難易度：★★★☆☆
問題：次の音声を聞いて以下の問いに答えなさい。
- 息子は今、何をしている？
- 父と息子の間の約束事は？
- すぐに掃除を始めないと、父親はどうすると言っている？
語彙：
clean up ～を掃除する
once a week １週間に一度
It’s been ~ since … ・・・してから～たつ
video game テレビゲーム
on the telephone 電話で
spend time -ing ～して時間を過ごす、～に時間を費やす
grades 成績、評価
terrible ひどい
That’s too bad. それは残念です。
do our best 最善を尽くす
That’s the way it is. そういう風になっている。、そういうものだ。
for the rest of ~ ～の残りの間ずっと
All right 分かった
mean 意地の悪い
スクリプト：
Father: Billy, how many times have I asked you to clean up your room?
Son: I’ll do it tomorrow.
F: No, you’ll do it now.
S: But (1)I’m watching my favorite show now.
F: Billy, (2)we agreed that you would clean your room once a week. It’s been two weeks since you cleaned it.
S: I’ve been busy.
F: I know. You’ve been busy with television and video games and talking on the telephone.
S: I don’t spend that much time doing those things. I have homework, too.
F: You hardly spend any time on homework. Your grades at school are terrible!
S: I don’t like shcool.
F: That’s too bad. I have to work. You have to go to school. We both have to try to do our best. That’s the way it is. Now go clean your room.
S: I’ll do it after this program.
F: You’ll do it now or (3)you won’t be allowed to watch television for the rest of this week!
S: All right, all right! Sometimes you’re so mean!
F: Well, when you’re a parent you can be mean, too. Now you’re a child, so go clean your room.