government of São Paulo.
the man / a lot of / to / coffee beans / gave) first
led the immigrants to Brazil.
That man opened
a cafe in Japan. Coffee soon became very popular there.
Now there are many descendants of Japanese immigrants living in Brazil. They
are active in business. On the other hand, many Japanese-Brazilians came back
and live in Japan now. Japan and Brazil are very far away on the map, but Brazil
has had a close relationship with Japan for a very long time.
A 下線部が意味のとおる英文になるように,( )内の語句を並べかえなさい。
So it
first led the immigrants to Brazil.
B 本文の内容にあうものにあわないものに×を書きなさい。
1 日本人のブラジルへの移住は,ブラジルの言葉や文化を学ぶことを目的として始まった。
(
2 ブラジルの政府は, コーヒー農園での日本人の仕事ぶりに感謝した。
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コーヒー農園で働く日本人移住者
C 本文の内容について、次の問いに英語で答えなさい。
How was the life of Japanese immigrants at first?
今でも大勢の日本人移住者の子孫がブラジルで生活している。
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Notes
immigration 移住
immigrant移民、移住者
São Paulo サンパウロ
led lead(導く)の過去形
Japanese-Brazilian 日系ブラジル人
SOUND
dream of .... ...を夢見る
descendant 子孫
a relationship with .... ...との関係
(
appreciate 感謝する
be active in......で活躍する
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