New Year's Story Week #2

Step #3~ Grammar Review

 

Alright now…

1.     What DOES it say up here?

(Please read this one…)

#1 ~ Hikakukyu no mae ni tsukaerugoku

 

Sounds good now…

2.     Please read this section…

(Please read this one…)

#1 ~ “~yori sukoshii”

#1 ~ a little

#2 ~ a bit

#3 ~ slightly (a little)

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good …now…

Please read this part…down here…

#2 ~ “~yori zuibun”

#1 ~ much

#2 ~ a lot

#3 ~ far (a lot)

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now….

4.     Please read the first one…

#1 ~ Sales in July were slightly higher than sales in June.

 

Sounds good now…

5.     #2, please…

#2 ~ He was far more experienced than the other applicant.

(If needed...## experienced)

 

Ok now…

How about the 3^rd one…

6.     #3, please…

#3 ~ He finished his report a bit more quickly than everybody else.

 

Ok now…

7.     #4, please…

#4 ~ The boss let us go home a little earlier than usual.

 

Sounds good now….

8.     #5, please…

8.#5 ~ I like the changes you made to the presentation. 

8.      It made it a lot more interesting.

8.

Alright …now…

Just a few more….

9.     #6, please….

#6 ~ We were much busier this week than last week.

 

Ok now…

10.How about #7, please….

#7 ~ I prefer shopping at Tokyu because compared to other stores,

their customer service is far more helpful.

 

Sounds good and..

11.The last one….#8, please….

#8 ~ I had to drive to a client’s office on Monday for the 1st time in a long time.

It was a bit farther than I remember.

 

New Year's Story Week #1

Step #2 ~ Vocabulary Review #1

 

Alright now...

Another quick vocabulary check…

1.     #1, #2, #3, & #4, please

#1 ~ “hatsumei suru” ~ invent ~ invented

#2 ~ “hatsumeika ~ inventor

#3 ~ “hatsumei” ~ invention

#4 ~ “kakushin” ~ innovation

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

How about these next ones…?

2.     #5, #6, & #7, please

#5 ~ “kakeru” ~ hang ~ hung

#6 ~ “kyukon” ~ bulb

#7 ~ “Kurisumasu iruminēshon o tsurusu dentō wa, kakushin-sei to sugureta māketingu ni yori Amerika de hajimarimashita” ~

*The tradition of hanging Christmas lights started in America with innovation and good marketing

*It started in America with innovation and great marketing

*It started in America with innovation and superior marketing

*It started in America with innovation and fabulous marketing

*It started in America with innovation and marvelous marketing

*It started in America with innovation and excellent marketing

*It started in America with a good idea and good marketing

We go back to our vocabulary check and…

How about these next 4…

14.#8, #9, #10, #11, & #12, please

#8 ~ “chuumoko” ~ attention

#9 ~ “chuumoku wo atsumeru” ~ get attention

gather attention

#10 ~ “omoshiroi” ~ interesting

#11 ~ “kanshin” ~ interest

#12 ~ “Edison wa, sorera ga hitobito no chumoku wo atsume,

denki shomei he no kanshin wo takemeru koto wo nozondeita” ~

  Edison hoped the lights would get people’s attention

and they would increase people’s interest in them

Edison hoped to get people’s attention

and increase interest in his lights

and increase interest in electric lights

and increase interest in electric light bulbs

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

15.#13, #14, #15, & #16, please

#13 ~ “sokushin suru / hiromeru” ~ promote

#14 ~ “sokushin” ~ promotion

#15 ~ “Karera wa denki shōmei o sokushin shitakatta” ~

*They wanted to promote electric lights

*They wanted to promote electric lighting

#16 ~ “Karera wa denki shōmei no anzen-sei to

utsukushi-sa o hirometakatta” ~

*They wanted to promote the safety and beauty of electric lights

*They wanted to promote the safety and beauty of electric lighting

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

If you take a look at the back….

There are just 2 more…

16.#17, & #18, please

#17 ~ “~wo yatte morau” ~ #1 ~ have + O (thing) + kakobunshi

 have + O (person) + gkd

#2 ~ get + O (thing) + kakobunshi

 get + O (person) + to + doushi

#18 ~ “Edward Johnson wa jibun no tame ni tokubetsu no denki wo tsukutte moratta”

#1 ~ Edward Johnson had special lights made for himself

He had himself made

#2 ~ Edward Johnson got special lights made for himself

He got himself made