Lesson 1

Section 1

==New Words and Phrases==

web/search/How are you doing?/Linda/How

come?/Portland/branch/photograph/Lincoln

==Text==

Linda : Tomoko, how are you doing?

Tomoko : Hi, Aunt Linda.  I'm just fine, thank you. And you?

Linda : Fine, thanks. So, you're a high school student now, aren't you?

Tomoko : Yes, I am.  I'm enjoying school.  Everything is new and interesting.

Linda : That's good.  Is Satoru going to your school, too?

Tomoko : No, Aunt Linda.  He's living in the States now.

Linda : In the States?  How come?

Tomoko : His dad is working at the bank's Portland branch now.

Linda : I see.  So, do you miss him?

Tomoko : Yes.  I miss him a lot.  He sent me a photograph of his school last week.

Linda : Lincoln High School.  It looks big.

Tomoko : Yes.  I want to know more about his school.

Linda : Maybe I can help you, Tomoko.  Let's go to my house.

POINTS

1  how are you doing?

      調子はどう？　相手の様子を尋ねる表現でHow are you ? と同じ。

Fine, thank you. と答える。

２　you're a high school student now, aren't you?

     あなたは、もう高校生になったんですよね？  と、念を押す。＜付加疑問＞

３  I'm enjoying school.

　 He's living in the States now.

     His dad is working at the bank's Portland branch now.

    今・・・しているところだ＜現在進行形＞　（現在進行中の動作を表す）

４　do you miss him?  　 I miss him a lot.

               miss  :    --------がいなくて寂しい

”ミスをする”は   make a mistake　を用いる

 5  It looks big    それ（リンカーン高校）は大きそうですね

        look : ---に 見える    S + V + C の文型では、必ずＳ＝Ｃの関係になる　

　6  Let's go to my house.

        Let's -------   -----しよう（と提案する） どうですか？と念を押すときは、

, shall we ? をつける　

==Listening Task==

(1) Where does Satoru live now?

---- He lives in the United States.

(2)  What did Tomoko show Linda?

---- She showed Linda a photograph of Satoru's school.

(3)  What did Tomoko want to do?

---- She wanted to know more about Satoru's school.

Lesson 1

Section 2

==New Words and Phrases==

Look for .../Internet/engine/click/Let me see./hmm/result/match/of course/Abraham/page/item/Rhode Island

==Text==

Linda : Let's look for Lincoln High School on the Internet.

Tomoko : Can you do that?

Linda : Yes.  Just use a search engine.

Tomoko : A what?

Linda : A search engine.  You see this box here, Tomoko?  Type "Lincoln" in the box and click on the search button.

Tomoko : Let me see.  First I type "Lincoln."  Then, I click on the search button.

  Hmmm.  Look at all these results, Aunt Linda.  This is too many matches!

Linda : Well, Lincoln is the name of a city, and the name of a car.  And of course you know Abraham Lincoln.

Tomoko : I see.  I'll try again.  I type "Lincoln High School" and click.

  Now, what did I get?  There are 1,330 web pages for Lincoln High School!  It's still too many!

Linda : Well, there are many Lincoln High Schools in the States.  So, there are many pages about Lincoln High Schools on the Internet.

Look. The first item is Lincoln High School in the city of Lincoln in the state of Rhode Island.  Why don't you type "Lincoln Portland"?

Tomoko : OK.  "Lincoln Portland."  Now I click on the search button.

Tomoko : Wow!  I found it!

Linda : Yes.  Click on Lincoln High School and you'll go to the web page of Satoru's school on the Internet.

Tomoko : Great!

POINTS

1  that = to look for Lincoln High School on the internet

    　インターネットでリンカーン高校を調べること

2  A what?　え？何？　search engine を聞き返している

3.         Let me see Fine, ええと（リンダの説明を思い出している）

4.         First ―-1―― Then, ―-2――　まず----1----して、それから----2-----する

5.         too many matches! 　該当する項目（検索結果）が多すぎる

6.  It's still too many! （High Schoolをつけてしぼったが）それでもまだ多すぎる

7.      Why don't you? ----しませんか？（提案）----したらどうですか？（助言）

8.     　Wow!  I found it　３回目にやっと見つけたTOMOKOのうれしさを表す

（入力する項目をいくつか選んでしぼりこむことが、検索のコツである）

==Listening Task==

(1) What did Tomoko use to look for Satoru's school?

