The

cleanest
country in
the world
Speaking Club dif
Please have a look
at the links below

Read the article

https://guidable.co/culture/why-is-
japan-so-clean/

A Quizlet module
https://quizlet.com/_cxjufz?
x=1jqt&i=22a660
Vocabulary
bin
clean
cleanliness
clean-ups
litter
mess

Be obsessed with
a speck of dust
stand out
spot
slob
neat freak
get into the right frame of mind
have an itch for something
 Complete the sentences with the words
from the previous page. (You can do
this before our meeting or while). You
might need to change the fo
1. People organize neighbourhood ___________ and
volunteer to clean their areas.
2. If there is no ___________ in the street, everyone
takes their rubbish home. People don’t drop
___________ .
3. Tourists are surprised that public spaces are
always kept ___________ and tidy.
4. People feel responsible for their own ___________ .
5. The very high standards of ___________ are part
of the culture.
6. That's just________ in my eye.
7. He's a ___________ and expects others to clean up
after him
8. I ______________chocolate, I can eat 3 bars in a
day.
9. He is a ___________ who makes his own bed in
hotel rooms.
10. The black lettering really __________on that
orange background.
11. The most important thing is to go into the exam in
a positive _______.
12. They were ________ together in London last week.
Use some of the words
and phrases below to
say how you feel about
cleaning. Give reasons
for your answers.

calming
a necessary evil
not my problem
repetitive
rewarding
a waste of time
Discuss the questions.
Do you think cleaning is important?
Did your parents get you to clean your room
when you were a child?
Do you know anybody who is obsessed with
cleaning?
Have you ever had to break up with your
partner because he/she cleaned too little or
was obsessed with cleaning?
Does dirt or messiness bother you?
How clean is your house now? Rate it on a
scale of one to ten. Could I come to see now?
Or should I wait for you to tidy it up?
Is your home neat and clean? Just neat? Just
clean? Are the things in your house well-
organized? Is there a lot of clutter in your
house?
Are you a slob? Do you know any slobs? How
dirty and messy are they?
Are you a neat freak? Do you know any neat
freaks? How crazy are they about cleanliness?
Who is better at cleaning? Men or Women?
Boys or Girls?
 Look at the
statements about
Japan and compare
them with your
country.
People organize neighbourhood
clean-ups and volunteer to clean
their areas.
If there is no bin in the street,
everyone takes their rubbish
home. People don’t drop litter.
Tourists are surprised that public
spaces are always kept clean and
tidy.
People feel responsible for their
own mess.
The very high standards of
cleanliness are part of the culture.
Discuss whether
you do or would
do the things
below or not.
Explain why.
accept an office job, part of which is regularly
cleaning the workspace
volunteer for a beach or forest clean-up
send your children to a school where they
need to clean up after themselves
ask someone to pick up the litter they
dropped
invite friends over to your place when it is
messy and you don’t have time to clean
hire cleaning staff so that you don’t have to
clean something yourself
Thanks for joining

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