Activity 4

文章スキャンは言葉探しのようなものだ。下記の文章（Hadashi no Tabiからの抜粋）の中からアクティビティXとYで使った２０のフレーズを探してみる。見つけたら下線を引こう。大切なのは全てのフレーズを見つけることではない。１０分間文章スキャンに費やしてみよう。もし時間が余ったら、続きの文章に目を通してみよう。

Try a word-find!
In the text below, HNT Chapter 1, search for the 20 phrases that you used in activities 1 and 2. Underline them when you find them. Use up the rest of your 10 minutes seeing how they are used.

• I was born there
• island countries
• length of Japan
• like making trips
• married to a Japanese woman
• want to travel
• wanted to prepare
• weren't you together?
• wish to walk
• your English will improve
• a few years ago, we did   
• a very long walk
• and short sentences
• at the start of the story, she was   
• in Japan, and I was in New Zealand
• it has simple words   
• long, with mountains, rivers, and cities   
• my wife, Mami, went to Japan   
• they're both   
• to spend Christmas and New Year with her family

HNT Chapter 1
 
Hi. It’s nice to meet you.
 
I want to tell a story. Would you like to hear it? It’s a true story. If you read it, your English will improve. At the same time, I hope you will enjoy it. It’s easy. It has simple words and short sentences. (Slowly, the sentences will grow.)
 
This story starts in 2004, in New Zealand. I come from New Zealand. I was born there, so New Zealand is my country. I am a New Zealander married to a Japanese woman. At the start of the story, she was in Japan, and I was in New Zealand.
 
“Why was she in Japan?” you ask. “Why weren’t you together?” 

Well, those are good questions. Let me answer them.
My wife, Mami, went to Japan to spend Christmas and New Year with her family. She also wanted to prepare for our trip. Mami and I like making trips. We enjoy traveling together.
 
We don’t like traveling by car. We enjoy walking much better. A few years ago, we did a very long walk. We walked all of New Zealand. New Zealand has two big islands, and we walked each island from top to bottom. Now, we want to travel the length of Japan.
 
New Zealand and Japan are both island countries. They’re both long, with mountains, rivers and cities. But Japan has many more people and cars.
 
I wish to walk in Japan, but Mami will ride a bicycle. South Japan to North Japan is a long way. It may take us 100 days.