1日１題リスニング：M&M

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Listening Test

1. The young man ate the peanuts the old man had without any permission.
2. The young man felt guilty and admitted to having taken the peanuts.
3. The old man gave peanuts to the young man who liked peanuts.
4. The old man could only eat the chocolate part.

DICTATION

An old man and a young man worked next to each other ((      )) office. The young man had noticed that the older man always seemed to have a jar of peanuts on his desk. The young man loved peanuts.

One day, while the older man ((((                     )))) desk, the young man couldn’t resist and ate over half the peanuts from the old man’s jar.

When the old man returned, the young man (((((                  ))))) guilt and confessed to taking the peanuts.

The old man responded,

“That’s OK. I lost my teeth and (((((              )))))lick the chocolate off the M&Ms.”

Script

An old man and a young man worked next to each other in an office. The young man had noticed that the older man always seemed to have a jar of peanuts on his desk. The young man loved peanuts.

One day, while the older man was away from his desk, the young man couldn’t resist and ate over half the peanuts from the old man’s jar.

When the old man returned, the young man felt a little bit of guilty and confessed to taking the peanuts.

The old man responded,

“That’s OK. I lost my teeth and all I can do is lick the chocolate off the M&Ms.”

語彙のチェック

a jar of：「一瓶の～」

be away from one’s desk：「席を外して」

He is out of office today.「彼は本日オフィスに来ておりません。」

He is out of town.「彼は出張中です。」

※out of の後ろにone’sは通常来ません。

He couldn’t resist and ate over half the peanuts.

この自動詞のresist「抵抗する」はendure : tolerate : stand で言い換えられます。

feel guilt ≒ feel guilty

confess to A「～したことを白状する」= admit to

lick：「～をなめる」

all I can do is (to ) do：「～しかできない」

 解説：なぜまちがえたのか？

Which option doesn’t match the content of the text? 本文にThe young man loved peanuts. The young man couldn’t resist and ate over half the peanuts from the old man’s jar.とあるので、1. The young man ate the peanuts the old man had without any permission.は一致。2.The young man felt guilty and admitted to having taken the peanuts.も本文にthe young man felt a little bit of guilt and confessed to taking the peanuts.とあり一致。4.The old man could only eat the chocolate part.も、本文にall I can do is lick the chocolate off the M&Ms. 「私ができることは、M&Mの上のチョコレートを舐めることだけです。」とあるので一致。なので、正解は…3. The old man gave peanuts to the young man who liked peanuts.老人があげたという記述はありません。