英検準2級プラスのリスニング無料練習 第11セット｜会話15問＋説明文15問【独自台本・全訳・解答】

英文：Girl: Is the film club showing the documentary on Friday? / Boy: It was supposed to, but the hall will be used for a school meeting. / Girl: Are they moving it to Saturday? / Boy: No. The show will be on Thursday at four thirty. I already booked two seats.　日本語訳：女子：映画部のドキュメンタリー上映は金曜？ 男子：会議で会場が使われるから変更。土曜ではなく木曜午後4時半で2席予約した。

A. Thursday at 4:30　木曜4時半が最終予定。金曜は旧予定。

英文：Man: I read that the museum costs ten dollars to enter. / Woman: That’s for adults. Students pay six dollars if they show a school ID. / Man: What if I forget my ID? / Woman: Then you’ll need to pay the adult price.　日本語訳：男性：博物館は10ドル？ 女性：それは大人料金。学生証があれば学生は6ドル。男性：学生証を忘れたら？ 女性：10ドルの大人料金。

B. A school ID　学生証提示が学生料金の条件。

英文：Girl: Can I register for the robotics club at tomorrow’s meeting? / Boy: Tomorrow is just an information session. Registration starts on Monday. / Girl: Do I have to apply online? / Boy: No, the teacher accepts paper forms, too. Just make sure you apply by Wednesday.　日本語訳：女子：明日の集会でロボット部の入部申込できる？ 男子：明日は説明会で登録開始は月曜。オンラインだけ？ 紙も可能。水曜までに申込。

C. Monday　登録開始は月曜日。

英文：Man: What should I bring for the music performance? / Woman: The hall provides microphones and music stands, but you must bring your instrument. / Man: Do I need a chair? / Woman: No, there will be chairs on the stage. Please arrive thirty minutes before we start.　日本語訳：男性：演奏会に何を持って行く？ 女性：マイクと譜面台、椅子は会場が用意。楽器は自分で。開始30分前に来て。

D. His instrument　楽器だけは本人が持参する必要がある。

英文：Girl: The plants look healthier than last month. Did the new watering schedule work? / Boy: Maybe, but we’ve also had more rain recently. / Girl: So what should we do? / Boy: Let’s keep recording the water use and compare the results over several weeks.　日本語訳：女子：植物は先月より元気。水やり当番表のおかげ？ 男子：可能性はあるけど最近雨も増えた。女子：どうする？ 男子：使用量を記録し数週間比較しよう。

A. Collecting more data　水の使用量を記録して比較する提案。

英文：Woman: Is my bicycle ready today? / Man: The new tire arrived this morning, but the mechanic has several other repairs. / Woman: Can I collect it tomorrow afternoon? / Man: Yes, we expect to finish it by noon tomorrow. I’ll call you if anything changes.　日本語訳：女性：自転車は今日できる？ 男性：タイヤは届いたが修理が多い。女性：明日午後は？ 男性：明日正午までに完了見込み。変更なら電話。

B. Tomorrow afternoon　明日正午までに完成予定で、午後の受取が可能。

英文：Girl: I wrote my speech yesterday. Could you check my grammar? / Boy: Sure. But you also need to practice speaking it aloud. / Girl: I know. My speech is almost five minutes long. / Boy: The competition limit is four minutes, so you’ll have to shorten it.　日本語訳：女子：昨日スピーチを書いたので文法を見てほしい。男子：いいけど音読練習も必要。女子：5分近くある。男子：大会の上限は4分なので短くする必要がある。

C. Make the speech shorter　5分近い原稿を4分以内に短縮する。

英文：Man: Will the bird-watching event be canceled if it rains? / Woman: Only if the weather becomes dangerous. Light rain is fine. / Man: When will we know? / Woman: The organizers will email everyone by seven tomorrow morning if they cancel it.　日本語訳：男性：雨なら野鳥観察は中止？ 女性：危険な天候のときだけ。小雨なら実施。男性：いつ分かる？ 女性：中止なら明朝7時までにメール。

