Present simple vs. Present Progressive/Continuous (13.10)

Examples for Element 10 on p. 13

Dad: Are you still reading the newspaper? I want to see it.

Tom: Sorry. I'm finished now. Here you are.

Dad: Thank you. Is Sachiko studying now? I thought you two were working on your project together.

Tom: No. She works on Saturdays. She does not work on Sundays, so we are planning to study tomorrow after Church.

Dad: Tomorrow? On Sunday? You are both working too hard. You need a break. Do you need any help?

Tom: Do we have any cocoa in the house? She likes coffee.

Dad: Hmm. And, since we don't drink coffee, you'd like to have some cocoa for her to drink instead. Mother, do we have any cocoa in the house?

Mom: I'm afraid we don't have any. We drank it all last winter. But I can make some cold cinnamon apple juice, instead. I think she'll like that.

Tom: Thanks Mom. I think so, too.

Dad: Where is she staying at the moment, anyway? I understand she was living with her uncle, but that there was some trouble.

Tom: Well, there was not really any trouble. Her uncle suddenly got transferred, and they don't live there any more. But she is still living at the house, watching it for them until they sell it.

Mom: Wow! That's a lot of responsibility.

Dad: Mother, can you look at this article in the business section? I can't understand it.

Mom: Let me see it. Oh, dear. I'm not understanding it very well, either. Tom, did you see this?

Tom: Oh, that. The reporter does not understand the subject. She made a total mess of the story. I'll check the internet for you, Dad.

Dad: So, Tom, you look happy. Are you thinking about someone?

Mom: Dad!

Dad: Sorry. I guess that's not a question I should ask.

Mom: Oh, look at the time! I want to go shopping for clothes today, but I don't want to be too late coming home. I hate driving in the dark. Are you ready to go, Dad?

Dad: Yes, I'm ready to go. Let me get my shoes.

Mom: Do you want to come, too, Tom?

Tom: I'm staying here until I finish this homework assignment. I want to be able to focus on the project tomorrow.

Leftovers from three weeks ago

(These are usage examples of phrases from the last lesson, that didn't fit in anywhere else. Sorry they were so late.)
（前回の他の所に入れなかった表現の例文です。こんなに遅れて申し訳ないのです。）

I hope everyone did well in their swimming meets, tests, and other activities.
（皆の水泳大会やテストが上手く行ったのを期待しています。）

I hope you are ready to get back to work after a two week break.
（２週間の休憩の後、勉強に戻る心構えができていますか？）


In another month, most students in the US will be attending their first days back at school. Many schools will have an assembly for the beginning of the school year.But the opening day assembly is for everyone, not just new students.
（後一ヶ月間、米国のほとんどの学生は学校に戻ります。大抵の場合は新学年の始業式がありますが、新入生だけではなく、皆が参加します。）

Very few schools have formal matriculation ceremonies, maybe just private schools and colleges. Matriculation is not really a tradition in the US.
「入学式」にあたる「matriculation」はすべての学校が行うのではない。入学式を行なっている学校はほ、私立学校や大学院ぐらいだと思います。入学式はアメリカの学校の伝統的な行事ではない。






So, I want to see how far you got with the homework. Who wants more time to work on them?
（でわ、宿題はどこまでできたんですか？期待しています。もっと時間が欲しいと思う人はいますか？）

Writing practice -- favorite movie

And we had another classroom writing assignment:

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Write a few sentences about your favorite movie or book. 

[film==movie]

• What is it called? 何という映画ですか？
• What is it about?どういう内容ですか？
• Who starred in it? (Who were the actors?) 主役などはだれですか？
• Why do you like it? 映画のどこを気に入ったのですか？

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It's Its action scenes make me very excited. 
そのアクションシーンが俺をとても興奮した状態にさせてくれる。

［Woops! I was going to return to this, and I forgot.
しまった！この文章に戻るつもりだったのに。

 The action scenes are very exciting.

works better.
のほうが自然で意味が巧く伝わる。
「exciting」とは「興奮させるほど面白い」と考えてください。
やっぱり、日本語と逆に思われるけど、映画や遊園地などは「exciting」であれば、自分が「excited」となる。「excite」は「興奮する」ではなく「興奮させる」という意味ですから。］

［ちなみに、「it's」みたいに、代名詞にアポストロフィーのチョンがあれば、省略です。代名詞の所有格は別の、チョンなしの単語がありますから。］

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I like the [music] group Sid, so I read the book.

歌手のシドが好きなのでその本を読んだ。

After I read it, I liked Sid [even] better. 
読んでからはシドのことをもっと気に入った。 

[Or,

Reading it made me like Sid better.

also works.
これでも行ける。]

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This story is about how Harry and his friends fight bad people with magic.
これはハリーとその仲間が魔術を使って、悪い人と戦う話です。

brave == courageous

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I Iike Tsuribakanisshi. I think it is very interesting.

