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| **Opening** |
| Jessi:Hi everyone, welcome to the New JLPT N3 Prep Course Lesson 11. I'm Jessi and I'm here in the studio joined by... |
| Naomi:こんにちは、みなさん。直美です。Hi everyone, Naomi here. |
| 前回は 聴解のもんだい2を勉強しましたね。 |
| Jessi:In the last lesson, we covered Question 2 of the Listening comprehension section. |
| Naomi:このレッスンでは、問題3を紹介します。 |
| Jessi:And in this Lesson, we'll cover Question 3 of the Listening comprehension section. |
| Now, this Question 3 is one that ONLY appears on levels N3 and above, right? |
| Naomi:そうです。問題３は 会話全体の意味を聞き取る問題です。 |
| Jessi: In Question 3, you answer questions that ask for a summary of the listening question. To answer these questions, you should have a good idea of the situation presented in the audio. |
| *Instructions* |
| Jessi: Okay, so let's take a look at the instructions. Naomi-sensei, お願いします。 |
| Naomi: 問題3では問題用紙に何も印刷されていません。 |
| Jessi: In question 3, nothing is printed in the question booklet. |
| Naomi: まず、話を聞いてください。それから、質問を聞いて、正しい答えを１から４の中から一つ選んでください。 |
| Jessi: First, please listen to the conversation or speech. Then listen to the question and four answer choices. Choose the best answer from 1 to 4. |
| Hmm, so the important thing to note here is that the question is only presented once - and that's AFTER the conversation. |
| Naomi: That's right. You need to focus on getting the general idea of the conversation or speech. |
| Jessi: You don't know what's going to be asked, so you must listen closely to everything. |
| Naomi: この人は何をしたいのかな～。とか この人は何を言おうとしているのかな～ とか を必ず考えて、聞いてください。 |
| Jessi: (translation) |
| Naomi: I think that's what usually do when you have a conversation with people everyday. |
| Jessi: Okay, now it's time to practice for 問題３. Since nothing is printed in the actual test booklet for these questions, you won't need your Lesson Notes to do these practice questions. You may want to keep them on hand, though, since they have the transcripts for the questions that you can refer to afterward. Okay, let's begin! Here's the first one. |
| 練習問題 ③ |
| 夫>ふー。ただいま。 |
| 妻>おかえり。あら、ふりはじめたの？ |
| 夫>ああ、まいったよー。天気予報（てんきよほう）が「今日は一日中はれてあたたかくなる」って言ってたから、かさ、持っていかなかったんだよ。（ハックション！） |
| 妻>さむかったでしょ。おふろに入ったら？ |
| 夫>ああ、そうするよ。 |
| 妻>私が帰ってきたときは、くもっていたけど、まだふってはいなかったのよねー。もう、けっこうつもってる？ |
| 夫>うん。そとは真っ白だよ。 |
| Question:今、どんな天気ですか。 |
| 1. はれ |
| 2. あめ |
| 3. ゆき |
| 4. くもり |
| Jessi: Okay Naomi-sensei, first, can we hear the question itself one more time? |
| Naomi: Sure. 今、どんな天気ですか？What is the weather like right now? |
| Jessi: So the question is asking about the weather. And the answer choices are - 1. はれ (sunny) 2. あめ (rainy) 3. ゆき (snowy) 4. くもり (cloudy) |
| Before we give you the answer, let's go through the question together. |
| Naomi: Okay. The first hint to the answer is when the wife says あら、ふりはじめたの？ |
| Jessi: The verb ふる is used for both rain and snow, but since there's no subject, we don't actually know which one she's talking about. So this could mean, has it started raining? Or, has it started snowing? |
| Naomi:If you're not careful enough, you might go ahead and choose あめ rainy here. |
| Jessi:Right. The most important key phrase is? |
| Naomi:もう、結構つもってる？ |
| Jessi:"Is it piling up already?" |
