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#101-a (2/3/2006)
< TASK 1 >
Read the articles (1) to (3).
And figure out which article they come from.
Write A, B, or C.
(1)
Actor Dick Van Patten's brand of dog food claims
it tastes good enough for people to eat!
(2)
Greek Scholar Eratosthenes (276-194 B.C.) used
trigonometry to measure the circumference of the
earth 2,200 years ago and was only off by a few
hundred miles!
(3)
The city of San Francisco held an outdoor ski jump
competition on September 29, 2005, on real snow
in 80-degree weather!
<TASK 2>
Answer the questions.
(4) According to Dick, what tastes good enough for people to
eat?
(5) What did Eratosthenes do with trigonometry?
(6) What kind of competition was held in 80-degree weather?
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#101-b (2/3/2006)
< ANSWERS >
(1)
(4)
(5)
(6)
C (2) A (3) B
His brand of dog food does.
He measured the circumference of the earth.
An outdoor ski jump competition was.
<WORDS & PHRASES>
Greek scholar 「ギリシアの学者」
Eratosthenes 「エラトステネス」（人名）
(276-194 B.C.) 「紀元前276年生194年没」
used trigonometry to ∼ 「∼するために三角法を用いた」
measure the circumference of the earth 「地球の円周を測る」
2,200 years ago 「2,200年前に」
was only off by ∼ 「∼しか間違っていなかった」
a few hundred miles 「数百マイル」
The city of San Francisco 「サンフランシスコ」（都市名）
held an outdoor ski jump competition
「野外スキージャンプ大会を開催した」
on September 29, 2005 「2005年9月29日に」
on real snow 「本物の雪で」
in 80-degree weather 「（華氏）80度の天候のもと」
摂氏(℃)=(華氏-32)×5÷9
Actor 「俳優」
Dick Van Patten （人名）
…'s brand of dog food 「…のドッグフードの品目」
claims ∼ 「∼と主張している」
it tastes good enough for people to eat
「それ（ドッグフード）は人間が食べられるほど美味しい」
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