1. Read the text. Find 5 words and write to them antonyms and 5 words - synonyms.

2. What do you do and say when you go to someone’s house for the first time in your
country. (at least 5 sentences)

JAPANESE HOSPITALITY (Headway pre-intermediate)

When people visit each other in Japan, they usually take a present. This might be
chocolates, or a box of cakes or biscuits (e.g. rice biscuits). They don’t often take flowers as
these are usually given to people in hospital.
When the guests arrive, they take their shoes off before stepping inside the house. The
host will provide slippers for them to wear.
The meal is served on a low table and everyone sits on the floor. The host will sit facing
the door. If the husband of the family has invited a business colleague to dinner, the wife will
serve them but will not eat with them. She will join them at the end of the meal and ask the
guest a few polite questions.
The meal will last quite a long time, perhaps two or three hours. Men drink beer or sake
(rice wine) with their meal, sometimes quite a lot. (It is not impolite to men to get drunk in
Japan.) Women only drink a little. It is impolite to fill your own glass in Japan – you should
always look and see if anyone else’s glass is empty and fill that first.
Traditionally the Japanese do not eat desserts, but they may serve cakes made of sweet
red beans or western cakes. When the host serves green tea or coffee, it is a sign that the
meal is nearly over, so that the guests know when to leave.

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