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Pre-reading questions:
- What is your favorite sport?
- Do you watch sports on television?
Vocabulary:
- company /KUHM-puh-nee/
[noun] an organization that produces or sells goods or services in order to make profit
Harunari’s company is growing fast.
- wheelchair /HWEEL-chair/
[noun] a chair on wheels that people who are unable to walk use on moving around
Takatsuki needs to use a wheelchair because he got into an accident.
- athlete /ATH-leet/
[noun] a person who is skilled or trained in a sport
A lot of athletes are admirable.
- champion /CHAM-pee-uhn/
[noun] that has beaten all other competitors in a competition
Manny Pacquiao is one of the world’s boxing champions.
- making /MEY-king/
[noun] process of producing something
My classmates are making hash brown.
OX Engineering, a company in Chiba, Japan, created a high-tech wheelchair named as “The Porsche of wheelchairs”. These wheelchairs will be used in 2020 Paralympics. Athletes who used wheelchairs from OX Engineering got 122 medals since 1996. This is why the company was considered to be a gold medal champion among the country’s top makers of wheelchairs. The steps in making wheelchairs at OX engineering stayed private. According to the firm’s President, Katsuyuki Ishii, “We have the technology to make a wheelchair for each athlete and to help them perform better.”
True or False:
- The name of the company in Chiba is Mitsubishi.
- Athletes who used wheelchairs made by OX Engineering got 225 medals.
- OX Engineering was recognized as Japan’s top makers of wheelchairs.
- The steps of making wheelchairs is known to the public.
- Shinzo Abe is the president of OX Engineering.
Vocabulary Check:
[noun] an organization that produces or sells goods or services in order to make profit
Harunari’s company is growing fast.
[noun] a chair on wheels that people who are unable to walk use on moving around
Takatsuki needs to use a wheelchair because he got into an accident.
[noun] a person who is skilled or trained in a sport
A lot of athletes are admirable.
[noun] that has beaten all other competitors in a competition
Manny Pacquiao is one of the world’s boxing champions.
[noun] process of producing something
My classmates are making hash brown.
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| company | wheelchair | athlete | champion | making |
- They are _________ another hash brown.
- Maria Sharapova is a tennis _________.
- Michael Phelps is a famous _________.
- Haruka needs to use a _________ because she cannot walk properly.
- I want to have my own _________.