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Pre-reading questions:
- What do you usually do during your free time?
- What is your favorite TV show?
Vocabulary:
- role /rohl/
[noun] a part played by an actor
I played the role of the hero. - play /pley/
[verb] to act as a character in a play, film, etc.
I played the role of the mayor in the film. - journalist /JUR-nl-ist/
[adverb] a person who writes for newspapers, magazines, TV, or radio
Professor Yukawa is currently working as a journalist in District News & Publishing. - kidnap /KID-nap/
[verb] to carry away a person by force and against his or her will
The president’s daughter was kidnapped by criminals. - contest /KON-test/
[noun] a competition
She won the painting contest last year.
Japanese actress Aya Ueto got the lead role in the TV special, Midnight Journal. She will play as Yuri, a young journalist who is writing about the kidnapping of young girls. She works as a partner of Sekiguchi. He is played by Yutaka Takenouchi. Ueto started as an actress after winning a beauty contest.
True or False:
- Aya Ueto will play the lead role in Midnight Journal.
- In Midnight Journal, Yuri is a young novelist.
- Yuri and Sekiguchi are partners at work in Midnight Journal.
- Aya Ueto started as an actress after winning a singing contest.
- Yuri is writing about the kidnapping of young boys.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| role | journalist | kidnap | play | contest |
- The princess was ____________ by criminals.
- The actress ____________ an important character in the movie.
- I’d like to join the singing ____________.
- My ___________ as a lion onstage was not important.
- I want to be a ___________ when I grow up.