During summer vacation, I had an experience with my cousin Aya,
and it helped me think about the jobs I wanted to have in the future.
She is a *university student.
One day, when I visited her house, she said to me, “Next Saturday,
I’ll join a *workshop to make a traditional *fan in a store.
[ ① ] go together?” I said to her, “Thank you for inviting me.
But I’m not interested in the workshop.”
She said, “You don’t have to be interested in it. You can just enjoy it.”
After I ②(hear) that, I decided to join it with her.
The next Saturday, we went to the workshop.
We started cutting *bamboo and paper, and then, drew pictures on the paper.
While Aya was drawing pictures well, I asked her, “How can I draw nice pictures like yours?”
Then, a staff member at the store, Ms. Hayashi, came to us
and ③[(ア) pictures / (イ) how / (ウ) draw / (エ) me / (オ) taught / (カ) to] well.
After that, I talked with her.
I asked Ms. Hayashi, “Why did you choose a job of making fans?”
Then, she said, “Actually, after I *graduated from my university, I worked hard at a different job.
I became interested in fans then, and I wanted to make them as my job.”
She didn’t become interested in fans when she was a student.
I was surprised to know ④that.
She also said, “I studied about selling *items in university.
I learned that to make people happy through nice items,
we have to let many people know about the items first.
So, I started working in a *company making websites.
I made the websites of different stores by visiting them
and *interviewing the people who made items there.
One of the stores was this store.”
Then, Ms. Hayashi told us about a man making traditional fans at the store.
He is Mr. Tanaka.
Five years ago, to make a website, she visited the store and interviewed him.
He let her see one of his fans.
When she opened it, it was *impressive.
⑤By interviewing him, she learned he wants people to feel happy when they open his fans.
She liked his way of thinking.
She also learned that he always asks himself many questions to get the answers
when he makes his fans.
【 Ａ 】
“Who will use this fan?” “Why are this bamboo and this paper used for this fan?”
“Why is it important to draw these pictures?”
She also told us his words.
“If people look at my fans *carefully, they can easily find each fan is
different
because my fans are made *by hand.”
After she interviewed him, she wanted to make fans with him.
【 Ｂ 】
After Ms. Hayashi finished making the website,
she told Mr. Tanaka she wanted to make fans with him.
Then, he *rejected her idea because he wasn’t sure she could do the hard job of making fans.
【 Ｃ 】
So, she decided to *make an effort every night after work.
She learned about making fans and *designed many kinds of fans in her notebook for two years.
One day, she visited Mr. Tanaka to show him the notebook.
She told him she really wanted to make fans like those with him.
He understood she was making an effort.
[ ⑥ ] , she started working with him.
Ms. Hayashi said to us, “Now I’m making my original fans.
Mr. Tanaka told me we should sell them as a new item of our store.
Like him, I want people opening my fans to feel happy.”
When I went home from the workshop with Aya, she asked me.
“Did you enjoy the workshop?” I answered, “Yes.
【 Ｄ 】
When you told me about it, it didn’t sound interesting to me,
but I enjoyed it.” She said, “I’m glad to hear that.”
I also said, “Like Ms. Hayashi, people who have a *goal can see what to do for it.
I haven’t ⑦(find) anything I want to do yet. But by joining the workshop,
I met Ms. Hayashi and got the *opportunity to ask her about her job.”
Aya said, “That’s right.”
By joining the workshop, I learned two things.
First, you can get the opportunity to learn something if you try things
even
when you’re not interested in them. Such an opportunity may help you start
something new.
Second, by making an effort, you can create a better way for your life.
To do that like Ms. Hayashi, I’ll continue looking for my goal for the future. |
英語（文章題） 令和8年(2026年)