英検準2級プラスのリスニング無料練習 第19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 student exhibition still opening at ten? / Boy: Yes, but students helping with the displays must arrive by nine thirty. / Girl: I am only visiting. When can I enter? / Boy: You can enter at ten. Use the west entrance because the main door is closed.　全訳：女子：生徒展示会は10時開場？ 男子：そうだが設営を手伝う生徒は9時30分までに来る。女子：私は見学だけ。男子：10時から西入口を使って入れる。正面扉は閉鎖。

正解：A. 10:00 a.m.　見学者の開場は10時。9:30は設営者。

英文：Man: Can I borrow the drill from the tool library for a full week? / Woman: The usual loan is three days. You can request an extension only if nobody else has reserved it. / Man: Someone is on the waiting list now. / Woman: Then you need to return it after three days.　全訳：男性：工具図書館でドリルを1週間借りられる？ 女性：通常3日で予約者がいない場合のみ延長。待機者がいるので3日後の返却が必要。

正解：B. Another person is waiting for the tool　待機者がいるので延長の条件を満たさない。

英文：Girl: I heard the bus now stops next to the sports center. / Boy: Yes, the old stop near the museum is closed for road repairs. / Girl: Does it still arrive at eleven twenty? / Boy: It does. Only the stop location has changed.　全訳：女子：バスはスポーツセンター横に停まる？ 男子：博物館近くの停留所が工事で閉鎖され移動した。到着11時20分は変わらない。

正解：C. The stop location　博物館付近からスポーツセンター付近へ移動。

英文：Man: Does the cooking class provide everything we need? / Woman: The center provides ingredients and cooking tools. Please bring an apron and a container for leftovers. / Man: What if I have a food allergy? / Woman: Contact the organizer before registering.　全訳：男性：料理講座は材料を全部用意？ 女性：材料と道具は提供。エプロンと残り物用容器は持参。アレルギーがあれば登録前に主催者へ連絡。

正解：D. An apron and a food container　apron and containerを持参する。

英文：Girl: I finished the slides for my science presentation. Can I email them on Friday? / Boy: The teacher wants a PDF uploaded to the school site by Thursday at five. / Girl: Should I print it as well? / Boy: No, only the digital PDF is required.　全訳：女子：理科発表のスライドは金曜にメールしていい？ 男子：木曜午後5時までに学校サイトへPDFをアップロード。印刷不要。

正解：A. Upload a PDF by Thursday at five　PDFを木曜5時までにサイトへ。

英文：Woman: This old map says the art gallery is next to the station. / Man: It moved beside the public library last spring. / Woman: Where can I find the latest directions? / Man: The gallery’s official website has an updated map.　全訳：女性：古い地図では画廊は駅横。男性：昨春、公共図書館の隣へ移った。公式サイトに最新地図がある。

正解：B. Beside the public library　移転後は図書館の隣。

英文：Boy: Can my twelve-year-old sister attend the public science lecture alone? / Girl: Anyone under thirteen needs an adult aged eighteen or older. / Boy: Our brother is seventeen. Can he take her? / Girl: No, he is not old enough to be the accompanying adult.　全訳：男子：12歳の妹は科学講演へ一人で参加できる？ 女子：13歳未満は18歳以上の同伴者が必要。17歳の兄ではだめ。

正解：C. An adult aged at least eighteen　同伴者は18歳以上。

英文：Girl: I sent my application for the language class. Does that mean I have a place? / Boy: Not yet. The school received your request, but some classes are full. / Girl: How will I know if I can attend? / Boy: The school will send an acceptance email on Tuesday.　全訳：女子：語学講座へ応募したので席は確定？ 男子：まだ。申込は受付されたが満席の回もある。火曜に受入確定メールが届く。

