新入社員研修のお知らせ
※研修＝training ／ 人事部＝HR department ／ ヴィーガン＝vegan（肉・魚などを食べない人） ／ 職場見学＝workplace tour
⏱ Time Guide
- 📖 Reading the questions: approx. 40 sec
- 🔍 Checking the notice: approx. 2 min
- 🎯 Target total: 3–4 min
💡 Tip: For Q1, check WHO to contact and HOW. For Q2, find the END time of the group work, then add the break.
問1：リサさんは自分の弁当について何をしなければなりませんか。
問2：職場見学は、何時に始まりますか。
🎧 文章がわかりにくいときは、音声を聞いてみましょう。
Situation: Lisa is going to start working as a new employee at Sakura Foods Co., Ltd. from April next month. A notice titled “New Employee Training Information” has arrived from the company. Lisa is vegan, so she does not eat meat or fish.
Q1: What does Lisa have to do about her lunch?
Q2: What time does the workplace tour start?
Notice — Sakura Foods Co., Ltd., New Employee Training:
Date & meeting place: Monday, April 6. Place: 3F, Large Meeting Room.
Schedule (9:00–16:30):
9:00–9:30 — Reception.
From 9:30 — You will be given a uniform at reception, so please change into it. After that, we will explain the company rules and so on.
12:00–13:00 — Lunch break.
13:00–15:00 — Group work (about 2 hours).
After it ends, there is a 30-minute break, and then the workplace tour (about 1 hour).
16:30 — Scheduled finish.
About lunch (12:00–13:00): We will provide either a regular boxed lunch or a vegan boxed lunch. Only if you want the vegan one, please contact HR by e-mail by April 1. If you do not contact us, you will receive the regular lunch. The lunch is free.
Absence or lateness: Call HR by 8:30 on the day.
Answer Q1: 4. The notice says to contact HR by e-mail by April 1 “only if you want the vegan lunch.” Lisa is vegan, so she must send that e-mail.
Answer Q2: 2 (3:30 p.m.). Group work ends at 15:00, then there is a 30-minute break, so the tour starts at 15:30.
しんにゅうしゃいんnew employee
けんしゅうtraining
あんないguide / information notice
しゅうごうばしょmeeting place
うけつけreception
せいふくuniform
きがえるto change clothes
きゅうけいbreak / rest
しゅうりょうよていscheduled to finish
つうじょうregular / normal
きぼうするto request / prefer
むりょうfree of charge
けっせきabsence
ちこくlateness
= Only if you want the vegan one, please contact HR. (のみ is a formal way to say だけ, common in notices. This one word decides Q1.)
= Please contact HR by e-mail by April 1. (までに = deadline. Compare まで = “until, continuously.”)
= After taking a 30-minute break, the workplace tour. (This is the key to Q2.)
= If there is no contact, it will be the regular lunch.
問1｜見るのは「昼食について」です。「ヴィーガン用を希望する場合のみ、4月1日までに人事部へメールで連絡してください」とあります。リサさんはヴィーガンなので、この「場合」に当てはまります。いつまで（4月1日）・どうやって（メール）の2つが合っている選択肢を選びます。
Look at the “About lunch” section. It says to contact HR by e-mail by April 1 only if you want the vegan lunch. Lisa is vegan, so this applies to her. Choose the option where both the deadline (April 1) and the method (e-mail) are correct.
- 1：「連絡がなければ通常のお弁当になります」。何もしないと、食べられない弁当が来てしまう。
“If you do not contact us, you will get the regular lunch.” Doing nothing means a lunch she cannot eat. - 2：受付では制服を受け取るだけ。弁当は当日ではなく前もって連絡する。
At reception you only receive a uniform. The lunch must be arranged in advance, not on the day. - 3：8:30までの電話は「欠席や遅刻」の連絡先。弁当の連絡ではないし、日にちも遅い。
The 8:30 phone call is for absence or lateness. It is not for the lunch, and the date is too late. - 4：締め切り（4月1日）も方法（メール）も案内どおり。
Both the deadline (April 1) and the method (e-mail) match the notice.
問2｜職場見学が始まる時刻は、案内に直接書かれていません。「13:00〜15:00 グループワーク」→「終了後、30分休憩してから、職場見学」の2つを合わせて、15:00＋30分＝15:30と計算します。
The start time of the tour is not written directly. Combine “13:00–15:00 group work” and “after it ends, a 30-minute break, then the tour” to calculate 15:00 + 30 min = 15:30.
- 1：15:00はグループワークが終わる時刻。
15:00 is when the group work ENDS. - 2：15:00に終わり、30分休憩してから始まる ＝ 15:30。
Ends at 15:00, then a 30-minute break — so it starts at 15:30. - 3：休憩は1時間ではなく30分。
The break is 30 minutes, not one hour. - 4：16:30は研修が全部終わる予定の時刻。
16:30 is when the whole training is scheduled to FINISH.