あけましておめでとうございます。去年はありがとうございました。今年の四月から、東京で新しい仕事をします。三月に引っ越しますが、その前にもう一度会いたいです。一月十四日の日曜日、一緒に昼ごはんを食べませんか。一月七日までに返事をください。
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読解 🎈 Events メール NO. 72 3 questions
新年のカード
New Year card
💡 Read this first
There are three different months: response deadline January, moving house March, starting work April. Match each milestone with the correct verb.
Passage
- CONTENT新しい仕事はいつからですか。
Explanation: The third sentence connects the new job with the April milestone.
- KEY WORD「去年」の意味は何ですか。
Explanation: This word appears in the article. Compare it with the context and reading 「きょねん」.
- INFERENCEいつまでに返事をしますか。
Explanation: Day 14 is lunch day; Day 7 is the deadline to respond.
Key words
- 新年 new year
- 去年 last year
- 仕事 work
- 引っ越す move house
- 返事 feedback
Grammar
V-たいです want to be V
Used to express the speaker's wishes. The destination of an action is often used with に / へ.
N までに before term N
までに is the deadline: the action must be completed before milestone N. Distinguished from まで which lasts continuously until that milestone.
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Write a New Year's card with a plan and an invitation.
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Happy New Year. Thank you for the past year. From April this year, I will work a new job in Tokyo. I moved house in March, but before that I wanted to meet again. Sunday January 14th, let's have lunch together? Please respond by January 7.