Sunday, December 4, 2022

Harold's Christmas Week #2

 

Step #2~Regular Vocabulary Check


Alright now…

We will start this week with a quick vocabulary check…

1.     #1, #2#3, please…

#1 ~“Tashika de ha nai” ~ I am not sure

#2 ~ “Yokuwakaranai” ~ I am not entirely sure

#3 ~ “Sono koto ni tsuite tashika de ha nai” ~ I am not sure about that

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

2.     #4, #5, please…

#4 ~ “Sappari wa karanai” ~ #1 ~I have no idea

#2 ~ I have no clue

#5 ~ “kento mo tsukanai” ~ I don’t have the slightest idea

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Ok now…

How about

3.     #6, #7#8, please…

#6 ~ “Watashi no rikai wo koeteiru” ~ It’s over my head

#7 ~ “Watashi ni wa chinpun kanpun da” ~ It’s all Greek to me.

#8 ~ “Shiranaiyo!” ~ Who knows?

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Ok now….

3.     A quick vocabulary check….

#9 ~ “kougisuru” ~ protest

#10~ “kougisuruhito” ~ protester

#11 ~ “kougisuruhito “Wall Street ha hidoi da” to sakendeita” ~

     *The protestors were shouting Wall Street sucks!

     *The protestors were shouting Wall Street is bad

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

Again...What do you think?

4.     What WERE they protesting about?

#1 ~ They wereprotestingabout

*They were protesting because their salaries weren’t enough to live

*They were protesting about overwork

*They were protesting about long working hours

*They were protesting about the number of paid holidays

*They were protesting about low salaries

*They were protesting about their jobs

*They were protesting because they didn’t get bonuses

*They were protesting about mistreatment

*They were protesting about the working environment

*They were protesting because they didn’t have a Christmas holiday

*They were protesting about being out of work

*They were protesting because their salaries were too low

 

Or….

5.     What WERE they angry about?

*They were angry about being out of work

*They were angry because they were out of work

*They were angrybecause they didn’t have work

*They were angrybecause they didn’t have jobs

(If needed: Please make a note)

 


Ok now….

We go back to our vocabulary check….

6.     And…#11, #12, #13, #14, #15, please

#12 ~ “houritsu” ~ law

#13~ “hikui” ~ low

#14 ~ “giri no~” ~ in-law

#15 ~ “giri no otousan” ~ father-in-law

#16 ~ “zettaini” ~ absolutely

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Ok now….

10.                            #16, #17, #18, #19#20, please…

#16 ~ “hirou” ~ pick up

#17~ “mukaeniiku~” ~ pick up

#18 ~ “tomodachi” ~ friend

#19~ “aibou” ~ buddy

#20 ~ “aibou ni mukae ni kite morau” ~

*I will get a buddy to pick me up

*I will get picked up by my buddy

*I got a buddy picking me up

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

OK now…

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12.                            The last set of words, please...

#21 ~ “chui wo sorasu” ~ distract

#22 ~ “hiki tsukeru” ~ attract

#23 ~ “miryoku teki na” ~ attractive

#24 ~ “Shinpai shinaide!  Boku ha karera wo chui wo sorasu...

*Don’t worry…I’ll distract them.

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

We saw this clip last time....

13.                            What DID Kenneth say?

(0:00~0:02)#1 ~ Don’t worry …I’ll distract them

(0:02~0:05)#2 ~ Hey angry protestors

(0:05~0:07)#3 ~ I just got huge Christmas bonus

 

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