Pre-Reading Questions:
- Do you like to learn about the culture of other countries?
- Do you like to meet foreign people?
Vocabulary:
- labor /LEY-bor/
- member /MEM-ber/
- system /SIS-tuhm/
- accept /ak-SEPT/
- multiracial /muhl-tee-REY-shuhl/
[noun] practical work that involves physical effort
He can still do physical labor even though he is old.
[noun] a person, animal, or thing that is part of a group
She is a member of a very strong volleyball team.
[noun] a way of doing things; a method
A successful country usually has a good government system.
[verb] to agree to take something
She accepts the fact that he is gone.
[adjective] involving people of several different races
I live in a multiracial community.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of Hafu has increased since the Heisei Era (1989-present). “Hafu” (half) is how Japanese call people who have mixed-race descents.
Monica Okoye, 19, is one of the children with one non-Japanese parent and is called “Hafu” (half). She is a member of Japanese women’s basketball team who played in Women’s Basketball World Cup last September 26, 2018.
In Heisei era not only the Japanese political system has changed but also how Japanese accept hafu. Now, more people become open to citizens with a multiracial family background.
Monica Okoye, 19, is one of the children with one non-Japanese parent and is called “Hafu” (half). She is a member of Japanese women’s basketball team who played in Women’s Basketball World Cup last September 26, 2018.
In Heisei era not only the Japanese political system has changed but also how Japanese accept hafu. Now, more people become open to citizens with a multiracial family background.
True or False:
- Monica Okoye is a member of the the Japanese tennis team.
- Okoye played in Women’s Basketball World Cup.
- The number of hafu has increased since the Heisei Era.
- Heisei Era began in 1998.
- Women’s Basketball World Cup was held last September 26, 2019.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| member | labor | system | accept | multiracial |
- We need to change the company’s _________.
- She studies in a _________ school.
- Carpentry is a hard _________.
- The choir club needs a new _________.
- She did not _________ the job offer.