原田英語の時事英語ジュニア｜英語ニュース ワークシート（中学生レベル）
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大阪・関西万博が閉幕！来場者は2500万人超、大屋根リングはどうなる？
Goodbye, Osaka Expo!
1The Osaka-Kansai Expo closed on October 13, 2025, after 184 days. More than 25 million people visited the event. Its symbol was a giant wooden ring. The ring is about two kilometers around.
2Japan and 158 countries and regions took part. Many of them showed their culture and technology in their own buildings. In the last weeks, the Expo often had more than 200,000 visitors a day.
3Guinness World Records named the ring the world's largest wooden structure of its kind. Most of the ring will be taken apart and used again. About 200 meters of it will stay where it is.
4At the closing ceremony, the Expo flag was passed to Saudi Arabia. The next World Expo will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2030.
Words 単語
| symbolA2 | 名 | シンボル、象徴a thing or picture that stands for an idea |
| closedA1 | 動 | 閉じた、終わった（close の過去形）came to an end and stopped being open |
| took partA2 | 熟 | 参加した（take part の過去形）joined an activity with other people |
| regionB1 | 名 | 地域an area of land or part of the world |
| technologyA1 | 名 | 技術、テクノロジーnew machines and ways of doing things with science |
| structureA2 | 名 | 建造物、構造物something large that people build |
| taken apartA2 | 熟 | 分解される（take apart の過去分詞）separated into its pieces |
| ceremonyB1 | 名 | 式、式典a formal event held for a special day |
単語のレベル：CEFR-J（『CEFR-J Wordlist Version 1.6』 東京外国語大学投野由紀夫研究室. （URL: https://www.cefr-j.org/download.html より 2026年8月ダウンロード））
1. Reading Quiz 本文の内容に合うものを選ぼう
How long did the Osaka-Kansai Expo last?
A. 84 daysB. 184 daysC. 200 daysD. 365 days
How many people visited the Expo in total?
A. More than 25 millionB. About 200,000C. About 158,000D. Less than 2 million
What will happen to most of the wooden ring?
A. It will be painted.B. It will move to Riyadh.C. It will become a hotel.D. It will be taken apart and used again.
Where will the next World Expo be held?
A. In TokyoB. In ParisC. In RiyadhD. In Osaka again
2. True or False 正しければ T、違っていれば F
( ) The Expo closed on October 13, 2025.
( ) Only ten countries took part in the Expo.
( ) The whole ring will stay in the same place.
( ) In the last weeks, more than 200,000 people often came in one day.
3. Fill in the Blanks 下の語から選んで空らんをうめよう（形を変えずに）
regionsclosedtechnologyceremonystructuresymbol
Japan and 158 countries and _____ took part.
At the closing _____, the Expo flag was passed to Saudi Arabia.
Guinness World Records named the ring the world's largest wooden _____ of its kind.
The Osaka-Kansai Expo _____ on October 13, 2025, after 184 days.
Its _____ was a giant wooden ring.
Many of them showed their culture and _____ in their own buildings.
4. Word Order 語を並べかえて正しい文にしよう
( Its / wooden / ring / symbol / giant / a / was ) .
( part / and / 158 / and / countries / Japan / took / regions ) .
( again / used / Most / will / apart / be / and / taken / the / ring / of ) .
5. Think and Write 英語で答えてみよう
What would you like to see at a World Expo?（万博であなたが見てみたいものは何ですか？）
Should the whole ring stay? Why or why not?（輪を全部残すべきだと思いますか？その理由は？）
Answers 解答
1. (1) B (2) A (3) D (4) C
2. (1) T (2) F (3) F (4) T
3. (1) regions (2) ceremony (3) structure (4) closed (5) symbol (6) technology
4.
- Its symbol was a giant wooden ring.
- Japan and 158 countries and regions took part.
- Most of the ring will be taken apart and used again.
全文訳
1大阪・関西万博は184日間の会期を終え、2025年10月13日に閉幕しました。会場には2500万人以上が訪れました。シンボルは、木でできた巨大な輪でした。この輪は1周が約2キロあります。
2日本と158の国と地域が参加しました。多くの国が自分たちの建物（パビリオン）で、文化や技術を紹介しました。最後の数週間は、1日の来場者が20万人を超える日がよくありました。
3ギネス世界記録は、この輪を木造の建築物として世界最大だと認めました。輪の大部分は解体され、再利用されます。そのうち約200メートルは、今の場所に残されます。
4閉会式で、万博の旗がサウジアラビアに引き継がれました。次の万博は2030年にサウジアラビアのリヤドで開かれます。
文法ポイント：未来の受け身（will be + 過去分詞）
「～されるだろう」と、これから起こる受け身を表す。本文の The next World Expo will be held in Riyadh. がその例。
出典：The Yomiuri Shimbun / Asia News Network、2025年日本国際博覧会協会（公式）、Time Out Osaka ほか（記事は原田英語の時事英語ジュニアのオリジナル）｜https://www.haradaeigo.com/jijieigo-junior/news/2025-10-13-osaka-expo-closes/