Outline of 5th lesson (27 July 2013)

Hello to our friends in Australia! (But you won't have time to read this yet.)

Started with correcting p. 30, element 9.

Then we moved on to checking everyone's compositions about our homes.
their hous
Next, we looked at the pictures of houses on p. 36 and discussed the following questions:

Where do you think this house is?

A typical answer might be

I think it's in Europe.

And,

Which house do you think this room is in?

Picture A would appear to match the discription of property 1, and B appears to be property 2.
見た目で、写真A は持ち家１、写真B は持ち家２にあたるようです。

I'm not positive which room belongs where, but the style and the talk about plants and sunlight would appear to put the room in picture 2 in the house of property 1. And the library style of picture 1 looks British, which would match the house of property 2
確実でもありませんが、写真２のスタイルや植木などや日当たりは持ち家１のように思っています。そして、写真１の図書室はイギリス風に思いますので持ち家２に相当するでしょう。

Please read the descriptions (advertisements, really) on page 36 for homework and see what you think.
宿題として、36頁の広告らしい説明を読んで、自分の意見を考えてください。


Then I asked you this question:

What kind of house do you want to live in, in the future?



And I asked you to write about your dream house. I asked you to present your descriptions in class, but we did not take time to correct them.

夢の家について書いていただきました。その文章を発表してもらいましたが、訂正はしませんでした。

I gave you the following examples:

I want to live in a real house, not an apartment – a single dwelling house.

I want a house with a garden where we can keep the turtle.

The house I want to live in is a small house.

I want to live in the top apartment of a condominium.
I want a three-car garage.
The house should have a swimming pool.

I don't want a house that is hard to live in.

I want a music room in my house.
[See "sound studio" and "sound-proofed room".]

I want a house with monkeys.
The monkeys should do all my work for me.


After that, I didn't explain house swapping well enough, but we listened to the DVD, audio track 1.20, and worked on (4a) and (4b):

(4a)

• D: 1, 4, 5
• A: 2, 3, 6

(4b)

1. we're spending
2. going to do
3. I'll give
4. We're going to see
5. going to try
6. won't go

The audioscripts are on p. 88.

I asked you to work on elements 9 and 10, p. 38 for homework. This is the experiences of the house swap.
宿題として、39頁の要素9と10を頼みました。これは家の交換旅行経験話です。

Listen to tracks 1.21 and 1.22 on the DVD. The audioscripts are on pp. 88-89, but please listen first. Then you can answer the questions.
DVDのトラック 1.21及び1.22を聞いてください。文章は88〜89頁に読めますが、読む前に聞いてください。それから、問題に答えてください。

After I assigned the homework, I explained a bit about future forms in English. We don't really have a future. This is like Japanese. We use present tense forms, and use context to indicate the future.

Certain helping verbs and verb phrases are indicative of the future --

will:意思・進み出てやる決意（過去形 would）
shall: お決まり（過去形 should）
must: 命（原型は許可の may, 過去形 might）
can: 能力（過去形 could）
be going to: 向かって進む様子、予定

Then talked about where we might want to go to live or study abroad, and did some composition and conversation practice exercises with that.

See you next time.

Compositions about homes

Also see my examples.

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My house is near Mt. Ikoma, and there is a pond nearby.
It is very close to nature.
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[Is your house near Mt. Ikoma or on it?]

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My house is a condominium.
There are many pictures in my house.
They are very unusual, and I like them.
Also, there are many house plants in my house.
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[unusual, vs. rare, or unique]

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My house is shaped like a puzzle piece.
It has a big terrace.
It is in a convenient location, with many shops nearby.
I am proud of it, so I take good care of my house.
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I live in Osaka City with my father, mother, and big sister.
Our apartment is on the twelfth floor.
There is a convenience store on the first floor.
There are four private rooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a dining room.
My favorite spaces are my room and the balcony.
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I live on the sixteenth floor of a condominium called Momo no Oka, or Peach Hill, near Universal Studios Japan.
There are two bedrooms, my parents' and mine, both on the southeast.
The living room and the dining room are combined.
From the veranda, you can see the big Ferris wheel near Mt. Tempo.
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There used to be a small park near my house.
I often played there with my friend when I was in elementary school.
But now the park is being torn down to build new houses.
I am a little disappointed about it.
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My house is a temple called Ootera-ji.
There is a pond in the garden, with many carp of many colors swimming in it.
The kitchen, living room, bathroom, restroom, and bedrooms are on the first and second floor.
There is a detached building.
Of course, the temple has a main hall. It is about the size of a 32 tatami room.
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My house is a single dwelling in the city, with eight rooms.
The kitchen, toilet, and storeroom are on the first floor.
In the past, my grandfather ran a business there.
I have a dog there now.
The second floor is living space, with a kitchen, toilet, living room, bathroom, and bedroom.
There is a Japanese style room with a tokonoma.
On the third floor, there are two rooms, one large and one small.
The small room has a bay window.
It is very cute.
The large room is a playroom, with a karaoke bar and a tennis table.
My house is unique.
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Excited for the new little sister (30.9)

