Reading Passage ae Mika's Homestay* in London by Mia Tanaka + Mik Tanaka, a collage student from Japan, had # wonderful homey Im London. She lived wit Bi any and tied Engl fra month What do you want for your 1bicthday?” my parents asked me “A ing replied However, instead ofa ring my parents gave me 8 one 5 month homestay in London (On February 11 eft Japan. On the plane, f worried about being all lone? there—a tanger to London, But when I met the Flannery family (ex host family, their warm welzore? made me fe at ens. Both my host and mer were very Kind and treated eke thcirowen, | CAME vw daughters ogee “at howe augier vil apo ei i oon ag 2Getting Ready to Go ‘Before going o London, L did some research on English schools Jn London and chose Oxford House College, mainly because it had reasonable fees Alo, there werert many panese students st Oxford 1s Hoe, eget ehee both a mother and father, be native-born, non-smoking middle-class British peope, and live nara subway station. later found that this was ‘ery good ave, since some of my friends atthe English schoo were >e having problems wih ther host faries Livingin London Potatoes! I took mea itl time to get used tothe many kinds of potato dishes served: fred potatoes, teamed potatoes sliced potatoes, and diferet-colored potatoes. My host mother wasa good cook She be made delicious pasta and chicken dihes and even cooked ee for me. [Nadiege, French gi was nother homestay student ving with ws, anu we went around London ogether On Saturdays, my hos fay ‘would have a party at home with tends or far When we rete From touring London, Nadige and I would join the party On Saturday 2 evenings, Mr and Mis Flannery would got thet favor pub to spend time together, Although I slectd a school with ee Japanese students, there were stil atleast two in each lass. In class, ried to speak a lo, but many Japanese students didnt use their English very much (even if they had large 4 seeabalaris), and spoke only Fapanese with thee Friends. Sometimes, asked other people thei impressions of Jpan. “Japanese people work too hard’ sad my French frend. My teacher thought that Fnpanese people were very ric. Ldid not agree with these point" bt ‘was interested in noving what foreign people thought. One month 4 London made me ela that peso Engi was very important ‘beaten isthe language that people fom many countieuee te most. would lke t be more open-minded about people frm dierent countries ke my host family i Gy Wesco ase tenting ine Words per inte: _ y mites (eran ne bac whey somes pei eae 14 Chapter | irs Hamestayn LandonAfter You Read Understanding the Text ‘A. Comprehension: Scanning for Details ‘Read thestatementsand check (7) True False. Troe False 1. Forher 1th birthday, Mika sted forahomesay = J in London 2. Mika went to England sone ac 3 Mika ved witha hos family for two months nc 4. Mila decided to sty a Oxford House College 2 0 because twist expensive 5 Mika did things a London wih the Flannery" Sic youngest daughter. 6. Mikisteacher though all Japanese people wererch. = 2 B. Vocabulary ‘What isthe meaning of each highlighted word inthe pasage? Cire your answerstlow Before going to London did some research on Exgish schools Jn Landon and chose Oxford House College, msn case had reasonable fees. tool my parent advice and EGER that my homestay fay have botha mother anda father, be mative-bern, non-smoking middle-class Brith peopl, and ive nee a subway tation ater oud that tis was ‘ery good advice, since ome of my frends al the English school were havieg problems with their ost families. 1. The werd “reasonable inthe pasage is clasest in mesrng to (expensive not expensive). 2. The werd requested” inthe passage is closestin meaning to (sskedtoe retusa). {3 The werd “native bora the passage closes in mesning to (Gorn in Britain / born ouside Brae). 4 The werd "middle-class inthe passage s closet n meaning to (over 0 years old / nt ech r poor). 5. The werd found” in he passage is closest in meaning'o (eard/ realized)Building Vocabulary Learning Compound Words Sometimes in Engi, two or three word ar joined together o make a new word, These compound words are usualy nouns adjectives. Some are writen as one wer. Some are writen with «hyphen (between them, Some ae writen ator separate words. Compound words Compound words Compoundwards Seone word icra phon astwowords| binhdsy open-minded host fay | [omy ative-born ih choot i A. Complete the sentences with these compound words eyboanl port siterdn-hw 19-year-old post office 1. My host father tke me to the 0 could buy sme stamps and send postcard to my fiends back hore 2. My brother and_ate hosting two students rom Thalland in ‘heir ome this suman. 3. When did my homestay in France, 1 had a hard ime uslag the computer Some of the eters ar indifferent places than on my American one 4. When Larsved in Osaka for my homestay, my host family was atthe — ovelsome me 5 Paulo was happy becausc is ost family had 8 con, lhehin, B, Write sentence about yourself using the compound words below, 1. (bithday) 2. (open-minded) 3. thigh schoo) 4 (choose your ova) ”