An Ancient Cave Painting (洞窟の中の太古の絵)– Level 1

Let’s read aloud first. 最初に声を出して読んでみましょう。

An ancient painting was found by scientists from Griffith University, Australia. This painting shows the ancient animals. Scientists found this in a cave on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. In the painting, they find a mineral which helped them know how old the painting was. They then found out that the painting was 45,500 years old and it was the oldest human art in the world.

ancient (昔の), painting (絵), found (find見つける の過去形), cave (洞窟), mineral (鉱物)

Questions:

  1. Who found the painting?
    (誰が絵を見つけましたか?)
  2. What was in the painting?
    (絵には何が描かれていましたか?)
  3. Where did the scientists find the painting?
    (科学者はどこでその絵を見つけましたか?)
  4. How old was the painting?
    (その絵は何年前のものですか?)
  5. What is your opinion?
    (あなたはどう思いますか?)
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