正解：D. An acceptance email　受理だけで確定でない。火曜の確定メールを待つ。

英文：Man: Our garden plants were taller after we used the new watering system. / Woman: Did the weather change during that period? / Man: Yes, it rained much more than usual. / Woman: Then we should not say the system alone caused the growth.　全訳：男性：新しい散水制度を使ったら植物が伸びた。女性：天候の変化は？ 男性：普段より雨が多かった。女性：散水だけが原因とは断定しないべき。

正解：A. Weather is another possible influence　雨量も変化しており単一原因には絞れない。

英文：Girl: Our orchestra performance begins at seven, right? / Boy: Yes, but players must meet at six twenty for a sound check. / Girl: I was planning to arrive at six forty. / Boy: That’s too late. Come twenty minutes earlier.　全訳：女子：オーケストラの公演は7時開始？ 男子：そうだが演奏者は音響確認のため6時20分集合。6時40分予定では遅いので20分早く。

正解：B. 6:20 p.m.　集合は6:20、公演開始は7時。

英文：Man: May I put the photographs from our online exchange on the school website? / Woman: Only after everyone shown in them gives permission. / Man: We asked the teachers already. / Woman: You also need permission from the students in the pictures.　全訳：男性：交流会の写真を学校サイトへ載せていい？ 女性：写っている全員の許可が必要。教師だけでなく生徒からも取る。

正解：C. Permission from the students shown　写っている生徒本人の許可が必要。

英文：Boy: The English video has been watched four hundred times. / Girl: Does that show four hundred students understood it? / Boy: No. Some students watched it repeatedly, and we haven’t checked learning yet. / Girl: Then the teacher should compare quiz answers before and after viewing.　全訳：男子：英語動画は400回再生。女子：400人が理解した証拠？ 男子：同じ生徒が繰り返し見ており、理解度は未確認。女子：視聴前後の問題で比較しよう。

正解：D. Whether students’ understanding improved　視聴回数と理解は別なので事前事後の小テストが必要。

英文：Girl: My home internet connection is unreliable. Can I get a printed worksheet? / Boy: The teacher can prepare one. Please ask by Wednesday so there is enough time. / Girl: Is there an additional fee? / Boy: No, the printed version is free as well.　全訳：女子：自宅のネットが不安定なので紙のプリントが欲しい。男子：水曜までに依頼すれば教師が用意、追加料金なし。

正解：A. Request a paper copy by Wednesday　水曜までに紙版を申請。

英文：Boy: Will Saturday’s school clean-up be canceled if it rains? / Girl: Light rain is fine. Only dangerous weather will stop the outdoor work. / Boy: How will we hear about it? / Girl: The school will email volunteers by seven that morning if the plan changes.　全訳：男子：土曜の清掃は雨なら中止？ 女子：小雨は実施、危険な天候の場合のみ中止。変更なら当日7時までにメールする。

正解：B. When weather becomes dangerous　小雨ではなく危険な天候が中止条件。

英文：Man: The technician estimated that repairs would cost seventy dollars. / Woman: Is that the final bill? / Man: No, the company will check the parts tomorrow before giving a final price. / Woman: Then let’s wait before deciding whether to replace it.　全訳：男性：修理の見積は70ドル。女性：確定した請求額？ 男性：まだ。翌日部品を点検し確定価格を通知。女性：交換か修理かの判断は後で。

正解：C. An initial estimate　70ドルは見積もりで確定請求ではない。

英文：A public library organized lessons on maintaining household objects. Participants learned to repair small tears in bags and check whether simple items could be reused. Trained workers handled dangerous equipment. The library received eighty applications, but only sixty people attended the first session. Some applicants were unable to join because of other activities. Staff decided to ask about schedules before planning the next lesson.　全訳：図書館は家庭用品を手入れする講習を開き、袋の小さな破れを直す方法や再利用可能性を学んだ。危険な器具は専門家が扱った。80件の応募があったが初回参加は60人で、ほかの予定で来られない人もいたため次の回の予定を調べることにした。

