Preview（腕試し）

Kimiko: Hi, Misako. What's that?

Misako: Oh, it's the newest copy of Time.

Kimiko: Have you found any interesting articles?

Misako: Not yet--I'm just looking through it while I wait for my train.

A. Misako is reading Time very, very carefully.

B. Misako is looking at the cover of Time.

C. Misako is turning the pages of Time without reading anything in detail.

D. Misako is looking through hole in the magazine's cover. (It's a very old copy!)

　

Quick Glossary （用語辞典）

a copy = 一部

Examples（例文）

We use this idiom when we want to say that we are looking at something (such as a magazine or a newspaper) but not reading any one part for very long.

Miki looked through the morning newspaper for over ten minutes before she finally found an article that interested her.

Another version of this idiom is "flip through."

I often flip through a magazine until I see a headline that interests me.

Exercises （練習）Type the proper form of the idiom "look through" in the box.

1. I'm a lot of mail-order catalogs these days--I'd like to find some nice new clothes for winter.

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2. Have you ever a magazine only to find that there were no interesting articles in it?

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