Friday, June 20, 2025

Choice of Happiness Week #17

 

Step #2 ~ Vocabulary Review

 


OK now…

These ones in English, please…

1.     #1, & #2, please

#1 ~ “Kanojyo wa nani ni natta bakkari desu ka?” ~

*What had she just become?

*What did she just become?

#2 ~ “Kanojo wa shufu ni natta bakari datta” ~

   *She had just become a homemaker

   *She had just become a homeworker

   *She had just become a housemaker

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

OK …

Sounds good now…

2.     #3, #4, & #5, please

#3 ~ “~ka na?” ~ I wonder if….

#4 ~ “Kare wa konya watashi ni denwa suru ka na?” ~

*I wonder if he will call me tonight

*I wonder if he is going to call me tonight

#5 ~ “Kore o 1-shūkan tsudzukerareru ka na?” ~

*I wonder if I can do this for 1 week

*I wonder if I can continue this for a week

*I wonder if I could continue this for a week

*I wonder if I can keep going for a week

*I wonder if I can keep this up for a week

(If needed: Please make a note)


Step #3 ~ Listening #1

 

Sounds good now…

1.     What DID they say in all of these next clips?

#1 ~ They said

*I was wondering if…

 

Step #4 ~ Question #1

 

Alright

Sounds good now…

This week…I will ask you this question…

2.     What IS something you have BEEN wondering?

(+ an additional question or 2if possible)

#1 ~ I have been wondering

*I have been wondering about what to buy for my friend

*I have been wondering if I should buy olive oil for my friend

*I have been wondering if I should go to Fukouka

*I have been wondering which hotel or restaurant I SHOULD visit   for afternoon tea

*I have been wondering whether rainy has finished

*I have been wondering when rainy season will finish

*I have been wondering how much my bonus will be this month.

*I have been wondering what I should make for dinner

*I have been wondering if it is going to rain today

*I have been wondering where to go drinking tonight

*I have been wondering which bar my friends and I should go to

 

Step #5 ~ Lesson Question #1

 

Sounds good now…

We saw this one a few times...

3.     What DID she say to herself…in English, please…?

#1 ~ She said

*I wonder if I can do this for 1 week

*I wonder if I can stand this for a week

*I wonder if I can continue doing this for a week

*I wonder if I can stand this situation for a week

*I wonder if I can stand the life of a homework for a week

*I wonder if she could endure this for a week

*I wonder if I can do this for them for 1 week

*I wonder if I can keep doing this for 1 week

*I don’t know if I can do housework for 1 week

*I wonder if I can keep this up for 1 week.

 

Step #6 ~ Any / no + comparative

 

OK now…

(Change picture #10)

4.     Please read this one…..



OK now…

#6, & #7, please

5.     These ones in English, please…

#6 ~ “Kore ijō yoi / sore yori yoi” ~

#1 ~ any better

#7 ~ “Kinō wa taichō ga warukatta kedo,

kyō no guai wa sukoshi demo yoku narimashita ka?” ~

*Yesterday you felt sick,

do you feel any better today?

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

OK now…

Alright now...How about these ones...

6.     #8, & #9, please

#8 ~ “Sore ijō warukunai/ sore yori warukunai” ~

#1 ~ any worse

#2 ~ no worse

#9 ~ “Kareshi to wakareta bakkari.

Kore ijō warui kibun wa naranai to omou.” ~

*I just broke up with my boyfriend. 

I don’t think I could feel any worse.

(If needed: Please make a note)


OK now…

Alright now...How about these ones...

1.     #10, & #11, please

#10 ~ “Kore ijō yasukunai/ sore yori yasukunai” ~

#1 ~ no cheaper

#2 ~not any cheaper

#11 ~ “Kono nedan yori yasuku, kome o te ni ireru koto wa dekinai” ~

*You can't get rice any cheaper than at this price.

*We can't get rice any cheaper than this.

(If needed: Please make a note)


Step #2 ~ Vocabulary Review

 

Alright now…

(Change picture #16)

For the 1st time in a few weeks...we will review these expressions

1.     #12, & # 13, please

#12 ~ “ageru” ~ raise

#13 ~ “agaru” ~ #1 ~ rise

#2 ~ go up

#3 ~ increase

 

Please turn your papers over

 



And….

2.     #14, & # 15, please

#14 ~ “masumasu takakunatte kuru↑↑” ~

*going to get higher and higher

#15 ~ “masumasu takaku natte kuru$$” ~

*going to get more and more expensive

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright and…

The next ones…

4.     #17, 18, & #19, please

#16 ~ “sageru” ~ lower

#17 ~ “sagaru” ~ #1 ~ fall

#2 ~ decrease

#3 ~ go down

#18 ~ “masumasu hikuku natte kuru ↓↓” ~

*going to get lower and lower

#19 ~ “masumasu yasuku natte kuru $$” ~

*going to get cheaper and cheaper

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

OK….

Sounds good…now...

How about these ones...

5.     #20, #21, & #22, please

#20 ~ “kanzei” ~ tariff

#21 ~ “Trump no kanzei no sei de” ~ because of Trump’s tariffs

#22 ~ “Toranpu no kanzei no sei de,

Amerika no kabu wa kanari sagatta” ~

*Because of Trump’s tariffs, American stocks went down quite a bit

*Because of Trump’s tariffs, American stocks have gone down

 quite a bit

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Step #5 ~ Question #2

 

Question…

If a friend was feeling blue…

1.     What WOULD you do to cheer them up?

(+ an additional question or 2if possible)

#1 ~ I would

    I would just listen to my friend and if I could I would try to cheer    

    them up and give them some advice

    I would buy her some alcohol and drink together

    I would talk to her and listen to what she was thinking

    I would talk to her and listen to how she was feeling

    I would invite my friend to go for a drive

    I would just wait for her to say something first


 

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