正解：A. Sixty　80申込、60実参加。

英文：A town introduced bus information in several languages. The printed guides showed popular routes to hospitals, libraries, and public offices. However, road repairs sometimes changed stops after the guides had been printed. Staff warned residents to check the official website for the latest information. Volunteers also helped people who found online maps difficult to use, and the town planned to ask whether the new guides were understood.　全訳：町は病院・図書館・役所へのバス路線を多言語で案内した。印刷後に工事で停留所が変わることもあるので、最新の公式サイトを確認し、オンライン地図が難しい人にはボランティアが支援した。理解度も調べる予定。

正解：B. It may have more recent stop information　印刷後に停留所が変わる場合がある。

英文：Students prepared a presentation about changes in the number of insects in a school garden. They counted thirty insects during a short visit in May and forty-five during a longer visit in June. Their teacher explained that the difference might reflect observation time as well as changes in the environment. The students decided to record how long each observation lasted and compare results more fairly.　全訳：生徒は菜園の昆虫数を5月の短時間で30匹、6月の長時間で45匹と記録したが、観察時間も違うため昆虫が増えたと断定できず、各回の観察時間を記録し公平に比較することにした。

正解：C. Different observation lengths　観察時間の長さが違う。

英文：A museum asked residents to lend old photographs for a local history project. Staff scanned the photographs and returned the originals. Some residents wanted to share the images but asked that names and private addresses be removed before publication. The museum explained that permission to borrow photographs was not automatically permission to publish every detail, and it planned to review the information with each owner.　全訳：博物館は地域史のため写真を借りてスキャンし原本を返却した。写真共有を認めても氏名や住所の削除を求める人もいたため、借用許可は全情報の公開許可とは限らないと説明し所有者と内容を確認する。

正解：D. That private details be removed before publication　公開前に個人情報を削除してほしい。

英文：A school announced that repairs to a bridge would affect the route from the station. The usual walk took seven minutes, but the temporary route would take twelve. Train times and the school starting time would not change. Teachers asked students to allow extra time and use the marked crossing. The bridge was expected to reopen the following month.　全訳：駅からの通学路の橋が工事で閉鎖。普段は徒歩7分だが臨時経路は12分で、列車や始業時刻は変わらない。余裕をもって標識のある横断歩道を利用し、橋の再開は翌月の見込み。

正解：A. Five minutes　12−7＝5分延長。

英文：A food-sharing center received one hundred donated packages. Volunteers checked each package carefully. Seventy were suitable for immediate distribution, twenty needed special storage at another center, and ten were removed because their condition was uncertain. The manager explained that receiving donated food did not mean every package could safely be given to residents. Staff recorded all three outcomes separately.　全訳：食品共有センターは100包の寄付を受け、70包が即時配布可能、20包は別センターで特別保管、10包は状態不明で撤去。受け取った全品が安全に配布できるわけではなく内訳を分けた。

正解：B. Twenty　特別保管は20包。

英文：A town planned a community sports day in a park. The organizers said that light rain alone would not cancel the event. If strong winds made the equipment unsafe, indoor activities would replace outdoor games. Registered families would receive an email by six thirty in the morning if the program changed. Staff asked everyone to check the message before leaving home.　全訳：町の公園でスポーツ行事を計画。小雨のみでは中止せず、強風で器材が危険なら屋外競技から屋内活動へ変更。変更時は当日6時30分までに登録家族へメールする。

正解：C. Dangerous strong winds　強風による器材の危険。

英文：A science club measured the temperature in two classrooms. One room seemed cooler, but the students realized that the windows in that room had been opened earlier. They decided not to claim that a new curtain alone caused the change. Instead, they planned to repeat measurements while keeping the times and ventilation conditions similar. Their teacher reminded them that consistent comparisons are necessary.　全訳：科学部は2教室の温度を測り一方が涼しかったが、その教室では窓が先に開けられていた。新しいカーテンだけが原因とは断定せず換気や時刻をそろえて測り直す予定。

