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ENW 414 Introduction This week’s ENW podcast reports on the discovery of a lost tomb of one of the first Europeans to live in Japan. In 1620 William Adams died on a small Japanese island – 20 years after arriving in Japan. For nearly 400 years his tomb has been lost – until this week when it was unearthed by researchers. Why is this tomb so special? Who was William Adams?

ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY will try and explain all!

Contents Pages

Part 1 | Warm Ups

Odd-One-Out Page 1 Brainstorm Page 1 Famous Tombs Page 1 / 2 Quiz | This Week Page 2

Part 2 | Before Listening / Reading

Jumbled Words Page 3 True or False Page 3 Vocabulary |Antonyms Page 3

Part 3 | Listening / Reading

The News Story 397 Words Page 4 What Do You Think...? Page 4

Part 4 | After Listening / Reading

Q & A Page 5 A & Q Page 5

Part 5 | Extra Stuff

Extra English I Page 6 7 to Chinwag Page 6 Writing Activity Page 7

And Finally….

Did You Know? Page 7 TV Links Page 8

The Answers Pages 8-10

| A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast.

| A1 ポッドキャストに含まれているリスニング演習。

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| PART 1 | Warm Ups |

Warm Up | 1 Odd 1 Out

Look at the four boxes below, which box is different from the other three? Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later.

a) Nagasaki b) Hiroshima c) Nara d) Hakodate

My Reason… __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Warm Up | 2 Brainstorm

How many different words can you connect to the word(s) in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this?

| History |

Warm Up | Most Famous Tombs in the World

Look at the photos of the tombs below – where would you find them?

Look at the photographs and country location to help you!

Then check your answers with the options on page 2!

1: India

2: China

3: Egypt

4: Russia

5: Italy

6 Iran

7: Uzbekistan

8: Pakistan

9: Jerusalem

10: Azerbaijan



Famous Tombs | Which are which...?

Read the list of 10 famous tombs or mausoleums from around the world and then

match them with the correct photograph on page 1.

A 1ST QIN EMPEROR G LENIN MAUSOLEUM B CASTEL SANT’ANGELO H TOMB OF JAHANGIR C CHURCH OF HOLY SEPULCHRE I TAJ MAHAL D TOMB OF CYRUS J SHAH-I-ZINDA E GIZA PYRAMID K SHIRVANSHAHS MAUSOLEUM

Warm Up | 4 | A1 Quiz

Read the questions about this week’s news story. Remember if you don’t know – use the Internet to help or GUESS!

Q1 What was the Limehouse Samurai’s real name?

a: William Adams b: Adam Williams c: William Abbott

Q2 What year did the Limehouse Samurai die in Japan?

a: 1520 b: 1620 c: 1720

Q3 Which English city is the dockland area of Limehouse?

a: Liverpool b: London c: Southampton

Q4 Which island was the Limehouse Samurai shipwrecked on?

a: Kyushu b: Honshu c: Shikoku

Q5 When was the Samurai class abolished in Japan?

a: 1780s b: 1840s c: 1870s

Q6 What day in Tokyo is a celebration of the Limehouse Samurai?

a: January 15th b: April 15th c: June 15th

X1 What Japanese island was the William Adams buried in 1620?

X2 Which town in the UK has two roads named after William Adams?

X3 Which is the city flag of Nagasaki

A: B: C:

END OF PART 1



| PART 2 | Before Listening |

Pre-Listening / Reading | 1 Jumbled Sentences

The sentence below is from a paragraph in the news story. Un-jumble the words and put them into the correct order.

being them. with not both jobs links else

to from of connects the the Aside much historical sea, ports,

2 The Limehouse Samurai _____________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Pre-Listening / Reading | 2 | A2 True or False

Read the headline of News Story – the Limehouse Samurai Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 – 5 are True or False!

1 Limehouse is a district in the city of London. [T] [F]

2 William Adams was a Scottish-born 17th Century samurai. [T] [F] 3 Samurai is a 1980s TV mini-series based on the book Shogun. [T] [F] 4 Miura Anjin died in 1620. [T] [F] 5 FX is an American TV network. [T] [F]

Pre-Listening / Reading | 3 Antonyms

An antonym is a word with an opposite meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their antonym on the right. All the antonym in black are from the News Stories.

1 Large 6 Fluent A Initial F Inconsistent 2 Historical 7 Stumbled B Concealed G Tiny 3 Final 8 Unearthed C Depressed H Local 4 Stayed 9 Worldwide D Straighten I Modern 5 Consistent 10 Inspired E Departed J Hesitant

END OF PART 2



| PART 3 | Listening |

Listening / Reading | | Listening The Limehouse Samurai

Three Words! | Help Listen / Read the news stories and circle the 10 mistakes – 2 in each paragraph!

414 The Limehouse Samurai 1 It is 9, 352 km from Gillingham, a large town in south-east England to Hirado a

small city nestled on the south-west tip of Japan. Aside from both being cities, with historical links to the jobs of the sea, not much else connects them. Except for one rather unusual bond – an English sailor who became a warrior. Born William Adams in Gillingham in 1564, he died Miura Anjin in 1620 – the first English Samurai in Japan, and 400 years after his birth in Hirado, Nagaskai Prefecture, researchers believe they have found his final resting place.

