Awareness Test 2026 .... Vocabulary Week 23

 Step #3 ~ Vocabulary Check

Alright now…

First …Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from last week…

1.     #1, #2, & #3, please….

#1 ~ “Subayai-shikō ga wazaka na shōsai wo miotoshite toki ni”~

*When your fast thinking misses small details...

#2 ~ “Nanto yobareteimasu ka?” ~

*What IS it called?

#3 ~ “Sore wa “henka miotoshi” to yobarete imasu.” ~

*It is called “Change Blindness”

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

OK now…

How about the next 2, please…

2.     #4, & #5, please….

#4 ~ “Senshū mitemita kenkyū wa nan deshita ka?” ~

*What study did we take a look at last week?

*What study did you take a look at last week?

*What experiment did we take a look at last week?

#5 ~ “Watashitachi wa “doa kenkyū” wo mite mimashita” ~

*We took a look at the “Door” study

*We took a look at the “Door” experiment

*We saw the “Door” study

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good…now…

The next 2 ….

3.     #6, & #7, please…

#6 ~ ““Doa kenkyū” wa nan deshita ka?” ~

*What WAS the “door” study?

#7 ~ “Sore wa 1998-nen ni okonawareta shinri jikken datta.”

*It was a 1998 psychological experiment

*It was a 1998 psychological study

*It was a psychological experiment conducted in 1998

*It was a psychological experiment that they did in 1998

(If needed: Please make a note)

OK now…

1.     #8, & #9, please….

#8 ~ “Jikken no saisho no suteppu toshite

kenkyūsha-tachi wa dare o yatotta no ka?” ~

*For the first step of the experiment…

*Who DID the researchers hire?

*Who DID the experimenters hire?

#9 ~ “Karera wa sūnin no gakusei o yatoimashita”

*They hired a few students

*They hired several students

(If needed: Please make a note)

OK …

Sounds good now…

1.     #10, & #11, please….

#10 ~ “Karera wa hitobito ni nani o tazuneru hazu datta no?”

*What WERE they supposed to ask people?

#11 ~ “Karera wa hitobito ni michi o kiku koto ni natteita”

*They were supposed to ask for directions

*They were supposed to ask people for directions

*They were supposed to ask how to go somewhere

*They were supposed to ask where a street was

*They were supposed to ask people the way to somewhere

(If needed: Please make a note)

OK now…

1.     #12, & #13, please….

#12 ~ “Kono gakusei wa dare ni chikayoimashita ka?” ~

*Who DID this student approach?

*Who DID the student approach?

#13 ~ “Kare wa shiraga no aru dansei ni chikayoimashita” ~

*He approached a man with white hair

*He approached the man with white hair

*He approached a white-haired man

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Please turn your pages over

 

Ok…Sounds good now…

Please turn your papers over and…

The next 2….

1.     #14, & #15, please….

#14 ~ “Gakusei ga sono dansei ni chikayoru to…kare ni nan to iimashita ka?”

#1 ~ As the student approached the man...

#2 ~ What DID he say to him?

#15 ~ “Sumimasen… Eki e no ikikata o oshiete itadakemasu ka?”

#1 ~ Excuse me…

*I’m sorry

#2 ~ Could you tell me how to get to the station?

Could you tell me how to go to the station?

(If needed: Please make a note)Alright …Sounds good now…

The next 3…

1.     #16, #17, & #18, please….

#16 ~ “Dansei ga michi an'nai o shiyou to shiteita toki…”

*When the man was about to give him directions

*When the man started to give him directions

*While the man was trying to give directions…

*As the man was about to give him directions

#17 ~ “Karera wa hoka no futari no seito ni nani wo yatte moraimashita ka?”

#1 ~ get + O (person) + to + doushi

*What DID they get 2 other students to do?

#18 ~ “Karera ni doa o hakonde moratte, karera no aida wo toraseta.”

#1 ~ get + O (person) + to + doushi

      *They got 2 other students to carry a door and go between them.

      *They got 2 other students to carry a door and pass between them

      *They got 2 other students to carry a door and walk between them

(If needed: Please make a note)

Alright …Sounds good now…

Just a few more…

1.     #19, #20, & #21, please….

#19 ~ “Karera ga futari no ma wo aida wo tōrisugiru toki…”

*As they passed between them…

*As they were walking between…

*When they went between them…

#20 ~ “Jikken tantōsha wa dare ni kōtai shita no desu ka?”

*Who WAS the experimenter replaced by?

#21 ~ “Kare wa betsu no hito ni kōtai saserareta…”

*He was replaced by someone else

*He was replaced by another person

(If needed: Please make a note)

Sounds good and finally…

1.     The last 2, please

#22 ~ “Oyoso nan pāsento kurai no hito ga henka  ni kidsukanakatta deshou ka?”

*About what percentage of people DIDN’T notice the change?

*About what percent of people DIDN’T notice the change?

#23 ~ “Hanbun gurai no hitotachi wa henka ni kidzukanakatta.” ~

*About half of the people didn’t notice

*About half of the people didn’t notice the change

*About 50 percent of the people didn’t notice the change

(If needed: Please make a note)