空欄補充問題(英語) 至急お願いします。
「次の英文(a)(b)において,それぞれ前後がつながるようにするには空欄にどのような文を入れればよいか。それぞれ全体の内容を考えて,適切な英文1文を8~15語で書け。」
(a) In this country, traditionally people spent Saturday nights dining out and Sunday nights at home in front of the TV cheering on their favorite football team. But a few years ago games began appearing on TV on Saturdays as well as on Sundays. ( ). This is why restaurant owners have decided to boycott products advertised during televised matches.
(b) Today, an average American home is full of labor-saving devices like washing machines and dishwashers. ( ) . Thus, average homemakers spend as much time doing housework now as fifty years ago about fifty two hours a week. Although they have the benefit of countless devices, they now have larger houses to clean, higher standards of cleanliness, and more wide-ranging life-styles, all of which keep them busy.
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