Choice of Happiness Week #13

Step #2 ~ Vocabulary Review

 

OK now…

A quick vocabulary check….

1.     #1, #2, #3, & #4, please

#1 ~ “kyofu” ~ terror

#2 ~ “terorisuto” ~ terrorist

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

                     #2 ~ horrible

#3 ~ awful

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

　　　　　　　　　#2 ~ horrified

#3 ~ frightened

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

2.     #5, #6, & #7, please

#5 ~ “koutsu” ~ traffic

#6 ~ “subarashii” ~ terrific

#7 ~ “kanzei” ~ tariff

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

3.     #8, #9, & #10, please

#8 ~ “seisan” ~ production

#9 ~ “seisan suru” ~ produce

#10 ~ “seihin” ~ product

goods

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now….

#11, please

4.     #11 ~ “Toranpu no kanzei no sei de, masu masu ōku no Chūgoku no kōjō

ga seisan o teishi shite iru” ~

*Because of Trump’s tariffs, more and more Chinese factories are stopping production

*Because of Trump’s tariffs, more and more Chinese factories are stopping to production

 

Step #3 ~ Reading 

 

Alright now…

1.     Please read the 1^st headline…

Chinese factories are stopping production and looking for new markets as US tariffs bite

Step #4 ~ Vocabulary Review

Alright now…

3.     #11, #12, & #13, please

#12 ~ "fune" ~ a ship

#13 ~ "soryou" ~ shipping

#14 ~ "shukka" ~ a shipment

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Please turn your papers over

OK….

Sounds good…

Now…

If you take a look at the other side…

#15, please

4.     #15 ~ “Kanzei no sei de, Amerika ni tōchaku shiteiru Chūgoku seihin no

 shukka wa masumasu sukunaku natte kiteiru” ~

*Because of the tariffs, fewer and fewer shipments of Chinese products are arriving in America

*Because of the tariffs, there are less and less shipments of Chinese products

*Because of the tariffs, the number of shipments of Chinese products is decreasing

 

Step #5 ~ Reading 

 

OK now…

(Change picture #13)

5.     Please read the 2^nd headline…

Early shipping data shows a slowdown of Chinese imports to the U.S. following Trump's 145% tariff on China.

Step #6 ~ Vocabulary Review

 

Sounds good now…

#16, please….

7.     #16 ~ “Mo jiki, Chūgoku seihin o mitsukeru no wa masumasu

muzukashiku naru darou” ~

*Soon, it is going to get harder and harder to find Chinese products

*Soon, it is going to get more and more difficult to find Chinese products

*Soon, it will be more and more difficult to find Chinese products

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Step #7 ~ Reading 

 

OK now…

8.     Please read the 3^rd headline…

These Chinese-made products could soon be hard to find in the U.S.

Alright now…

What do you think?

10.What kind of Chinese products might become harder to find?

(+ an additional question or 2…if possible)

*Shirts will become difficult to find

*Medicine will become difficult to find in the US

*Car parts are going to get difficult to find

*Electronic products are going to get difficult to find

*It is going to be harder to find electronic parts

*Everything is made in China and so it is going to become harder and

harder to find everything

*It is going to be harder to find Christmas presents for their kids

*Cell phones might become harder and harder to find in the US

 

Step #8 ~ Trump Story Review

 

Alright now…

11.Another quick check…

#17 ~ “ageru” ~ raise

#18 ~ “agaru” ~ #1 ~ rise

#2 ~ go up

#3 ~ increase

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright …

Sounds good now…

Do you remember from last time….

1.     What HAD Trump already raised the tariffs on Chinese products to?

*He had raised them to 145%

*He had raised the tariffs to 145%

*He had already raised them to 145%

*He had raised the tariffs on Chinese goods to 145%

*He had already raised the tariffs on Chinese goods to 145%

*He had raised them 145%

Alright now…

1.     #19, #20, #21, & #22, please

#19 ~ “susume suru” ~ recommend

#20 ~ “susume suru / teian suru” ~ suggest

#21 ~ “sekyokuteki ni teian suru” ~ propose

#22 ~ “tsuyoku susume suru” ~ urge

(If needed: Please make a note)

Ok…and….

If we take a look over here…

Trump wanted Americans to boycott Chinese goods...

And…

1.     Where DID he urge them to shop instead?

*He urged them to shop at Walmart

*He urged Americans to shop at Walmart

*He urged them to shop at Walmart instead

*He urged them to boycott Chinese good and shop at Walmart

 

Alright and...

The last ones...

#23 ~ "waza to" ~ #1 ~ deliberately

               #2 ~ intentionally

               #3 ~ on purpose

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Choice of Happiness Week #12

 Step #2 ~ Vocabulary Review

 

OK now…

A quick vocabulary check….

1.     #1, #2, & #3, please

#1 ~ “terorisuto” ~ terrorist

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

                                              #2 ~ horrible

#3 ~ awful

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

                                          #2 ~ horrified

    #3 ~ frightened

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Step #3 ~ Get+ adj = change

 

OK now…

(Change picture #7)

2.     Please read this one…..

Hikaku-kyū and hikaku-kyū' wa, “masumasu” to iurenzoku-tekinahenka o arawasu.

 

Alright now…

3.     #4, #5, & #6, please

#4 ~ “subarashii” ~ terrific

#5 ~ “kanzei” ~ tariff

#6 ~ “Daitōryō no kangae wa masumasu okashiku natte kiteiru” ~

*The president’s ideas have been getting crazier and crazier

*The president’s ideas are getting crazier and crazier

*The president’s ideas are getting stranger and stranger

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

4.     #7, #8, & #9, please

#7 ~ “seisan” ~ production

#8 ~ “seisan suru” ~ produce

#9 ~ “Kanzei no sei de seisan kosu to wa masumasu takaku natte kuru” ~

*Production costs are going to get higher and higher because of

the tariffs.

