Grade 9 English 3rd Assignment
Direction:
1. Answer the questions below.
2. Write down only the answers on the same Notebook used to do the 1st assignment.
3. Use PEN, do not use Pencil.
4. Submit the assignment when we meet each other again in offline English lesson at school
later.
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MOST OF THE QUESTIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN YOUR E-BOOK.
Dangerous Dining
Fish is a major food in Japan. Every morning, thousands of fishsellers crowd the famous Tsukiji
seafood market in Tokyo. Here, no product has a higher price than the one that’s the most dangerous –
the puffer fish, or fugu. Eating this fish is like playing a dangerous game. If a person gets a piece that
has poison in it, he or she may die! Despite the danger, fugu appears on more than 80 menus in the
Asakusa restaurant area of Tokyo. The puffer is so ugly, it’s so cute, but it doesn’t fool most dinners.
Tom Caradonna has come to Tokyo for the complete fugu experience, and he’s brought his friend,
Aki. Wisely, Tom has chosen to eat at the famous Matsumoto restaurant. This fugu restaurant is 120
years old and it’s well-known for its careful preparation of puffer fish. That’s important when
you’re taking risks with a toxin that is 1,000 times stronger than cyanide!
‘I’ve heard stories about people dying by trying the fugu, but it hasn’t really concerned me.’
Even though Tom isn’t too worried to try fugu, there is a big risk. Over the years, hundreds of
people have died from eating it. Chef Hayashi is the one who must prepare the fish safely so that Tom
and Aki don’t get sick.
‘It’ll be fine, don’t worry. I’ve been doing this for 53 years. I took the exam in 1949 and passed.
This is my fugu license.’
After World War II, there were many deaths from eating fugu. Many Japanese people were very
hungry, and some looked for food in restaurant rubbish. Sometimes they found fugu which had been
thrown out. When they cooked and ate the fish, they got sick or died. Eventually, General Douglas
MacArthur, who led the US forces in Japan, created strict controls and regulations. Fugu chefs had to
get licenses for preparing and serving puffer fish. Even with more regulations, fugu killed 2,500
Japanese people between 1945 and 1975. Regulations and education have cut the number of deaths to
only three annually, but many diners still get sick.
‘About 70% of the poisonings happen in private homes where people catch and prepare fugu on
their own and get poisoned. That’s most common.’
At the Tokyo University of Fisheries, Yuji Nagashima studies fugu poison carefully. He hopes to
develop an anti-toxin, a medicine that will stop people from dying from fugu poisoning.
‘A tiger fugu has enough toxin to kill 30 people. The toxin itself, to give you ideas, is 1,000 times
stronger than cyanide.’
1 mg of the toxin is strong enough to kill a person. It kills by paralyzing people’s nerves so that the
poisoned person can’t move. It also paralyses the lungs so that they can’t breathe. The only way to save
them is to use a respirator. This special machine can breathe for them until the toxin wears off.
‘This is the heart. These are the gills. They are poison.’
Toxins make about half of the puffer fish impossible to eat. Chef Hayashi throws those parts out
and then cuts the remaining flesh very thinly. He then places the fugu on a plate in the shape of a
chrysanthemum, a beautiful flower that’s popular in Japan. Appropriately, it’s also a common flower at
funerals!
‘Still breathing?’ ‘I can still breathe!’
A fugu meal is usually eight different dishes, including sake that is topped with a cooked fugu fin
... ‘And I still feel fine!’ … And grilled fugu. ‘I think that’s the best.’ The puffer fish may be dangerous,
but for some it’s a delicious meal. Luckily, Tom has survived his dangerous dining experience – at least
this time!
A. Mark these statements true (T) or false (F). Revise the incorrect statements with the correct
statements from the text.
1. Puffer fish is very cheap.
2. All restaurants in Tokyo serve puffer fish.
3. Puffer fish toxins is 100 times stronger than cyanide.
4. Chef Hayashi has a lot of experience preparing puffer fish.
5. You have to have a special license to cook puffer fish in Japan.
6. Between 1945 and 1975, 2.500 Japanese people died because of eating puffer fish.
7. Nobody dies from fugu poisoning any more.
8. Most poisonings happen after people eat puffer fish in restaurants.
9. Yuji Nagashima studied how to cook puffer fish.
10. Tom loves to eat puffer fish.
B. Complete the information about the text.
Tom has decided to eat 1. …. in the famous Matsumoto restaurant in Tokyo. The restaurant is 2. ….
years old. Tom has heard stories about people 3. …. when they eat fugu, but he is not worried. Chef
Hayashi tells Tom and Aki that everything will be 4. …. . He shows them his fugu chef’s 5. …. . The
meal that Tom and Aki eat has 6. …. different dishes, and includes sake topped with a cooked fugu 7.
…. . During the meal, Tom laughs and says that he can still 8. …. !
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Watch and study the video: [Link]
Answer the following questionsbased on the video.
1. What is the purpose of the text?
2. What is the goal of the recipe?
3. What materials do we need?
4. How many steps are there?
5. Write the use of Present Simple.
6. Write the action verbs.
7. Write the imperatives/commands.
8. Write the precise vocabulary.
9. Write the connectives.
10. Write the adverbial details.