English Essay by Brian Southwick
39 A Recent Cycling Trip: Part1
READING (slow) (fast)
Today is March 2, and the school year is almost over. The graduation
ceremony will be held on March 7, and the following day many students will take the entrance exam for public high schools. I remember standing outside my schools in the
freezing cold weather on graduation day, greeting the students
and their parents. This year, however, the winter weather has been unusually mild, and we have had many beautiful days of warm sunshine. So, I have been able to enjoy cycling
in winter for the first time. One day earlier this week, I decided to ride my bicycle to I reached Kuzutsuka after cycling for a little over an hour. The school is located in the countryside, with a fine view of the mountains. The building, made of concrete and glass, doesn’t look at all like a school. Instead, it looks like a library, or perhaps a museum, or maybe even an airport building. The gym is unusual, too: it is a small dome. I think the two buildings are a good place to make a science fiction movie. I took a few pictures of the school, and then I got back on my bike and rode towards Shibata. I cycled along narrow roads through the rice fields, and it was very peaceful. In a typical winter there is much snow on the ground, and the farmers have plenty of water in spring to use for rice planting. There is no snow on the ground this year, and the fields are dry. When I reached the cycling path built on the old Akatani Railway, it was lunchtime. |
<注>graduation ceremony(卒業式),following(次の),entrance
exam(入学試験),public(公立の), |
Question and Answers: Please answer the following questions
in English in a complete sentence, with a subject and a verb.
Q1. Why has Brian been able to enjoy cycling this year?
A1.
Q2. What was Brian’s goal on a recent
cycling trip?
A2.
Q3. Who designed Kuzutsuka Junior High School?
A3.
Q4. Does Brian think the building looks
like a school?
A4.
Q5. When did Brian arrive at the old
Akatani Railway?
A5.
<解答例>
A1. Because the winter weather has been unusually mild, and we have had
many beautiful
days of warm sunshine (, he has been able to enjoy cycling in winter).
A2. It was Uchinokura Lake and Dam.
A3. Tadao Andoh did.
A4. No, he doesn’t.
A5. He arrived (there) at lunchtime.