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"Do you have a baseball bat, Tom?"
"Yes, I do. I have an old one."
-- Question: Does Tom have an old baseball bat? ...レベル１ [英検５級]
Emi, a junior high school student, is walking to school on Monday morning. She meets an American on the street.... レベル２ [英検５級]
A Day at the Beach
Last year, Bob and his sister Jean went to Florida for their summer vacation with their parents. They visited Florida for one week. The weather was very nice. So everyone was really happy. ... レベル３ [英検４級]
Homecoming Week
Susan, my sister, is a junior in high school. Homecoming Week is coming up soon at her school. She is excited about the football game on Friday night and the dance on Saturday night at the school hall. In American schools, Homecoming Week has two big events: a football game and a dance. The students have egg tossing, orange passing, pie eating contests, and three-legged races during that week. ....レベル４ [英検３級]
Long ago, there was an old man whose name was John Smith. John lived with his sons on a big farm. One day he became very sick and he knew he was going to die, so he called his sons to his room.
"Sons," he said, "I have already given one horse to Pete, four to Dick and eight to Bob. Now, I will give one half of my cows to ――レベル５ [大分県]
The next day was Christmas. While the three of them were driving to the rocket port, the mother and father were worrying. It was the boy's first trip into space, and they hoped everything would be OK. So when――レベル６
Politeness is very important in language use. We can even say that politeness is really necessary. Human beings are social creatures, which means that we must get along with one another if we are going ...レベル７[白稜高]
Get on a train and it is likely that several people around you will be wearing earphones. There they are in the same space, but not talking or paying attention to one another. Though listening to a personal tape player this way has some virtue in that you don't usually disturb others, it allows almost no human contact. You are alone with your machine....レベル８ [センター]
The Dirty Sole Society
Paul Lucas can often be seen walking barefoot around the city of Mountain View, California. People are sometimes surprised to see him walking without any shoes or socks, but Lucas doesn't mind at all. He likes to walk barefoot, and so do the 640 other members of the Dirty Sole Society, the club that Lucas started. ...レベル９[英検準２級]
It has been estimated that by 1992 nearly 31 million American will be working at home either part-time or full-time. People increasingly prefer to stay at home and work on a more flexible schedule rather than to commute and work for 8 hours at the office....レベル10 [英検１級リスニング]
Cigarettes seem to be going out of style with teens. A survey done by the University of Michigan shows a sharp drop in the number of teenagers who say they smoke cigarettes. ...レベル11 [帝塚山大]
For the first time, humanity as a whole is growing older. The demographic aging of the population began early in this century with improvements in the survival of infants, children and women of childbearing age. It will end near the middle of the next century when the age composition of the population stabilizes and the practical limits to ...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
THE BIGGEST PRESENT
Do you remember the story about the Statue of Liberty? In 1886 France gave the statue to America as a present. The people of France sincerely wanted to give a token of their friendship to the Americans. ... レベル13 [英検２級]
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Soon the "golden week" string of national holidays will be upon us. During this period, the nation goes on holiday in a mass, and as a result all the tourist destinations become jammed with people....レベル11 [京産大]
A normal English family, especially when it has just moved into a new district, wants to be friendly with those living in the same area. However, it often hesitates because there is a fear that some neighbors might be too friendly and make such a habit of calling that the family could not call their home their own. It is not surprising, therefore, that quite nice people wait for a proper invitation, paying attention t...レベル15 [英検１級リスニング]
When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get a good score on a certain test, or even the ability to do well in school; these are at best only indicators of something larger, deeper, and far more important. By intelligence we mean a style of life, a way of behaving in various situations, and particularly in new, strange and perplexing situations. The true test of intelligence is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do. ...レベル16 [関西大学]
Managing the Oceans
The oceans an their resources are a necessary element of life on the planet. The health of the oceans and the wise, safe and sustainable use of the ocean resources, should be an axiom for all governments to accept and honour for the long-term benefit and existence of their respective and collective peoples. ...レベル17 [英検準１級]
American thinking tends to move from the specific and small to the general and large. American progress from personal and local issues to the state and finally to the nation -- not the other way around. ...レベル18 [英検１級リスニング]
Where was the first city? Fifty years ago, archaeologists would have pointed to Mesopotamia, the land between the Rivers Tigiris and Euphrates. Here, it was thought, was the 'cradle of civilization,' the area that produced the great cities of Ur and Babylon. This surely was the place where urban life began and from where the idea of the city spread to the rest of Asia and to Europe...レベル15 [早稲田大]
Fundamentally, there are just two major food illnesses in our society: eating too much and eating too little. The former is more prevalent, but both have steadily increased over the past few decades, and both are important because, when pushed to their extremes, they are killers. People who are very overweight may have various health problems, the most deadly of which begins...レベル20 [東京大学]
The degree to which males and females are socially unequal has varied, both cross-culturally and historically, from near equality to radical female disadvantage. Such variation is linked to the type of technology and economy (e.g., industrial, agrarian, horticultural, foraging) and to women's role in the economy. Women's status relative ...レベル20 [慶応義塾大学 環境情報学部]
