Let’s read aloud first. 最初に声を出して読んでみましょう。
Sri Lankan elephants are sick as they eat rubbish and trash. As Elephants were eating mangoes and coconuts, farmers built electric fences around their farms. This killed the elephants. People were killing many elephants and treated them poorly.
as～(～なので), rubbish and trash (生ごみやくず), electric fences (電気が流れるフェンス), poorly (大切にしない)
Questions:
- What did the elephants like to eat?
(象は何を食べるのが好きですか?) - What did the farmers build around their farms?
(農家は彼らの農園の周りに何を建てましたか?) - What did the electric fences do to the elephants?
(電気フェンスは象にどの様な影響を与えましたか?) - What is your opinion?
(あなたはどう思いますか?)