Let’s read aloud first. 最初に声を出して読んでみましょう。
The mice first appeared in the spring of 2020 in Australia when farmers were harvesting a plenty of crop. There was plenty of grain in the silos for the mice to eat. Crops have been getting destroyed. Too many mice have been destroying them. This is a crisis especially in New South Wales. A chemical is taken from India that is illegal in Australia. If the government made it legal, then it would be easy to use it. This chemical helps to kill the mice. Apart from mice, floods and wildfires have been seen in Australia. It is very difficult to put out the wildfire.
appear (現れる), harvest (収穫する), crop (作物), grain (穀物), chemical (化学薬品), flood (洪水), wildfire (自然に発生する山火事), put out (消火をする)
Questions:
- What are the three problems for farmers in Australia?
- Are wildfires easy to put out?
- Why do many mice become problem?
- Have you seen a lot of mice? Where?
- Where was the crisis especially seen?
- Can floods destroy crops? Explain.
- What is your opinion?