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Australia is the continent where Europeans began to settle about 200 years
第13講 PS
Practical Skills
予習授業復 1/復 2/復 3
次の英文を読んで、設問に答えなさい。
Lor the Outback. They have a custom called ‘walkabout, which is a survival
Every aboriginal boy must go on a journey in the desert and live in it just by
Limcelf for a long time. He must learn how to make a fire, how to cook, and how
ind a water hole where he can get some water to drink. It gets very hot during
Hhe dav and very cold at night. He may get ill, but he must get over it, because this
ic the time when he must show how truly strong he is. He has to walk and walk
for seven to eight months until he meets his people again.
Only when he finishes his 'walkabout,' will he be accepted as an adult
member of his tribe*. Then he is allowed to marry and have his own children.
Aborigine: アボリジニー (オーストラリア原住民)
vast desert area : 広大な砂漠地帯
tribe: 部族
【1】 次の1~5 の内容が本文と一致する場合はTを、一致しない場合はFを記し な
さい。
1.ヨーロッパ人は 40,000年前にオーストラリアに定住し始めた。
2. 'walkabout'「放浪の旅」とは13~14 才の少年に課せられる生存の試練である。
3. 少年は長い間たった1人で砂漠で暮らさねばならない。
4. 砂漠は昼夜を通してたいへん暑い。
5. 少年は「放浪の旅」 を終えた時、 大人として扱われる。
[2】 文中の下線部を和訳しなさい。
