The Café on the Corner
Every Saturday, Leila studies Spanish at the café on her corner, until one busy morning the owner asks a young man to share her table.
まずはゆっくり読み、文章全体の意味をつかみましょう。強調された単語をタップすると英語の意味を確認できます。音声を聴きながら文を追ったり、読書時間を計ったりしてから、理解度クイズに挑戦できます。
Every Saturday morning, Leila went to the little café on the of her street. She always sat at the same table by the window. She a cup of tea and opened her Spanish book. She wanted to visit Mexico in the summer, so she studied hard.
One Saturday, the café was very busy, and there were no tables. Mrs. Novak, the , with a young man. "Can he sit with you, Leila?" she asked. "Of course," said Leila.
The young man sat down and opened his book. It was an English book for Spanish speakers. Leila looked at his book, and he looked at . Then they laughed.
"I'm Mateo," he said. "I'm from Mexico. I'm going to start a new job here next month, but my English isn't very good." "It's better than my Spanish," Leila said with a smile.
After that, they met at the café every Saturday. For one hour, they spoke English, and for one hour, they spoke Spanish. Mateo told Leila about his city and his family. Leila helped him with English for his new job.
In June, Leila had some . "I'm going to fly to Mexico next week," she said. "I'm going to our Saturdays."
Mateo didn't say anything for a minute. Then he said, "When you come back, can I ? Not for a lesson. Just dinner."
Leila smiled. "Yes," she said. Then she said it again, in Spanish. At the other end of the café, Mrs. Novak smiled too.
重要な語彙
単語と学習用の意味説明は英語です。
- cornernoun
the place where two streets meet
- orderedverb
asked for food or a drink in a café or restaurant
- freeadjective
here: with nobody sitting at it
- ownernoun
here: the woman who has the café
- came overphrasal verb
came to the place where someone was
- herspronoun
here: her book
- bothpronoun
the two of them
- newsnoun
new information about something
- missverb
to feel sad because you can't see someone or do something anymore
- take you to dinnerphrase
ask you to come and eat dinner with me, often at a restaurant
理解を確認しましょう
問題・選択肢・解説は英語です。必要に応じて本文を読み返しましょう。