History: Amaterasu Review Week #3

Week #3 ~ Amaterasu Story ….

Alright now…

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Another quick check…

1.     Who IS this famous goddess?

*She is Amaterasu

*She is the Goddess Amaterasu

*She is Amaterasu Omikami

*This famous goddess is Amaterasu Omikami

 

Sounds good and...

2.     What IS she the goddess of?

*She is the Goddess of the Sun

 

Sounds good now….

3.     We have…. A quick pronunciation check…

#1 ~ “kenka suru” ~ fight ~ fought

#2 ~ “kenka” ~ a fight

#3 ~ “aru” ~ have ~ had

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now….

Do you remember from last time….

One day….

4.     Who DID Amaterasu have a BIG fight with?

*She had a fight with her brother

*She had a fight with Susanoo

*She had a fight with her brother Susano

 

Ok now…

5.     Another quick check…

#1 ~ “~ni natte kuru” ~ #1 ~ become ~ became

                                           #2 ~ get ~ got

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

OK…now…

After his fight with Amaterasu

6.     Why WAS Susano furious with her?

*He was furious

*He was furious with her

*He was furious with her for tricking him

*He was furious with her because she tricked him

*He was furious with her for deceiving him

 

Sounds good now…

7.     Another quick check…

#1 ~ “tsukuru” ~ make ~ made

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Ok now…

He was so furious at Amaterasu that….

8.     What DID he make?

*He made a storm

*He made a huge storm

*He made a giant storm

*He made an immense storm

*He made a massive storm

 

Sounds good now…

9.     Another quick check…

#1 ~ “kowasu” ~ break ~ broke

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Now…After making the storm…

He went to where his sister’s favourite horse was…..

10.What DID he do?

*He broke the door

*He kicked the door open

*He kicked open the door

*He broke open the door

*He kicked the door and then opened it

 

Sounds good now…

11.Another quick check…

#1 ~ “hirou” ~ pick up ~ picked up

#2 ~ “tobu” ~ fly ~ flew

#3 ~ “shitteiru” ~ know ~ knew

#4 ~ “sodatsu” ~ grow ~ grew

#5 ~ “nageru” ~ throw ~ threw

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

OK now….

12.What DID Susano do with her horse?

*He picked up and threw her horse

*He picked up her horse and threw it

*He picked up her horse, threw it and it fell through the roof

 

OK now….

Why WERE they all surprised…

13.What DID he do to her favourite horse?

*He killed her horse

*He killed her favourite horse

*He killed her favourite horse because he was angry with her

*He killed her favourite horse because he was angry with her for tricking him

*He killed to her horse

 

Sounds good now…

14.Another quick pronunciation check….

#1 ~ “hashiru” ~ run~ ran

#2 ~ “hashitenigeru” ~ run away ~ ran away

#3 ~ “kakureru” ~ hide ~ hid

#4 ~ “kakusu” ~ hide ~ hid

#5 ~ “doukutsu” ~ a cave

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Ok now…

Do you remember from last time…

After Susano killed her horse….

15.What DID she do?

*She ran away and hid in a cave

*She ran away and hid herself in a cave

*She hid a cave

*She hid into a cave

*She ran away, went into a cave and hid

 

And…

16.What DID she use to block the entrance of the cave?

*She used a giant rock

*She used a rock to block the entrance

*She used a giant rock to block the entrance of the cave

*She used a huge stone to block the entrance

*She used a huge stone to block the entrance of the cave

*She used a giant stone to block the entrance

*She blocked the entrance with a huge stone

*She used a stone to block the entrance

*She used to rock

*She used to block to block the entrance

*She used a block to block the entrance

*She used to block the entrance with a rock

 

Now....

When Amaterasu disappeared…

The sun disappeared and so….

17.What HAPPENED to the world?

*The world became cold and dark

*The world got cold and dark

 

Ok now…

18.Another quick check…

#1 ~ “kooru” ~ freeze ~ froze

#2 ~ “hikiokosu” ~ cause ~ caused

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright and…

Since there was no sun…

19.What HAPPENED? (kakuchi de)

#1 ~ Rivers and lakes froze

The rivers and lakes froze

#2 ~ Youkai caused trouble everywhere

    Monsters caused trouble everywhere

 

Choice of Happiness Week #28

 

Step #2 ~ Vocabulary Review #1

Sounds good now…

The first 2, please….

1.     #1, & #2….

#1 ~ “Oboete oite kudasai… yomeba yomu hodo kashikoku narimasu” ~

*Remember…the more you read, the smarter you are

*Remember…the more you read, the smarter you will get

#2 ~ “Hontō ni… kore ijō tsumaranai hito ni naru darou?” ~

#1 ~ Seriously…

      #2 ~ Could you be any more boring?

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

The next 2…..

2.     #3, & #4, please

#3 ~ “Dare no me ni mo akiraka dayou?...

