| 1. agency | /EY-juhn-see/ |
| -an organization, company, or bureau that provides a particular service: | |
| A group of philanthropists operates an agency that provides livelihood programs for the poor. | |
| 2. telescope | /TEL-uh-skohp/ |
| -an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer | |
| The researchers used a telescope to examine the birds in their nest. | |
| 3. scan | /skan/ |
| -to examine the particulars | |
| The students were allowed to scan their notes moments before the exam. | |
| 4. explicit | /ik-SPLIS-it/ |
| -fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated | |
| The examiner gave explicit instructions to avoid any confusion. | |
| 5. visible | /VIZ-uh-buhl/ |
| -that can be seen; perceptible to the eye | |
| He showed visible results just after a month of intense workout sessions. |
Wolf Culkier, a 17-year-old high school student, was working on the task of examining data from a telescope to look for signs of planets outside our solar system. He spent some time scanning graphs on a computer screen.
Then, on his third day of the job, he spotted a planet orbiting two stars. Culkier did not see the planet itself, but he recognized explicit evidence of its existence. Changes in the light of the two stars called binary stars caught his attention. He described this sight as similar to the eclipse visible on Earth as it obstructs some of the sun’s light from the telescope. This kind of data shows up as a dip in graphs.
According to Culkier, he had a hundred of targets but this one was remarkable. The distant planet he discovered sits 1,300 light-years from Earth.
| 1. | Who is the teenager that discovered a new planet during his internship? |
| 2. | How did he find the previously unknown planet? |
| 3. | How far was the newly discovered from Earth? |
| 1. | What is your opinion on planet discoveries? |
| 2. | Do you think locating new planets is an easy task? |
| 3. | Do you think investing in astronomical research is worth it? |
| 4. | Do you believe that life exists on another planet? |
| 5. | Would you be interested in working for NASA? |
| Grammar 文法 |
Pronunciation 発音 | Vocabulary 単語 |
Comprehension 理解 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
 GOOD |
文法の誤りはほとんどなく、完全な文章で話すことができる | ほとんどの単語をはっきりと正しく発音することができる | 習った表現を適切に使うことができる | 文章を理解し、質問に正しく答えることができる |
 FAIR |
文法の誤りはあるが、完全な文章で話すことができる | 発音の練習が必要な言葉がいくつかある | たまにミスはあるが、習った表現を適切に使うことができる | 文章を完全に理解するのは難しく、質問に正しく答えられないときもある |
 POOR |
文章で話すのは難しく、単語だけで話すことができる | 発音の練習が必要である | 習った単語と表現を少しだけ使うことができる | 文章を理解するのは難しく、質問に答えるのは難しい |