Standard Reading - Level 2 Using Your Current English Skills こちらは「現在の英語スキルを使う」です。 多くの英単語はすでに日本語として使われています。誰もが学習する基本的な前置詞をしっかり理解することもポイント。 英語知識を今一度見直す機会にしましょう。

1. Reading: Level 2

2. Using Your Current English Skills

3. Using Your Current English Skills
Use English words you already know
Use imagery
Common prepositions
How to start small

4. Use Known Words to Your Advantage
• Use what you know
ex: “condition"
コンディションがあまり良くないです。
ex: "for you" (for me/her/him/them)
He made an apple pie for you.

5. Use Known Words to Your Advantage
• Balance バランス
• Elevator エレベーター
• Virus ウイルス
• Career キャリア
• Update アップデート

6. Use Known Words to Your Advantage
You are not starting from zero
What did you learn in high school?
Refresh your memory!
• agree 賛成する
• expect 期待する
• improve 改善する

7. Use Imagery
Some words are hard to imagine
ex: take = get + do
a) I will take him to the zoo.
= "I will get him and go to the zoo with him."
b) I will take the test.
= "I will actually get the test in front of me and
do the test."

8. Use Imagery

9. Use Basic Prepositions
Prepositions = Good foundation
to: heading to some event or some location
a) Hurry or we will be late to the movie!
b) The book shelf is to the right of the table.

10. Use Basic Prepositions
Prepositions = Good foundation
for: to do something for someone or for a reason or
for a period of time
a) He made a cake for me.
b) I closed my eyes for 5 minutes.

11. Use Basic Prepositions
Prepositions = Good foundation
of: being from/having a relationship/being part of a
location or situation or whole
a) I finished reading the rest of the story.
b) I poured 1/2 cup of sugar into the bowl.

12. Use Basic Prepositions
Prepositions = Good foundation
on: indicating a position like being/doing on
something/place/topic/date
a) On the fourth of July, Americans celebrate
Independence Day.
b) He put too much ketchup on my hamburger.

13. Use Basic Prepositions
Prepositions = Good foundation
in: to be in a place or situation
a) I caught my jacket in the train's door.
b) I am in so much trouble now.

14. Use Basic Prepositions
Prepositions = Good foundation
at: refers to a location, time, or degree or
something
a) Let's meet at the theater.
b) Are you good at swimming?

15. Start Small
• Move onto longer sentences later
• Focus on short sentences for now
• Image the scene in your mind
• Use words about these to help:
Colors
Sizes
Shapes
Situations Characters
Time of Day

16. Start Small
We went to a big circus carnival at night. There was an
ice cream stand to the right of the ferris wheel. There
were 5 kinds of ice cream on the menu. There was pink
strawberry, blue raspberry, orange sherbet, yellow
lemonade, and green mint. My father said he would
buy one for me. He put $5 in my hand.

17. Start Small
Little Johnny had been waiting to buy ice cream all day.
His mother took him to the ice cream shop, and Johnny
eagerly looked at every ice cream flavor. His face was
filled with joy when his mother placed the ice cream in
his hands. Little Johnny was so excited, but the ice
cream slipped out of his hands and fell onto the floor.
Little Johnny was shocked and his eyes began to well
up.

18. Using Your Current English Skills

19. Reading: Level 2