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マーティンは小学校の授業を見た日の夜、教師と父母の会合に参加しています。彼はそこで教室で言葉を交わした子供たちの父母と会話します。地球儀で世界の国々を学んでいる5年生の父母は子供たちのために民族衣装を、食べ物について学んでいる3年生の父母は農作物を持って来ているようです。

MRS. W:

Good evening, Mr. Learner. How are you?

MARTIN:

Fine thanks. How are you?

MRS. W:

Fine thanks. This is Mrs. Bane.

MRS. B:

Hello. I'm Robin's mother.

MRS. W:

Mr. Learner is a reporter.

MARTIN:

Robin is making a picture book.

MRS. W:

That's right. Come see, Mrs. Bane.

HAL:

Hello, Mr. Learner.

MARTIN:

Hello. Call me Martin.

HAL:

Martin, this is Wendy Silver. She's a teacher too.

MARTIN:

Good evening.

WENDY:

Hi. I teach third grade.

HAL:

Martin visited my room today.

MARTIN:

Yes. I saw the geography lesson.

WENDY:

You're a reporter.

MARTIN:

Yes, I write stories for the Voice of America. I'm writing a story about schools.

HAL:

Martin, this is Mrs. Bane.

MRS. B:

We've met.

HAL:

And this is Mr. Bane.

MARTIN:

Hello.

MR. B:

Hello. You're a teacher?

MARTIN:

No, I'm a reporter.

MR. B:

A reporter?

MARTIN:

I'm writing a story about schools.

MR. B:

I see.

MARTIN:

What do you do?

MR. B:

I'm a contractor. I build schools.

MARTIN:

Wonderful.

WENDY:

Martin, come meet Mrs. Steele.

MARTIN:

Excuse me, Mr. Bane, Mrs. Bane.

WENDY:

This is Jessica Steele.

MARTIN:

Good evening. I'm Martin Learner.

MRS. S:

I'm happy to meet you.

MARTIN:

What's that?

MRS. S:

It's a dress from Rumania. It was my grandmother's dress.

WENDY:

Mrs. Steele is Roberta's mother.

MARTIN:

Fifth grade geography?

MRS. S:

That's right.

MARTIN:

What do you do, Mrs. Steele?

MRS. S:

I'm a housewife. I'm raising three young children. I studied nursing.

HAL:

Martin, this is Melissa's mother.

MARTIN:

Hello. I'm Martin Learner.

MRS. R:

Good evening. I'm Rachel Robertson.

MARTIN:

I'm happy to meet you. This is Mrs. Steele, Roberta's mother.

MRS. R:

We've met, thank you.

MARTIN:

What do you do, Mrs. Robertson.

MRS. R:

I'm a farmer.

MARTIN:

A farmer!?

MRS. R:

Yes, I farm five-hundred acres.

MARTIN:

Wonderful! What's that?

MRS. R:

Corn. Soybeans. And wheat. I grow them.

WENDY:

Mrs. Robertson is Becky's mother too. Becky's in third grade.

MRS. R:

They are studying food.

MARTIN:

I see.

PAT:

Hello, I'm Pat Bryan. Who are you?

MARTIN:

I'm Martin Learner. I'm a reporter.

PAT:

Where are you from, Martin?

MARTIN:

I'm from Baltimore. What do you do?

PAT:

I'm a farmer. And I'm a mechanic too. I farm a hundred acres. And I fix tractors.

MARTIN:

What's that?

PAT:

I have a boy in the third grade. It's beans.

MARTIN:

Soybeans?

PAT:

No. Red beans. I grow soybeans, red beans, and white beans. Last year I grew green beans and peas.

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はじめて会う人たちとの会話ではお互いにどんな仕事をしているのかということがよく話題になります。職業を告げ、何をしているのか話す 様子を聴いてください。

HAL:

She's a teacher.

WENDY:

I teach third grade. You're a reporter.

MARTIN:

I write stories.

MR. B:

I'm a contractor. I build schools.

MRS. S:

I'm a housewife. I'm raising three your children.

MRS. R:

I'm a farmer. I grow corn, soybeans, and wheat.

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これからマーティンがこの会合で出会った人々または自分の職業を言います。それに応えるようにその人が何をしているのか言ってみてください。その後、ストーリーは続きます。