Step #2
~ Regular
Vocabulary Check
(You can spend minutes on this section)
Alright now…
We will start this week with another quick vocabulary
check…
1.
#1, &
#2, please…
#1 ~ “kikoeru” ~ #1
~ hear
#2 ~ heard
#3 ~heard
#2 ~ “ushi no mure” ~ a
herd of cows
Ok and...
#3, please…
#3 ~ “Ushi no mure wo kita koto ga arimasu ka?” ~
*Have you heard of a
herd of cows?
*Have you ever heard of
a herd of cows?
(If needed:
Please make a note)
Alright now…
How about the next ones...
2.
#4, #5, #6,
& #7,
please…
#4 ~ "meneki no" ~ immune
#5 ~ "meneki" ~ immunity
#6 ~ "menekiryoku" ~ immune system
#7 ~ “shuudan meneki” ~ herd
immunity (3rd time)
(If needed:
Please make a note)
Ok…now…
How about…
3.
#8, #9, #10, & #11,
please…
#8~ “shouganai” ~ #1
~ That’s life
#2 ~ C’est la vie
#3 ~ It is what it is
#9~
“shikata ga nai” ~It can’t be helped
#10 ~ “Sonna
mon da” ~ That’s the way the cookie crumbles
#11~ “Sore
wa jinsei da” ~That’s the life
(If needed: Please make a note)
Ok…now…
4.
Do you remember…#12,
#13, & #14?
#12 ~ “Totemo
kyukutsu na kukan” ~
*There is not enough space to swing a cat
*There is no space to swing a cat
*There is not enough room to swing a cat
#13 ~ "Himitsu wo morasu" ~Let the cat out of the bag
#14 ~ “doshaburi” ~ It's
raining cats & dogs
raining cats & dogs
(If needed: Please make a note)
Ok and…
We have 1
new cat idiom…
5.
What is “Ken en
no naka”…in English, please…
#15 ~ “Ken en no naka” ~ Fight like cats and dogs (New)
(If needed: Please make a note)
Alright …now…
We take a look in the dictionary and…
6.
What does it say?
*It says “to have arguments all the time”
Alright and…
7.
Please read the example?
*As kids we used to fight like cats and dog.
OK now…
We take a look on the other side and…
How about
the next 2 words….
8.
#16, & #17…please...
#16 ~ “zannen nagara”
~ unfortunately
#17 ~ “kouunnimo” ~ #1
~ luckily
#2 ~ fortunately
(If needed:
Please make a note)
Ok now…
9.
#18, #19, & #20, please …
#18 ~ “noumiso” ~ brain
#19 ~ “haisuiko” ~ drain
#20 ~ “haisuiro” ~ drainage
(If needed:
Please make a note)
Ok and...
How about this new one…
10.What is "Zunou ryushutsu"... in English,
please...?
#21 ~ “Zunou ryushutsu” ~ brain
drain
(If needed: Please make a note)
Alright now…
How about these ones….?
11.#22, & #23, please …
#22
~ “Suwa” ~ Suwa city
#23
~ “gesuido” ~ sewer
(If needed: Please make a note)
Alright and…
12.#24, & #25,
please …
#24 ~ “suppai”
~ sour
#25 ~ “gesui”
~ sewage
(If
needed: Please
make a note)
Alright now…
13.#26, #27, & #28, please …
#26 ~ “nagareru”
~ flow
#27 ~ “nomisugi”
~ over drink
#28 ~ “afureru”
~ overflow
(If
needed: Please
make a note)
Sounds good now…
14.#29, #30, & #31, please …
#29 ~ “kozui” ~ flood
#30 ~ “shinsuisuru / hanran suru” ~ flood
#31 ~ “nagasareru”
~ #1~ wash away
#2 ~ carry away
(If needed: Please make a note)
Alright now...
This one is really long time no see…
15.What is “sonaeru” … in English, please….
#32
~ “sonaeru” ~ brace
(If needed: Please make a note)
Alright now…
On Friday, October 11 / 2019
16.What WAS Japan bracing for?
*Japan was bracing for a typhoon
*Japan was bracing for
Typhoon 19
*Japan was bracing for
Typhoon Hagibis
Sounds good now…
We take a look over here…and please read…
#1~
Japan is bracing itself for the arrival of Typhoon
Hagibis
#2 ~ Japan is bracing for its worst typhoon in decades
#3 ~ Japan is bracing
for what is expected to be the most powerful storm in decades
