TV Show Follows Japan's Bullet Train from Tokyo to Osaka
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A Japanese TV show is called 100 Cameras. It uses many cameras to film one place.
This time, the show filmed the Shinkansen. This is Japan's fast train. It goes from Tokyo to Osaka.
A comedy team called Audrey watched the video with the show. They talked about the train.
The train driver was late by a few seconds. But the driver fixed the time. The driver did this with fast mental math. People said the driver was very smart.
An actress named Rena Matsui also talked about the train. She loves the Shinkansen.
She visited a train museum. It is called the Linear and Railway Museum. She learned about old and new trains there.
She talked about the train's design. She said the train thinks about passengers. She also liked the look of a train called the E7 series.
Vocabulary15 words
- 100 Cameras
- the name of a Japanese TV show
- Shinkansen
- Japan's fast train
- Audrey
- a comedy team of two people
- mental math
- doing math in your head, not on paper
- Rena Matsui
- an actress who was on the show
- train museum
- a place where you can see old trains
- design
- how something is made and looks
- E7 series
- the name of one kind of Shinkansen train
- driver
- the person who controls the train
- passenger
- a person riding on a train
- fast train
- a train that goes very quickly
- skill
- the ability to do something well
- route
- the way a train goes from one place to another
- delay
- when something is late
- on time
- at the correct time, not late
Quiz
Answer key
1. The Shinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka 2. By using mental math 3. A train museum
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A Japanese TV show is called _____. It uses many cameras to film one place.
This time, the show filmed the _____. This is Japan's fast train.
A comedy team called _____ watched the video with the show.
The train driver was late by a few seconds. But the driver fixed the time with fast _____.
An actress named _____ also talked about the train.
She visited a _____. It is called the Linear and Railway Museum.
She talked about the train's _____. She said the train thinks about passengers.
She also liked the look of a train called the _____.