共通テスト英語 2025年度（令和7年度） 本試験 第5問
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You are an exchange student in the US. As part of your university’s community volunteer program, you will help organize a special conference for local businesses. You wrote this email to the professor in charge and received a reply.

October 15, 2024

Event Plan

Dear Professor Ryan,

I am very happy to be the representative for the volunteer program. You mentioned that this event is to promote the local economy. I hope to work as a civil servant in the local development division after graduation, so this experience is very valuable for me. The conference schedule you requested is below.

Saturday, February 15, 2025

Time | Speaker & Title

9:45 a.m. | Opening address: Professor Henry Ryan

Morning theme: “Changing local traditions”

10:00 a.m. | Presentation 1: Martin Faulkner Title: Starting an online business

11:00 a.m. | Break

11:15 a.m. | Presentation 2: Jane Brown Title: (undecided)

12:15 p.m. | Lunch

Afternoon theme: “Preserving local traditions”

1:00 p.m. | Presentation 3: Sarine Schmidt Title: Handing down craftsmanship to younger generations

2:00 p.m. | Break

2:15 p.m. | Presentation 4: Dianne Moran Title: (undecided)

3:15 p.m. | Break

3:30 p.m. | Debate moderator: Tim McGregor Title: Change vs. conservation

4:30 p.m. | Closing address: Mayor Lesley Baker Title: (undecided)

4:45 p.m. | End

I would like you to confirm the following points: • The conference will start at 9:45 a.m. and end at 4:45 p.m. • The registration will close seven days before the event. • The conference will be held in the Main Hall. • Participants will park in the university parking area.

Below is a list of things that still need to be decided: • Can we use the cafeteria for the lunch time reception? • Have you received the speech titles for the mayor and the two remaining presenters? • How will we arrange the tables and chairs for the debate?

The number of volunteers that can help with the conference isn’t set yet. I’ll send you the list as soon as possible.

This is my first time being on a committee like this, and I am rather anxious, so I would appreciate any advice you have.

I’m looking forward to assisting and attending the presentations. With regards, Student group representative (University Volunteer Program)

October 17, 2024

Re: Event Plan

Dear representative and group members,

Thank you for making the draft. You’ve done a really good job.

The time schedule and order of events look good to me. The Main Hall worked really well as a venue last time. It has a good capacity for this type of event. As a university staff member, I can reserve it for free. Closing the registration seven days before the conference is too short. It doesn’t give us time to prepare materials and send out information. You also mentioned parking. The university parking lot will be open for the event, so participants can use it without having a permit.

With regard to the information you requested, I have received the remaining two presentation titles. One presenter is a local businessperson, who will talk about changes she has made in her company. The other presenter is a local chef. She will introduce recipes using locally grown mushrooms. I will update their presentation details on the schedule and send it back to you. Also, the mayor has provided a title for his closing speech, “Our town, our future.” As for lunch, the cafeteria staff don’t work on weekends, so we need to rethink it. Do you have any suggestions?

I have attached a diagram for the debate seating arrangements. You will notice that there needs to be a small desk for the moderator in the center. There should be one table on each side of the moderator, and these tables should face slightly inward. As we have two debaters on each team, use the long tables. There isn’t a lot of time to set up the stage for the debate, so you will need a few people to help carry the tables and chairs.

Thank you for your assistance. Henry Ryan

Attachment: Debate set up diagram