The movie is about a man who always goes fishing.
いつも魚釣りに行く男の話の映画です。

The man works for a company.
男は会社に勤めている。

But he never goes to work, because he goes fishing every day..
ただ、毎日釣りに行くので出勤はしません。

So I am addicted to [watching] the movie.
だから、この映画を見るのに中毒になっています。

It is so interesting that I can't turn off the TV.
テレビの電源を消せないほど面白いのです。

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The first scene is that a man is held up ....
最初の場面は男が手を挙げろと言われ…

The first scene, where a man is held up at gunpoint in the metropolitan police station, is [very] thrilling.
都会の警察署で男が、「手を挙げろ」と脅される最初の場面すごいハラハラする。

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In the end, only a few of them made it back to the earth. 
最後に、少人数のままで地球に戻れた。

But they brought oxygen with them. 
酸素をもって帰れた。

They brought the earth back to life and made it green again.
地球を生き返らせて緑に直しました。

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lightsaber (light-saber)

[saber is American English, sabre is international/British English.]

Writing practice -- a good friend.

We had a classroom writing assignment:

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Please write a few sentences about your best friend,

or about a good friend.

Things you might write:

• Tell where you and your friend first met;
• Tell how you and your friend first met;
• Describe your friend's personality;
• Tell about your friend's interests;
• Tell what you and your friend like to do together;
• Etc.

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Some of the sentences I want everyone to be able to write: 

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We've known each other since 2006.

２００６年に知り合いになってから関係が続いている。

She belongs to the ping pong club.

卓球部の一員です。

She is shorter than me.

彼女は私より背が低いのです。

(But the most correct grammar is,

もっときれいな文法は次の通りです。

She is shorter than I.

Either way is acceptable in high school writing.

高校生の作文にはどちらでもいいです。)

Junior high school is where we met.

知り合ったのは中学校でした。

(Or  
ただし、

We met at junior high school.

feels a little more natural.
のほうがもっと自然の語順です。)

His jokes make me laugh.

彼の冗談で笑っちゃう。

I think [that] she is one of the most important people in my life.

彼女はわたしの人生の中の（一番）重要人物の一人だと思います。

We met at the park near my house when I was three years old.

私が３歳だったころ、家に近い公園で会いました。

When we first met, I didn't think she was interesting.

最初に彼女に会ったところ、面白い人に思わなかった。

But now I think that she is very interesting.

今はとても面白い人に思います。

We have become good friends.

仲良い友達になって来ました。

(Or 
または、

We became good friends.

is okay, too.

でもだいたい同じ意味です。)

Outline of 3rd Lesson (29 June 2013)

Don't forget the schedule -- skipping two weeks!
スケジュールを見るのを忘れないでください。レッスンは２週間ほど飛ばします。

That'll give you plenty of time for homework, I hope.
これで、宿題のためにたっぷりの時間をとれると思います。とっていただけると嬉しい。（いいね、いいね！）

It seems that we'll have to have you log in to ask questions using the comments function. Sorry about that. I'm asking Blogspot/Google about it.
申し訳ないこと、コメントの機能を使って質問してもらうにはログインが必要になるようです。ブログスポット・グーグル社に問い合わせをしています。

We started the lesson with a composition exercise, a few sentences about a best friend or a good friend.
今度は作文の練習から入りました。親友や仲良い友達のことの数文を書いてもらいました。

Then we worked on the review and practice on p. 20, answering individually and checking the answers in class. We couldn't get to element 5.
その次は２０ページ の復習・練習を勉強して、答え合わせはクラス全体で行いました。

After the review, we talked about modern habits in using media, from the material in element 2 on p. 21.
復習の後は、21頁の２の資料を元に、現代における報道の利用習慣を取り上げたのです。

Then we looked at the Man on Wire movie review and wrote about our own favorite movies or books.
その次は「Man on Wire」という映画のレビューを見てから自分の好きな映画や本について作文しました。

Before we finished, we talked a little about the antique TVs on p. 26 and looked at the vocabulary and phrases for that.
最後に、26頁の時代物テレビをちょこっと話題にして、語句と語彙を見てから終わりました。

The "Stories in the news" exercise on pp. 28 - 29 was left as homework. Don't forget!
28〜29頁の「ニュースの話」の問題は宿題にしたのです。忘れないでください。

Next time, we will go through pp. 28 - 34.  We'll try to talk about the movies on p. 32, so you may want to look them on on Wikipedia or IMDB or something. (Me, too.)
次回は28〜34頁を取り上げるつもりです。32頁の映画を話ししたいので、ボクも含めて、ウィキペディアやインターネットムービーデータベスなどで調べてみましょう。

Please take the time to listen to the the material for elements 2 and 3 on p. 32, audio tracks 1.18 and 1.19 on the DVD.
32頁の２と３の資料（DVDのトラック 1.18 及び 1.19）を、時間を設けて聞いてきてください。

(My apologies for letting the outline slide so far this time. I'll follow up later with my notes later.
この概略をこれほど伸ばしてしまって、申し訳ありません。ノートから各段階の中身をボチボチと投稿して行きます。)