Ryota, Maki, and Hiro are junior high school students in Tokyo.
Emma is a junior high school student from the United States.
They are talking in a classroom after school. |
| Ryota: |
Maki, you are a member of the *Library Committee, right?
More students go to the library these days.
Have the *committee members been doing something special? |
| Maki: |
Yes. We change the books on the shelves in front of the library every week.
We did that once a month before.
Now many students come to see the books.
I’m very happy. |
| Emma: |
(1)That’s great. |
| Maki: |
Actually, it was the idea of some students who didn’t usually come to the
library.
I learned something interesting from them. |
| Hiro: |
Tell me more. |
| Maki: |
When they passed by the library, they saw the books on the shelves.
And sometimes they picked them up. |
| Ryota: |
Did they go into the library? |
| Maki: |
Yes. When they were interested in the books, they did.
When we changed books on the shelves more often, more students came into the library. |
| Hiro: |
Great. I also want to do something as a member of the Broadcasting Committee.
I want to change the lunch time school broadcasting. |
| Maki: |
Sometimes it’s good to try new things. |
| Emma: |
That’s true.
Can I tell you about one of my experiences? |
| Hiro: |
Sure. |
| Emma: |
Before coming to Japan, I studied Japanese for the first time.
But when I started to go to school in Japan, it was difficult to speak
it. |
| Ryota: |
(2)You had a hard time.
I didn’t know that. |
| Emma: |
At that time, I couldn’t say the things that I really wanted to say in Japanese.
But I’m OK now. |
| Hiro: |
How did you solve your problem? |
| Emma: |
I didn’t solve it by myself.
One day, one of the English Club members asked me some questions about
English.
Then I started to go to the club to teach English. |
| Maki: |
That was good for the club members. |
| Emma: |
I hope so.
Then I talked about my problem there.
One of the members said, “You are kind to teach us English.
If you want to speak Japanese, please talk to me.” |
| Hiro: |
That sounds good. |
| Emma: |
In the English Club, the members and I can teach each other. |
| Maki: |
(3)That’s nice. |
| Emma: |
I can understand Japanese better and have many good friends now. |
| Maki: |
Great. Talking to someone about your problems is important. |
| Ryota: |
Right. I had a similar feeling when I did a presentation in my social studies
class. |
| Maki: |
I remember.
You did a presentation about a country you wanted to visit. |
| Ryota: |
Yes. When I practiced for the presentation,
I used all the information that I had, and the presentation became too
long. |
| Hiro: |
Then what did you do? |
| Ryota: |
I showed my presentation to some friends before I did it in front of the
class.
(4)They gave me good advice. |
| Maki: |
What did they say? |
| Ryota: |
First, they asked me what the most important point of the presentation was. |
| Hiro: |
What was their advice? |
| Ryota: |
They said I should focus on that point.
I used only some important information.
That made the presentation better. |
| Hiro: |
It’s important to hear different points of view.
And other people sometimes can give us good help. |
| Emma: |
Do you think you can also do something as a Broadcasting Committee member? |
| Hiro: |
We do lunch time school broadcasting every day.
But I want to understand students’ feelings about it.
After that, I will try something new.
I want chances to talk to students about it. |
| Maki: |
That’s a good idea. |
| Hiro: |
First, I’ll talk to some of my friends.
They may give me some new ideas. |
| Ryota: |
(5)I hope they will do that. |
| Hiro: |
I’m glad that I talked to you all about this. |
| 〔注〕 Library Committee 図書委員会 committee 委員会 |