Pre-reading questions:
- Do you think America and Japan have a good relationship?
- Do you think President Donald Trump is a good leader?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited US President Donald Trump. The meeting happened a few days after Donald Trump’s win in the 2016 elections. The Prime Minister is the first state leader to visit Trump after the elections. According to the US Department of State, the relationship between Japan and the United States is important to Asia’s economy. The prime minister is planning another visit later this year.
Vocabulary:
visit [verb] – to go to a place in order to look at it, or to a person in order to spend time with them
state leader [noun] – head of the government
according to [preposition] – as stated by
True or False:
- President Donald Trump visited Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
- The meeting happened after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s win.
- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is the first world leader to visit Donald Trump after the 2016 elections.
- The relationship between the two countries is important for Japan’s economy only.
- Trump will visit Japan soon.