Kyou Kara Week #21

 Step #2 ~ Regular Vocabulary Check

(You can spend　minutes on this section)

 

Alright now…

We will start this week with a quick vocabulary check…

1.     #1, #2, #3, & #4, please…

#1 ~ “haya oki suru hito” ~ an early bird

#2 ~ “Yofukashi wo suru hito / yoru gata no hito” ~ a night owl

#3 ~ “Haya oki wa san mon no toku” ~

*The early bird gets the worm.

*The early bird catches the worm.

#4 ~ “Iseki ni cho” ~

*Kill 2 birds with 1 stone.

(If needed: Please make a note)

Alright now…

(Change picture #6)

For the next ones we have…

3.     #5, & #6, please…

#5 ~ “kikoeru” ~ #1 ~ hear

#2 ~ heard

#3 ~heard

#6 ~ “ushi no mure” ~ a herd of cows

 

Alright now…

How about this one…

4.     #7, please…

#7 ~ "Ushi wo kiita koto ga arimasu ka?"

#1 ~ Have you heard of cows?

#2 ~ Heard of cows?

#3 ~ Have you ever heard of cows?

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

Another quick check…

7.     #8, & #9, please…

#8 ~ "menekiryoku"~ immune system

 

Ok and….

How about this one…

8.     What is “shudan meniki” … in English, please…

#9 ~ “shuudan meniki” ~ herd immunity (New)

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Ok now…

If we take a look at the headlines here….

9.     What is Japan’s herd immunity level at now?

*It is at 90%

*Japan’s herd immunity is at 90% now.

*Japan’s herd immunity level is at 90% now.

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Ok now…

10.#10, & #11, please…

#10 ~ “tori no mure” ~ a flock of birds

#11 ~ “Onaji hane ga aru tori ha ishou ni mureru” ~

*Birds that have the same feathers flock together

*Birds of the same feather flock together

*Birds with the same feather flock together

*Birds with the same feathers become a flock

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

OK now…

#12 is a new idiom

11.#12 ~ What is “Rui wa tomo wo yobu” …in English, please…

#1 ~ Birds of a feather (New)

#2 ~ Birds of a feather flock together (New)

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Ok…now…

I want to check these ones again..

13.#13, #14, & #15, please…

#13 ~ “shouganai” ~ #1 ~ That’s life

#2 ~ C’est la vie

#3 ~ It is what it is (New)

#14 ~ “shikata ga nai” ~It can’t be helped

#15 ~ “sonna mon da” ~ That’s the way the cookie crumbles

(If needed:  Please make a note)

Ok…now…

15.Do you remember…#16, & #17…

#16 ~ “semai” ~ #1 ~ cramped

#2 ~ confined

#3 ~ narrow

#17 ~ “Totemo kyukutsu na kukan” ~

*There is not enough space to swing a cat

*There is no space to swing a cat

(If needed:  Please make a note)

 

Alright….

Sounds good ... now....

I have 1 more new idiom for you today

26.What DOES “let the cat out of the bag”….mean?

(Please read the dictionary)

*It means to reveal a secret

*It means to reveal a secret carelessly or mistake

(If needed:  Please make a note)

 

OK and….

If we take a look over here…

27.What does “reveal” mean in Japanese?

#1 ~ "akasu / morasu / bakuro suru" ~ reveal

(If needed: Please make a note)

Alright now…

If we take a look over here…

As they were getting ready for THEIR gender reveal party…

34.What happened?

*The boy popped the balloon and let the cat out of the bag

*The boy popped the balloon and he let the cat out of the bag

*The boy burst the balloon and he let the cat out of the bag

 

Alright now…

There were 2 more examples for you…

Please read….

#1 ~ I was trying to keep the party a secret, but Jim went and let the at out of the bag.

#2 ~ Mom let the cat out of the bag and told us that Karen was engaged.

Mr B Week 3

Some students have asked me recently for something to study or review at home.

I hope these handouts will help a bit...

Week #3~The Sandwich

Step #2 ~ Vocabulary Check & Review

(You can spend ____ minutes on this section)

2.      

Alright now…

A quick vocabulary check….

#1, & #2, please

#1 ~ “anshin shiteiru” ~ relieved

#2 ~ “stress wo hassan suru” ~ relieve stress

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

How about …

3.     #3, & #4, please

#3 ~ “Sumimasen…Ojama shite moushiwake gozaimsen” ~

#1 ~ Excuse me…. I’m sorry to bother you.

#4 ~ “Kono seki wa aitemasu ka?”…in English, please.

#1 ~ Is anyone sitting here?

#2 ~ Is this seat taken?

#3 ~ Is this seat free?

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

4.     #5, & #6, please

#5 ~ “Koko ni suwatte mo ii desu ka?”

#1 ~ Can I sit here?
#2 ~ May I sit here?

#3 ~ Would you mind if I sat here?

#6 ~ “Douzo” ~ #1 ~ Certainly

#2 ~ Sure

#3 ~ Go ahead

Please…Go ahead

                 Yes, please.

Here you are

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Ok now…

5.     #7, #8, & #9, please…

#7 ~ “Suki ja nai n desu kedo” ~ I don’ t like it though

#8 ~ “Zannen!” ~ That’s too bad

#9 ~ “Iitai koto wakaru yo!” ~ I know what you mean

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

Do you remember these words…

6.     #10, #11, & #12, please…

#10 ~ “yameru” ~ quit

#11 ~ “kubi ni suru” ~ fire

#12 ~ “taishoku suru” ~ retire

(If needed: Please make a note)

Change to listening practice intro

 

OK now…

You can see the man and Bean talking at the park...

