Pre-reading questions:
- Have you had a homestay experience before? Please explain your answer.
- Do you like sports? Why or why not?
Vocabulary:
- give /giv/
- meal /meel/
- guest /gest/
- stay /stey/
- interested /IN-ter-uh-stid/
[verb] to provide someone with something
Jeffry will give money to the charity.
[noun] an occasion when food is eaten
Camelle’s mom always prepares her meals.
[noun] a person who is staying with you or a person whom you have invited to a social occasion
They will invite guests for their daughter’s birthday party.
[verb] to not move away from or leave a place or situation
Bea will stay in her company for two years.
[adjective] wanting to give your attention to something and discover more about it
Rico is interested in arts and design.
Saitama Prefecture’s local government has begun accepting applications for their homestay project for Tokyo 2020. Residents of Saitama can give their application to the local government officials. The project’s goal is to provide meals and temporary homes for the athletes, athletes’ families, and other people that will be present in the event. One host family can accept up to three guests and they can stay up to three nights. People who are interested in joining this project can ask through their countries’ Olympic and Paralympic committee.
True or False:
- Saitama Prefecture’s local government has begun accepting applications.
- Residents of Saitama can give their application to the local government officials.
- One host family can accept up to three guests.
- Guests can stay up to five nights.
- This project is for Tokyo 2024.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| interested | give | meals | stay | guests |
- She will ____ her mother a gift.
- They want to invite ____ for the opening of their restaurant.
- Yuzu will ____ in Toronto, Canada for five years.
- She cooks three ____ a day for her family.
- Annie is ____ in joining the singing competition.