Let’s read aloud first. 最初に声を出して読んでみましょう。
Due to cold weather in Israel, a strawberry that was grown by an Israeli farmer had become so big. The strawberry grows bigger if the weather is cooler than usual and there is insufficient sunlight for a long time. Under such conditions, strawberry doesn’t ripen and only grows bigger and bigger. After harvesting the fruit, he put it in the freezer. The strawberry broke Guinness record as the world heaviest. The weight of the strawberry was 289 grams. This strawberry was bigger than the strawberry that grew in Japan in 2015 that weight was 250 grams. All the other strawberries were ten times smaller than the biggest one. Basically, multiple berries grew and fused together to one great strawberry.
due to (の理由で) , insufficient (不十分な), under such conditions (その様な条件下で), ripen (熟する), harvesting (収穫), break (破る,打ち立てる), multiple (複数の), fuse together (合体する)
Questions:
- How heavy was the strawberry broke Guinness record？
- Where did the strawberry grow?
- What was the weight of the strawberry that grew in Japan in 2015?
- Why did the strawberry grow bigger?
- What was the size of the normal strawberries?
- What would you do if you were given this strawberry?
- Do you like strawberries? Why?
- What is your opinion?