Pre-reading questions:
- Do you know other countries aside from Japan that got struck by a tsunami?
- Which part of Japan was hit by a tsunami back in 2011?
A school in Miyagi prefecture opened to the public for the first time after the tsunami attack in 2011. 135 people visited the old buildings last Dec.03. It was the last time people could see the buildings before clean-up work begins. All damaged buildings will be removed. But the four-story south building will open as a disaster monument in 2018.
Vocabulary:
public – [noun] ordinary people; the community
clean-up – [phrasal verb] make things or an area clean
damage – [verb] harm; destroyed
disaster – [noun] a sudden event that causes great damage or loss of life
monument – [noun] a structure for historical importance
True or False:
- A school in Miyagi prefecture was hit by the tsunami in 2011.
- 135 people visited the old buildings last Dec.03.
- This was the last time to see the structures before clean-up work begins.
- All damaged buildings will be rebuild.
- The four-story south building will open as a disaster museum in 2018.