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UNIT 8
出題データ
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●ワード数: 422 words
■難易度 : 難
解答と解説:本冊 p. 112~127
次の英文を読み, 後の問いに答えなさい。
school.
As was to be expected in a country far less calm than the world
imagines, Zurich's proposal has produced an uproar. În educational
circles/it is argued that French will lose its strong position in German-
speaking Switzerland (eight years of school French before entering the
university at 19), and that/ this could endanger the political unity of
Switzerland. /French-Swiss politicians are furious. Protests about the
possible damage to the teaching of German in French-speaking
Switzerland are more puzzling, because the German taught there is High
German, the dialect of South and Central Germany. But in daily life,
(3) as distinct from formal writing, Swiss-Germans speak one or the
other of their very different dialects. Hence the liking for English as a
"national link language."ids Dual
The 26 ministers have hurriedly set up a committee, (naturally
headed by a professor of French) to (4) work out a policy by the middle
world with a better command of English.
運用能力
of this year. (5) It may well come up with wise recommendations
At the moment, English is officially taught for only one or two
years before the school-leaving age of 16. Changing such practices is enabling every canton to choose its own solution.) The Swiss are not
never easy in Switzerland. There is no national ministry of education. 40 easily *regimented, drilgne vous von
*[注] canton (スイスの) 州, 県
■設問■
1. Which one of the following best describes the main point of this
article? Indicate your choice on your mark sheet.
目標解答時間 : 25分)
Switzerland has a language problem. The trouble is not a shortage
of tongues, for the Swiss have four of their own. Some 65% speak one 30
variety or another of Swiss-German, /18% speak French/ 10% speak
Italian and nearly 1% speak one of the four Romansh dialects (u used in
5 some of the valleys in the *canton of the Grisons. There are also the
languages of the many immigrant workers. The problem is that many
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Swiss parents, (1) not to mention businessmen who want to talk to
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colleagues abroad, would like more Swiss children to (2) go out into the
同僚
The 26 cantons are independent in cultural and educational affairs. So
26 education ministers have to
独立している
meet (in order to decide on
15 recommendations which, to become law, then have to get through 26
parliaments. That is why it took Switzerland more than 20 years to
introduce teaching in a second national language (German or French) at
the age of 11 instead of 14.
This time, however, one canton, deciding it had waited long enough)
20 has broken the deadlock./Zurich, the most populous of the cantons, and
the heart of the Swiss banking world, plans to make English a required
行きづまり
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subject at an early age, /maybe even from the first year of primary
小学校
regiment 統制する
English is important because it has become the international
language.
Language policy is a serious political issue in Switzerland.
3 Countries like Switzerland need to teach many foreign languages.
It is impossible to deny the increasing significance of English.
5 Switzerland needs English to serve as a "national link language."
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