英検準2級プラスのリスニング無料練習 第17セット｜会話15問＋説明文15問【独自台本・全訳・解答】

英文：Boy: Can I still attend Saturday’s robot workshop? / Girl: The morning class is full, but the afternoon class has four places. / Boy: What time does it begin? / Girl: At two thirty. You should arrive fifteen minutes earlier for registration.　和訳：男子：土曜のロボット講座にまだ参加できる？ 女子：午前は満席だが午後は4席ある。午後2時30分開始で受付のため15分前に到着する。

正解：A. 2:30 p.m.　午後の空きがある回は2:30開始。2:15は受付。

英文：Girl: Do visitors need to buy the translation headsets? / Boy: No, the school will lend them for free. But everyone must return them before leaving the hall. / Girl: Can visitors use their own headphones instead? / Boy: Yes, if they have the correct connection.　和訳：女子：通訳用イヤホンは購入が必要？ 男子：学校が無料貸出で退室前に返却。自分のヘッドホンも接続が合えば使用可能。

正解：B. Nothing　lend them for free＝無料貸出。

英文：Woman: Does the number six bus still stop near the museum? / Man: Not today. The road is closed for repairs, so it stops outside the community center instead. / Woman: Is the arrival time different? / Man: No, the timetable hasn’t changed.　和訳：女性：6番バスは博物館近くに停まる？ 男性：今日は工事で地域センター前へ。時刻表は変わらない。

正解：C. The stop location　博物館前から地域センター前へ停留所変更、時刻変更なし。

英文：Boy: Can my nine-year-old sister join the advanced swimming class? / Girl: That class is for students aged twelve and over who have passed the safety test. / Boy: Is there a beginner class for her? / Girl: Yes. It starts next month, and children can apply with a parent.　和訳：男子：9歳の妹は上級水泳教室へ？ 女子：12歳以上で安全試験合格者のみ。初心者の教室なら翌月始まり保護者と申込できる。

正解：D. The beginner class starting next month　上級クラスは年齢条件を満たさず、翌月の初心者教室なら申込可能。

英文：Girl: I finished my photographs for the school exhibition. Can I upload them on Thursday? / Boy: The deadline is Wednesday at five, but you can send them anytime before that. / Girl: Do they need to be printed? / Boy: Not for the application. The school will print selected photographs later.　和訳：女子：写真展の作品を木曜に提出してよい？ 男子：締切は水曜5時で、それ以前なら可。応募時は印刷不要で、選ばれた作品を学校が後で印刷する。

正解：A. By Wednesday at five　Wednesday at five is the application deadline。

英文：Woman: I borrowed a guitar from the library. May I keep it three more days? / Man: Only if nobody else has reserved it. Let me check. / Woman: Is there another reservation? / Man: Yes, a student needs it tomorrow, so I’m afraid you must return it today.　和訳：女性：図書館から借りたギターを3日延長したい。男性：次の予約者がいない場合だけ。調べると明日使う生徒がおり今日返却が必要。

正解：B. Another borrower has reserved it　明日の予約があるため延長不可。

英文：Boy: The classroom feels cooler since we opened the windows. / Girl: Maybe, but the weather outside is also cooler today. / Boy: Does that mean we shouldn’t report the result? / Girl: We should record it, but avoid claiming the windows alone caused the change.　和訳：男子：窓を開けてから教室が涼しい。女子：外の天気も今日は涼しい。男子：報告しない方がいい？ 女子：記録はするが窓だけの効果とは断定しない。

正解：C. Recording the result without claiming a single cause　結果は記録するが原因の断定は避ける。

英文：Man: Does the cooking workshop provide ingredients? / Woman: Yes, all basic ingredients and equipment are provided. Please tell us about any food allergies before Friday. / Man: Should I bring anything? / Woman: An apron and a small container for taking leftovers home.　和訳：男性：料理講座は材料提供？ 女性：基本材料と器材は用意。アレルギーは金曜までに報告し、エプロンと残り物用の容器を持参する。

