Thursday, February 12, 2026

Christmas Story 2025 #7

 Step #3 ~ Vocabulary Check



Ok now…

A quick vocabulary check from this section……

1.     #1, & #2, please….

#1 ~ shinji you to, shinjimai to /

     Shinjirarenai kamoshirenai kedo~ believe it or not (idiom)

#2 ~ Shinjirarenai kamoshiremasen ga…

Watashitachi wa hasan shimashita” ~

*Believe it or not….we are broke

*Believe it or not….we are bankrupt

*Believe it or not….we are broken

(If needed: Please make a note)


Ok now…

How about these next ones….

1.     #3, #4, #5, & #6, please….

#3 ~ Al wa tabemono ga hoshikatta” ~

*Al wanted food

*Al wanted some food

#4 ~ "Kare wa yūshoku o tsukuritaku nakatta" ~

*He didn’t want to cook dinner

*He didn’t want to make dinner

#5 ~ Aru wa Pegī ni nani o yatte hoshitakatta?” ~

*What DID Al want Peggy to do?

#6 ~ "Kare wa kanojoni yūshoku o tsukutte hoshikatta" ~

*He wanted her to cook dinner

*He wanted her to make dinner

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright and…

How about these 4….

2.     #7, #8, #9, & #10, please….

#7 ~ Aru wa pegī ni nani o ageta?” ~

*What DID Al give Peggy?

#8 ~Kare wa kanojo ni tabemono o kau tame no okane o ageta” ~

*He gave her money to buy food

#9 ~ "Kare wa kanojo ni tabemono o kau okane o ageta" ~

*He gave her money for food

#10 ~"Kanojo wa tabemono o kau tame ni okane wo moratta" ~

*She got money to buy food

(If needed: Please make a note)



Ok now…

(Change picture #35)

We go back to our vocabulary check…and…

1.     #11, #12, #13, #14, & #15, please….

#11 ~ kongan suru” ~ beg

beg + O + to + doushi

beg + to + doushi

beg + for + meishi

#12 ~ Pegī wa kare ni nani o moraeru tame ni kongan shita no?” ~

*What DID Peggy beg him for?

#13 ~ “Kanojo wa kare ni motto okane o kureru yō ni kongan shita” ~

#1 ~ beg + O + to + doushi

*She begged him to give her more money

#14 ~ "Kanojo wa okane no tame ni kongan shita" ~

*She begged for money

*She begged for more money

*She begged him for money

#15 ~"Kanojyo wa motto okane wo moraeru you ni kongan shita" ~

*She begged to get more money

(If needed: Please make a note)


Step #12 ~ Vocabulary Pages #2

Please turn your pages over

 


Ok now…

(Change picture #36)

The next 3, please…

1.     #16, #17, & #18, please….

#16 ~ "Danko toshite yuzuranai" ~

*Put your foot down

#17 ~ "Kare wa dankotoshite, mo okane wo agenai to iimashita" ~

*He put his foot down and said No more money!

*He put his foot down and said I won’t give you any more money!

*He put his foot down and said no more money

*He put his foot down and said he wouldn’t give any more money

#18 ~ "Haha wa danko toushite, seiseki ga agaru made ge-mu suru no wo      

              koto o kinjimashita" ~

*My mom put her foot down and said I couldn't play games

until my grades improved

*My mom put her foot down and said “Until your scores  increase, you can’t play games!”

*My mom put her foot down and said “Don’t play games until your scores go up”

*My mom put her foot down and said “No games until your grades go up”

(If needed: Please make a note)


Alright now….

How about these next ones…

1.     #19, #20, & #21, please….

#19 ~ ~no furi wo suru” ~ pretend

#20 ~ Kanojo wa nan no furi o shita, soshite naze deshou ka?” ~ 

    *What DID she pretend to do and WHY?

#21 ~ "Kanojo wa kushami wo suru furi o shite,

       Aru ni reji o akeru oto ga kikoenai yō ni” ~

    *She pretended to sneeze so that Al couldn’t

hear her open the register

    *She pretended to sneeze so that Al couldn’t

hear the register open

    *She pretended to sneeze so that Al couldn’t

hear the sound of the register opening

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now….

How about these next ones…

2.     #22, & #23, please….

#22 ~ Kanojo wa nan no furi o shita, soshite naze deshou ka?” ~ 

     *What DID she pretend to do and WHY?

#23 ~ Kanojo wa seki wo suru furi o shite,

          Aru ni reji o shimeru oto ga kikoenai yō ni” ~

     *She pretended to cough so that Al couldn’t hear her close the register

     *She pretended to cough so that Al couldn’t

hear the sound of the register closing

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now….

How about these last ones….

3.     #24, & #25, please….

#24 ~ "~shita hou ga ii" ~ should (+) (teian)

#25 ~ "shinakerebanaranai" ~ have to

#26 ~ "~shita hou ga ii" ~ had better (-) (teian with batsu)

#27 ~ “Kanojo wa nani wo shita hou ga iī ?” ~ (-)

*What HAD she better do?

*What HAD she better to do?

#28 ~ Kanojo wa sekidome o nonda hō ga ī” ~ (-)

*She had better take some medicine for her cough

*She had better take some cough medicine

*She had better take some cough medicine for her cough

*She had better take something for that cough

*She had better to take some cough medicine

(If needed: Please make a note)




Saturday, February 7, 2026

Haunted Week 4 Notes

 

Step #7 ~ Haunted Vocabulary ….

 

Alright now…..

1.     We will start with a quick vocabulary check…

#1 ~ “retsu” ~ a line

#2 ~ “narabu” ~ line up

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

2.     Another quick vocabulary check….

#1 ~ “kowaii” ~ scary

#2 ~ “kowagateiru” ~ #1 ~ scared

                                        #2 ~ afraid

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright and….

