Choice of Happiness Week #3

 

Week #3 ~ Choice of Happiness 2025

Step #2~ Vocabulary Review #1

 

Alright now...

Another quick vocabulary check…

1.     #1, #2, #3, & #4, please

#1 ~ “mizubukure” ~ a blister

#2 ~ “shifuku” ~ bliss

#3 ~ “1 shun” ~ a moment

#4 ~ “shifuku no toki” ~ a moment of bliss

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

2.     #5, #6, #7, #8, & #9, please

#5 ~ “kashikoi” ~ intelligent

#6 ~ “chinou” ~ intelligence

#7 ~ “mushi suru” ~ ignore

#8 ~ “muchi” ~ ignorance (New)

#9 ~ “muchi wa shifuku desu” ~ ignorance is bliss (New)

“Shiranu ga hotokei”

(If needed: Please make a note)

Step #4 ~ Grammar & Worksheet

 

OK now…

1.     Another quick check…

#1 ~ “sukunai” ~

#1 ~ fewer and fewer

#2 ~ less and less

#2 ~ “ooi” ~ more and more

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now….

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2.     Please read the first one…

#1 ~ We are playing UNO.

I am winning because I have fewer cards that everyone else.

 

Sounds good now…

3.     #2, please…

#2 ~ The class next to ours made less noise than usual today.

 

Ok now…

How about the 3^rd one…

4.     #3, please…

#3 ~ During testing, there were more problems than we expected.

 

Ok now…

5.     #4, please…

#4 ~ I had less trouble this year filling out my taxes.

Sounds good now….

6.     #5, please…

6.#5 ~ You've got less chance of passing if you don't study harder.

 

Alright …now…

Just a few more….

7.     #6, please….

#6 ~ I made fewer mistakes on the last test.

 

Ok now…

8.     How about #7, please….

#7 ~ The students have recently been much more motivated.

 

Sounds good and…

9.     #8, please….

#8 ~ We need less talk and more work!

 

Sounds good and…

10.The last one…. #9, please….

#9 ~ In my second year at the company, fortunately, I will have more  days off.

Step #5 ~ Question #1

 

Sounds good now…

Question…

If you had the day off tomorrow….

11.What WOULD you do?

#1 ~ I would …

 

Step #6 ~ Vocabulary Review #2

 

Alright now….

#10, #11, & #12, please

12.Another quick check

#10 ~ “Majin ni wa negai o kanaeru chikara ga aru” ~

*A genie has the power to grant wishes

*A genie can grant wishes

#11 ~ “majin no mahō no chikara de” ~ with a genie’s magic powers

with a genie’s magic

#12 ~ “Kare wa douyatte anata no jinsei o kaeru koto ga dekimasu ka?” ~

*How COULD he change your life?

*How COULD he make your life better?

*How COULD he change the course of your life?

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now….

#13, & #14, please

13.Another quick check…

#13 ~ “Anata no jinsei wo mou sukoshi yoku shite kureru kamoshirenai” ~

#1 ~ He could make your life a little better

#2 ~ He could make your life slightly better

#3 ~ He could make your life a bit better

#14 ~ “Anata no jinsei wo zuibun yoku shite kureru kamoshirenai” ~

#1 ~ He could make your life a lot better

#2 ~ He could make your life much better

#3 ~ He could make your life far better

(If needed: Please make a note)

#15 ~ “jyama suru” ~ #1 ~ bother ~ bothered ~ bothered

#2 ~ disturb ~ disturbed ~ disturbed

#3 ~ interrupt ~ interrupted ~ interrupted

#4 ~ in the way

#5 ~ interfere ~ interfered

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

 

Choice of Happiness Week #2

 

Step #2~ Vocabulary Review #1

 

Alright now...

Another quick vocabulary check…

1.     #1, #2, #3, & #4, please

#1 ~ “mizubukure” ~ blister

#2 ~ “shifuku” ~ bliss

#3 ~ “1 shun” ~ a moment

#4 ~ “shifuku no toki” ~ a moment of bliss

(If needed: Please make a note)

Step #4~ Vocabulary Review #2

 

Sounds good now…

1.     #5, #6, #7, & #8, please

#5 ~ “kashikoi” ~ intelligent

#6 ~ “chinou” ~ intelligence

#7 ~ “muchi” ~ ignorance (New)

#8 ~ “muchi wa shifuku desu” ~ ignorance is bliss (New)

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

If we take a look online…

2.     Please read the meaning…

"Ignorance is bliss" means that not know about a problem or negative situation can sometimes be more peaceful than being aware of it;

Essentially, being uninformed can sometimes lead to a happier state of mind

Step #7 ~ Question #2

 

Alright now…

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What do you think?

1.     When WOULD not knowing something be better?

(+ an additional question or 2…if possible)

*Not knowing how much money I will get for my pension is best

*Not knowing my future pension is best

*Not knowing what will happen to my pension in the future is besat

*Not knowing what my kids are doing is best

*Not knowing who made your phone or clothes is best

*Not knowing people’s real mind is best

Step #8 ~ Grammar & Worksheet

 

OK now…

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1.     Another quick check…

#1 ~ “masu masu sukunai” ~

#1 ~ fewer and fewer

#2 ~ less and less

#2 ~ “masu masu ooi” ~ more and more

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright ...Sounds good now...

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2.     Please read the examples down here...

#1 ~ It’s becoming harder and harder to find a job.

#2 ~ It’s becoming more and more difficult to find a job.

#3 ~ Your English is improving. It’s getting better and better.

#4 ~ More and more people are learning English these days.

 

Alright now….

3.     Please read the first one…

#1 ~ I wish the teacher would give us fewer and fewer pages for homework.

*I wish the teacher would give us fewer pages for homework.

 

Sounds good now…

4.     #2, please…

#2 ~ I wish the teacher would give us less and less homework.

*I wish the teacher would give us less homework.

 

Ok now…

How about the 3^rd one…

5.     #3, please…

#3 ~ I am becoming more and more confident when I speak English.

        I am becoming more confident when I speak English.

Ok now…

6.     #4, please…

#4 ~ Fewer and fewer young people are playing hockey.

Fewer young people are playing hockey.

 

Sounds good now….

7.     #5, please…

7.#5 ~ This year I have been getting more and more responsibilities at work

This year I have been getting more responsibilities at work

 

Alright …now…

Just a few more….

8.     #6, please….

#6 ~ I am on a diet and so I am going to try to eat less and less rice.

I am on a diet and so I am going to try to eat less rice.

Ok now…

9.     How about #7, please….

#7 ~ Fewer and fewer people have been attending our big events.

Fewer people have been attending our big events.

 

Sounds good and…

10.#8, please….

#8 ~ We need to spend more and more money to buy things these days.

We need to spend more money to buy things these days.

 

Sounds good and…

11.The last one…. #9, please….

#9 ~ We are seeing more and more evidence of climate change.

We are seeing more evidence of climate change.

Step #10 ~ Vocabulary Review #1

Alright now…

1.     We go back to our review and…

#9 ~ “jyama suru” ~ #1 ~ bother ~ bothered ~ bothered 

                                     #2 ~ disturb ~ disturbed ~ disturbed 

                                     #3 ~ interrupt ~ interrupted ~ interrupted 

                                     #4 ~ in the way

 #5 ~ interfere ~ interfered

(If needed: Please make a note)