06/11/2015 The Emotional Robot 1 of 13 (c) Jaime Selwood ENW Episode 219 TECHNOLOGY The English Samurai Unearthed HOMEPAGE AND SOCIAL MEDIA 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!
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06/11/2015 The Emotional Robot 1 of 13
(c) Jaime Selwood ENW Episode 219 TECHNOLOGY
The English Samurai Unearthed
HOMEPAGE AND
SOCIAL MEDIA
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.
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?
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
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.
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!
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?
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
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
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?