正解：D. That the curtain alone caused the difference　カーテン単独の因果を断定しなかった。

英文：A school invited international visitors to an afternoon cultural exchange. Students prepared short introductions about local customs and asked questions about everyday life abroad. Teachers told them not to publish other people’s photographs without permission. After the event, students wrote brief summaries of what they had learned. The school planned to share the summaries after checking their accuracy and removing private information.　全訳：学校は国際交流会で地元の習慣を紹介し外国の日常について質問した。他人の写真は無断公開しないよう注意され、事後に学んだ内容の短いまとめを作り、正確さと個人情報を確認してから共有する予定。

正解：A. Accuracy and private information　内容の正確性と個人情報を確認する。

英文：A town tested lights that became brighter when people walked along a park path. Residents hoped the system would save electricity while keeping the route safe. However, some people worried about the path becoming too dark. The town measured electricity use and asked walkers for their opinions. Officials said the data was not yet enough to prove that the new lights were safer.　全訳：町は人が近づくと明るくなる公園照明を試した。節電と安全の両立を期待したが、暗くなることを心配する人もいた。電力使用と住民の意見を調べたが安全性向上を証明するにはまだデータ不足。

正解：B. That the new system was safer　安全性向上は未確認。

英文：A city organized a short technology workshop. In one week, one hundred twenty people registered, but only ninety actually attended. Twenty applicants canceled in advance, and ten did not arrive. Staff kept the figures separate because a registration did not guarantee participation. They planned to send reminders and ask why some registered visitors could not come.　全訳：市の技術講習は1週間で登録120人、実参加90人、取消20人、無断欠席10人だった。登録と参加の違いを記録し、リマインドと不参加理由の調査を行う予定。

正解：C. Ninety　実参加90人。

英文：A public library extended its Friday hours by one hour during examination season. Visitors welcomed the change, but staff needed extra pay for evening work. The library therefore decided to test the schedule for four weeks rather than make it permanent immediately. Staff planned to compare the number of visitors and the costs of the longer hours before making a decision.　全訳：公立図書館は試験季に金曜の開館を1時間延長。利用者には好評だが夜間勤務の追加費用があるため4週間の試行とし、利用人数と費用を比べてから恒久化を決める。

正解：D. It wanted to compare usage and extra costs　利用状況と追加費用を検証するため試行した。

英文：A student art exhibition received eighty applications. Sixty artworks were accepted for display, ten applicants withdrew their entries, and ten pieces did not meet the event’s requirements. The organizer announced each category separately and reminded families that submitting an application was not the same as having a work selected for the exhibition.　全訳：学生美術展は応募80件で展示受入60作品、申込者による辞退10件、条件を満たさない作品10件だった。応募と展示決定を区別して発表した。

正解：A. Sixty　展示受入は60作品。

英文：A community center planned a film event for Saturday evening. The event would begin at seven, and doors would open at six thirty. Volunteers helping with seating had to arrive by six fifteen. The center provided free tickets, but families needed to reserve places online by Thursday. An email would confirm each accepted reservation on Friday.　全訳：地域センターの土曜映画会は7時開始、開場6時30分、座席案内ボランティアは6時15分集合。無料だが家庭は木曜までにネット予約し金曜の確定メールを受け取る必要がある。

正解：B. 6:30 p.m.　一般開場6:30、ボランティアは6:15。

英文：A school library began lending science kits that included small measuring instruments. Students could borrow one kit for five days. An extension was possible only if nobody else had reserved the kit. All items were checked when returned, and borrowers were asked to report damage. The librarian explained that the rules protected the equipment and made it available fairly to other students.　全訳：学校図書館は小さな測定器具を含む理科キットを5日間貸し出した。ほかの予約がなければ延長可能、返却時に点検し損傷を報告する。公平な利用と器材保護のための規則。

正解：C. Only if no other student has reserved it　延長条件は次の予約者がいないこと。