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Reported Speech
Section A
First go through the famous people in the left column with students to ensure they
know who each person is.
FYI
Matsu Basho – (1644-1694) Japanese Haiku poet.
Julius Caesar – (100 – 43 BC)
Dr. William S. Clark – (1826-1856) – American who helped found Sapporo
Agriculture College (present agriculture department of Hokkaido University).
Lady Sei – 10th century author of The Pillow Book
See print at:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~xs3d-bull/hyaku-nin-isshu/set2/print_2-2/display_print_22.html
William Shakespeare –(1564- 1616)
Lady Murasaki – (973 – 1025 AD)
See print at:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~xs3d-bull/hyaku-nin-isshu/set6/print_6-2/display_print_62.html
Students will then attempt to match the author with the quotation. Several ways to
elicit answers – the key is to practice reported speech (Who said…? / What did he
say?”)
Answers
Basho
Julius Caesar
Dr. William S. Clark
Lady Sei
William Shakespeare
Lady Murasaki
“No one travels this road, autumn is drawing to a close.”
“I came, I saw, I conquered.”
“Boys be ambitious.”
"You and you alone can see what feelings hide within my
heart."
“To be or not to be.”
"Who will read it? Who will live forever in this world?"
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Section B
Read through newspaper report of the Great Kanto Earthquake (1 September 1923)
with students. Then ask questions requiring reported speech.
QUESTIONS
1. What did Ms. Shintani say about the weather on
the day of the earthquake?
2. Who said the damage was about $1 billion US?
3. How many homes did the writer say were
destroyed by fire?
ETC ETC.
ANSWERS
Hot / strong winds / rain
Taro Yamamoto
450,000
Section C
Interview with a crooked politician. Read through scenario and questions with
students. Students will then listen to 4 answers given by Tom Crook recorded in MP3
format. Students can listen to the recording by:
1. mousing over questions and double clicking
2. going manually to recording at:
www.victoriaiec.ca/digibook/crook1.MP3
www.victoriaiec.ca/digibook/crook2.MP3
www.victoriaiec.ca/digibook/crook3.MP3
www.victoriaiec.ca/digibook/crook4.MP3
Scripts are:
Q1: I'm a politician. People give me money all the time. I don't ask what their jobs are.
Q2: I give money to Harvard every year. I don't remember how much I gave them this
year.
Q3: I don't know. I'll check into it.
Q4: Judge Smith is a friend of mine. I know he wants to buy a new house. I offered
to loan him money. That's all.
Ask comprehension questions:
What did he say
What did he say
school there?
What did he say
What did he say
about getting money from gangsters?
about paying 2 million dollars to Harvard so his son could go to
about spending public money on his private trip to Japan?
about bribing a judge?
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