Pre-reading questions:
- How many children do you want to have in the future?
- Do you think it’s easy to take care of children? Please explain your answer.
Vocabulary:
- drop box [noun] – a box or basket where you can safely leave something
Please put the gift in the drop box outside the house. - infant [noun] – a baby or a very young child
It is difficult to take care of infants. - allow [verb] – to let someone do something
My mother allows me to go anywhere alone. - anonymously [adverb] – in secret
I always give gifts anonymously. - adopt [verb] – to legally take another person’s child as your own family
I would like to adopt a baby someday.
Jikei Hospital started a drop box called “Konotori no Yurikago” or “Stork’s Cradle” in English. Women who do not want their babies can leave them in the drop box. Jikei Hospital has already saved over 130 infants since it started with this drop box. The hospital has been taking care of babies since 2006. Now, the hospital plans to help pregnant women by allowing them to give birth anonymously. The children of these women will be adopted. The children will know about their real mothers when they get older. Some people agree with this plan and some disagree.
True or False:
- “Konotori no Yurikago” is “Stork’s Cradle” in Spanish.
- Jikei Hopital started helping babies since 2006.
- Jikei Hospital’s new plan is to help pregnant women.
- The children will never know about their real mothers.
- People agree with this plan.