D. If the weather is dangerous　小雨だけでは中止せず、危険な場合に限る。

英文：Girl: I need to keep this book until Friday, but the due date is Wednesday. / Boy: You can request an extension if nobody else has reserved it. / Girl: I checked, and there are no reservations. / Boy: Then go to the desk. The librarian can extend the loan for you.　日本語訳：女子：本を金曜まで借りたいが期限は水曜。男子：予約者がなければ延長申請できる。女子：予約はなかった。男子：窓口で司書に延長してもらおう。

A. Request an extension at the desk　予約者がないため正式に延長申請できる。

英文：Woman: Does the ten-dollar fee cover the materials? / Man: Yes, paper, paint, and brushes are included. / Woman: Should I bring lunch? / Man: The workshop ends at noon, so lunch is not provided. You can eat at the cafe afterward.　日本語訳：女性：10ドルの参加費には材料込み？ 男性：紙・絵の具・筆込み。昼食は？ 正午終了なので昼食は提供なし。終了後カフェで食べられる。

B. Art materials　材料一式は参加費に含まれる。

英文：Girl: Our survey found that more students walk to school now. / Boy: Did we check whether the total number of students changed? / Girl: Not yet. Is that important? / Boy: Yes. We should compare percentages, not only the number of students, before making a claim.　日本語訳：女子：調査では徒歩通学の生徒が増えた。男子：全生徒数の変化は？ 女子：まだ。男子：人数だけでなく割合を比較してから結論づける必要がある。

C. The percentages of students　母数の変化を考慮して割合を比較する。

英文：Man: I need to get to the sports center. Does bus number five stop outside it? / Woman: Not this week. The road is being repaired, so the bus stops outside the library. / Man: Is that far away? / Woman: Only about seven minutes on foot. The timetable has not changed.　日本語訳：男性：5番バスはスポーツセンター前に停まる？ 女性：今週は道路修理のため図書館前停車。徒歩7分。時刻表は変更なし。

D. The location of the stop　変更したのは停留所だけ。

英文：Girl: The community center collected eighty food packages yesterday. / Boy: Did all of them go to families? / Girl: No. Sixty were given to residents, and twenty were sent to another support center. / Boy: So none were thrown away? / Girl: That’s right. Every package was checked before distribution.　日本語訳：女子：センターは昨日80件の食品を集めた。男子：全部家族へ？ 女子：60件を住民に、20件を別の支援センターに送った。男子：廃棄はゼロ？ 女子：その通り。配布前に全件点検。

A. Twenty　20件が別センターに送られた。

英文：Man: I booked the three o’clock museum tour. / Woman: The guide will be unavailable then, so we’ve moved it to three thirty. / Man: Can I still use my original ticket? / Woman: Yes, you don’t need to buy another one. Please arrive by three fifteen.　日本語訳：男性：3時のツアーを予約した。女性：ガイドの都合で3時半に変更。チケットはそのまま使える。3時15分までに到着すること。

B. 3:30 p.m.　ツアー開始は3時30分、3時15分は集合目安。

英文：Girl: I finished my history report, but the school website is not working. / Boy: Did you tell the teacher? / Girl: Yes. She said students affected by the problem can submit by email today. / Boy: Then send it now. The usual deadline is still tomorrow for students who can use the website.　日本語訳：女子：歴史レポートを完成したがサイトが動かない。男子：先生に言った？ 女子：影響を受けた人は今日メールで提出可。男子：今送ろう。ほかの生徒の通常締切は明日のまま。

C. Students affected by the website problem　メール提出はサイト障害の影響を受けた生徒だけ。

英文：A library in one town started lending simple tools for home repairs. Each member could borrow one item for five days. The library also offered a two-day extension, but only when nobody else had reserved the item. Staff members checked equipment before and after every loan. The manager explained that borrowing a tool was not the same as buying it, and everyone needed to return borrowed items in safe condition.　和訳：図書館は簡単な修理用工具を貸し始めた。会員は5日間1つ借りられ、ほかに予約者がいなければ2日延長可能。職員は貸出前後に点検し、貸与と購入は異なるので安全な状態で返却する必要がある。

