I N S P I R AT I O N 1
Take two teenagers east and west
1 Reading
Read the blog from the Internet about the two teenagers. Is your
life more like Fumikos or Dannys?
Hi! My name is Fumiko. I want to make friends with people all over the world. Here is a little
bit about myself. I live in Osaka in the west of Japan. Im 15 years old and I live with my
parents in a very small flat. I dont have any brothers or sisters.
On school days I get up really early at 6 am and put on my school uniform. I wear a blue
skirt, long white socks, a white shirt and a blue pullover. I take the subway to school and
usually meet my friends on the train. School starts at 8.20. The first thing I do is take off my
shoes and put on school slippers. We have six classes a day.
We have 50 minutes for lunch and everyone brings a packed lunch from home. I usually
have rice with fried chicken, fish, boiled vegetables or eggs. We eat lunch in our classroom
where we have all our lessons.
Lessons end at 3.30 and we spend 15 minutes cleaning the school. After that I go to my
sports club where I do judo, baseball and tennis. Three days a week I go to evening school
where I do extra study. When I get home I do two hours of homework and then I watch TV. I
also like reading. At the weekends I meet my friends and go shopping. Sometimes we go to
the park and play baseball. Our summer holiday is in August and we visit my grandparents
in Okayama, west of Osaka and go to the beach.
Tell me about you! What is your life like?
Hi Fumiko! My name is Danny. I am fourteen years old and I come from Chicago, in the
midwest of the USA. Wow, your life is really different to mine. I get up at 7.00 in the
morning on weekdays. I dont wear a school uniform, I usually wear jeans, trainers and a
sweatshirt. I take the bus to school and it takes about twenty minutes.
I have eight classes a day. I usually eat lunch with my friends. We have things like burgers and
chips, pizzas and fried chicken. Oh and ice cream I love ice cream!!!
But I prefer the weekends and holidays to school! I like to play basketball, video games and
see my friends. In the summer I go to camp with my best friend Ryan. Camp is really cool
we do lots of different activities like sports, fishing, horse-riding, walking in the mountains
and we have camp fires at night and sing songs.
What about music? Whos your favourite singer? I really like rap music Eminem is my
favourite singer. Have you got any pets? I have a dog who is really cute, his name is Toby.
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I N S P I R AT I O N 1
Take two teenagers east and west
2 Comprehension
Answer the following questions:
1 What time does Fumiko get up?
2 What does she wear to school?
3 What is the first thing she does when she
gets to school?
4 What does she eat for lunch?
5 What does she do after school?
6 How does Danny get to school?
7 What does he do at the weekends?
8 Where does he go in the summer holidays?
9 Who is his favourite singer?
10 Does he have any pets?
3 Vocabulary
Match the words to the pictures:
1 subway
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2 slippers
3 packed lunch
4 vegetables
5 judo
6 baseball
7 burger
8 camp fire
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4 Speaking
Ask your partner the questions in exercise 1.
Remember to change the question forms. For
example:
1 What time do you get up?
5 Writing
Reply to Fumiko and Danny. Write a blog about
what you do on a typical day. Use the questions
from exercise 4 to help you.
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