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    Kenzo is a 14-year-old boy from Osaka, Japan who lives in a small flat with his family. The flat has two bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room, a bathroom with only a bath, and a separate room for the toilet. In the living room they have tatami mats on the floor and a low table to eat at while sitting on floor cushions. In the kitchen they have a sink, fridge, cupboards, a gas stove with two burners, a rice cooker, and a microwave but no oven. Kenzo's bedroom is small and he sleeps on a futon on the floor with a TV and computer.

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    Kenzo is a 14-year-old boy from Osaka, Japan who lives in a small flat with his family. The flat has two bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room, a bathroom with only a bath, and a separate room for the toilet. In the living room they have tatami mats on the floor and a low table to eat at while sitting on floor cushions. In the kitchen they have a sink, fridge, cupboards, a gas stove with two burners, a rice cooker, and a microwave but no oven. Kenzo's bedroom is small and he sleeps on a futon on the floor with a TV and computer.

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    Together1 Resources Culture U1

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    Kenzo is a 14-year-old boy from Osaka, Japan who lives in a small flat with his family. The flat has two bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room, a bathroom with only a bath, and a separate room for the toilet. In the living room they have tatami mats on the floor and a low table to eat at while sitting on floor cushions. In the kitchen they have a sink, fridge, cupboards, a gas stove with two burners, a rice cooker, and a microwave but no oven. Kenzo's bedroom is small and he sleeps on a futon on the floor with a TV and computer.

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    Culture Unit 1

    3 Read the text again. Label the picture of Kenzo’s


    A typical Japanese home flat with the bold words from the text.

    1 Read the text. How many rooms in total has


    Kenzo’s flat got? ____

    Kenzo is from Osaka, Japan. He is fourteen years


    old.
    ‘Our flat is small – we’ve
    got two bedrooms, a
    kitchen and a living room.
    We’ve also got a bathroom
    (of course!) but this has
    only got a bath in it. The
    toilet is in a separate room.
    ‘In our living room, we’ve
    got straw mats called “tatami” on the floor. Lots of
    people in Japan have got these mats in their
    homes. We’ve got a table with short legs in our
    living room where we eat. We haven’t got any chairs
    in our living room. We sit on floor cushions at the
    table.

    ‘In the kitchen, we’ve got a sink, a fridge and lots of


    cupboards. We’ve got two gas rings to cook on and
    an electric rice cooker next to that. We’ve also got
    a microwave, but we haven’t got an oven. Not 4 Label the picture with the words in the box.
    many people have got ovens in Japan. cooker gas rings oven
    ‘My bedroom is small – I’ve got a futon for sleeping 3 ____________
    on the floor. A futon is a thin mattress. I’ve also got a
    1 ____________
    TV and a computer in my room.’

    2 Read the text again and write T (true) or F


    (false).
    1 Kenzo’s flat has got a balcony. __ 2 ____________
    2 The bathroom has got a bath and a toilet in it. __
    3 Kenzo and his family sit on a futon in the living
    room. __
    4 They haven’t got any chairs in their living room.
    __
    5 Lots of people have got ovens in Japan. __
    6 Kenzo hasn’t got a computer in his room. __ 5 Is your home similar to Kenzo’s? Write a short
    description of your home.
    _________________________________________
    _________________________________________
    _________________________________________
    _________________________________________
    _________________________________________
    _________________________________________
    _________________________________________

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