Hi everyone
Here are the handouts for last week:
Starter/Beginner
Intermediate
Starter
In Starter class we talked about this question:
"What are you doing this weekend?"
If
you have plans, we say:
"I'm going to my parent's home this weekend." 実家に行く
"I'm going to the park with my grandchildren" 孫たちと公園行く
But if
you don't have plans, we say:
"I don't have plans" 予定ない。
"I haven't decided yet" まだ決まってない
"Maybe I will go for a walk at the park" 散歩するかも。
Beginner
In Beginner class we talked about
ingredients (材料、原料） that are
good for you（体にいい） or
bad for you（体に悪い）. Do you ever check the
ingredients on a package?
For example, Nestle's coffee contains
artificial flavor（香料） It bothers me a little bit!
Here are some
ingredients that people may worry about:
- MSG (化学調味料）
- Artificial sweetener (甘味料）
- Artificial color (着色剤）
We also talked about your New Year's resolutions. When we talk about New Year's resolutions, we often say things like:
- I'm going to exercise more. （もっと運動します）
- I'm going to eat out less. （外食減らす）
But it's March now. So if you want to talk about what you said before, we can say:
- I said I would exercise more. (もっと運動するって言った）
- I said I would eat out less (外食減らすって言った）
Do you remember your New Year's resolutions? Did you keep your New Year's resolutions?
Intermediate
This week's topic was gossip and news. We talked about six common words that are used in the news
1. criticized
2. kicked out
3. bullied
4. picked on
5. caught
6. arrested
Have those things ever happened you?
- I was kicked out of a bookstore and shopping mall in high school.
- I was picked on for having a cheesy pencil case in junior high school.
- I was almost arrested by the police for hacking in high school.
On the handout, we talked about the following news:
Asashoryu was kicked out from the Sumo association. Apparently, he hit his manager outside a bar. He is often criticized for not following the association rules, and skipping sumo matches.
Princess Aiko has been absent from school for several days. Apparently, she was bullied or picked on by other kids in her school.
We often use the word
apparently (…らしい）when we talk about news that we are not sure about, or when we think it might be gossip.
"Apparently, Terry likes to criticize everything!"