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#215-a (12/26/2006)
< TASK 1 >
Read the articles (1) to (3).
And figure out which article they come from.
Write A, B, or C.
(1)
A dolphin captured off the coast of Wakayama,
Japan, in October 2006 had an extra set of
flippers!
(2)
Standing in for Roman Catholics unable to make the
trip, Carlos Gil of Cascais, Portugal, regularly makes
7-day pilgrimages to the sanctuary of Fatima as a
surrogate!
(3)
"The crumbling Euro?" Seven months after the
introduction of the Euro currency in 2002 --- 90%
of the notes tested in Europe were already
contaminated with traces of cocaine!
<TASK 2>
Answer the questions.
(4) What kind of speciality did the dolphin have?
(5) Where does Carlos regularly go?
(6) What kind of traces were 90% of the notes contaminated
with?
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<ANSWERS>
(1)
(4)
(5)
(6)
C (2) A (3) B
It had an extra set of flippers!
He regularly go to the sanctuary of Fatima.
They were contaminated with traces of cocaine.
<WORDS & PHRASES>
Standing in for Roman Catholics
「ローマカトリック教徒の代わりになって」
… unable to make the trip 「旅行できない…」
Carlos Gil （人名）
Cascais, Portugal （地名）
regularly makes 7-day pilgrimages to ∼
「∼まで定期的に7日間の巡礼の旅をしている」
the sanctuary of Fatima 「聖地ファティマ（地名）」
as a surrogate 「代理として」
"The crumbling Euro?" 「崩れゆくユーロ（通貨名）？」
Seven months after ∼ 「∼の7か月後」
the introduction of the Euro currency in 2002
「2002年におけるユーロ通貨の導入」
90% of the notes tested in Europe
「ヨーロッパで検査された紙幣の90％」
were already contaminated with ∼ 「既に∼が染みこんでいた」
traces of cocaine 「コカインの痕跡」
A dolphin captured 「捕獲されたイルカ」
off the coast of ∼ 「∼沖で」
Wakayama, Japan 「日本の和歌山県」
in October 2006 「2006年10月に」
had an extra set of flippers 「通常はないヒレがある」
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