2 The story of the Limehouse Samurai, as William Adams was called, is fairly well known in Japan. Shipwrecked in 1600 near Oita in Kyushu he was at first ordered to be put to life. The local lord, who later became the first Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, spared his life, due to his knowledge of Japanese seafaring techniques. Adams stayed in Japan the rest of his life, became fluent in Japanese customs and was given the name Miura Anjin - or Pilot of Miura.

3 When he died in Hirado 400 years ago the exact location of his tomb was found. Until this week. Researchers at the University of Tokyo were conducting an archaeological survey on an excavated hill in Hirado. Upon studying the genetic sequence of one urn they claimed to have stumbled on the remains of the Limehouse Samurai. Professor Richard Irving, a member of the Tokyo-based Arthur Adams Club said, “The skeletal remains ... are completely consistent for Adams, in terms of sex, country of origin, age at death, and year of death.” Even though just 95% of Adam’s skeletal remains exist, the researchers are convinced that exactly 400 years after he died, they have unearthed his tomb.

4 The unlikely Samurai’s tale leaves a legacy to this day. Every year on June 15th on Anjin Dori, or Pilot Street, in Tokyo a William Adams festival is held. Perhaps the most famous book published about Adams was Shogun in 1875. The 1152 -page novel based on his life was written by the Australian-born author James Clavell and became a worldwide best seller and inspired a 1980 TV mini-series. The discovery of the Limehouse Samurai’s remains also coincides with news that US TV network FX have plans to remake the series. William Adams, Miura-Anjin, the Limehouse Samurai – five names, but one remarkable life.

397 WORDS

10 Mistakes | Corrections!

1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 10

END OF PART 3



| PART 4 | After Listening |

Post-Listening / Reading | 1 | A3 Q & A

How much can you remember from News Story? Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer. If you can’t remember any answers, guess!

Q1 What is the Japanese name of William Adams?

Q2 Which date celebrates William Adams?

Q3 What percentage of skeleton was found?

Q4 Who wrote Shogun?

Q5 Where was William Adams shipwrecked in 1600?

Q6 Which professor is a member of the William Adams Club?

X1 When did the Samurai class end in Japan?

X2 How many cities are in the news story?

Post-Reading | 2 A & Q

How much can you remember from the news story? Read the answers below and write the correct question. There is more than one possible correct question for each one!

A1 400. ______________________________________________?

A2 1620. ______________________________________________?

A3 1975. ______________________________________________?

A4 9,352. ______________________________________________?

A5 1,152. ______________________________________________?

END OF PART 4



| PART 5 | Extra Stuff |

English Extra I Phrases / Idioms that revolve around ‘sword’

Idioms are words and phrases that have a meaning not clear from the words used in the idiom. They are very common ways of communicating in English though!

Examples: A double-edge Sword = Something that is problematic

Sword and Sandal = A movie epic set in Biblical / ancient times.

Match the ‘idiom’ with the correct meaning? How would you update them?

1 B 2 E 3 G 4 H 5 I 6 L A double-edge sword

The Sword of

Damocles

At sword’s point

To be put to the sword

Beat swords into

ploughshares

To be at cross

swords 7 J 8 F 9 A 10 C 11 D 12 K

To fall on one’s sword.

To hang up one’s sword

Live by the sword, die by

the sword

Sword and sorcery

The pen is mightier than

the sword

Sword and

sandal

A B C D E F Those who

live with violence will

die with violence.

Something that is

problematic

A literary fantasy game.

Words are more

powerful than

weapons.

Imminent big trouble

To retire

G H I J K L Constant arguing

with someone.

To be killed or executed.

To abstain from

violence or war.

To accept responsibility

for a problem

A movie epic set in ancient &

biblical times.

To disagree

with someone

7 to Chinwag This Week’s ENW Podcast

ENW Podcast Topic | The Limehouse Samurai

Ask / Answer the questions below on this week’s ENW Podcast Topic!

1 What did you think when you read this week’s ENW podcast title? Why?

2 What do you know about samurai? Why?

3 What of your country’s great historical figure’s final location is lost?

4 Which UNESCO World Heritage Site would you most like to visit? Why?

5 Which is your favourite island in the world? Why?

6 What traditional custom do you like to do? Why?

EX FREE QUESTION!



Writing This Week

What is the most important tomb in your country’s history? Why does it have such importance? Who is it? What is the location? Give as many examples as you can.

END OF PART 5

And Finally… | S/T/U/V/W/X/Y/Z | A4 ENW RECAP

(X) In ENW 180: Samurai or Progress we looked at a controversial decision by the Tokyo Government that impacted on a historical samurai site. (U) The Sengaku Temple in Minato Ward holds the graves of 47 famous former samurai. (V) And, what is so special about these 47 samurai is that they are the famous 47 Ronin, men who are enshrined in Japanese history. (Z) The story of how these samurai avenged the death of their murdered lord before committing ritual suicide resonates to this day. (T) The problem was the temple were their tombs are located was going to be dwarfed by a new apartment building. (Y) So, what happened? (S) Thankfully nothing! (W) The apartment building still has yet to be built! ______________________ END OF PART 6



Visual | TV Links

You Tube | (USA) 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6mf0NClSfs [02:12] In Search of the Lost English Samurai Simple History| (UK) 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2opogq3QsNY [01:18] What is a Samurai? Kings and Generals | (USA) 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aVshthzRuk [15:01] Brief History of William Adams

Podcast | Key

| A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast.

