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L 18 Let's Try English Presentations!
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Miki is in America on a study tour, and she is giving a presentation at a high school.
Mr. Smith: Good morning, students. Today, we welcome a guest speaker from Kita High School in Japan,
Miki Tanaka.
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Miki: Good morning, everybody. Thank you for inviting me today to Metropolitan High School to give a
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presentation. I'd like to tell you about overseas visitors to Japan. I will divide my presentation into
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three parts: the number of visitors, their countries of origin, and their destinations in Japan.
Let's begin with t
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the number of visitors. Please look at this graph. The x-axis shows the year, and
the y-axis shows the number of foreign visitors. The number of tourists has dramatically increased,
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although we had temporary decreases due to a downturn in the global economy as well as earthquakes.
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Next I will introduce the trends in who visits Japan. This table shows the change in the number of
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visitors from four countries. As you can see, visitors from mainland China and Thailand increased
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more than six times in 10 years.
Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box below.
1.) thend ) = a general way in which something is changing
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x-axis)= the horizontal (*) line on a graph
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(3. downturn) = a decrease, or a time when something becomes weak
(4. (welcome) = to greet someone new in a kind and friendly way
welcome x-axis / downturn / trend
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(2. Which one of the following is NOT included in Miki's presentation?
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1. How many foreign people visit Japan
2. Where foreign visitors go in Japan
3. Which countries foreign visitors come from
④. Which countries are popular destinations for Japanese people X
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3. Look at the graph and table, and fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box below.
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①. The number of foreign visitors first exceeded 10 million in (2013 ).
②. During the decade (10 %) the number of visitors from ( USA ) grew by less than 30 percent.
3. Most foreign visitors came from ( Asia ).
(4. The number of visitors increased most from ( 2014. 1) to ( 2015
Asia/USA/2013/2014/2015
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).
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4. Explain the passage briefly to your classmates.
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①Miki greets the audience and tells them that she will talk about overseas visitors to Jopon
a graph) to show that the (humber ) of visitors increased rapidly from 2011. Next,
First, she uses a graph to showed 3 and mainland China intres and more than six (pines) in 10
years.

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Finally, I'll explain where visitors go in Japan. This table shows the number of foreign hotel guests in
the most popular prefectures.
Many foreigners stay in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto. They also visit other places, for example, Hokkaido
and Okinawa with their natural beauty, Fukuoka with convenient access from other parts of Asia, and
Yamanashi with its views of Mt. Fuji.
Japan has many things to enjoy. Each of you will find something special. Please come and I'll be your
guide. Thank you.
Do you have
Mr. Smith: Thank you very much, Miki. Any questions or comments?
James: I really enjoyed your presentation. I didn't know that so many people visit Japan.
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Miki Well, actually, the number of visitors to Japan is not so large. For example, in 2015, about 20 million
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people visited Japan, but 86 million visited France, and 78 million visited the United States.
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Olivia: How about advertising on the Internet in various languages to attract more visitors?
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Miki: That's a good idea.
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Mr. Smith: Sorry, but we're out of time. Thanks again, Miki, for a great presentation.
1. Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box below
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) a list of facts and figures
table
2. guide
a person who shows tourists around interesting places
③. (pretecture)=
an area of local government (T) bigger than a town or city
table/prefecture/guide
2. Answer true or false.
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1. Many foreigners visit Yamanashi because they can enjoy seeing Mt. Fuji.
(2. Many foreigners visit Fukuoka because it is convenient to travel around Japan. F
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3. Miki wants the audience to come and enjoy Japan. T
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④Ⓐ.: James advised Miki(to advertise on the Internet in many languages. F.
Colivia
5. The United States had the most foreign visitors in 2015.
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3. Look at the table and fill in the blanks with prefecture names.
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1. Tokyo has about four times as many foreign visitors as ( Kyoto ).
(2. (Hokkaido) is in third place, following Tokyo and Osaka.
3. Fukuoka and (Kanagawa) are visited by almost the same number of foreigners.
4. All the prefectures except (Yamanashi) were visited by more than one million foreigners.
4. Explain the passage briefly to your classmates.
Miki talks about (where ) foreign visitors go in Japan. Some stay in big cities such as $ Tokyo)
and Osaka. Some go to places: : : :D:D:D:D:D:/:/:/::/:::) beauty, such :D :D:D:D:D:D:D: Hokkaido and Okinawa. After her
①resentation), Miki responds to a comment from the audience by comparing:③apan) with other countries.
On page 54, Olivia gave Miki one idea/to increase the number of foreign visitors to Japan. Do you have any
other idea(s)? Present your own idea(s) in class.
I think Japanese people go abroad and they should teach Japanese attraction there.
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make opportunity which