Tuesday, May 20, 2025

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 1st 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 2nd 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 3rd 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 2if 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)



 

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