Let’s read aloud first. 最初に声を出して読んでみましょう。
40,000 employees work at Google’s new office. Google builds a new office in Silicon Valley, California. This office has three buildings. Total floor space of the office is 93,000 square meters. Google’s office looks different from other offices. 90,000 solar panels make energy for the offices. These panels look like dragon’s skin. Solar panel is expected to generates 40% of the office’s annual electricity to decrease carbon emission. The employees get fresh air and daylight in the offices. One building is for special events. They have hybrid ways of working with three days a week in the office and two at home.
Silicon Valley (シリコンバレー,サンフランシスコ近郊に位置), total floor space (延床面積), square meter (平方メートル), carbon emission (炭素排出量), hybrid way (複合の)
Questions:
- Where does Google build its new office?
- How big is it?
- How many people work in it?
- Which point of new office is different from other office?
- How do the panels look like?
- How much percent of the electricity can be generated by solar panel?
- What is the way of working of Google’s employee?
- What is your opinion?