Now…….

7.     What DID they talk about?

*They talked about the man’s job at the bank

*They talked about Terry’s job at the bank

 

Change to reading and text listening practice

 

Alright now...

You are Bean & you are Terry

1.     Please read

Bean:  So…Where are you working now Terry?

Man:  Oh…I am still at the bank.

I don’t like it though.

Bean:  That’s too bad.  Why not?

Man:  Well…It’s boring.  And it doesn’t pay very well.

Bean:  I know what you mean.

 

Alright now….

(Change video #28)

(0:00~0:09)

While they were talking….

3.     What DID the man take out and start to do?

*He took out a sandwich and started to eat it

*He took out a sandwich and started eating it

*He took out the sandwich from 7-11

*He took out the sandwich that he bought from 7-11

 

Ok now…

A quick check…

4.     #13, & #14, please…

#13 ~ “tori dasu” ~ take out

#14 ~ “Bean wa hasami wo dashita no wo mitte odoroita”

*The man was surprised to see Bean take out scissors.

*The man was surprised to see Bean take scissors out.

*The man was surprised to see Bean take out a pair of scissors.

*The man was surprised to see him take out scissors.

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

The next 2, please….

5.     #15 ~ “~suru tame ni tsukau” ~ use + O + to + doushi

#16 ~ “Bean wa pan wo kiru tame ni hasami wo tsukatta” ~

*Bean used the scissors to cut the bread.

*Bean used to the scissors

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Ok now…

The next 3, please….

6.     #17 ~ “kiru” ~ cut

#18 ~ “kirei ni totonoeru” ~ trim

#19 ~ “Bean ga pan wo kirei ni totonoeteiru no wo mitte odoroita”

*The man was surprised to see him trimming the bread

*The man was surprised to see him trimming the top of the bread

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

How about these ones….

#20, & #21….please

7.     #20 ~ “tori hazusu” ~ take off

take out

#21 ~ “Bean wa ke-su kara wagomu to futa wo torihazushita” ~

*Bean took off the band and the lid from the case.

*Bean took the band and the lid off the case.

(If needed: Please make a note)

OK now…

8.     The next 4, please….

#22 ~ “nuru / hirogeru” ~ spread

#23 ~ “~no kawari ni” ~ instead of

#24 ~ “naifu no kawari ni” ~ instead of a knife

#25 ~ “Ba-ta wo nuru tame ni, naifu no kawari ni ka-do

wo tsukaimashita”

*Mr. Bean used a card instead of a knife to spread the butter

*Mr. Bean used a card to spread the butter instead of a knife

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Study hard...

Kyou Kara #10

 Step #2~Regular Vocabulary Check

(You can spend ______ minutes on this section)

Alright now…

1.     A quick vocabulary check….

#1, #2, & #3, please

#1 ~ “Kara wa dou mieta?” ~ How DID he look?

What DID he look like?

#2 ~ “Kanojyo wa donna kanji datta?” ~ What WAS she like?

How DID she look?

#3 ~ “Kare wa nani ni nitteimasu ka?” ~ What DOES he look like?

(If needed:  Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

2.     #4, & #5, please

How about …

#4 ~ “Kare wa taikutsu shite sou” ~ #1 ~He sounds bored

#2 ~ He sounds like he is bored

#5 ~ “Kanojyo wa kinchou shite sou” ~

      #1 ~She sounds nervous

      #2 ~ She sounds like she is nervous.

(If needed:  Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

How about the next 2……

3.     #6, & #7, please

#6 ~ “Kare wa Nihonjin mitai” ~ #1 ~He sounds Japanese

#2 ~ He sounds like he is Japanese

#7 ~ “Kare wa michi ni mayottei sou” ~ #1 ~He looks lost.

#2 ~ He looks like he is lost.

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

4.     #8, & #9, please

#8 ~ “Kare wa kowagattei sou” ~ #1 ~He looks scared.

#2 ~ He looks like he is scared.

#9 ~ “Kare wa uni ni niteiru” ~ *Ito looks like an uni.

                         *He looks like a sea urchin.

                         *He looks like he is a sea urchin.

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

(Change picture #4)

How about

7.     #10, & #11, please

#10 ~ “Ushiro no seki ni idou shite moratte mo ii desu ka?” ~

*Could I get you to move to the back?

*Could I get you to move to a seat in the back?

 

#11 ~ “Doko demo ii desu ka?” ~ Is anywhere OK?
Can I sit anywhere I like?

(If needed: Please make a note)

Sounds good now…

Please turn your papers over and….

The next 6, please….

9.     #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, & #17, please

#12 ~ “Jiyu” ~ free

#13 ~ “muryou” ~ free

#14 ~ “shite seki” ~ reserved seats

#15 ~ “jiyuseki” ~ non-reserved seats

#16 ~ “muryo no seki” ~ free seats

#17 ~ “tsuppari wa jiyuseki” ~ #1 ~ Bad boys can sit anywhere

#2 ~ Bad boys can sit anywhere they like

#3 ~ Bad boys are free to sit anywhere

#4 ~ Bad boys can sit anywhere they want

(If needed:  Please make a note)

 

Sounds good and…

For the last ones we have…

10.#18, #19, #20, & #21, please

#18 ~ “dareka” ~ someone

#19 ~ “minna” ~everyone

#20 ~ “daredemo” ~ anyone

#21 ~ “darenimo” ~ no one

(If needed:  Please make a note)