Y_NT4_Lesson-4_Expert

PART A_1

We will read aloud the words below. Please repeat after me. I will check your pronunciation.

単語を音読します。講師に続いて読みましょう。講師は発音を確認します。

(Please send the mispronounced words and expressions to your student.)

PART A_2

threaten	~を脅す
survive	生き残る
dense	密集した
endangered	絶滅寸前の
resident	居住者
harmful	有害な
relationship	関係
control	管理する

PART A_3

Now, let’s review some words from part A_2.

ではいくつかの単語を復習してみましょう。

(Please review the mispronounced words and expressions from part A_2.)

PART A_4

PART B_1

Please read aloud the passage below. I will check your pronunciation and intonation.

文章を読みます。講師が発音、イントネーションについて確認します。

(Please send the mispronounced words and expressions to your student.)

PART B_2

Biodiversity is essential to maintain life on Earth. However, it is being threatened which could make people, animals, and plants impossible to survive. An example that shows the cause-and-effect relationships in nature is the island of Yakushima. It is covered with various plants, mountains, and a dense forest that is home to many endangered animals. Every year, Yakushima receives huge amounts of rainfall. The residents even joke that it rains “35 days a month.” However, Yakushima’s biodiversity is being threatened and one of the reasons is the damage caused by the yakushika, a native animal of Yakushima and the smallest deer in Japan. Over 16,000 yakushika move around in herds to eat plants which causes vegetation to disappear.

Researchers found that trees’ barks, especially the bark of citrus trees, are withering and peeling because yakushika most often eats them. This affects the business industry of the island since the citrus trees provide Yakushima’s major agricultural products. Based on a study, researchers supposed that yakushika are partly to blame for the damage because it started when yakushika used the paths that humans made to go to the forest easily. Doing so makes them eat as much as they can which harms biodiversity. Another reason is their increasing population. Fewer yakushika are being hunted because they were nearly extinct. Nowadays, the residents of Yakushima are thinking of solutions to control yakushika’s population which should be carefully done to prevent harmful effects on the ecosystem.

PART B_3

Now, let’s review some words and sentences from part B_2.

ではいくつかの単語、文章を復習してみましょう。

(Please review the mispronounced words and sentences from part B_2.)

PART B_4

PART B_5

I will ask the following questions. Please answer based on the passage. I will check if your sentences are complete and if the grammar is correct.

講師が以下の質問をします。読んだ内容をもとに答えましょう。講師は文法と完全な文章で答えられているかを確認します。

(Please send the sentences that need grammar corrections to your student.)

PART B_6

1.	What could happen as biodiversity is being threatened?
Answer:		.
2.	What is the island of Yakushima covered with?
Answer:		.
3.	What causes vegetation to disappear in Yakushima?
Answer:		.
4.	What kind of tree barks do yakushika most often eat?
Answer:		.
5.	Why are fewer yakushika being hunted?
Answer:		.

PART B_7

Now, let’s review your answers.

では、あなたの答えを復習してみましょう。その後、修正したあなたの答えを読んでみましょう。

(Please review your student’s answers by sending the correct answers in complete sentences. After that, ask your student to read aloud his or her corrected answers.)

PART B_8

PART C_1

Please construct sentences using each word below.

以下の言葉を使って文章を作りましょう。

PART C_2

threaten		.
survive		.
endangered		.
resident		.
control		.

PART C_3

Now, let’s review some words from part C_2.

ではいくつかの単語を復習してみましょう。

(Please review the mispronounced words and expressions from part C_2.)

PART C_4

PART D_1

I will ask the following questions. Please answer based on your opinion. I will check if your sentences are complete and if the grammar is correct.

講師が以下の質問をします。あなたの意見をもとに答えましょう。講師は文法と完全な文章で答えられているかを確認します。

(Please send the sentences that need grammar corrections to your student.)

PART D_2

1.	Do you like animals?
Answer:		.
2.	Do you like trips related to nature?
Answer:		.
3.	What should people always do to protect the Earth?
Answer:		.
4.	What do you think is the main cause of damage in nature?
Answer:		.
5.	What kind of animals should have an increase in their population?
Answer:		.
6.	What is your opinion about hunting animals in forests?
Answer:		.
7.	What would you do if you get lost in a dense forest?
Answer:		.

PART D_3

Now, let’s review your answers.

では、あなたの答えを復習してみましょう。その後、修正したあなたの答えを読んでみましょう。

(Please review your student’s answers by sending the correct answers in complete sentences. After that, ask your student to read aloud his or her corrected answers.)

PART D_4