あした、クラスのみんなと山へ行きます。駅でお弁当を買うこともできますが、わたしは家で作ります。母が作ったおにぎりが大好きですから。今夜、母といっしょにおにぎりと卵焼きを作ります。朝早いですから、ジュースも買います。
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読解 🍙 Eating and drinking 文章 NO. 14 3 questions
お弁当を作ります
Make boxed lunch
💡 Read this first
こともできます indicates a possibility, but でも gives the speaker's actual choice.
Passage
- CONTENTあした、みんなはどこへ行きますか。
Explanation: The first sentence states the location and accompanying person.
- KEY WORD「卵焼き」の意味は何ですか。
Explanation: This word appears in the article. Compare it with the context and reading 「たまごやき」.
- INFERENCEわたしはどうして家でお弁当を作りますか。
Explanation: The reason is stated clearly with から.
Key words
- お弁当 boxed lunch
- 山 mountain
- おにぎり rice balls
- 卵焼き rolled eggs
- 早い soon
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.
A から、B Because A, so B
When asking "why", immediately check the clause before から; B is the result.
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Say what you will bring when you go out: 「～を作ります／買います」.
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Tomorrow, I go to the mountains with the whole class. You can buy boxed lunches at the station, but I will make them at home, because I really like the rice balls my mother makes. Tonight I will make rice balls and egg rolls with my mother. Because it was early in the morning, I also bought juice.