Listening Test
1 Customers complained about her prices.
2 She wanted to make healthier bread.
3 Butter became more expensive.
4 Her bread was not popular.
Dictation
Rachel ( ) a very popular bakery, but recently the price of butter (( )), and she is not making ( ) much profit (((( )))). She tried some new recipes that used less butter, but her customers complained that her bread did not taste as good as before. She now thinks she might have to raise her prices instead.
Script
Rachel runs a very popular bakery, but recently the price of butter went up, and she is not making as much profit as she used to. She tried some new recipes that used less butter, but her customers complained that her bread did not taste as good as before. She now thinks she might have to raise her prices instead.
語彙のチェック
run a bakery：「パン屋を経営している」
the price of A goes up：「Aの価格があがる」
as … as 主語 used to：「主語が以前していたのと同じくらい…」
customer：「店の客」
complain：「～について不平不満を言う」
as good as before：「以前と同じくらい良い」
raise A：「Aを上げる」
次のように言い換え（パラフレーズ）ています。
the price of butter went up. ≑ Butter became more expensive.
解説：なぜまちがえたのか？
Why did Rachel try some new recipes?という問いに対して、本文にthe price of butter went up, and she is not making as much profit as she used to. とあります。なので、正解は…3 Butter became more expensive.
正解
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