THE ISLAND OF HOPE AND TEARS
Grammar - 1
It is said to have been 「...であったと言われている」
Baseball is said to have begun in 1845.
(It is said that baseball began in 1845.)
The 1964 Tokyo Olympics are said to have been very successful.
(It is said that the 1964 Tokyo Olympics were very successful.)Life in Europe is said to have been very hard. [pg.28, l.6]
believed と thought も同じように使われます。
Life in Europe is believed/thought to have been very hard.

Vocabulary from Context
Guess the meaning of the underlined words.
migrateTiffany: I heard that from 1880 to 1924, millions of Europeans migrated to America.

/ˈmaɪˌɡreɪt/(took a trip / moved)
Esteban: Yes, that’s true. They were looking for a new life.
Tiffany: But why did they leave Europe?
Esteban: It’s said that life there was very hard.

Tiffany: Why was life in Europe hard?
Esteban: There were many reasons.
scarceOne important reason was that jobs were scarce.

/skers/(hard / easy) to findPre-reading
1. As a class, discuss the picture on the next page. Where were those people
coming from? Where were they going? How did they feel? Imagine.

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Lesson 4 - The Island of Hope and Tears

Part 1
America is a country of immigrants. Between 1880 and1924, 25 million people from Ireland, Italy, and many otherNew words
2 - Ireland /ˈaɪərlənd/

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5countries are believed to have migrated there. The decision to3 - [a] decision /dəˈsɪʒən/move wasn’t easy. People had to leave their homes, families, and

8 - hopeless /ˈhoʊplɪs/

culture. So why did so many go to America?
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Life in Europe is said to have been very hard. There weremany wars, people were scared of their governments, and jobs
were scarce. The future seemed hopeless.

Comprehension Questions
Answer the following questions.
1. How many people are believed to have moved to America from 1880 to 1924?
2. How was life in Europe in those days?
3. What problems did Europe have?
1 - [a] country of immigrants - 移民の国
7 - scared of ~ - ~を恐れている - I’m scared of another big earthquake.

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Grammar - 2
比較級／原級＋SV
S

My brother isVtaller thanI am ( me ).

more interesting thanmy speech was ( it ).

more quickly than

Usain Bolt can run ( him ).

Our parents had

less technology than

we have ( us ).

Sports areas fun asvideo games are ( them ).

(much / far)Your speech wasI can run(much / far)

注意： 比較級では、be動詞＋形容詞、一般動詞＋副詞／名詞、の順になります。

The buildings of New York City were much taller than the building in Europe were.
[~pg.30, l.6]

Vocabulary from Context
Guess the meaning of the underlined words.
Hanna: I’m going to visit England for Christmas.
Manny: That’s nice, but you should be careful. Last Christmas, Narita Airport
was much more crowded than it is usually. There were so many people
waiting, and I almost couldn't board my plane.

board ~/bɔːrd/awful

get (on / off)
Tim:

What is that awful smell?

/ˈɑːfəl/(great / terrible)
Amy: Sorry. I was cooking some fish, and I burned it.
Tim:

Well, open the window and let some fresh air in.

Pre-reading
Guess the answers to the following questions.
2. Today, we can travel from London to New York in about eight hours.
How long do you think the trip across the ocean took 100 years ago?
3. How was life on the big boats?

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Part 2So people boarded ships to the New World. But life on theNew words

ships was awful. The voyage sometimes took one month. One

1 - [a] ship /ʃɪp/

man said, “They gave us little food. People were always sick.”2 - [a] voyage /ˈvɔɪədʒ/

Arriving in New York, the first thing people saw from the55 - Statue of Liberty/ˈstætʃuː əv ˈlɪbərti/

ships was the Statue of Liberty. Many had tears in their eyes.

8 - Ellis Island /ˈeləs ˈaɪlənd/Then, they saw the buildings of New York City, which were
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much taller than the buildings in Europe were. Everyone waseager to enter America. But first, they had to pass through Ellis
Island.

New York City, c.1911
The first thing people saw was the Statue of Liberty.

Comprehension Questions

Underline the correct answer. Sometimes, both a. and b. are correct.
4. On the ships, people werea. hungry.

b. unhealthy.

5. Seeing the Statue of Liberty, people felta. sad.

b. happy.

6. Everyone was excited abouta. seeing tall buildings.

b. entering America.

1 - the New World - 新世界、新天地

4 - the first thing people saw - 人々が最初に目にしたもの

5 - had tears in their eyes - 彼らの目に涙を浮かべた - At my wedding, my parents had tears in their eyes.
8 - eager to enter America - アメリカに早く入国したがる - Are you eager to learn English?

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