第19 講座 対話 ピクトグラムのはたらき☆文法範囲★読解のポイント

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解答時間の目安：20分（435語）

ピクトグラムの利点やはたらきについて読み取ろう。

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Shun:

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Hi, Emma. What are you doing?

Emma: Hi, Shun. I’m surf ing the Internet. Do you know *pictograms? I’m going to talk about
them in English class next month, so I’m reading some *online articles now.
Shun:
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Pictograms? What are they?

Emma: They are pictures which give you some information in a *simple way. Look. Can you tellme what this means?
Shun:

Of course, yes. It means a restroom. A man and a woman are standing *side by side. I
have seen it many times.

Emma: That’s right. We can see pictograms in *public places such as stations.
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Shun:

Oh, I didn’t realize that. But why are there so many pictograms around us?

Emma: Imagine you are abroad now. You can speak and read only Japanese. You want to take a
subway, but you don’t know what to do. What would you do if you were in such a situation?
Shun:

I would use some *gestures or draw pictures to show the things that I want to do.

Emma: You are right, but pictograms can help you. *Even if you can speak only Japanese, you canunderstand what a pictogram means easily.

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Shun:I see.

Emma: Today a lot of people are traveling around the world. The number of foreign people visiting
Japan is increasing now. I think some foreign people don’t understand Japanese at all,butthey can ‘read’ pictograms. If they have a map with some pictograms, it is easy for①

them to find a place that they want to visit.

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Shun:That’s interesting. I just got another good point of pictograms. Even children can also
understand the meaning of them.

Emma: You’ve got a good point. Some pictograms show the things you mustn’t do in the place.
Children can learn rules from these pictograms. Pictograms are used for everyone. We
can understand pictograms without using words. Well, let’s take a *quiz. Shun, what does

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this mean?
Shun:I see a camera, a *circle and a line. I got it! It means “Don’t take pictures.”

Emma: You’re right. We can see this kind of pictogram at museums. The next one is this. It isalso found at museums and libraries.
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Shun:

It means “Don’t eat or drink anything.” We can see a hamburger and something to drink.
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It also has a circle and a line. Pictograms are really interesting. I want to learn more
about them.
Emma: Shall we go to the station tomorrow? I will look for pictograms in our town and takepictures of them.
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Shun:

②I wish I could. But I must go to school to practice tennis. I’m a member of the tennis

team.

Emma: OK. Then I will show you the pictures later.
Thank you, Emma.

Shun:〔注〕 pictogram ピクトグラム（案内用図記号）side by side 並んで

public 公共のeven if 〜 たとえ〜だとしてもonline オンラインの

simple 単純な，簡単なgesture 身ぶり手ぶりquiz クイズ

circle 円〔問１〕 波線部を日本文になおしなさい。
（）〔問２〕 下線部①の具体的な内容を次の形で表すとき，people canに適切な語を１つずつ入れなさい。

what pictograms〔問３〕 下線部②の具体的な内容として最も適切なものをア〜エから１つ選び，記号で答えなさい。
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I don’t want to take pictures tomorrow.

イ I’m happy that you can go to the station.
ウ I’m sorry that I can’t go with you.

〔エ I’m sorry to hear you will take pictures.	〕〔問４〕 本文中にあげられているピクトグラムとして正しくないものをア〜エから１つ選び，記号で答えなさい。
アイウエ

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〔問５〕 本文の内容と合うものには〇を，合わないものには×を書きなさい。
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Emma is going to write about pictograms in English class next month.

⑵ Shun already knows about pictograms because he read an article about them online.
⑶ Shun said that it is possible for children to learn rules from pictograms.
⑷ Emma said that there are some pictograms that have words and that is a good point.
⑸ Emma will take pictures of pictograms in her town and show them to Shun.
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