D. No other member has reserved the tool　予約者がいないことが条件。

英文：A city introduced a new bus service and collected registration data. During the first month, four hundred people signed up for information about the service. However, only two hundred and fifty actually traveled on the bus. Officials said the higher number showed interest, not confirmed use. They planned to compare passenger numbers over several months before deciding whether to expand the route.　和訳：市は新バスサービスを導入し、400人が案内登録したが実際に乗ったのは250人だった。登録者数は関心を示すが実利用とは異なる。路線拡大の前に数か月の乗客数を比較する予定。

A. 250　actually traveled on busは250。

英文：A school installed automatic lights in its classrooms. The lights turned off when no one was present. After one month, the school reported lower electricity use. However, the total number of students had also been lower during that month because of examinations. Teachers decided to compare energy use per student and continue measuring before saying that the lights alone had caused the change.　和訳：学校は無人時に消える照明を導入し1か月後の電力使用量は減った。しかし試験のため登校者も少なかった。教師は照明だけが原因と結論する前に生徒一人当たりの消費量などを比較する。

B. Student attendance had also changed　生徒数の変化という別要因。

英文：A community museum asked residents to share photographs of old buildings. The staff scanned the photographs and returned the originals to their owners. Visitors could then view the digital images during an exhibition. The museum refused to publish pictures without permission from the owners. The director said protecting people’s rights was as important as preserving information about the town’s history.　和訳：博物館は古い建物の写真を住民から集め、スキャン後に原本を返却した。展示ではデジタル画像を見られるが、持ち主の許可なく公開しない。資料保存と権利保護は同じくらい重要と説明した。

C. Return them to their owners　originals were returned to owners。

英文：A local group organized a park clean-up. Volunteers were told to wear gloves and avoid touching dangerous objects. If they found broken glass or unknown chemicals, they had to inform a trained worker instead of trying to move the objects themselves. The group provided gloves and rubbish bags but asked everyone to bring drinking water. The organizers hoped to make the park cleaner without putting volunteers at risk.　和訳：地域団体の公園清掃では手袋を着用し危険物に触れないよう指示した。割れたガラスや不明な薬品は自分で動かさず訓練された職員へ知らせる。手袋と袋は支給、水は各自持参。安全な清掃を目指す。

D. Tell a trained worker　訓練された職員へ知らせる。

英文：A community reading club invited teenagers to discuss short stories. Registration was free, but participants were asked to return borrowed books before each meeting. The club provided printed questions and a quiet room. Members could choose to speak or submit their opinions in writing. The organizer said that students who were uncomfortable speaking in public could still take part in the discussion.　和訳：読書会は無料登録で、参加者は会合前に借りた本を返却する必要があった。質問用紙と静かな部屋は提供され、口頭でも書面でも意見を伝えられた。人前で話すのが苦手でも参加可能。

A. By submitting written opinions　意見を書面で提出できる。

英文：Students joined a local nature group to observe birds in a park. They recorded the number of birds, the weather, and the location of each observation. The scientist leading the activity explained that one day’s results could be useful but could not represent the entire year. She planned to collect observations from different seasons to understand changes more accurately.　和訳：生徒は公園の野鳥観察で鳥の数・天気・場所を記録した。科学者は1日の記録は有用でも通年を代表しないため、季節を変えて集める予定だと説明した。

B. To understand changes throughout the year　通年の変化を把握するため。

英文：A museum introduced portable audio guides. Visitors could borrow a device for two hours, but they had to return it before closing time. Staff counted how many guides were borrowed each day. They later realized that borrowing a device did not prove that someone had listened to all the explanations. The museum decided to ask visitors which information they found useful.　和訳：博物館は携帯音声案内を2時間貸す制度を導入した。閉館前に返却が必要。日々の貸出数を記録したが、借りたことだけでは全説明を聞いた証明にならないため、役立った情報を尋ねることにした。