Answers | Part 1 Warm Up 1-4

Warm Up 1 | Odd-1-Out

C – Nara A / B / D – are all port cities!

Warm Up 3 | Famous Tombs 1: Taj Mahal 2: 1st Qin Emperor 3: Great Giza Period 4: Lenin Mausoleum 5: Castel San’Angelo 6: Cyrus Tomb 7: Shah-i-Zinda 8: Jahangir Tomb 9: Church of Sepulchre 10: Shirvanshahs

A1 Warm Up 4 | Quiz

1 – A 2 – B 3 – B 4 – A 5 – C 6 – C

E1 – HIRADO E2 – GILLINGHAM E3: C

Answers | Part 1 Warm Up 1-4

Jumbled Sentences

Aside from both being ports, with historical links to the jobs of the sea, not much else connects them.

A2 True or False

1 – T 2 – F 3 – F 4 – T 5 – T Antonyms 1 – G 2 – I 3 – A 4 – E 5 – F

6 – J 7 – D 8 – B 9 – H 10 – C



Answers | Part 3 Listening

414 The Limehouse Samurai 1 It is 9, 352 km from Gillingham, a large town in south-east England to Hirado a small

city nestled on the south-west tip of Japan. Aside from both being ports, with historical links to the jobs of the sea, not much else connects them. Except for one rather unusual bond – an English sailor who became a samurai. Born William Adams in Gillingham in 1564, he died Miura Anjin in 1620 – the first English Samurai in Japan, and 400 years after his death in Hirado, Nagaskai Prefecture, researchers believe they have found his final resting place.

2 The story of the Limehouse Samurai, as William Adams was called, is fairly well known in Japan. Shipwrecked in 1600 near Oita in Kyushu he was at first ordered to be put to death. The local lord, who later became the first Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, spared his life, due to his knowledge of western seafaring techniques. Adams stayed in Japan the rest of his life, became fluent in Japanese customs and was given the name Miura Anjin - or Pilot of Miura.

3 When he died in Hirado 400 years ago the exact location of his tomb was lost. Until this week. Researchers at the University of Tokyo were conducting an archaeological survey on an excavated hill in Hirado. Upon studying the genetic sequence of one urn they claimed to have stumbled on the remains of the Limehouse Samurai. Professor Richard Irving, a member of the Tokyo-based William Adams Club said, “The skeletal remains ... are completely consistent for Adams, in terms of sex, country of origin, age at death, and year of death.” Even though just 5% of Adam’s skeletal remains exist, the researchers are convinced that exactly 400 years after he died, they have unearthed his tomb.

4 The unlikely Samurai’s tale leaves a legacy to this day. Every year on June 15th on Anjin Dori, or Pilot Street, in Tokyo a William Adams festival is held. Perhaps the most famous book published about Adams was Shogun in 1975. The 1152 -page novel based on his life was written by the Australian-born author James Clavell and became a worldwide best seller and inspired a 1980 TV mini-series. The discovery of the Limehouse Samurai’s remains also coincides with news that US TV network FX have plans to remake the series. William Adams, Miura-Anjin, the Limehouse Samurai – three names, but one remarkable life.

397 WORDS

Answers | Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading

A3 Q & A 1 – Miura Anjin 5 – Oita, Kyushu 2 – June 15th 6 – Richard Irving 3 – 5% E1 – 1870s 4 – James Clavell E2 – (4) Four

A & Q | Example Questions A1 – How many years ago did William Adams die? A2 – What year did William Adams die? A3 – What year was Shogun published? A4 – How many kilometres is Gillingham to Hirado? A5 – How many pages are in the Shogun novel?



English Extra

1: B 2: E 3: G 4: H 5: I 6: L 7: J 8: F 9: A 10: C 11: D 12: K

And Finally X & Z

A4 – X / U / V / Z / T / Y / S / W Extra Bit

This Week’s ENW Images



Episode 414

EXTERNAL LINKS https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8328837/Last-resting-place-Limehouse-samurai-

400-years-later.html https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/world/last-resting-place-of-the-limehouse-samurai-is-

found-400-years-later-astonishing-story-of-the-londoner-who-survived-death-by-crucifixion-won-over-the-shogun-and-became-an-unlikely-japanese-legend/ar-BB14gNhC

https://10mosttoday.com/10-most-famous-tombs-in-the-world/ https://www.google.com/maps/place/Anjin+dori,+Chuo+City,+Tōkyō-

to/@35.6822883,139.7690186,16.32z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x60188955d8c2f853:0xbc594eb958986d71!8m2!3d35.6851931!4d139.7756214

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirado,_Nagasaki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Adams_(sailor,_born_1564)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyasu

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