正解：D. An apron and a container　エプロンと容器を自分で持参。

英文：Girl: Is it safe for visitors to touch the chemical containers during the demonstration? / Boy: No. Only trained staff may handle them. / Girl: Can we take photographs of the demonstration? / Boy: Yes, from the viewing area, but without using a flash.　和訳：女子：実演中に化学薬品の容器へ触れてよい？ 男子：訓練職員のみ。見学場所からフラッシュなしなら写真撮影可。

正解：A. Taking photographs without flash from the viewing area　見学場所からフラッシュなしで撮影可能。

英文：Woman: I thought the public meeting began at six thirty. / Man: It was moved to seven because the hall is being used earlier. / Woman: Do we still need to check in at six? / Man: No, check-in opens at six forty-five at the west entrance.　和訳：女性：公開会議は6時30分開始？ 男性：ホールの利用があり7時に変更。受付は6時でなく西入口で6時45分から。

正解：B. 7:00 p.m.　開始は7時、受付開始は6:45。

英文：Boy: Are the badminton rackets twenty dollars each? / Girl: Usually, but today students with a club card get twenty-five percent off. / Boy: I have a club card. How much will I pay? / Girl: Fifteen dollars for one racket.　和訳：男子：ラケットは1本20ドル？ 女子：通常そうだがクラブカードの学生は今日25％引き。カードを持つ男子は15ドル。

正解：C. Fifteen dollars　20ドルの25%引きは15ドル。

英文：Girl: I can’t attend the weekend language workshop. Can my friend use my place? / Boy: You shouldn’t give your registration to another person directly. / Girl: What should I do? / Boy: Contact the center by Thursday. They’ll offer the place to someone on the waiting list.　和訳：女子：週末の言語講座に行けない。友人に席を譲れる？ 男子：登録を直接譲ってはいけない。木曜までにセンターへ連絡して待機者へ再配分してもらう。

正解：D. Contact the center by Thursday　木曜までにセンターへ連絡する。

英文：Boy: Is the school library still open until seven on Fridays? / Girl: Not during the examination week. It closes at six, but the study room in the north building stays open until eight. / Boy: Then I can study in the north building after six? / Girl: Yes, if you have your student card.　和訳：男子：金曜の学校図書館は7時まで？ 女子：試験週間は6時閉館。ただし北棟の自習室は学生証があれば8時まで使える。

正解：A. The north-building study room　北棟自習室は8時まで、学生証が条件。

英文：Woman: I missed yesterday’s safety orientation. Do I need to attend another meeting? / Man: You can watch the full recording instead, but you must complete a short quiz afterward. / Woman: Is the quiz optional? / Man: No. Both the recording and quiz are required before you join the project.　和訳：女性：昨日の安全説明会を逃した。別の会に行く必要がある？ 男性：録画を全部見てその後の小テストに回答すればよい。テストは任意ではなく両方必須。

正解：B. Watch the full recording and complete the quiz　録画視聴と小テスト両方必要。

英文：Girl: The new market website received three hundred visits last week. / Boy: That’s good, but how many different people used it? / Girl: We don’t know. Some people may have opened it several times. / Boy: Then let’s avoid calling those three hundred visits three hundred visitors.　和訳：女子：市場のサイトは先週300回アクセス。男子：異なる人は何人？ 女子：不明で複数回開いた人もいる。男子：300アクセスを300人と表現しないように。

正解：C. One person might visit several times　visitsとunique visitorsを区別する必要。

英文：A coastal nature center asked volunteers to record seabirds near the beach. Each group was told to observe from marked paths and stay away from nesting areas. During one weekend, the volunteers counted eighty birds. The following weekend, they counted sixty-five, but the weather was different. Staff said the change did not prove that the bird population had fallen. They planned to make further observations.　和訳：海辺の自然センターはボランティアへ標識の道から鳥を観察し巣に近づかないよう求めた。ある週は80羽、翌週65羽を記録したが天候が異なったため個体数の減少を証明するものではなく、追加調査が必要だった。

