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Natsume S–Oseki Botchan YOUNG ADULT READERS LIGHT NATSUME SOSEKI– Eli Readers is a beautifully-illustrated series of timeless classics and specially-written stories for learners of English. BOTCHAN NATSUME NATSUME Natsume Soseki– S OSEKI OSEKI Botchan - BOTCHAN Botchan is from Tokyo in Japan. He becomes a teacher and moves from the big city to a small town on an island. He thinks teaching high school students is easy, but life in the country town is different. Teaching is difficult. His students are difficult. They play tricks on him. Botchan has many problems at school and many questions. He does not know who to believe. He does not know who his friends are. Follow Botchan as he learns good from bad and right from wrong. In this reader you will find: - Information about Natsume Soseki– - Focus on sections - Glossary of difficult words - Comprehension and extension activities Tags Classic literature Y O A1 Up to 600 headwords Word count: 9450 U N G Classic Full text on CD A www.elireaders.com DUL T ELI RE A DERS | L I GH YOUNG ADULT ELI READERS LIGHT T ISBN 978-88-536-1588-6ELI s.r.l. Botchan E L www.elireaders.com T ELT YOUNG ADULT READERS LIGHT A 1 A1 YOUNG ADULT READERS LIGHT B2A1 The ELI Readers collection is a complete range of books and plays for readers of all ages, ranging from captivating contemporary stories to timeless classics. There are three series, each catering for a different age group; Young ELI Readers, Teen ELI Readers and Young Adult ELI Readers. The books are carefully edited and beautifully illustrated to capture the essence of the stories and plots. The readers are supplemented with ‘Focus on’ texts packed with background cultural information about the writers and their lives and times. Young Adult ELI Readers Light: books especially designed for beginners and older readers. The FSC certification For this series of ELI guarantees that the paper graded readers, we used in these publications have planted 5000 comes from certified new trees. forests, promoting responsible forestry management worldwide. Natsume Soseki Botchan Adaptation by Alastair Lamond Activities by Timothy Kiggell Illustrated by Toni Demuro YOUNG ADULT READERS LIGHT Botchan by Natsume Soseki- Adaptation by Alastair Lamond Activities by Timothy Kiggell Illustrated by Toni Demuro Founder and Series Editors Paola Accattoli, Grazia Ancillani, Daniele Garbuglia (Art Director) The author would like to thank Janet Borsbey and Ruth Swan for their precious contribution to this project. Graphic Design Airone Comunicazione - Sergio Elisei Layout Airone Comunicazione - Diletta Brutti Production Manager Francesco Capitano Photo credits ELI Archive © 2013 ELI s.r.l. P.O. Box 6 62019 Recanati MC Italy T +39 071750701 F +39 071977851 [email protected] www.elionline.com Typeset in 11,5 / 15 pt Monotype Dante Printed in Italy by Tecnostampa Recanati – ERE002.01 ISBN 978-88-536-1588-6 First edition: September 2013 www.elireaders.com Contents 6 Main Characters 8 Before you read 10 Chapter One Botchan leaves Tokyo for Shikoku 18 Activities 20 Chapter Two Botchan meets Badger, Red Shirt, Clown, Porcupine and Squash 30 Activities 32 Chapter Three Botchan makes many mistakes 42 Activities 44 Chapter Four Botchan has problems with students, insects and some teachers 55 Activities 57 Chapter Five Who or what is Madonna? 67 Activities 69 Chapter Six Botchan now understands Porcupine and Red Shirt 80 Activities 82 Chapter Seven Kimonos and European-style suits 92 Activities 94 Chapter Eight Botchan and Porcupine against Red Shirt and Clown 104 Activities 106 Focus on... Natsume Soseki- 108 Focus on... The Meiji Era 110 Focus on... The London Years 112 Syllabus These icons indicate the parts of the story that are recorded start stop MAIN CHARACTERS (Badger) The principal The The art teacher (Clown) The head teacher (Red Shirt)(Red Botchan 6 (Squash) Mr. Koga Koga Mr. Kiyo Mr. Hotta (Porcupine) Madonna (Ms. Toyama) (Ms. 7 BEFORE YOU READ Word Groups 1 Look at the word groups. Choose the correct word. 1 teacher, principal, [student / table] 2 nose, mouth, [shoe / cheek] 3 suit, shirt, [kimono / noodles] 4 knock, break, [swim / hit] 5 agree with, believe, [trust / move] 6 friend, lover, [fiancée / fight] 7 street, road, [car / path] 8 hotel, bed & breakfast, [guest house / restaurant] 9 bed, pillow, [chair / blanket] 10 servant, waiter, [maid / bowl] Japanese Words 2 Here are some Japanese words from Botchan. Complete the sentences below with a Japanese word from the box. Use the Internet if you need to. kimono • soba • rickshaw • sashimi • tatami • yen 1 I went home. I took off my suit, shirt and tie. I put on my __________ . 