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[対話文読解]
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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 (Shelly ) の対話で
す。これを読んで, 後の各問に答えなさい。
えな
22Saki : You've lived in Japan for one vear. Are you enjoying your life here?
Shelly : Yes, very much.
問2
Misaki : I'm glad to hear that.
Shelly: Well, that's a difficult question. Each season has something good to
enjoy.
Misaki : For example?
問3
Shelly : In spring, I can enjoy many kinds of flowers. In summer, I can
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 thinkwe
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
design… 模様
snow
symbol … シンボル
100-yen coin
100円硬貨
among ~ …
~の間に
be connected with
. ~とつながっている
memory … 思い出