---- She used a search engine.

(2)  Is Lincoln a name of a car?

---- Yes, it is.

(3)  What did Tomoko find in Rhode Island?

---- She found a Lincoln High School.

(4) What did Tomoko type to find Satoru's school?

---- She typed "Lincoln Portland."

(5) What will Tomoko do to go to the web page of Satoru's school?

---- She'll click on "Lincoln High School."

Lesson ２

Section １

==New Words and Phrases==

mole/mailbox/former/right away/crowded/be crowded with .../Sussex/be interested in .../countryside/serious(ly)/politics/economic/situation

==Text==

When I was leaving my house one morning, I found a birthday card in the mailbox.  It was from one of my former students.  I wanted to read her card right away, but I was on my way to the station to catch a train to London, and I didn't have enough time.  So I put it in my coat pocket to read on the train.

The train was crowded with people on their way to work, but I found a seat by the window.  The train started, and soon it was running through the lovely fields and woods of Sussex.  The people around me weren't interested in the countryside.  They were all seriously reading their morning newspapers ---- politics and the economic situation.

POINTS

１　When I was leaving my house　　　私がーしていた時に（副詞節）

２　my former students　　私の以前の教え子

３　right away　　ただちに、すぐに

４　on my way to　　　ーへ行く途中

５　it　　= a birthday card

６　to read   読むために（不定詞の副詞的用法―目的）

７　was crowded with 　　―で混んでいた

==Listening Task==

(1) What did he find in the mailbox?

---- He found a birthday card from his former student.

(2) Where was he going?

---- He was going to London.

(3) Did he stand up in the train?

---- No, he didn't.  He found a seat by the window.

Section ２

==New Words and Phrases==

envelope/take out .../lower/journey/keep doing/get to/everywhere/bookstore

==Text==

Suddenly I remembered my birthday card.  I took the envelope from my pocket, opened it, and took out the card.  It was a very pretty card, with pictures of flowers.  I opened it to read the message inside.  Then, it started playing "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you...."

The people around me lowered their newspapers and looked at me.  I shut the card quickly to stop the music.  My face turned red, and for the rest of the journey I kept looking out the window.

I decided to wait until I got to London to read the card.  But in London there were people everywhere ---- in the bookstores, in the restaurants, in the streets.  I had to wait until 10 o'clock that night.  When I finally got home, I read my birthday card.

POINTS

１．with pictures of flowers　花の写真のついた（a very pretty cardにかかる形容詞句）

２．it started playing　　―を演奏し始めた　=it started to play

３．My face turned red 私の顔は赤くなった（SVCの文型）

４．until I got to London　ロンドンに着くまで　until=till

５．to read  ―を読むこと（不定詞の名詞用法）

６．had to wait　　待たなければならなかった（mustには過去形がない）

==Listening Task==

(1) He didn't open the envelope in the train.

---- False.

(2) He turned red in the train.

---- True.

(3) He read the card in London.

---- False.

Section ２

==New Words and Phrases==

musical/greet/unlike/ordinary/throw ... away/dig/tunnel/spoil/beauty/lawn/somewhere/put ... down/no more/molehill

==Text==

I like musical greeting cards.  Unlike ordinary cards, it's difficult for me to throw them away.  But, my neighbor, a farmer, has found a good use for them.

Many moles live in the gardens around here.  They dig tunnels, and leave little brown hills of earth.  Those hills spoil the beauty of a lawn.  This farmer has discovered that moles hate music!  He said, "If a musical card is playing in their tunnel, they'll soon go somewhere else."

I bought another card at a shop to try it because I couldn't put my student's pretty birthday card down a mole hole.  It worked!  Now my garden has no more little molehills.

POINTS

１．Unlike ordinary cards　　　普通のカードと違って（後の文にかかる副詞句）

２．it's difficult for me to　私にとってーすることは難しかった（形式主語）

３．ｔhem　= musical greeting cards

４．They = Many moles

５．spoil  台無しにする

６．I bought another card　もらったカードの代わりに別のカードを買った

７．no more little molehills　もうモグラ塚はひとつもない

==Listening Task==

(1) Did he throw away the greeting card?

---- No, he didn't.

(2) Who found a good use of musical greeting cards?

---- His neighbor, a farmer, found a good use of musical greeting cards.

(3) What happened to the moles?

---- All the moles went away.