Listening Test
1.A couple came across a newspaper advertisement for a kids’ smartphone.
2.A girl went to the ABC Smartphone Store with her parents.
3.The father imagined his daughter’s excitement upon receiving the smartphone.
4.The teacher told the kids not to bring their smartphones to school.
語彙のチェック
be at home with：～と家にいる
stay in touch with their children = contact their children 子供と連絡を取る
the smartphone that the clerk was presenting to them
≒the smartphone that the clerk was presenting to them：店員が彼らに提示しているスマホ
be outside a dance studio
≒be in front of a dance studio：ダンススタジオの外にいる
It’s getting dark, so… 暗くなったので：
It got late at night, so … 遅くなったので：
to call her father to pick her up：彼女の父親に迎えに来てもらうために電話をする
at a parent-teacher meeting：保護者会
解説：なぜまちがえたのか？
本文にThe girl’s father was thinking about how happy his daughter would be if he gave the smartphone to her. 「少女の父親は、もし彼が娘にそのスマートフォンを与えたら、娘がどれほどよろこぶかと考えていました。」とあります。なので、正解は…3. The father imagined his daughter’s excitement upon receiving the smartphone.
script
One day, a girl was at home with her parents. She was showing them an advertisement for a kid’s smartphone. The advertisement said that using a smartphone would help parents to stay in touch with their children. The next weekend, the girl’s parents were at an ABC cell-phone shop. Both of them seemed interested in the smartphone that the clerk was presenting to them. The girl’s father was thinking about how happy his daughter would be if he gave the smartphone to her. The following week, the girl was outside a dance studio. It was getting dark, so she used her smartphone to call her father to pick her up. Her father was happy to do so. However, at a parent-teacher meeting, the girl’s mother and father were listening to what a teacher said. The teacher told them that some students had been playing with smartphones in class. He advised parents to think about how to use smartphones with their children.
全訳
ある日、女の子は両親と一緒に家にいました。彼女は両親に子供向けのスマートフォンの広告を見せていました。広告には、スマートフォンを使うことで親が子供と連絡を取りやすくなると書かれていました。翌週、女の子の両親はABC携帯電話店に行きました。店員が彼らに提示しているスマートフォンに興味を持っているようでした。女の子の父親は、もしスマートフォンを娘にプレゼントしたら彼女がどれほど喜ぶかを考えていました。翌週、女の子はダンススタジオの外にいました。日が暮れてきたので、彼女はスマートフォンを使って父親に迎えに来てもらいました。父親は喜んで迎えに行きました。しかし、学校の保護者会では、女の子の両親は教師の言うことを聞いていました。教師は、一部の生徒が授業中にスマートフォンで遊んでいると告げました。彼は親が子供とスマートフォンの使い方について考えるようアドバイスしました。
解答
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