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New Japanese Drama "Hide & Seek" to Air This October

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A new TV show is coming in October. Its name is "Hide & Seek: The Girl Zero Seconds Before." The show is on Nippon TV, a big Japanese TV channel.

The show is a drama. It is also a mystery and a romance. It has a lot of thrill. This means it is exciting and a little scary.

The main actor is Sota Fukushi. He is a famous Japanese actor. He plays the main character in the show.

The show will be on TV on Sundays. It starts at 10:30 at night. This is the time slot for the show.

There is already a short trailer for the show. A trailer is a small video. It shows a little bit of the show. This trailer is only 15 seconds long. It is a kind of advertisement.

Vocabulary15 words

drama
a TV show with a story
channel
a TV station
mystery
a story with a secret to find
romance
a love story
thrill
strong exciting feeling
actor
a person who plays in a show
character
a person in a story
time slot
the time a show is on TV
trailer
a short video that shows a show
advertisement
something that tells people about a product
famous
known by many people
main
most important
show
a program on TV
October
the tenth month of the year
Sunday
a day of the week

Quiz

1. What kind of show is "Hide & Seek"?
2. Who is the main actor?
3. When does the show start on TV?

Fill-in-the-blank listening

Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.

A new TV show is coming in _____. Its name is "Hide & Seek: The Girl Zero Seconds Before." The show is on Nippon TV, a big Japanese TV _____.

The show is a _____. It is also a _____ and a _____. It has a lot of _____.

The main _____ is Sota Fukushi. He is a famous Japanese actor. He plays the main _____ in the show.

The show will be on TV on _____. It starts at 10:30 at night.

There is already a short _____ for the show. This trailer is only 15 seconds long.

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