Lesson 12Talking with Friends - Club Activities -
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School Club Activities
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Gathering in the club locker room
In Japan, club activities are very popular in high school. This is a locker room for a baseball club. Members begin to gather in this club locker room after class. Most high school baseball club members have very closely clipped hair.
Heading for the field
After changing into their uniforms, they head for the field.
Grooming the field 1
They practice baseball on the school field. It starts with grooming the field.
Grooming the field 2
He is raking the ground and working very hard. Usually, first-year students do this job.
Warm-up exercises
Before practicing, they do warm-up exercises, running around the field and shouting out to put themselves in high spirits.
Baseball practice 1
Baseball club members are practicing. In Japan, high school baseball is very popular. Membership in baseball clubs is the highest of all high school sports clubs. They practice very hard to get a ticket to Koshien stadium for the all-Japan national high school baseball championship.
Baseball club member
They practice baseball for three hours every day. Now, during the cold winter, they are practicing hard for the spring tournament.
Baseball practice 2
This is batting practice. The national tournament for high school baseball teams is held twice a year in spring and summer. Teams have to win the championship in the prefectural tournament to qualify for the national tournament.
Baseball practice 3
Everyone is doing their best.
Science classroom
The chemistry club uses the laboratory for their club activities. Bottles of various chemicals are stored in the boxes.
Chemistry club activity
They conduct different kinds of chemical experiments and give presentations on the results. They are working diligently.
Experiment apparatus
This is a device for the experiment. They use various kinds of devices and equipment.
Experiment 1
This experiment is to create ozone from oxygen.
Chemistry club member
He is a member of the chemistry club. He says that the members carry out experiments every day and make presentations on what they have learned.
Presentation of results
These posters show the results of the experiments. They present the results on posters or as reports, usually using graphs for easy understanding.
Certificates of merit
These are certificates of merit. This chemistry club has won many certificates of merit for their excellent presentations. They've even received an award from the environment minister.
Awards
These are awards for their research presentations.
Experiment 2
They have found this club very interesting because they can confirm by experiment things they don't know or discover something new.
Brass-band club
This is the brass-band club. There are many students in this classroom.
Practice 1
In the brass band, they play woodwind, brass wind, and percussion instruments. Students practice with their own instruments. This girl is practicing the horn.
Practice 2
She is playing trumpet.
Practice 3
They are playing trombones. There are 68 members in this brass-band club.
Brass-band club member
She says that the important thing for the brass band is to be united at heart.
Ensemble 1
Bringing together the hearts of 68 members creates a beautiful sound.
Ensemble 2
They are playing flutes. The conductor is also a student. They pay careful attention to the conductor's signs as they play.
Ensemble 3
They are practicing very hard for the coming brass-band competition and the regular concert. High school brass bands also play at sports club competitions, cheering on their school's club members.
