Chiikawa Movie Announces Third Cinema Gift and Magazine Collaboration
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A new movie called "Chiikawa: The Secret of Mermaid Island" is popular in Japan. It is an animation for children and adults.
The movie makers have a special gift for people who watch the movie in the cinema. This is the third gift. People get the gift when they buy a ticket.
The movie also works with a magazine called anan. A character named Shima Jiro is on the back cover of the magazine.
Another character, a mermaid called Sailen, is on the front cover. The magazine also has a small sticker gift inside.
Many fans saw the magazine covers. They wrote messages online. One fan said, "I have to buy it now!" Other fans liked that anan did not change its usual style, even with cute characters.
This news makes fans of the movie very happy. They want to see the movie and get the special gifts.
Vocabulary7 words
- animation
- a movie made with drawings or computer pictures
- gift
- something free that you get
- cinema
- a place where you watch movies
- magazine
- a small book with pictures and stories, printed often
- mermaid
- a woman with a fish tail who lives in water
- sticker
- a small paper picture that you can stick on things
- fans
- people who like something very much
Quiz
Answer key
1. Chiikawa: The Secret of Mermaid Island 2. Third 3. Sailen the mermaid
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A new movie called "Chiikawa: The Secret of Mermaid Island" is _____ in Japan. It is an _____ for children and adults.
The movie makers have a special _____ for people who watch the movie in the _____. This is the third gift.
The movie also works with a _____ called anan. A character named Shima Jiro is on the back _____.
Another character, a _____ called Sailen, is on the front cover. The magazine also has a small _____ gift inside.
Many _____ saw the magazine covers. They wrote messages online.