Школа в Японии. 4 класс. Чтение.

SCHOOL IN JAPAN

Japanese children begin to go to school when they are five. All pupils wear school uniform and there are a lot of school rules.

In Japan children from the age of six to eighteen 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 fourteen yea 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”.

Mark the sentences “True” or “False”.

1. Pupils in Japan clean their schools.

2. Japanese children do not wear uniform.

3. They spend 2 hours cleaning school every day.

4. Shingo goes to school by train.

5. Shingo’s hobby is badminton.

6. Japanese children have no homework.

Finish the sentences.

1. Pupils in Japan start school ________________.

2. Cleaning school takes ____________________.

3. Shingo tells us about _____________________.

4. Shingo catches the train ___________________.

5. After getting home he does _________________.

6. He works hard because he wants _____________.