Let’s read aloud first. 最初に声を出して読んでみましょう。
A Lego wheelchair was made for an injured turtle. This turtle had many fractures on its shell. This was a custom wheelchair. The wheelchair helped the turtle to heal and walk freely. The Maryland Zoo in US was the one that made the wheelchair. This turtle was a wild Eastern Box Turtle. Surgery was done in The Maryland Zoo. The turtle was found by a zoo employee in the city’s wild park and brought to the zoo. The turtle used Lego wheelchair for two years. All fragments were fused together. Then finally wheelchair was removed and turtle was released in the wild park. Turtle has a strong shell so it usually doesn’t get surgery hence expert says that there aren’t repair kit to help it. We need to learn that animals are important part of nature and we need to protect them from danger.
fracture (骨折), heal (治癒する), shell (こうら), wheelchair (車いす), surgery (手術), wheelchair (車いす), fragment (破片), fuse (合体させる)
Questions:
- Who found the turtle?
- What did the person who found the turtle do for the turtle?
- What kind of a turtle was it?
- What was the wheelchair made from?
- What had happened to the turtle finally?
- How would you help an injured turtle?
- Why should we protect animals?
- What is your opinion?