難易度：★★★☆☆
問題：次の音声を聞いて以下の問いに答えなさい。
- 妻が来週、家にいない理由は？
- 妻は夫に何の手順を教えている？
- ウールの服で、してはいけないことは？
語彙：
business trip 出張
You’ve been talking about ~ あなたは～についてずっと話していた
for weeks 何週間も
be gone for ~ ～の間不在にする
do the wash 洗濯をする
How difficult can it be? そんなに難しくないだろう？（反語表現）
turn ~ on ～のスイッチを入れる
There’s more to it than that. それだけではありません。
sort ～を仕分ける
dark 濃い色の
gentle cycle 弱水流
handle ～を処理する、～を取り扱う
スクリプト：
Woman: (1)You remember I’m going on my first business trip next week, right?
[ju: rɪmembər aɪm goʊɪŋ ɑn maɪ fə:rst bɪznəs trɪp nekst wi:k, raɪt]Man: Of course I remember. You’ve been talking about it for weeks.
[ɑf kɔ:rs aɪ rɪmembər] [ju:v bɪn tɔ:kɪŋ əbaʊt ɪt fɔ:r wi:ks]W: Well, I’ll be gone for two weeks. (2)You’re going to have to learn how to do the wash.
[wel, aɪl bi: gɔ:n fɔ:r tu: wi:ks] [ juər goʊɪŋ tu: hæf tu: lə:rn haʊ tu: du: ðə waʃ]M: Don’t worry. How difficult can it be? You put the clothes in and turn it on.
[doʊnt wɑri:] [haʊ dɪfɪkəlt kæn ɪt bi:] [ju: pʊt ðə kloʊz ɪn ænd tə:rn ɪt ɑn]W: There’s more to it than that. First, you have to sort the clothes.
[ðeərz mɔ:r tu: ɪt ðən ðæt] [fə:rst, ju: hæf tu: sɔ:rt ðə kloʊz]M: What?
[wVt]W: Yes, you separate the white things and the dark things. You wash white things in hot water.
[jes, ju: sepəreɪt ðə waɪt θɪŋs ænd ðə da:rk θɪŋs] [ju: waʃ waɪt θɪŋs ɪn hɑt wɔ:tər]M: OK. That’s easy.
[oʊkeɪ] [ðæts i:zi:]W: Then you wash the dark things in cold water.
[ðen ju: waʃ ðə da:rk θɪŋs ɪn koʊld wɔ:tər]M: Why?
[waɪ]W: If you use hot water, the colors will change.
[ɪf ju: ju:z hɑt wɔ:tər, ðə kʌlərz wɪl tʃeɪndʒ]M: Got it. Is there anything else?
[gɑt ɪt] [ɪz ðeər eniθɪŋ els]W: You can wash wool clothes in the machine using the gentle cycle. But (3)don’t put wool things in the machine that dries clothes.
[ju: kən wɑʃ wʊl kloʊz ɪn ðə məʃi:n ju:zɪŋ ðə dʒentl saɪkl] [bʌt doʊnt pʊt wʊl θɪŋz ɪn ðə məʃi:n ðət draɪz kloʊz]M: Why?
[waɪ]W: Everything will become smaller.
[evrɪθɪŋ wɪl bɪkʌm smɔ:lər]M: I guess washing clothes is harder than I thought.
[aɪ ges waʃɪŋ kloʊz ɪz ha:rdər ðən aɪ θɔ:t]W: I’m sure you can handle it.
[aɪm ʃʊər ju: kən hændl ɪt]