*Production costs will get more and more expensive because of

tariffs.

*Production costs have been getting and more expensive because

of tariffs.

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright and…

The next 3….

5.     #10, #11, & #12, please

#10 ~ “seizogyo” ~ manufacturing

#11 ~ “seizogyo no shigoto” ~ manufacturing jobs

#12 ~ “mamoru” ~ protect

(If needed: Please make a note)

Extra....

#1 ~ "boueki" ~ trade

#2 ~ "boueki aite ~ trade partner

trade rival

#3 ~ "boycott" ~ boycott

#4 ~ "seihin" ~ goods

             products

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Choice of Happiness Week #11

 

Step #2 ~ Vocabulary Review

 

OK now…

1.     Please read this one…..

Hikaku-kyū no mae ni tsukaeru goku

 

OK now…

These ones in English, please…

2.     #1, & # 2, please

Big Difference

#1 ~ “~yori zuibun” ~ #1 ~ much

                                     #2 ~ a lot

#3 ~ far

#4 ~ way

Small Difference

#2 ~ “~yori sukoshi” ~ #1 ~ a bit

                                      #2 ~ a little

 #3 ~ slightly

 #4 ~ not much

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

OK now…

Alright now...

How about the next 2...

3.     #3, & #4, please

#3 ~ “Fāmāzumāketto no kakaku wa sūpāmāketto no kakaku yori zutto yasui desu.” ~

*The prices at farmer’s markets are much cheaper than prices at supermarkets

*The prices at farmer’s markets are much cheaper than the prices at supermarkets

*The prices at the farmer’s markets are much cheaper than at the supermarket

*The prices at the farmer’s markets are way cheaper than supermarket prices.

*The prices at the farmer’s markets are much better than those at supermarkets

*The price of a farmer’s market is much better than a supermarket

*The price of a farmer’s market is a lot cheaper than a supermarket

#4 ~ “Atarashī moderu wa mae no yori mo sukoshi ōku no sutorējisupēsu ga aru” ~

*The new models have slightly more storage space than the previous ones.

*The new models have slightly more storage space than the old ones.

*The new model has slightly more storage space than the previous ones.

*The new model has a little more storage space than the previous ones.

*The new models have a bit more storage space than the previous ones.

*The new models have slightly more storage space than before

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Step #3 ~ Get + adj = change

 

OK now…

1.     Please read this one…..

Hikaku-kyū and hikaku-kyū' wa,`masumasu' to iu renzoku-tekina henka o arawasu.

 

Alright now…

How about the next 2….

2.     #5, & #6, please

#5 ~ “kanzei” ~ tariff

#6 ~ “Daitōryō no kangae wa masumasu okashiku natte kiteiru” ~

*The president’s ideas have been getting crazier and crazier

*The president’s ideas are getting crazier and crazier

*The president’s ideas are getting stranger and stranger

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

3.     #7, & #8, please

#7 ~ “seisan” ~ production

#8 ~ “Kanzei no sei de seisan kosuto wa masumasu takaku natte kuru” ~

*Production costs are going to get higher and higher because of

the tariffs.

*Production costs will get more and more expensive because of

tariffs.

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

4.     #9, #10, #11, #12, & #13, please

#9 ~ “Yosoku kanō na” ~ predictable

#10 ~ “Yosoku fukanō na” ~ unpredictable

#11 ~ “toshi suru” ~ invest

#12 ~ “toshika” ~ investor

#13 ~ “Daitōryō ga masumasu yosoku fukanō ni natte kiteiru nano de,

tōshi-ka-tachi wa dou shitara ii ka wakaranai.” ~

*Investors don’t know what to do because the president has been

getting more and more unpredictable.

*Investors don’t know what to do because the president is

getting more and more unpredictable.

*Investors don’t know what they should do because the president

has been getting more and more unpredictable.

*The president is getting more and more unpredictable and so

investors don't know what they should do

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Step #4 ~ Any / no + comparative

 

OK now…

5.     Please read this one…..

Any / no + Hikakukyu (any longer / no bigger nado)

 

OK now…

These ones in English, please…

6.     #14, & #15, please

#14 ~ “sore ijō hirokunai / sore yori hirokunai” ~

    #1 ~ not any more spacious

    #2 ~ no more spacious

#15 ~ “Atarashī apāto wa mae no apāto yori hirokunai” ~

#1 ~ My new apartment isn't any more spacious than

    my last apartment

My new apartment isn't any more spacious than the old one

My new apartment isn't any more spacious than my old one

My new apartment isn't any more spacious than my previous one

  #2 ~ My new apartment no more spacious than my last apartment

My new apartment no more spacious than my last apartment

My new apartment no more spacious than before

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

8.     #16, & # 17, please

#16 ~ “Nani wo itteru no?” ~ What are you talking about?

#17 ~ “Nani ga iitai no? ~ What are you saying?

*What do you want to say?

(If needed:  Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

10.#18, & # 19, please

#18 ~ “Nani wo itta no? ~ What did you say?

#19 ~ “Iu no wa kantan da yo!” ~ That’s easy for you to say

That’s easy to say

(If needed:  Please make a note)

Sounds good now…

12.#20, & #21, please

#20 ~ “Doushite so iwanakatta no? ~ Why didn’t you say so?

#21 ~ “Dosei sou deshou” ~ If you say so

(If needed:  Please make a note)

                                                             

Alright and…

The last 2, please….

14.#22, & # 23, please

#22 ~ “Dou iu imi? ~ What do you mean?

*What does it mean?

#23 ~ “Nan de sou itta no? ~ Why did you say that?

(If needed:  Please make a note)