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        第10回   福島県の長文
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【目次】
1.今日の単語
2.今日の先読み
3.今日の本文
4.塾長のコメント
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there it is    [あそこにある ]
mountains   [ 山 ]
remains     [ 残りもの ]
last        [ 続く ]
anyway     [ ともかく ]
keep 〜ing   [ 〜し続ける ]
give off heat [ 熱を放出する ]
spend      [ 〜を過ごす ]
wisely      [ 賢く ]
overcome    [ 〜を克服する ]
follow      [ 〜の後を追う ]


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今回の先読みは難しいですね。はっきり言って私、分かりません。こん
な時は早速読んでみるしかないですね。

塾長注)crow [ からす ]


━< 3.今日の本文  >━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━


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 "We can get some food around here," I say to my friend Fred. "
Oh, look, there it is! Come on, Fred!" Then we fly down to the
food.

 My name is Bright. I'm a crow. We' ve lived in this city for
many years. It's strange for us to stay in one place for a
long time. We changed our homes, because we didn't have
enough food in the mountains. In winter we were always hungry
and had to look for our food. But in this city there is
always a lot of food we can get. I can't believe this.

 Why do people give us food? Do they have too much food and
give us the remains? I don't know the reason well. It isn't
important for us. We're very happy, because we can get food
from people. Other birds are also happy. I don't know how long
this life will last. When I think about our future, I become a
little scared. Anyway, there is enough food in this city now.
We like to live here.

 We have another reason to keep staying in this city. In winter
we had very cold days in the mountains. We didn't want to live
in cold places. Now it's warm in this city in winter. There
are a lot of houses and lights. They give off heat, so we can
spend the cold winter nights happily. Staying in a big three
with other crows is good and safe for us. We don't have to move
from one place to another.

 Sometimes we want to go to the mountains and we fly there.
When we're going back to the city again, I often say, "Fred, a
lot of trees are cut down and forests in the mountains are
disappearing. Many birds have lost their homes. I'm afraind
something bad may happen. Don't you think so?" Then Fred says
to me, "Don't worry, Bright. We crows can always live wisely.
Both of us know how to live in hard times. Let's think about
today."

 I think he's right. When we're in trouble, we can overcome
the trouble. It's our way of living. When I'm thinking about
this, Fred says to me, "Bright, let's fly up in the sky!" I
follow him.

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問)本文の内容にあっているものは○、間違っているものは×

(1) Bright and Fred can find food in the mountains without trouble.
(2) Bright and Fred know why people in the city give them enough food.
(3) Bright knows it's warmer in the city than in the mountains in winter.
(4) Bright and Fred know how to live when they're in hard times.
(5) Bright lives with his family in the city after leaving the mountains.


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━< 4.塾長のコメント >━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

いやー、先読みが難しいわけです、「からす」が主人公ですからね。

私が住んでいるところの周辺もカラスがちょくちょく顔を出します。私の息子(3歳)を保育園に送っていく途中でよく目にしますが、息子はカラスを見るとすぐ「カラス、歌おうよ」というので、一緒に「かーらあすー、なぜなくのー、からすはやーまにー、・・・」と、歌いながら自転車をこいでいます。

それにしても、カラスが生来あちこちを移動しながら生活している鳥だとは知りませんでした。山の中で巣を作ってずっとそこにいるのかなと、思っていましたが、違うんですね。でも都会では食べ物がたくさんあるので、1カ所でずっと生活できるってわけですね。人間社会の存在がカラスの生態まで変えようとしているってことですか。

ところでこの英文、やっぱりカラスが書いたんですかね。上手ですね。私たちもカラスに負けないように、英語を勉強しなくちゃね。


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