The Reading / Listening - Tokyo Energy - Level 0

The temperature near Tokyo went over 40ºC for the first time in June. People are using air conditioners more. It is difficult for power companies to produce electricity. Japan has asked people to use less electricity, especially in the evening. It wants people to turn off lights from 3 pm to 6 pm.

The heat will continue. The rainy season was the shortest since records began. This means the summer will be long and hot. The government said: "Please cooperate and save as much power as possible." There could be power shortages. There is also a risk of heatstroke. The government asked people to drink lots of water.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Tokyo Energy - Level 1 Tokyo Energy - Level 2   or  Tokyo Energy - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/27/japanese-told-to-turn-off-lights-to-save-energy-amid-tokyo-heatwave
  • https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220628/p2g/00m/0na/039000c
  • https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/06/d57d2da4e5d5-tokyo-again-called-on-to-save-energy-as-heat-shortfalls-persist.html


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. The temperature
  2. went over 40ºC for
  3. People are using air
  4. It is difficult for power
  5. produce
  6. Japan has asked people
  7. especially in
  8. It wants people to turn
  1. off lights
  2. conditioners more
  3. electricity
  4. the first time
  5. to use less
  6. companies
  7. near Tokyo
  8. the evening

Paragraph 2

  1. The heat will
  2. The rainy season was
  3. since records
  4. the summer will be long
  5. save as much power
  6. There could be power
  7. There is also a risk
  8. drink lots
  1. of water
  2. began
  3. as possible
  4. the shortest
  5. of heatstroke
  6. continue
  7. shortages
  8. and hot

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

The temperature near (1) ___________________ 40ºC for the first time in June. People (2) ___________________ conditioners more. It (3) ___________________ power companies to produce electricity. Japan (4) ___________________ to use less electricity, especially (5) ___________________. It wants people to (6) ___________________ from 3 pm to 6 pm.

The (7) ___________________. The rainy season was the shortest (8) ___________________. This means the summer (9) ___________________ and hot. The government said: "Please cooperate and save (10) ___________________ as possible." There could be power shortages. There is (11) ___________________ of heatstroke. The government asked people to (12) ___________________ water.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

ThetemperaturenearTokyowentover40ºCforthefirsttimeinJune.Peo
pleareusingairconditionersmore.Itisdifficultforpowercompaniestopr
oduceelectricity.Japanhasaskedpeopletouselesselectricity,especiall
yintheevening.Itwantspeopletoturnofflightsfrom3pmto6pm.Thehe
atwillcontinue.Therainyseasonwastheshortestsincerecordsbegan.
Thismeansthesummerwillbelongandhot.Thegovernmentsaid:"Pleas
ecooperateandsaveasmuchpoweraspossible."Therecouldbepowers
hortages.Thereisalsoariskofheatstroke.Thegovernmentaskedpeopl
etodrinklotsofwater.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

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Answers

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