Reading N2–N1 · Lesson 21 · N1

Reading commentaries: what is efficiency for?

効率こうりつとは、本来ほんらい、測はかれない大切たいせつな時間じかんを守まもるための手段しゅだんにほかならない。

A commentary on efficiency: concession, question, the double-speed film example, then the claim; 「〜にほかならない」「〜ずにはおかない」.

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In this lesson

  1. 01The text
  2. 02Vocabulary
  3. 03Key sentences
  4. 04Reading tips

Practice

  • Did you understand?
  • The writer’s claim and demonstratives
  • True or false
  • The order of the argument
  • Match the words to their meanings
  • Choose the right expression

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