ibunka TB_U5

1 Sam , Australian, artistic director, has lived in the UK When I was in primary school, my brothers and I played tennis in a local club. It was a lot of fun. We practiced once a week after school and had matches at other local clubs on Saturday mornings.

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→ Sam spent at least four days a week at his tennis club when he was at primary school.

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2 Sam , Australian, artistic director, has lived in the UK Looking back, I feel it was just the right amount of time to invest in it. I’m glad I did it- it was the perfect diversion from my studies, and it kept me outdoors and active.

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→ Sam thought his tennis club took too much time from his studies.

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3 Stéphanie , French, teacher, lives in Japan In my opinion, there is no real "school club" culture in France. In my case, I never belonged to a club when I was at school. I only attended art classes on Wednesdays, and dance classes on Saturdays- both separately from school. There were no clubs at university either.

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→ Stéphanie went to two cultural clubs at her high school: art and dance.

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4 Stéphanie , French, teacher, lives in Japan It took me a long time to realize what my students meant when they talked about gasshuku . In France very few people join clubs at school. So the idea of going somewhere and staying overnight with other club members was almost impossible for me to imagine.

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→ In France, staying somewhere overnight with clubmates is an extremely rare thing.

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UNIT 5 | COMPREHENSION