{"id":1068,"date":"2025-11-14T15:09:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T06:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simporacademy.jp\/blog\/?p=1068"},"modified":"2026-01-23T14:57:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:57:48","slug":"news-beginner-northern-lights-hokkaido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simporacademy.jp\/blog\/news-beginner-northern-lights-hokkaido\/","title":{"rendered":"\u73cd\u3057\u3044\u30aa\u30fc\u30ed\u30e9\u3001\u5317\u6d77\u9053\u306e\u591c\u7a7a\u306b"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"rtoc-mokuji-wrapper\" class=\"rtoc-mokuji-content frame2 preset1 animation-fade rtoc_open default\" data-id=\"1068\" data-theme=\"jin-child\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"rtoc-mokuji-title\" class=\" rtoc_left\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"rtoc_open_close rtoc_open\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Contents<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><ol class=\"rtoc-mokuji decimal_ol level-1\"><li class=\"rtoc-item\"><a href=\"#rtoc-1\">Vocabulary<\/a><\/li><li class=\"rtoc-item\"><a href=\"#rtoc-2\">Article<\/a><\/li><li class=\"rtoc-item\"><a href=\"#rtoc-3\">Comprehension Questions<\/a><\/li><li class=\"rtoc-item\"><a href=\"#rtoc-4\">Summary<\/a><\/li><li class=\"rtoc-item\"><a href=\"#rtoc-5\">Discussion<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div><h2 id=\"rtoc-1\"  class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vocabulary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"marker2\"><strong>Lights<\/strong><\/span><strong> \/ \u5149(\u540d\u8a5e)<\/strong> \u2013 Things that shine or make things bright<br><br><em><em><em>There are many lights in the city at night.<\/em><\/em><\/em><br>\u591c\u3001\u8857\u306b\u306f\u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093\u306e\u5149\u304c\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"marker\"><span class=\"marker2\"><strong><strong><strong>Sky<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><strong> \/ \u7a7a\uff08\u540d\u8a5e<\/strong>\uff09 \u2013 The space above Earth<br> <br><em>The sky is blue today.<\/em><br>\u4eca\u65e5\u306f\u7a7a\u304c\u9752\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002<em><br><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"marker2\"><strong><strong>Sunset<\/strong> <\/strong><\/span><strong> \/ \u5915\u65e5(\u540d\u8a5e)<\/strong> \u2013 when the sun goes down<br><br><em>We watched the sunset at the beach.<\/em><br>\u79c1\u305f\u3061\u306f\u6d77\u8fba\u3067\u5915\u65e5\u3092\u898b\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<em><br><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"marker2\"><strong><strong><strong>Photo<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/span><strong> \/ \u5199\u771f\uff08\u540d\u8a5e\uff09<\/strong> \u2013 a picture<br><br><em>I took a photo of the mountain.<\/em><br>\u5c71\u306e\u5199\u771f\u3092\u64ae\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<em><br><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"marker2\"><strong><strong>Excited<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><strong> \/ \u30ef\u30af\u30ef\u30af\u3057\u305f\u30fb\u697d\u3057\u307f\u306b\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b(\u5f62\u5bb9\u8a5e) <\/strong> \u2013 Happy and interested<br> <br><em>The children were excited to see the fireworks.<\/em><br>\u5b50\u3069\u3082\u305f\u3061\u306f\u82b1\u706b\u3092\u898b\u308b\u306e\u3092\u697d\u3057\u307f\u306b\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<em><br><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"rtoc-2\"  class=\"wp-block-heading\">Article<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong> Northern Lights in Hokkaido<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People in Hokkaido saw the northern<strong> lights<\/strong> on Wednesday night. The northern lights are colorful lights in the <strong>sky<\/strong>. They happen when the sun\u2019s energy reaches Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A science museum in Rikubetsu said they saw red lights in the sky after <strong>sunset<\/strong>. Another observatory in Nayoro also took <strong>photos<\/strong> of the beautiful lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Usually, northern lights appear in places far north, like near the North Pole. They are not common in Hokkaido, so many people were <strong>excited<\/strong> to see them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that a strong geomagnetic storm will happen on Thursday. This storm makes the northern lights easier to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sub>Source: Mainichi <\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"rtoc-3\"  class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comprehension Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer the questions following the article in English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What did people in Hokkaido see on Wednesday night?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What color were the lights that appeared?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why were people excited?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Where did the observatories take photos?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is happening on Thursday?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"rtoc-4\"  class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In your own words, attempt to summarise the article in 4 sentences or less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"rtoc-5\"  class=\"wp-block-heading\">Discussion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Discuss these topics with your tutor, and support your answers with examples or experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Have you ever seen the northern lights?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do you want to see them one day?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is your favorite thing to see in the sky?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contents Vocabulary Article Comprehension Questions Summary Discussion Vocabulary Lights \/ \u5149(\u540d\u8a5e) \u2013 Things that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-03-news-beginner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simporacademy.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simporacademy.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simporacademy.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simporacademy.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simporacademy.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1068"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.simporacademy.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1687,"href":"https:\/\/www.simporacademy.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions\/1687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simporacademy.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simporacademy.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simporacademy.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simporacademy.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}