Bare baredayou!” ~

(English =Motto akiraka ni naru deshou ka?)

       *Could it be any more obvious?

*Could you be any more obvious?

#4 ~ “Shiranakereba shiranai hodo, yoi”~” ~

*The less you know, the better

*The less you know, the better it is

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

3.     #5, & #6, please

#5 ~ “Kare wa kinenbi o wasureta koto ni hara o tateta” ~

*She was angry with him for forgetting their anniversary

*She got angry with him for forgetting their anniversary

*She was angry with him because he forgot their anniversary

#6 ~ “Iiwake wa ookikereba ooki hodo yoi”~

*The bigger the excuse, the better

*The bigger the excuse is, the better

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

4.     #7, & #8, please

#7 ~ “Torēningu sureba suru hodo pawā ga mashimasu” ~

#1 ~ The more you train,

#2 ~ the more power you will gain

they more power you will get

the more power you will have

#8 ~ “Yomeba yomu hodo kantan ni naru” ~

*The more you read, the easier it gets

*The more you read, the easier it is

*The more you read, the easier it will be

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

#9, & #10, please

#9 ~ “Yomeba yomu hodo, kanjiru koto ga takusan arimashita.”~

*The more I read, the more I started to feel

*The more I read, the more I felt

*The more you read, the more you feel

#10 ~ “Yomeba yomu hodo,

chikyū ni tsuite manabu koto ga

            dore guari sukika ni kidzukimashita”~

*The more I read,

the more I realized how much I loved

learning about the earth

*The more I read,

the more I realized how much I liked

learning about the earth

(If needed: Please make a note)

Choice of Happiness Week #26

 

Step #3 ~ Vocabulary Review #1

 

Sounds good now…

The first 2, please….

1.     #1, & #2….

#1 ~ “Motto hinpan ni jimu ni itta hou ga ii yo.” ~

*You should go to the gym more often

*You had better go to the gym more often

#2 ~ “Undou sureba suru hodo tsuyoku naru” ~

*The more you work out, the stronger you will be

*The more you exercise, the stronger you will get

*The more you work out, the stronger you get

*The more you exercise, the stronger you will become

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

The next 2…..

2.     #3, & #4, please

#3 ~ “Masu masu atsuku natte kiteiru”

*It is getting hotter and hotter

#4 ~ “Atsukereba atsui hodo, ase o kakimasu” ~

*The hotter it is, the more you sweat

*The hotter it gets, the more you sweat

*The hotter it gets, the more you will sweat

(If needed: Please make a note)

Sounds good now…

1.     #5, & #6, please

#5 ~ “Anata wa motto kenkō-teki na tabemono o tabetta hou ga ii” ~

*You should eat healthier food

*You should eat more healthy food

*You had better eat healthier food

#6 ~ “Motto kenkou teki na tabemono wo tabetara taberu hodo,

kibun ga yoku naru” ~

*The healthier you eat, the better you will feel

*The healthier you eat, the better you feel

*The healthier the food you eat, the better you will feel

*The more …. healthy food you eat, the better you will feel

*The more you eat healthy food, the better you feel

(If needed: Please make a note)

Alright now…

#7, & #8, please

1.     #7 ~ “Jōshi wa kare ni shigoto o atae tsudzukete irunode, kare

wa hontōni sutoresu o kanjite imasu.” ~

*His boss keeps giving him more work and so he

is really stressed.

*The boss keeps giving him more work and so he is very

stressed.

*The boss keeps on giving him more work and so he feels

stressed.

*The boss keeps on giving him more work and so he has

been feeling really stress

#8 ~ “Kare wa shigoto wo moraereba moraeru hodo, stress wo kanjiru” ~

*The more work he gets, the more stressed he is

*The more work his boss gives him, the more stressed he is

*The more work his boss gives him, the more stressed he gets

*The more work his boss gives him, the more stressed he feels

*The more work he gets, the more stressed he will be

*The boss keeps giving him more work and so feels stressed

 

Alright now….

2.     #9, & #10, please

#9 ~ “Kare wa masu masu toshi totte kiteiru” ~

*He is getting older and older.

#10 ~ “Kare wa toshi wo toreba toru hodo, kashikoku naru” ~

*The older he gets, the wiser he gets

 

Alright now…

How about the last 2….

3.     #11, & #12, please…

#11 ~ “Kare wa tsuini risō no kanojyo o mitsuketa to omou” ~

*I think he finally found the right girl

*I think that he finally found the right girl

*I think he finally found his dream girl

*I think he finally found Miss right

*I think that he finally found the ideal girl

*I think that he finally found his ideal girl

#12 ~ “Kanojyo to jikan wo sugoseba sugosu hodo, shiawase ni mieru” ~

*The more time he spends with her, the happier he looks.

(If needed: Please make a note)