Shinzo Abe and wife under

pressure over ties to ultra-

nationalist school
Akie Abes links to kindergarten under intense
______________ in Japan after reports it bought state land
at a knockdown price

_____________________________
Q+A
1. What do you know about this story?
2. Do you feel there is any truth in these allegations?
3. Is Akie Abe regarded in the same way Michele Obama was in
America? Should she lead her life as a first lady or should her
achievements or failures be judged separate to Abe?
4. Why do some people consider this schools policies to be
controversial?
5. Do you think Japan lost its pure cultural identity after the loss
of World War Two?
VOCABULARY: 6. Should an ultra-nationalist organization be allowed to open a
school?
1. liberated __________________________________________________________________
DEFINITIONS
2. detrimental
a. Tending to cause harm. recent policies have been
3. mire(d) ________________ to the interests of many old people
b. Critical observation or examination. every aspect of local
4. denigrated government was placed under _______________
c. A complicated or unpleasant situation from which it is
5. emasculated difficult to extricate oneself. the service is sinking in the
_________________ of its own regulations
6. harks back d. Gradually but firmly establish (an idea or attitude,
especially a desirable one) in a person's mind. how do we
7. instill _____________ a sense of rightness in today's youth?
e. Make (someone or something) weaker or less effective.
8. scrutiny the refusal to allow them to testify effectively _______________ the
committee
f. to remember or to cause someone to remember
something from the past: The directors latest film
_________________ to the era of silent movies.
g. Criticize unfairly; disparage. doom and gloom merchants
who _________________ their own country
h. (of a place or people) freed from enemy occupation.
One definition of a _________________ country is a place that
people come back to rather than leave.

Article Source: The Guardian

Japans prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and his wife, Akie, have
attempted to distance themselves from an ultra-nationalist
educational institution _______________ in allegations of racism and
a corrupt land deal.