スライドショー英語:今回のテーマは「車の運転 in ニュージーランド」
今回はビジュアル情報が豊富なスライドショーを英語学習に活用します。全部で19ページのスライドショーですが、文字情報だけのドキュメントを読み進めるよりも、断然理解しやすいはずです。
学習テーマは「車の運転 in ニュージーランド」です。日本と同じ左側通行で車も少ないニュージーランドは(羊の横断さえ気をつければ)レンタカーでの旅行が最適な国です。しかもレンタカーはほとんどが日本車!ニュージーランドに行くなら絶対にレンタカーで周遊がおすすめです。
まずスライドショーを読む前にニュージーランドについてシンプル英語で読んでみましょう。
<About New Zealand in “Simple English”>
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an Oceanian country in the South-western Pacific Ocean. It is made up of two large islands (the North Island and the South Island) and many much smaller islands. In 2010, it was ranked as the 8th happiest country in the world. The official languages are English, Māori and New Zealand sign language.
The name “New Zealand” comes from “Zeeland” in Dutch. Zeeland is a province of the Netherlands. New Zealand is called “Aotearoa” in the Māori language. It means “Land of the Long White Cloud”. Ao means “cloud”, tea means “white”, and roa means “long”.
<引用元:Simple English Wikipedia>
続いて、スライドショーを読む前にキーワードを予習しましょう。
<スライドショーに出てくる「10」のキーワード>
- fatality = 致死率
- give way = 道を譲る
- intersection = 交差点
- pull out of = から抜け出す(出る)
- roundabout環状[円形]交差点
- get boozed = 酔っ払う
- overtake = 追い越す
- lane discipline = 車線規制
- one-lane bridge =(片側)1車線の橋
- rail crossing = 踏切
はい!これで準備が整いました。早速19ページのスライドショーを読んでみましょう。
Slide Show: Driving in New Zealand
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Category: definition quizQ. Match the word with the correct definition.
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- prevent
- arrow
- livestock
- direction
- tide
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to stop (something) from happening or existing
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a mark or sign (➞), used to show direction or position
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farm animals (such as cows, horses, and pigs) that are kept, raised, and used by people
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a statement that tells a person what to do and how to do it : an order or instruction
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a regular rise and fall in the level of the sea, caused by the pull of the moon and sun
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- kph
- clockwise
- passenger
- impound
- rural
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kilometer per hour
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in the direction that the hands of a clock move when you look at it from the front
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a person who is travelling in a car, bus, train, plane or ship and who is not driving it or working on it
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to use legal powers to get and hold (something)
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of or relating to the country and the people who live there instead of the city
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- intense
- flash flood
- landslip
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- pedestrian
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very strong
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a sudden flood of water caused by heavy rain
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a large mass of rocks and earth that suddenly and quickly moves down the side of a mountain or hill; landslide
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an event, game, etc., that is canceled because of rain
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a person who is walking in a city, along a road, etc.
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- fine
- influence
- narrow
- clearway
- afford
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an amount of money that you pay as a punishment for breaking a law or rule
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the power to change or affect someone or something
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long and not wide
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a major road on which cars are not usually allowed to stop
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to be able to pay for (something)
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