予想問題7

『二次試験対策予想問題』(旺文社)予想問題(7)

There was a woman whose son went to juku every day.

The juku is far from her home, so she was worried how safe he was on the way to back home.

One day when she watched the TV, she saw one commercial advertisement of mobile phone. In that ad, a little girl were talking to her mother through mobile phone. At that time she found out mobile phone was very useful for herself.

So she bought her son a mobile phone and tell him to call her on the way back to home.

The next day, he did call her. Mother had relieved her anxiety.

2nd trial

There was a woman whose son went to juku every day.

Because the juku was far from home and he had to get back home too late, she worried about his safety.

One day when she watched the TV, she watched one TV commercial. In that commercial, a little girl call her mother through the cell phone. At that time, she had one good idea.

So she bought him a cell phone and told him to call her after the lesson of the juku had finished.

From the next day he called her on way to back home, so she has relieved.

模範解答

There was a woman whose son went to juku every day.

Sometimes he would come home very late, and she wouuld stand by the window waiting for him and worrying whether something terrible had happened to him.

Then one morning, she happened to see a program on TV about cell-phones and how many children who went to juku nowadays carried cell-phones so that they could contact their parents easily.

That afternoon, she handed her son a cell-phone and told him to call her if he was going to be home late.

The next day at around the time when her son was supposed to come home, her phone rang. It was her son calling to say that he was going to be home a little late because he had stayed behing talking to some friends after class. She was glad that she didn't have to stand at the window worrying anymore.

作例

There was a woman whose son went to juku every day.

His class ended late at night and juku was far from her home, so she worried about his safety.

One day when she watched TV, she saw a little girl talking to her mother by cell phone on the TV comercial. She thought that cell phone was useful for them.

Just after that, she bought him a cell phone and told him to call on the way back to home.

Since the next day, he did call her every day on his way home. She relieved very much.

家庭生活に関する表現
household chores (毎日の)家事
do the housework 家事をする
do the dishes 皿を洗う
do the laundry 洗濯をする

run the vacuum cleaner 掃除機をかける
dry a futon in the sun ふとんを干す
keep household accounts 家計簿をつける
leave a child in a person's care 子供の世話を(人に)任せる
pension system 年金制度
aging society 高齢化社会
walk a dog 犬を散歩させる
child abuse 児童虐待
adopt a child 子供を養子にする