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

A Syrian fighter planes were shot down by Turkey. Turkey thought that the planes were a threat. A video showed the situation after the crash. The pilots of the planes survived with parachute. they left the plane before it crashed. Turkey is fighting with Syrian government.

Syrian (シリアの。シリアはトルコの隣国), Turkey (トルコ), threat (脅威), situation (状況), parachute (パラシュート), government (政府)

Questions:

1. Which fighter planes were shot down?
   (どこの戦闘機が撃ち落されましたか?)
2. Who shot down the planes?
   (誰が戦闘機を撃ち落としましたか?)
3. Why were the planes shot down?
   (なぜ戦闘機は撃ち落されましたか?)
4. What is your opinion?
   (あなたはどう思いますか?)

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Bali in Indonesia is a famous for beautiful beach, cultural dance and delicious food. A villa in Bali is sold in bitcoins. Bitcoin is digital money. Buyer paid 1000 bitcoins for the villa. This was a total of 600,000 US dollars. The buyer is from Texas.

Bali (インドネシアのバリ島), delicious (おいしい), villa (別荘)

Questions:

1. What is bitcoin?
   (ビットコインとは何ですか?)
2. Where is the buyer from?
   (購入者はどこの出身ですか?)
3. What is total amount in dollars that the villa was bought for?
   (別荘の取引価格はドル換算でどれくらいですか?)
4. What is your opinion?
   (あなたはどう思いますか?)

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Rugby is popular in England. Children are playing in their schools. Doctors worry because tackling in rugby game is dangerous for children in schools. Doctors say not to do tackling in the game as many children get injury in the game.

popular (人気がある), worry (心配する), tackling (タックル), dangerous (危険), injury (怪我)

Questions:

1. Which game is played in England that is dangerous?
   (イギリスでなされる競技で危険なものは何ですか?)
2. Why do doctors say not to do tackling?
   (なぜ医師はタックルをしてはいけないというのですか?)
3. Who plays rugby in schools?
   (誰が学校でラグビーをしますか?)
4. What is your opinion?
   (あなたはどう思いますか?)

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People love to drink alcohol. Scientists studied for 17 years and they found that chimpanzee liked to drink alcohol too. People make alcohol drink from sap of palm tree. Some of chimpanzee find the alcohol made from palm tree sap and drink it. They look like they are enjoying to drink.

found (find見つける の過去形), sap (樹液), palm tree (ヤシの木), look like (の様に見える)

Questions:

1. Which animals likes to drink alcohol?
   (アルコールを飲むが好きな動物は何ですか?)
2. How many years did the scientists study about chimpanzees?
   (科学者は何年間、チンパンジーの研究をしましたか?)
3. What do people make alcohol from?
   (人々は何からアルコールを作りますか?)
4. Do you like to drink alcohol?
   (あなたはアルコールを飲むのが好きですか?)
5. What is your opinion?
   (あなたはどう思いますか?)

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An American man, Clyde Tombaugh, discovered Pluto in 1930 which was 7.2 billion kilometers from the earth. A NASA spacecraft, New Horizons, travel to Pluto and took good pictures of the planet. This planet is called a ‘dwarf planet’ as it is too small.

Clyde Tombaugh (クライド トンボ―, アメリカの天文学者), discover (発見する), Pluto (冥王星), billion (10億), spacecraft (宇宙船), dwarf planet (小惑星), as (なので)

Questions:

1. When was Pluto found?
   (いつ冥王星は発見されましたか?)
2. Who was the first one to find Pluto?
   (誰が初めて冥王星を発見しましたか?)
3. How far was Pluto from earth?
   (冥王星は地球からどれくらい離れていますか?)
4. Who took good pictures of Pluto?
   (誰が冥王星の良い写真を撮影しましたか?)
5. What is your opinion?
   (あなたはどう思いますか?)

