Wednesday, September 24, 2025

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)

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

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) 



Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Choice of Happiness Week #25

 Step #2 ~ Vocabulary Review #1

 



Sounds good now...

We will start off with the same first 2 as usual

1.     #1, & #2, please

#1 ~ Kono naka wa kore ijō atsuku narenai deshou ka?” ~

*It couldn’t be any hotter in here.

#2 ~ Kanojo wa kore ijō kakoyoku nareru deshou ka?” ~

*Could she be any cooler?

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

2.     #3, #4, & #5, please

#3 ~ Tengoku wa kore ijō yoku naru deshou ka? ~

*Could heaven be any better?

#4 ~ akiraka ni / meihaku” ~ obvious

#5 ~Dare no me ni mo akiraka dayou?...

Bare bare dayou!” ~

(English = Motto akiraka ni nareru deshou ka?)

*Could it be any more obvious?

 (If needed: Please make a note)

 

Step #3 ~ Vocabulary Review #2

Alright now…

(Change picture #9)

How about the next 2….

3.     #6, & #7, please…

#6 ~Anata wa koreijō iraira saseru hito ni nareru deshou ka? ~

*Could you be any more annoying?

*Could you be any more irritating?

#7 ~ Anata wa kore ijōera-so ninarerudeshou ka?” ~

*Oh my Gosh!  Could you be any bossier?

(If needed: Please make a note)


Step #3 ~ Listening

 

Sounds good now…

(Please listen ….)

#1 ~ Couldn’t be any hotter in here?

…Or could it?

#2 ~ Could she be any cooler?

#3 ~ Could heaven be any better?

#4 ~ Could you be any more obvious?

#5 ~ Could you be any more annoying?

#6 ~ Oh my Gosh!  Could you be bossier?

 

Step #3 ~ Worksheet



Sounds good now…

1.     1, please…

#1 ~ If you work out a lot, you will get stronger.

The more you work out, the stronger you will get

The more you work out, the stronger you will be

 

Alright now….

2.     #2, please…

#2 ~ If the weather is hot, you sweat more.

The hotter it is, the more you sweat

The hotter it gets, the more you will sweat

The hotter the weather is, the more you sweat

 

Ok now…

The next one…

#3, please…

3.     #3 ~ If you eat healthy food, you will feel good.

The healthier you eat, the better you will feel

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

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

 

Ok and....

How about the 4th one…

#4, please…

4.     #4 ~ His boss keeps giving him more work and so he is really stressed.

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

 

Ok and....

How about the next one…

5.     #5 ~ He is getting older, but he is getting wiser

The older he gets, the wiser he gets

The older he gets, the wiser he will be

 

Ok now…

The next one…

#6, please…

6.     #6 ~ He spends a lot of time with her and he looks really happy

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

The more time they spend together, the happier they are

 

Choice of Happiness Week #28

  Step # 2 ~ Vocabulary Review # 1 Sounds good now… The first 2 , please…. 1.      # 1 , & # 2 …. # 1 ~ “ Oboete oite kuda...