わたしは学校の後で、コンビニで三時間働いています。仕事はレジと品物を並べることです。夕方はお客さんが多いですから、忙しいです。でも、店長はいつも「ありがとう」と言ってくれます。新しい言葉をたくさん聞くことができますから、この仕事が好きです。
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読解 🏪 Work 文章 NO. 29 3 questions
コンビニの仕事
Convenience store job
💡 Read this first
There are two reasons to use から: busy because there are many customers, and enjoying work because you hear new words. Read the correct question.
Passage
- CONTENTコンビニでどのぐらい働いていますか。
Explanation: Duration stands immediately after the work location.
- KEY WORD「並べる」の意味は何ですか。
Explanation: This word appears in the article. Compare it with the context and reading 「ならべる」.
- INFERENCEわたしはどうしてこの仕事が好きですか。
Explanation: The last sentence states the reason for liking.
Key words
- コンビニ convenience store
- 働く work
- レジ cashier counter
- 並べる arrange / display
- 店長 store manager
Grammar
V-ています doing / usually doing
Depends on context: ongoing action or habit. Words like 毎日 often signal habit.
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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Name a job and one thing you learned from it.
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After school, I worked three hours at a convenience store. The job is to be a cashier and arrange goods. In the afternoon, there are many customers so it's busy. But the manager always says “thank you” to me. Because I can hear many new words, I like this job.