Japanese Morning Drama Series Hands Over to New Show "Blossom"
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A Japanese TV show has ended. It was called "Kaze, Kaoru." This means "Wind, Fragrance" in English.
The show was a morning drama. Morning dramas are TV shows that play every morning in Japan. Many people watch them.
Now, a new show starts. It is called "Blossom." There was a special ceremony for the change. This is called a handover.
At the ceremony, actors from the old show met actors from the new show. Two actors named Ai Mikami and Juri Ueda were there. They talked to an actor named Shizuka Ishibashi.
The actors said they felt two things. They felt loss because the old show ended. They also felt achievement because they finished their work well.
This kind of handover happens often in Japan. Morning dramas change two times every year. Each new show gets support from the old team.
Vocabulary5 words
- morning drama
- a TV story that plays every morning
- ceremony
- a special event for something important
- handover
- when one thing gives its job to another thing
- loss
- the feeling when something ends or goes away
- achievement
- a good feeling from finishing something well
Quiz
Answer key
1. Blossom 2. A morning drama 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A Japanese TV show has ended. It was called "_____." This means "Wind, Fragrance" in English.
The show was a _____. Morning dramas are TV shows that play every morning in Japan.
Now, a new show starts. It is called "_____." There was a special ceremony for the change.
At the ceremony, actors from the old show met actors from the _____ show.
Two actors named Ai Mikami and Juri Ueda were there. They talked to an actor named _____.
The actors said they felt two things. They felt _____ because the old show ended.
They also felt _____ because they finished their work well.
This kind of handover happens often in Japan. Morning dramas change two times every _____.