Sentence 1

来月、あやの学校で文化祭があるので、クラスでは今週からじゅんびを始めました。

Because Aya's school will have a cultural festival next month, the class began preparing this week.

Sentence 2

あやは受付のポスターを作る係になり、みかはSNSの文章を書くことになりました。

Aya became the person in charge of making the reception poster, and it was decided that Mika would write the SNS text.

Sentence 3

二人は昼休みに教室に残って、どんな色を使うか相談します。

The two stay in the classroom during lunch break and discuss what colors to use.

Sentence 4

みかは「遠くからでも見えるように、大きい字にしたほうがいいよ」と言います。

Mika says, 'So that it can be seen even from far away, it's better to make the letters big.'

Sentence 5

あやもそう思ったので、家で考えてきた案をノートから出しました。

Aya thought so too, so she took out from her notebook the plan she had thought up at home.

Sentence 6

その案には、去年けんが撮ってくれた写真も入れてあります。

That plan also has a photo in it that Ken took for her last year.

Sentence 7

ただ、その写真は少し暗いので、先に明るくしておくことにします。

However, because that photo is a little dark, they decide to make it brighter first.

Sentence 8

放課後、あやはパソコンが使える部屋へ行って、画像を直してみます。

After school, Aya goes to a room where she can use a computer and tries fixing the image.

Sentence 9

前よりきれいに見えるようになって、文字も入れやすくなりました。

It came to look cleaner than before, and the text also became easier to add.

Sentence 10

でも、プリンターの色がうすく出てしまって、最初の一枚はあまりうまくできませんでした。

But the printer made the colors come out faint, and the first sheet did not turn out very well.

Sentence 11

そこで、先生に見てもらうと、「紙を変えれば、もっとはっきり出ますよ」と教えてくれました。

So when she had the teacher look at it, the teacher told her, 'If you change the paper, it will come out more clearly.'

Sentence 12

あやは新しい紙をもらって、もう一度印刷してみました。

Aya got some new paper and tried printing it one more time.

Sentence 13

今度はバランスのいいポスターができたので、みかも「これなら入口に貼れますね」とうれしそうに言います。

This time a well-balanced poster was made, and Mika also says happily, 'If it's like this, we can put it up at the entrance.'

Sentence 14

二人は当日にあわてないように、必要なテープやはさみも箱に入れておきました。

So that they would not panic on the day itself, the two also put the tape and scissors they would need into a box.

Sentence 15

教室を出るころ、あやは「まだやることはあるけど、今日は大きい仕事が終わってよかった」と思いました。

As she was leaving the classroom, Aya thought, 'There are still things to do, but I'm glad the big job is finished today.'

Sentence 16

文化祭まであと二週間あるので、来週はメニュー表も作るつもりです。

Because there are still two weeks until the cultural festival, next week they plan to make the menu board too.