正解：D. Whether the population had actually declined　観察数の違いだけでは個体数減少を断定できない。

英文：A community center offered bicycles for short trips. During the first month, 120 people registered for the service, but only seventy borrowed a bicycle at least once. The organizers explained that registering was different from using the service. They wanted to find out why some members did not borrow a bicycle and whether the pick-up points were convenient.　和訳：地域センターは短距離用の自転車を貸した。初月120人が登録したが実際に1回以上借りた人は70人。未利用の理由と受取場所の便利さを調べたいと考えた。

正解：A. Seventy　70 borrowed at least once。登録120人ではない。

英文：A town library tried extending Saturday opening hours by one hour. Some visitors enjoyed the additional time, but staff costs also rose. After four weeks, the library had recorded ninety extra visits during the extended periods. The manager warned that visits did not necessarily mean different visitors. The library planned to ask whether the longer hours helped families and compare the costs before making the change permanent.　和訳：図書館は土曜の開館を1時間延長し、4週で延長時間に90アクセスを記録したが、同じ利用者が複数回来ている可能性があり、異なる利用者の人数ではない。家族への利便性と職員費用を比較して恒久化する予定だ。

正解：B. Several visits could be made by the same person　訪問回数と異なる個人の人数は同じでない。

英文：A secondary school held an English speech event. Each speaker was given three minutes, and judges asked one short question afterward. Students were allowed to use brief note cards but not read an entire script from a phone. The judges promised to send written feedback by email after all presentations had finished. The winners would be announced the following week.　和訳：学校の英語スピーチ大会は1人3分で、その後審査員の質問が1つ。短いメモカードは使えるが携帯電話から原稿全文を読むことは不可。評価は終了後メール、優勝者の発表は翌週。

正解：C. Brief note cards　brief note cards allowed, full script on phone prohibited。

英文：At a community repair event, volunteers checked forty small household items. Twenty-five could be repaired with simple tools, ten needed a qualified professional, and five were too badly damaged to repair safely. Organizers explained that visitors should not attempt dangerous electrical repairs themselves. They planned to publish both the number of items received and the number safely repaired.　和訳：地域の修理会では40点を点検し25点は簡単な道具で修理可能、10点は専門家が必要、5点は安全な修理が不可能だった。危険な電気修理を自分で行わず、受付数と修理済み数を分けて公表する。

正解：D. Twenty-five　25 items can be repaired simply。

英文：A town developed an online map showing libraries, sports centers, and public restrooms. The map also described entrances that could be used by people with wheelchairs. During road repairs, some routes changed, and staff had to update the information. Residents were advised to use official notices for the latest changes instead of relying on an old saved map.　和訳：町は図書館・スポーツセンター・公衆トイレと車いすでも利用しやすい入口を示すデジタル地図を作った。工事で経路が変わるため公式の最新案内を使い、古い地図を頼りにしないよう求めた。

正解：A. Updated official notices　道路工事中は最新の公式案内を確認。

英文：A museum recorded interviews with older residents about how their town had changed. Before publishing the recordings, staff asked participants to check whether private information should be removed. Some residents agreed to share their stories but did not want family details included. The museum planned to produce short written summaries for visitors who preferred reading instead of listening.　和訳：博物館は年長住民へ町の変化を尋ね録音した。公開前には個人情報削除の確認を求め、話は共有しても家族の詳細は載せたくない人がいた。音声より読む方が好きな来訪者向けに短い文章要約も作る予定だった。

正解：B. To protect private information　公開前に個人・家族の情報を守る。

英文：A school science group used a simple instrument to measure the clarity of water from a river. The first reading was unusually high. Rather than reporting it immediately, students checked the instrument and repeated the measurement. The second reading was closer to earlier results. Their teacher asked them to keep both readings and explain the possible reasons for the difference.　和訳：科学部は川の水の透明度を測り、最初の値が異常に高かったためすぐ報告せず器具を確認して測り直した。2回目は以前の値に近かったが、両方を記録し理由を考えることになった。