2 What is __________? It’s a kind of Japanese noodles. Often in a soup. 3 This __________ is very delicious. The slices of fish are very thin. 4 This sake is from Kyushu. It is expensive. A glass of sake is 20 __________ . 5 I took a train from Tokyo to Kobe. Then I took a __________ from the train station to the school. 6 The men sat on the __________ in the restaurant. They listened to the geisha girls singing. 8 Bath House 3 In the evening, Botchan usually went to a traditional bath house. Here’s how to take a Japanese bath. Put the last five sentences in the right order. Enter the bath house and take off your shoes. Pay your money. Walk to the changing room and take off your clothes. Take a small towel and walk into the bath room. Sit down. Turn on the water. Wash yourself with warm water and soap. Wash off the soap carefully. Hang up your towel. Step into the large bath. The water is deep and hot. Sit in the bath quietly. Relax. Do not swim! Do not use any soap or shampoo in the bath! [ Dry yourself. [ Get dressed. [ Walk home. [ Step out of the bath. [ Go back to the changing room. Writing 4 Read pages 106, 107 and 110, 111. Complete the information about Natsume Soseki.– 1867: Natsume ____________Kinnosuke was born in Tokyo, Japan. 1884: He studied at ____________. He learned how to write Japanese haiku poems. 1887: He started to write. He used the name Natsume Soseki.- 1895: Natsume became an ____________ at Matsuyama Middle School. 1900-1903: He lived in ____________ and studied English literature and language. Natsume was not happy, but he learned how to ride a ____________. 1907: He became a ____________ . His stories were in the Asahi Shinbun every day. 9 Chapter One Botchan leaves Tokyo for Shikoku 2 I was a very strange child. I did too many bad things. Perhaps it was something in my family history. Once I jumped from the second floor of my school. I do not know why I did it. I hurt my leg. I was in bed for a week. My father was angry with me. Someone gave me a small knife. I showed some friends. ‘Your knife is not dangerous,’ said one boy. Not dangerous? I cut my hand! I remember the pain. Another day some friends and I went to some 10 botchan rice fields near our house. I put some rocks in the field to stop the water. Rice must have water. There was no water, so the rice died. The farmer was very angry. He came to our house. He told my mother and father about the rocks. They gave him some money. I was a bad son. My father did not like me very much. My father and mother always preferred my big brother. Mother often talked about my life after school. I did not like school. ‘You must study. You must work hard. A man must have a good job: a man needs money,’ she said. I was very young when she died. My brother studied English hard. He wanted to work in a company. He did not like me and I did not like him. We fought* every day. Once I cut his head. He told our father. Father was fight (fought, fought) people hurt each other when they fight 11 natsume soseki- angry with me. Father was always angry with me. Father decided not to give me money after he died. I did not like that! Kiyo, our old servant*, wanted to help me. She cried. She said sorry to my father for me. She asked him to give me some money. She helped me. Kiyo’s father was rich, but he lost all his money when the Meiji Era* started. Kiyo was our servant for many years. Old Kiyo loved me very much. I did not know why. Perhaps she loved me too much. My mother and father did not love me. I was nothing to them. Our neighbours* did not like me as I was a bully*. My Kiyo was different. Sometimes, when my parents and brother were not in the house, we talked. servant man or woman who cleans, cooks and neighbours people living next door or very near helps in another family’s house bully a bad person who hurts others for no Meiji Era from 1868 to 1912 in Japan reason 12 botchan ‘You are a good boy, Botchan,’ said Kiyo. That was a surprise. Nobody said good things about me! After my mother died, Kiyo’s love for me was important to me. Sometimes she bought me nice things. When the night was cold, she made hot noodles* for me in secret. She gave me some things to use at school. Our servant! She gave me things when my father and brother were not in the house. I did not like that. ‘Why do you give those things to me and not to my brother, too?’ I once asked Kiyo.
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