Let’s read aloud first. 最初に声を出して読んでみましょう。
An Ice Age bear was found by reindeer herders in Russia. The area was called as permafrost where the soil was frozen. The ice here was melting. Mammoths, rhinos, wolves and cave lions lived in the Ice Age. The first analysis of the bear shows that it lived 22,000 to 39,500 years ago. The bear is believed to be an ancient relative of brown bear live across Eurasia and North America today. Its organs were not damaged. The scientists were happy due to this.
Ice Age (氷河期), reindeer herder (トナカイ牧畜民), permafrost (永久凍土層), soil (土壌), rhino (サイ), relative (親戚), organ (臓器), damage (傷つく), due to (の理由により)
Questions:
- Who found the bear?
- What kind of soil was the site where bear was found?
- How old was the bear supposed to be?
- How was the condition of the body of bear？
- Which animals were found during the Ice Age?
- Why were the scientists happy? Explain.
- What is your opinion?