3.     These ones, please….

#1 ~ “zotto shiteiru” ~ #1 ~ terrified

                                         #2 ~ horrified

                                         #3 ~ frightened

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

OK now…

4.     Another quick check …

#1 ~ “taishoku suru” ~ retire ~ retired

#2 ~ “taishoku” ~ retirement

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

OK now…

5.     How about these 2 words…

#1 ~ “tataru” ~ haunt

Haunt = ghost

#2 ~ “tatarareteiru yakata” ~ Haunted Mansion

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now…Question, please….

6.     Haunted Mansion ni haitta koto ga aru

*Have you ever been in the Haunted Mansion?

*Have you ever been into the Haunted Mansion?

*Have you ever into the Haunted Mansion?

*Have you entered the Haunted Mansion?

*Have you gone into the Haunted Mansion?

*Have you into the Haunted Mansion?

 

Sounds good now… Question…

7.     Anata wa obake ga kowaii desu ka?…in English, please
#1 ~ Are you scared + of + meishi

   #1 ~ Are you scared of ghosts?

   #2 ~ Are you afraid of ghosts?

 

Ok…now…

How about this one?

8.     Haunted Mansion ni hairu no wo kowagateimasu ka?
#1 ~ Are you scared + to + doushi 

#2 ~ Are you afraid + to + doushi 

*Are you scared to enter the haunted mansion?

*Are you scared to go into the haunted mansion?

*Are you scared to go in the haunted mansion?

*Are you afraid to go into the haunted mansion?

*Are you scared to go to the haunted mansion?

*Are you scared to in the haunted mansion?

*Are you scared to into the haunted mansion?

 

OK…now…

9.     Why DO some people avoid the haunted mansion?

#1 ~ They are scared of ghosts so…

They are afraid of ghosts so…

Ghosts are scary and so…

#2 ~ they are scared to enter the haunted mansion

they are scared to go into the haunted mansion

*They are afraid to go into the haunted mansion because they are afraid of ghosts

*They are afraid of ghosts and so they are afraid to go into the haunted mansion

*Ghosts are scary and so they are scared to go into the haunted mansion

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

10.Another quick vocabulary check….

#1 ~ “morau” ~ get ~ got

#2 ~ “~ni natte kuru” ~ get

get + keiyoushi

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good…now… 

We will take a look at this part again…

And…

11.What CAN you see on a wall in the first room?

*You can see a picture on the wall

*You can see a picture of a man on the wall

*You can see a painting on the wall

 

OK and…again…

12.What WAS it a picture of?

*It was a picture of a man

*It was a man’s picture

 

Sounds good…but….

Something was strange...

As people were looking at the picture

13.How WAS the man getting?

*He was getting old

*He was getting older

*He was getting older and older

 

Another quick vocabulary check…

14.These 2 words, please…

#1 ~ “kawaru” ~ change

turn

#2 ~ “~ni henshin suru” ~ change into

turn into

(Into = henshina kara b ni kawatta)

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

And eventually….

15.What DID he turn into?

*He turned into a skeleton

*He changed into a skeleton

(Into = henshina kara b ni kawatta)

 

Sounds good now…

16.Another quick check…

#1 ~ “osoroshii / hidoi” ~ #1 ~ terrible

#2 ~ horrible

#3 ~ awful

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

We take a look over here and…

17.When DID the 1st Haunted Mansion open at Disneyland?

*It opened on August 9th, 1969.

*It opened on the 9th of August, 1969.

*It opened in August, 1969.

*It opened on the August 9, 1969.

 

Sounds good now…

18.Question…in English, please…

(Kare wa dorekurai no aida, ghost host wo shiteiru no desu ka?)

*How long has he been the ghost host?

*How long has he been the ghost host for?

 

Alright….

Sounds good now…

19.How long HAS he been the ghost host for?

(Haunted Mansion ga open shite irai…)

*He has been the ghost host since the Haunted Mansion opened

*He has been the ghost host since the Haunted Mansion opened in 1969

 

Alright….

Sounds good now…

20.How long HAS he been the ghost host for?

*He has been the ghost host since 1969.

 

Or….

21.How long HAS he been the ghost host for?

(Kare wa 57 nen kan, ghost host desu)

*He has been the ghost host for 57 years

 

Step #12 ~ Haunted Mansion Continued ….

 

Alright now…

We go back to the mansion again…and….

After you pass the painting of Master Gracie…

22.Where WILL the staff get you to go?

#1 ~ get + O (person) + to + doushi

*The staff will get YOU to go to the next room

*The staff will get YOU to go into the next room

*The staff will get YOU to go into a room

*They will get us to enter the room

*The staff will get YOU to enter a room

*The staff will get YOU to go to another room

*The staff will get them to move into  the next room

*The staff will get them to move the next room

 

Sounds good…and…

As you enter the room…

23.What DID the ghost host say?

(Douzo oku made tsumete ohairi kudasai.)

#1 ~ He said

*Kindly step all the way in, please

 

Sounds good…and…

Why DID he need everyone to step all the way in…

24.What DID they need to make?

(Minasama no tame ni supēsu o akete kudasai)

*They needed to make room for everyone

 

Ok now...

25.Another quick check...

#1 ~ "mawaru" ~ turn

#2 ~ "kaeru" ~ go back

#3 ~ "atomodori" ~ turn back

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

OK and now that everyone was in…

26.What DID the ghost host say to the guests?

#1 ~ He said

*There is no turning back now

*There’s no turning back now

Christmas Story 2025 #7

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