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| Female: | Have you seen the announcement posted a while ago? The volleyball competition is moved on the same day as the examination. |
| Male: | The examination is next week, right? What happened? I thought the competition will be held this Saturday? |
| Female: | They moved the schedule to next Monday. The organizers of the competition said that there is a problem with the venue. Other schools will use it next week. |
| Male: | That really is a problem. Your team needs you in the competition but you also need to take your examination. |
| Female: | I know. I really don’t know how to deal with this. |
| Male: | The competition will be held in the afternoon, right? You can take your examination in the morning. Then, head to the venue for the volleyball competition after. |
| Female: | That would be really difficult. I need to warm up before the competition starts. I will not have enough time to do both on the same day. |
| Male: | Can’t someone fill in for you while you’re not there? Maybe you can find a substitute player. |
| Female: | We can’t do that because the name of the players were already registered last week. We can’t just add another player before the game. I hope they’ll move the date of the competition again. |
講師が会話文について質問するので答えましょう。
1. What is the female student and the male student doing?
2. What is the problem?
3. What is the male student’s first solution?
4. What is the male student’s second solution?
5. Which solution do you agree with?
1. The female student and the male student __________________________.
2. The problem is that the female student ____________________________.
3. The male student offers two solutions to solve her problem.
His first solution is ______________________________________________.
4. His second solution is ___________________________________________.
5. I agree with _______________________ because ____________________________.
解答例を見ます。講師に続いて読みましょう。
The female student and the male student are talking about a problem the female student has.
2. What is the problem?
The problem is that the female student has an examination on the day of the volleyball competition.
3. What is the male student’s first solution?
The male student offers two solutions to solve her problem. His first solution is to take the examination in the morning then head to the venue of the competition after the examination.
4. What is the male student’s second solution?
His second solution is to have someone fill in for the female student while she is not there.
5. Which solution do you agree with?
I agree with the first solution because it provides a practical result. She can take her examination in the morning then catch up with the competition in the afternoon. Having someone to fill in for her is not possible because a player cannot play unless his/her name is registered in the competition. Since the registration is already over, they cannot add another player to the team. If she can finish her examination fast, she can still warm up before the competition starts.