C. Borrowing a guide did not prove it was fully used　機器の貸出と内容理解は別。

英文：A school garden project invited students to grow vegetables. The class planted tomatoes, carrots, and lettuce. During a dry week, students used stored rainwater, but there was not enough for every plant. They also used some tap water. The teacher said the storage system was useful but had not completely replaced other water sources. The class planned to record water use during different kinds of weather.　和訳：学校菜園ではトマト・ニンジン・レタスを育てた。乾燥した週はためた雨水を使ったが全植物には足りず水道水も利用した。貯水制度は有用だがすべて代替したわけではない。気象別使用量を記録する予定。

D. The stored rainwater was insufficient　雨水だけでは不足したため。

英文：A school organized a workshop on saving electricity. At the end, most students said they had enjoyed the activities. The teachers were pleased, but they did not conclude that students had improved their daily habits. Enjoyment and behavior change were different things. The school planned to ask students to record their electricity-saving actions at home over several weeks.　和訳：学校は節電講座を開き、多くの生徒が楽しかったと答えた。しかし楽しさと行動変化は別のため、教師は習慣が改善したと結論しなかった。数週間の家庭での節電行動を記録する計画だった。

A. Students’ actions to save electricity at home　家庭での節電行動を記録する。

英文：A science center offered a demonstration of a three-dimensional printer. Children could watch staff create a small model, but they were not allowed to operate the printer. The machine became very hot during part of the process, so trained workers handled it. Visitors received information about how the technology was used in design and engineering, and they could ask questions afterward.　和訳：科学館は3Dプリンター実演を行い、子どもは見ることはできたが操作はできなかった。機械は一部工程で高温になるため訓練された職員が扱った。見学者は設計や工学への活用を学び、質問もできた。

B. Only trained workers　trained workers handled the printer。

英文：A school music concert was originally scheduled for the outdoor stage at four o’clock. Heavy rain was expected, so the school moved the concert to the gymnasium. The starting time remained the same. The organizers asked everyone to use the gymnasium’s east entrance and said that tickets already issued would remain valid. The students practiced indoors to prepare for the different sound conditions.　和訳：学校の音楽会は午後4時の屋外ステージ予定だったが、大雨予報で体育館に移した。開始時刻は変わらず、東入口を使い、既存チケットも有効。生徒は音響に備えて屋内練習をした。

C. Its location　場所が体育館に変更された。

英文：A library surveyed teenagers about books they wanted to read. One hundred students answered. Forty students selected science books, thirty-five selected history books, and some students chose both. The librarian explained that the counts should not simply be added to find the number of different students, because choosing more than one category was allowed. The library planned to review its current collection before ordering new books.　和訳：図書館は100人に希望図書の調査を実施した。科学を40人、歴史を35人選んだが両方を選んだ人もいた。複数選択なので単純合計を異なる生徒人数とみなせない。購入前に現在の蔵書を確認する。

D. Some students chose both categories　両方選んだ生徒がいるため重複する。

英文：A town introduced an online map of public facilities. Residents could find opening hours, addresses, and bus routes. After several weeks, users reported that the opening time of one sports center was incorrect. Staff checked the information with the center and updated the map. The manager said that reliable information required regular checking, even after a website had been launched.　和訳：町は公共施設の開館時間・住所・バス路線を載せた地図サイトを公開した。利用者が体育館の開館時刻に誤りを見つけ、職員は施設に確認して修正した。サイト公開後も定期確認が必要だと説明された。

C. Check and update the opening time　確認して開館時刻を更新。

英文：A student noticed that his English test scores were not improving. He had been memorizing word lists but rarely practiced reading full passages. His teacher suggested reviewing mistakes from previous tests and reading short articles regularly. The teacher also advised him to write down why he chose each answer instead of guessing. The student decided to try the plan for a month.　和訳：生徒の英語テスト点は伸びず、単語暗記はしていたが長文をほとんど読んでいなかった。教師は過去の誤答復習と短い記事の継続読解、推測でなく選択理由の記録を勧めた。生徒は1か月試すことにした。

B. Reviewing mistakes and practicing reading　過去誤答の復習と長文練習。