正解：C. Check the device and measure again　測定器具を確認し再測定した。

英文：A local food-sharing center received eighty food packages during a week. After volunteers checked them, fifty were suitable for residents, twenty needed special storage at another center, and ten were removed. Staff explained that receiving a package did not automatically mean it could be shared safely. The center also asked visitors to report any food allergies before collecting prepared meals.　和訳：食品共有センターは80包を受領し50包は住民に配布可能、20包は別センターで特別保管、10包は撤去。受領したことと安全に配れることは違い、調理済み食品を受け取る人はアレルギーを報告する必要があった。

正解：D. Ten　10 removed after checking。

英文：A community music class offered lessons to beginners. Twenty students joined the first meeting, but only sixteen attended the second. The organizer did not immediately assume that the students had lost interest. Some had school events that day. Staff decided to ask about preferred lesson times before changing the course and to compare attendance over a longer period.　和訳：地域の音楽初心者講座では初回20人、2回目16人が参加したが、学校行事で来られなかった生徒もいるため、参加減少だけで興味が失われたとは判断せず、希望時間を尋ねることにした。

正解：A. Some students had other school events　一部は学校行事で欠席した可能性。

英文：A museum introduced online bookings to reduce lines at the entrance. In its first month, two hundred reservations were made, but only one hundred seventy groups actually entered. Twenty bookings were canceled, and ten groups did not arrive. The museum kept the numbers separate so it could improve its reminder system. It planned to examine whether check-in times became shorter.　和訳：博物館の予約制度で初月200件の予約に対し実入場170組、取消20組、無断欠席10組だった。受付の待ち時間が短くなったか調べるため内訳を分けて記録した。

正解：B. One hundred seventy　170 groups entered。

英文：A school sent an announcement that the bridge on the normal walking route would close temporarily. The new route would take about fourteen minutes from the station instead of nine. Families were asked to leave home earlier and use the marked crossing. The school stressed that the train timetable had not changed, only the walking route.　和訳：通学路の橋の一時閉鎖で駅から学校までの道は9分から14分へ延び、印のある横断歩道を使うよう求めた。電車の時刻は変更なし。

正解：C. Five minutes　14－9＝5分。

英文：A children’s library gave students reading cards to record the titles they had finished. The librarian explained that collecting many stamps did not necessarily mean children understood the stories well. She planned to ask short questions about books and encourage students to discuss their favorite characters. The aim was to support comprehension rather than only count borrowed books.　和訳：子ども図書館は読み終えた本の題名をカードに記録する活動を始めたが、スタンプの多さで物語の理解を証明できないため、内容への質問や登場人物の話し合いを取り入れた。

正解：D. To check understanding of stories　目的は借用数でなく物語の理解度。

英文：A secondary school considered putting solar panels on its sports building. The first estimate was eighteen thousand dollars, but safety work could increase the final price. The principal had not approved the purchase and wanted to compare offers from several companies. Teachers explained that an initial estimate could change and should not be reported as the confirmed cost.　和訳：学校はスポーツ棟への太陽光パネル設置を検討し最初の見積は1万8千ドルだったが安全工事で増える可能性がある。校長はまだ購入を承認せず複数社の見積を比べる予定。

正解：A. Approved the purchase　購入は未承認。

英文：A town added signs near a busy pedestrian crossing. Residents said the signs were easier to see, but officials knew that positive opinions alone did not prove that accidents had decreased. The town planned to measure vehicle speeds and review safety records over several months. Staff hoped the signs would help, but said more evidence was required before drawing conclusions.　和訳：町は交通量の多い横断歩道に標識を置き、見やすいと好評だったが事故減少の証明にはならないため、車の速度と安全記録を数か月調べる予定だった。

正解：B. Vehicle speeds and safety records　速度と事故の記録を比較する。