| 回 | 項目 | 内容 |
| 第1回 | *Lesson 1 Greetings and Introductions
Scene 1 A) Dialog
**Unit 1 What's So Funny?
| *Alan brings his college friend, Kenji, to his sister's dormitory.
(Read pp. 2&3)
**jokes,puns,riddles,tongue twisters,quizzes and puzzeles
(Read pp. 2&3)
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| 第2回 | *Lesson 1 Greetings and Introductions
Scene 2 A) Dialog
**Unit 2 Eureka-I Have Found It!
| *Mr. Tanaka has wanted to meet Mr. Baldwin for a long time.
(Read pp. 4&5)
**Inventors and their discoveries
(Read pp. 7&8)
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| 第3回 | *Lesson 1 Greetings and Introductions
Scene 3 A) Dialog
**Unit 3 The Super-Rich
| *Two women are gardening in their backyard.
(Read pp. 6&7)
**What the super-rich people can afford to buy?
(Read pp. 12&13)
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| 第4回 | *Lesson 2 Making Appointments and Reservations by Telephone
Scene 1 A) Dialog
**Unit 4 Will
| *A student is calling from his room. He's asking for a date.
(Read pp. 12&13)
**The functions of various types of robots
(Read pp. 17&18)
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| 第5回 | *Lesson 2 Making Appointments and Reservations by Telephone
Scene 2 A) Dialog
**Unit 5 Brain
| *A businessman is making an appointment from a public phone.
(Read pp. 14&15)
**How we can improve upon making people smarter
(Read pp. 22&23)
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| 第6回 | *Lesson 2 Making Appointments and Reservations by Telephone
Scene 3 A) Dialog
**Unit 6 What's
| *A housewife calls from home to make an appointment at a beauty shop.
(Read pp. 16&17)
**The importance of romance in a love relationship
(Read pp. 27&28)
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| 第7回 | *Lesson 2 Making Appointments and Reservations by Telephone
Scene 4 A) Dialog
**Unit 7 Feeling | *A businessman makes a reservation at a restaurant by telephoning from his office.
(Read pp. 18&19)
**How both physical and emotional feelings affect our behavior
(Read pp. 32&33)
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| 第8回 | *Lesson 3 Requesting Favors
Scene 1 A) Dialog
**Unit 8 Bad Guys
| *A businessman wants to rent a car.
(Read pp. 24&25)
**How some terrorists go about achieving their goals
(Read pp. 37&38)
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| 第9回 | *Lesson 3 Requesting Favors
Scene 2 A) Dialog
**Unit 9 A Star is Born
| *A student borrows a book from a library.
(Read pp. 26&27)
**The subjects of stars in the sky, the sun and the use of solar power
(Read pp. 42&43)
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| 第10回 | *Lesson 3 Requesting Favors
Scene 3 A) Dialog
**Unit 10 Truth is Stranger than Fiction
| *A businessman is opening an account at a bank.
(Read pp. 28&29)
**How some true stories seem unbelievable at first but, are, indeed, non fiction
(Read pp. 47&48)
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| 第11回 | *Lesson 3 Requesting Favors
Scene 4 A) Dialog
**Movement of Robots
| *A housewife sends a small package at the post office.
(Read pp. 30&31)
**Humanoids, Geminoid TMF, HAL and other types of companions
(Read pp. 52&53)
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| 第12回 | *Lesson 4 Looking for Things
Scene 1 A) Dialog
**Unit 12 Piracy
| *A tourist is looking for direction in L.A.
(Read pp. 36&37)
**Illegally recording movies in a theater and buying counterfeit goods
(Read pp. 57&58)
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| 第13回 | *Lesson 4 Looking for Things
Scene 2 A) Dialog
**Unit 13 Hair Today-Gone Tomorrow
| *A student is looking for a rooming house.
(Read pp. 38&39)
**The topics of facial hair and types of hair styles
(Read pp. 62&63)
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| 第14回 | 理解度の確認 | これまでの要点のまとめ |
| 第15回 | 中間のまとめ | まとめ |
| 第16回 | *Lesson 4 Looking for Things
Scene 3 A) Dialog
**Unit 14 Credit Cards
| *A housewife is at a job placement center.
(Read pp. 40&41)
**The pros and cons of having a credit card
(Read pp. 67&68)
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| 第17回 | *Lesson 4 Looking for Things
Scene 4 A) Dialog
**Unit 15 To Be or Not to Be-Fat
| *A businessman is looking for a full-time position at a company.
(Read pp. 42&43)
**The merits and demerits of being overweight
(Read pp. 72&73)
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| 第18回 | *Lesson 5 Food and Drink
Scene 1 A) Dialog
**Unit 16 Boys Will Be Boys
| *Two housewives sit at one of the tables in an elegant restaurant.
(Read pp. 48&49)
**The topic of young men turning to cosmetics in order to be more attractive
(Read pp. 77&78)
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| 第19回 | *Lesson 5 Food and Drink
Scene 2 A) Dialog
**Unit 17 Puff the Magic
| *A student walks up to the counter of a fast food restaurant.
(Read pp. 50&51)
**Smoking and dangers of tobacco use are pointed
out
(Read pp. 82&83)
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| 第20回 | *Lesson 5 Food and Drink
Scene 3 A) Dialog
**Unit 18 The Weaker Sex
| *At the bar of a hotel
(Read pp. 52&53)
**Comparing women's status in both Japan and America
(Read pp. 87&88)
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| 第21回 | *Lesson 6 Shopping
Scene 1 A) Dialog
**Unit 19 Who Cut the Cheese?
| *A businessman is buying a suit at a clothing store.
(Read pp. 58&59)
**The greenhouse gas emitters and their effect on global warming
(Read pp. 92&93)
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| 第22回 | *Lesson 6 Shopping
Scene 2 A) Dialog
**Unit 20 Cheers
| *A housewife is shopping at a supermarket with her daughter.
(Read pp. 60&61)
**Surveys on the use of alcohol
(Read pp. 97&98)
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| 第23回 | *Lesson 6 Shopping
Scene 3 A) Dialog
**Unit 21 Talk to the Animals
| *A student is at a bookstore.
(Read pp. 62&63)
**Some interesting stories pertaining to animals in the news
(Read pp. 102&103)
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| 第24回 | *Lesson 7 Leisure
Scene 1 A) Dialog
**Unit 22 Hey, Good Lookin'
| *A student is buying a ticket at a movie theater.
(Read pp. 68&69)
**Comparing a woman who was labeled as too good looking and one who was deemed ugly by their boss
(Read pp. 107&108)
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| 第25回 | *Lesson 7 Leisure
Scene 2 A) Dialog
Scene 3 A) Dialog
| *A businessman is at an airline counter.
(Read pp. 70&71)
*A housewife wants to join a tennis club.
(Read pp. 72&73)
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| 第26回 | Movie: Part One | We will watch half of the movie and then the students will write a summary of what they've seen. |
| 第27回 | Movie: Part Two | Again, the students will watch the second half of the movie and write a summary. |
| 第28回 | Final Exam | Speaking test on the movie shown. Each student will be given a 90-second oral test concerning the film. It is a role play exam. |
| 第29回 | 理解度の確認 | １６回以降の要点のまとめ |
| 第30回 | まとめ | まとめ |
