A：あの人はだれですか。
B：新しい学生のアナさんです。ブラジルから来ました。
A：日本語が上手ですね。
B：はい。でも、漢字はまだあまり分かりません。
A：じゃあ、昼休みにいっしょに勉強しましょう。
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読解 🏫 School 会話 NO. 12 3 questions
新しいクラスメート
New classmate
💡 Read this first
Look at the following sentence でも to find Anna's weak points; invitation Vましょう is the way to handle that problem.
Passage
- CONTENTアナさんはどこから来ましたか。
Explanation: The sentence introducing Anna has the phrase 「ブラジルから来ました」.
- KEY WORD「学生」の意味は何ですか。
Explanation: This word appears in the article. Compare it with the context and reading 「がくせい」.
- INFERENCEAさんはいつ勉強しようと言いましたか。
Explanation: The invitation has the mark 「昼休みに」.
Key words
- 新しい new
- 学生 students
- 国 country
- 漢字 Kanji
- 昼休み lunch break
Grammar
A。でも B / A ですが B but / however... but
After でも or after が is often important information that changes the initial prediction.
V-ましょう let's do it together
Friendly invitation. After the invitation, look for a response of agreement or another suggestion.
✍️ Try it yourself
Invite a classmate to study with the form 「いっしょに～ましょう」.
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A: Who is that person? B: It's Anna, a new student. She is from Brazil. A: Her Japanese is good. B: Yes. But she still doesn't understand much about Kanji. A: So let's study during lunch break.