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There was a big earthquake in Athens, the capital of Greece in 2019. Fortunately, no one died in the earthquake. Many buildings were damaged because they were old. Big earthquake doesn’t often happen in Athens. In 1999, there was a big earthquake and 143 people died.

earthquake (地震), Athens (アテネ, ギリシアの首都), fortunately (運が良いことに), die (死ぬ), damage (損傷を与える), happen (起きる)

Questions:

1. Where was the earthquake seen?
   (どこで地震が起きましたか?)
2. Do people die in the earthquake?
   (地震で人は亡くなりましたか?)
3. Were buildings damaged in earthquake?
   (地震で建物は損傷を受けましたか?)
4. How many people died in earthquake in 1999?
   (1999年の地震では何人が亡くなりましたか?)
5. What is your opinion?
   (あなたはどう思いますか?)

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Sea turtle eggs were taken by the poachers from the sand at the beach in Costa Rica, Central America. They sold these eggs to buyers. It is against the law. Scientist team put fake eggs in beaches. Those fake eggs had GPS system. Five fake eggs were taken by the poachers. Police could find the poachers by GPS.

turtle (カメ), poacher (密猟者), Costa Rica (コスタリカ共和国,中南米の国), against the law (法に反する), fake (ニセの)

Questions:

1. Where did the poachers take sea turtle eggs?
   (密猟者はどこでウミガメの卵を採取しましたか?)
2. Who made the fake eggs?
   (誰がニセの卵を作りましたか?)
3. Why were fake eggs made?
   (なぜニセの卵は作られましたか?)
4. What could the police do by using the fake eggs?
   (警察はニセの卵を利用して何が可能になりましたか?)
5. What is your opinion?
   (あなたはどう思いますか?)

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It is said that 20% of total meat and fish is eaten by pet in the world. Some companies started to produce pet food from insects. Making pet food from insect is more sustainable and environmentally friendly. Many people start to buy the pet food made from insect.

it is said that (と言われている), produce (製造する), insect (昆虫), sustainable (維持可能), environmentally friendly (環境負荷が低い)

Questions:

1. How much percent of meat and fish in the world is eaten by pet?
   (全体の何パーセントの肉と魚をペットが消費してますか?)
2. Why did several companies start to produce pet food from insects?
   (なぜ複数の企業が昆虫を原料としたペットフードを作っていますか?)
3. Is there the food made from insects in Japan?
   (日本でも昆虫を原料とした食べ物はありますか?)
4. Have you ever eaten the food made from insects?
   (今まで昆虫を材料とした食べ物を食べたことはありますか?)
5. What is your opinion?
   (あなたはどう思いますか?)

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There were 920 years old oak trees in the forest in England. The forest is at a palace and are protected in the palace’s walls. Not many old oaks trees are found in one area. This is a reason they are special.

oak (樫), forest (森), palace (城), found (find見る の過去分詞)

Questions:

1. How many years have been these trees growing?
   (これらの樹木は何歳ですか?)
2. Why were these trees special?
   (なぜこれらの樹木は特別なのですか?)
3. Where were these trees grown?
   (それらの樹木はどこで育ちましたか?)
4. What is your opinion?
   (あなたはどう思いますか?)

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

Permafrost is frozen ground in Russia. This area is melting. The dead body of a bear is found. It is believed that this bear was from the Ice Age. The bear is 22,000 to 39,500 years-old. Its organs were not damaged. The scientists were happy.

permafrost (永久凍土層), frozen (凍った), melt (とける), dead body (死体), bear (熊), Ice Age (氷河期), organ (臓器)

Questions:

1. What kind of soil was the site where bear was found?
   (熊が発見された場所はどの様な土壌でしたか?)
2. How old was the bear supposed to be?
   (その熊は何年前のものですか?)
3. How was the condition of the body of bear？
   (熊の遺体はどの様な状況で発見されましたか?)
4. What is your opinion?
   (あなたはどう思いますか?)