SCHOOL IN JAPAN Japanese children begin to go to school when they are 5. All pupils wear school uniform and there are a lot of school rules.
In Japan children from the age of 6 to 18 clean their school. They spend 15 minutes to half an hour a day cleaning or taking out rubbish.
Pupils in Japanese schools work very hard. This is what a 14 year old Shingo tells about his usual working day.
«I get up at 6 o'clock and catch a train to school at 7 a. m. every morning. Lessons begin at 8 and are over about 4 p. m. After school I usually play basketball. I get home at 7 p. m., and I do homework about 2 hours. I have no time for friends. I work hard because I want to go to a college».
LISTENING COMPREHENSION VARIANT 50
1. Listen to the text and decide if the statements are true or false. At the age of 6 Japanese schoolchildren go to school
Pupils in Japan clean their schools.
Japanese schoolchildren do not wear uniform.
They spend 2 hours cleaning school every day.
A 14 year old Shingo tells about his working day.
Shingo goes to school by train.
His lessons finish at 5 p.m.
Shingo's hobby is badminton.
Shingo is very busy.
Japanese pupils have no homework.
2. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences. Pupils in Japan start school at the age of ……..
4 b.) 5 c.) 6
They start cleaning school at the age of……..
5 b.) 6 c.) 7
Cleaning school takes……
10-20 minutes b.)15-30 minutes c.)An hour
4. Shingo is……
a.) 14 b.)15 c.)16
5. Shingo tells about …….
a.) his hobby b.) his working day c.) his friends
6. He gets up at…….
a.) 5 a.m. b.) 6 a.m. c.) 7 a.m.
Shingo catches the train to school at …….
7 b.) 8 c.) 9
He usually gets home at …….
5 p.m . b.)6 p.m. c.)7 p.m
He usually does his homework……..
about 2 hours b.) about 3 hours c.) about 4 hours
He has no time for ……
