#216-a (12/29/2006) < TASK 1 > Read the articles (1) to (3). And figure out which article they come from. Write A, B, or C. (1) In January 1992, tens of thousands of bathtub float toys spilled overboard from a cargo ship in the Pacific Ocean and since then scientists have studied ocean currents by tracking where the toys were found! (2) Moscow, Russia has a vodka museum containing 50,000 bottles, some 200 years old! (3) "Oi, where to?" Firstgroup, a British transportation company, hires Polish workers to fill vacant bus driver positions and uses British TV shows to teach them regional accents! <TASK 2> Answer the questions. (4) What have the scientists been tracking to study ocean currents? (5) How many bottles are there in the vodka museum? (6) What does the transportation company use to teach Polish workers regional accents? (C) 2006 Ripley Entertainment, Inc. http://www.ripleys.com/ http://www.comics.com/comics/ripleys/ Class Student # Name #216-b (12/29/2006) <ANSWERS> (1) C (2) B (3) A (4) They have been tracking where the bathtub float toys were found. (5) There are 50,000 bottles. (6) It uses British TV shows. <WORDS & PHRASES> "Oi, where to?" 「おい、どちらまで？」 Firstgroup （会社名） a British transportation company 「イギリスの運送業者」 hires Polish workers 「ポーランド人労働者を雇っている」 to fill vacant bus driver positions 「空きになったバス運転手の勤め口を埋めるために」 and uses British TV shows 「そしてイギリスのテレビ番組を利用している」 to teach them regional accents 「地方のアクセントを彼ら（バス運転手）に教えるために」 Moscow, Russia has … 「ロシア（国名）のモスクワ（地名）には…がある」 a vodka museum containing ∼ 「∼を所蔵しているウオッカ（酒の種類）博物館がある」 50,000 bottles 「5万本のビン」 some 200 years old 「そのうちの何本かは200年前のものである」 (C) 2006 Ripely Entertainment, Inc. http://www.ripleys.com/ http://www.comics.com/comics/ripleys/ In January 1992 「1992年の1月に」 tens of thousands of ∼ 「何万もの∼」 bathtub float toys 「風呂に浮かべて遊ぶおもちゃ」 spilled overboard from a cargo ship 「貨物船から船外に流失した」 in the Pacific Ocean 「太平洋で」 and since then 「そして、それ以来」 scientists have studied ∼ 「科学者は∼を研究している」 ocean currents 「海洋の流れ」 by tracking where the toys were found 「そのおもちゃがどこで見つけられたかを追跡することで」