World Tour 2: Japan on the World Stage

​Good morning!

Poll

How are you?

• sleepy

• tired

• hungry

• fine

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​Cooking is fun for me because I like food.

​Talking with friends is fun because they make me laugh.

​Traveling is fun for me because I can see many places.

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​Q: What is fun for you? Why?

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Open Ended

What is fun for you? Why?

Example:

Talking to my friends is fun for me because they make me laugh.

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​​I study English to study abroad.

I study English to become an international sports presenter.

I study English to watch English TV shows.

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​Q: Why do you study English?

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Open Ended

Why do you study English?

Example:

I study English to travel abroad.

Type your original answer

​World Tour 2

​Japan on the World Stage

​Monday, November 28, 2022

​Today's Goal

​Reading about people who are active on the world stage.

​世界を舞台に働く人

​Listen 1

​LISTEN TO THE AUDIO

​KATSURA SUNSHINE

​Katsura Sunshine

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Gregory Robic is from Canada. He is a Rakugo performer. He started training for it in 2008.

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​He says, “I will never forget the first day I saw Rakugo in my favorite yakitori shop in Yokohama.”

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He trained under Katsura Bunshi VI, a great Rakugo performer. He trained for three years.

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Katsura Sunshine performs Rakugo in Japanese, English, and French. He has performed in many countries.

​Listen 2

​LISTEN TO THE AUDIO

​DR. TETSU NAKAMURA

*medic: 衛生兵|​**canal: 水路 | ***mountaineering: 山登り

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​Dr. Tetsu Nakamura

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​Dr. Tetsu Nakamura was a doctor from Japan. He was born in Fukuoka city in 1946.

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He helped many sick people in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He first visited Pakistan in 1978 as a medic for the Fukuoka ***mountaineering team.

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He helped build hospitals and **canals in Afghanistan. He said, “I never imagined I’d be doing river work in Afghanistan.”

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He passed away in 2019.

​Listen 3

​LISTEN TO THE AUDIO

​NICOLAS AMP

​Nicolas Amp

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Nicolas Amp is from France.​ He runs a training gym for athletes in Tosu, Saga Prefecture. Why did he become a strength trainer? Let me tell you his story.

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When he was 25 years old, he came to Japan to play baseball in university. He loved training in the gym to increase his baseball skills. After university, he became a strength coach.

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He worked in many gyms in Tokyo and Kyushu. Then, he opened his own gym in Tosu, Saga.​ Now, he trains high school student athletes from different sports.

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He says, "I want to train many athletes in Japan, so they become the best athletes in the world."​

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​QUIZ TIME!

​SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER

Multiple Choice

Where is Katsura Sunshine from?

• Canada

• Afghanistan

• Japan

• U.S.A

Multiple Choice

What did Dr. Tetsu Nakamura do in Afghanistan?

• Climb

  mountains

• build airports

• take

  photos

• build canals and hospitals

Multiple Choice

What sport did Nicolas Amp play in university?

• tennis

• handball

• baseball

• softball

Multiple Choice

Who said, " I never imagined I’d be doing river work in Afghanistan.”?

• Nicolas Amp

• Dr. Tetsu Nakamura

• Katsura Sunshine

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LET'S PRACTICE.​

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​fashionable

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​Let's read about some people who work on the world stage.

世界の舞台で働いている何人かの人々について読んでみましょう。

​Reading 1

​Read the sentences and select the matching picture.

​YAMAGUCHI ERIKO

Multiple Choice

(A)

When she was 23 years old, she went to study in Bangladesh. People lived in poverty there. She wanted to help them. "But what can I do?" She thought.

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Multiple Choice

(B)

Yamaguchi Eriko is the CEO and a designer of a fashion company. Why did she become a designer? I'd like to tell you about her life story.

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Multiple Choice

(C)

Now her company has a lot of people. They make high quality bags in Bangladesh and sell them in Japan. Their bags are very popular.

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Multiple Choice

(D)

On the day, she found that Bangladesh was good at producing Jute. "This is it!" she thought. She decided to produce fashionable bags. from jute. In 2006, she started her own business.

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​Reading 2

​Read the sentences and select the matching picture.

​BJORN HEIBERG

Multiple Choice

(A)

When he used the knife, he was surprised. It as not only beautiful but also very sharp. He came to love Japanese knives, so he decided to open his own knife store.

Multiple Choice

(B)

When he was 23 years old, Bjorn came to Japan. One day, he received a Japanese kitchen knife as a gift.

Multiple Choice

(C)

His store sells hundreds of Japanese knives. Bjorn explains his knives to customers by himself. He says, "Japanese knives are wonderful. I hope that they spread around the world."

Multiple Choice

(D)

Bjorn Heiberg is from Canada. He runs a knife store in Osaka. Why did he become a knife store owner in Japan?

​Good Job Everyone!

See you next time!​