Reading: Smart Car (1.2)

This is an online newspaper article about a new car. It can be used for scanning exercises. Possible questions to ask are:

  1. What is the name of the car?
  2. How much is the car?
  3. How many people can ride in it?
  4. What is the fuel efficiency?
  5. Who manufactures it?
  6. and more ...

スマートクーペ■２人乗りスマートカー発売

　ダイムラークライスラー日本は１０日から、２人乗りの小型車「スマートカー」を国内で発売する。ヨーロッパ以外でのスマートカー販売は初めて。排気量は６００ＣＣ。燃費効率は１リットル当たり１９キロ。価格は１３０万円。

(This is a teacher-made article. For the newspaper article, contact ryoko.keaton@tbr-inc.com.)

Expansion 1: The text can be combined with several other short articles for skimming exercises. (1.2)

Expansion 2: Differences in measurement systems, including currencies, can be explored.
(3.1)

  • 19 キロ = 11.8 マイル (1km = 0.621mile/1mile = 1.61km)
  • 130万円 = $(varies): visit a currency calculator at
    www.x-rates.com/calculator.html
  • 600 cc = 0.6 liter = 0.16 gallon (1 gallon =3.79 liters )
    * Metric is used for Displacement (排気量) in both U.S. and Japan.
  • For more conversions, visit Online metric converter at www.sciencemadesimple.com/conversions.html.

Expantion 3: For more thorough reading, use DL-MT version 1.00 (a Japanese document reading support system) at www-cl.tufs.ac.jp/dlmt/standard.html. (1.2)

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Reading: 東大寺大仏 とうだいじだいぶつ とは by 奈良市観光情報 ならしかんこうじょうほう センター (1.2)

This is a page about the sizes of various parts of Nara no Daibutsu. It can be used to review kanji for body parts.

東大寺大仏とは: www1.sphere.ne.jp/naracity/j/daibutu/w_buddha01.html
大仏特集 とくしゅう : www1.sphere.ne.jp/naracity/j/daibutu/w_buddha00.html
Link permission was obtained on March 29, 2003 from Nara City.

Expansion 1: Metric system can be explored. (3.1)

Expansion 2: Explore more about Daibutsu and Buddhism. How many famous Daibutsu are there in Japan? Where are they located? How old are they? など (2.2/3.1/3.2)

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Annual Events/Links (2.2)

November
December

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