| Naomi:And the husband's answer 「うん。そとは真っ白だよ。」 |
| Jessi: "Yes, it's pure white outside." |
| Ah! I think we know the answer now... |
| Naomi: Yes, the answer is number 3 - 雪. Snow. |
| Jess: Yes, it's snowy. Those last two lines are the major clues. |
| Naomi: そうですね。 「つもる」 is a verb that means to pile up, and it is used to describe the way snow piles up. |
| Jessi: And the last line - 外は真っ白. It's pure white outside! We now know that the answer is 雪. |
| Naomi: Did you get the right answer? |
| Jessi: Okay, let's do one more practice question. |
| 練習問題④ |
| 男の子>ねー、お父さん、ぼく、こうえんに行きたいなぁ。つれて行ってよ。 |
| おとうさん>え？（ふぁああ）。今、そとあついから、だめだよ。 |
| 男の子>じゃ、一緒にコンピューターゲームしようよ。このゲームおもしろいんだよー。 |
| おとうさん>うーん。お父さん、今から新聞読むんだ。また、あとでね。 |
| 男の子>ふーん。あ、ぼくも、本が読もうかな・・・。ねぇ、お父さん、本を買ってよ。あとででいいから、本屋さんに行こうよ。 |
| おとうさん>うーん。おとうさん、きのうの、ゴルフでつかれているんだよ。お母さんと行ってきなさい。 |
| 男の子>うん・・・わかった。・・・つまんないの。 |
| Question:男の子はどう思っていますか。 |
| 1. しんぶんをよみたい思っている。 |
| 2. ゲームを買ってもらいたいと思っている。 |
| 3. おとうさんはくだらない人だと思っている。 |
| 4. おとうさんにあそんでほしいと思っている。 |
| Jessi: Okay Naomi-sensei, first, can we hear the question itself one more time? |
| Naomi: Sure. 男の子はどう思っていますか。 |
| Jessi: What is the boy thinking? Let's review the conversation. Basically, to sum it up, he's asking his dad to do lots of different things. |
| ★ちょっと解説が長いので、短くしたほうがいいかもしれません★ |
| Naomi:Right. そうですね。The boy said...公園に行きたいなぁ。連れて行ってよ。 |
| Jessi:I wanna go to the park. Can you take me? |
| Naomi:And he said 一緒にコンピューターゲームしようよ。 |
| Jessi:Let's play this computer game together! |
| Naomi:He also said 本を買ってよ。本屋さんに行こうよ。 |
| Jessi: Could you buy me a book? Let's go to the bookstore. |
| Naomi:He uses "let's" a lot, doesn't he? That means he wants to do something with his father. Anything is fine with him. |
| Jessi: Ah, so with that in mind, I think we have a good idea of what he's thinking. Let's review the answer choices. |
| Naomi: 1. しんぶんをよみたい思っている。 He wants to read the newspaper. |
| Jessi: The father said he's going to read the newspaper, and the boy was interested in reading a book. So this is incorrect. Next one? |
| Naomi: 2.ゲームを買ってもらいたいと思っている。 He wants his dad to buy him a computer game. |
| Jessi: He actually said 本を買って "Buy me a book".. so this is incorrect. Next one? |
| Naomi: おとうさんはくだらない人だと思っている。He thinks his father is silly. |
| Jessi: くだらない... there's a lot of ways to translate this in English, and when describing a person, it might be like ridiculous, or absurd. This is a bit different from what he's thinking, though. |
| Naomi:Right. The boy said つまらないの "I'm bored." or "It's not fun", in this case he's describing the situation, but not his father. |
| Jessi: So choice 3 is not correct. |
| Naomi:正解は4番です。 |
| Jessi:The correct answer is Choice 4. |
| Naomi: おとうさんにあそんでほしいと思っている。He wants his father to play with him. |
| Jessi: He asks his father multiple times to play with him, so this is the correct answer. |
| Naomi: みなさん、練習問題はどうでしたか？ How did you do on the practice questions? |
| Jessi: You can find the full transcripts for the questions in the PDF, and there are even more practice questions in the bonus audio track, so don't miss them! |
| Naomi: ボーナストラックも聞いてくださいね！ |
| Jessi: Until next time, everyone. |
| Naomi:じゃあまた。 |
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