Element 9, p. 30

Answers in brief, to respect copyright:

• ... I was staying in London ... [given]
• ... my mother was expecting a baby, ...
• ... I didn't know how soon ...
• ... was really hoping for ...
• ... when I was at a friend's ...
• ... so she was having a party.
• … and I fell and broke ...
• ... I visited my mother and sister …

I think that should be enough context to check your answers.

Odd words out (31.1,4)

Elements 1 & 4, p. 31

The different ones are in red.

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The teachers went on strike, so classes were cancelled.

All my students are going on holiday that weekend.

When you graduate from high school, either you go to college or you go to work.

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Louis Pasteur also made many discoveries that changed the world.

Making profits is not a bad thing. But many people are not satisfied unless they make excessive profits.

Do all teachers like to make work for their students?

The new government promised to create new jobs for all the unemployed workers.

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It's wonderful that long skirts have come back into fashion.

Sometimes it's hard not to daydream about coming into a lot of money.

Your teacher has joined the free software movement.

When you push this button, that lever comes into motion.

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The new player won the team's respect for his hard work and won a place on the starting team.

Two of our seniors won races in last Saturday's track meet.

Jack won the point, but John went on to win the match.

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Three of our students were surprised to learn that they had committed a crime by climbing around the barrier and onto the roof.

Mr. Jobs started a new business. He was successful because he committed himself to his business.

Committing suicide is not a way to be happy tomorrow.

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As a newscaster, you will often announce news as it develops.

Please talk in your groups, to develop your ideas for the research projects.

It is our team's job to develop three new products in the next three months.

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My friend took a break from school to have a baby.

Jack explained to his boss that there had been a death in the family.

Do you know whether Madonna has had plastic surgery?

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Steven performed well in his match.

Fantasy Star started the concert by performing the song that made them famous in Texas.

The Amagasaki Shakespeare club will perform the play A Midsummer Night's Dream, during August.

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Three students wearing white shirts and ties caused trouble for the whole school when they parked their bicycles in the garbage collection area.

I almost caused an accident when I ran across the street while the light was red.

Mr. Jones made time in his schedule to meet with us so we can talk about the homework.
The coach called a time out and brought the team to the sidelines to discuss strategy.

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The salesman offered me a price break if I would buy the car today.

Three runners broke records in this morning's trial heats.

I hear Tim has broken up with his new girlfriend already.

The interesting stories (28.3)

Element 3, pp. 28-29

Mrs. Bright went travelling, but she got lost.
ブライトが旅行していたが、迷ってしまった。
"Get lost" は「迷っちゃう」ようないみです。

Where did she want to go?
どこに行きたかったでしょう？

She wanted to go to a supermarket in the city of Calais, in France.
フランスの都市のカレーのスーパーマーケットに行きたかったのですね。

Where did she get lost?
どこで迷っちゃったでしょう？

She got lost looking for a supermarket in Calais. So she was already in Calais when she got lost.
カレーの街で、スーパーを探しているところで迷っちゃった。したがって、迷いだしたところはもう、カレーに着いていた。

So the place she wanted to go was the supermarket.
ということで、行きたかった後ころはスーパーだったでしょう。

Where did she end up? Where did she find herself?
結局、どこまで行っちゃった？どこでやっと道がわかったでしょう？
"End up" は「たどり着く」ような意味です。"Find oneself" は「我に返る」ような意味で、「気がついて、自分の居る場所がわかる」意味にも使うのです。

Why didn't she ask directions?
なんで道を聞かなかったでしょう？

She was embarrassed. Why was she embarrassed?
恥ずかしかったので聞かなかったそうです。どうして恥ずかしかった？

Because she didn't have a map, and she didn't know how to speak French.
地図持たなかっただけではなく、フランス語も出来なかったのです。

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The chef said that the lobster was older than he, and too fine a creature to boil.
そのシェフは、蟹が自分より年上で、お料理にするのに素晴らしすぎだったことを指摘した。

So the chef apparently had an employee take the lobster to the coast to free him.
因って、レストランの従業員に海岸までに持って行って逃がしてもらうことにしたようです。

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Mrs. Barese's neighbors will look after Pooker the cat now.
これからは、べレーセさんの隣人が猫のプーカーを見てくれるそうです。

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Lala the Monkey caused ten thousand euros worth of damage to the pizza restaurant.
サルのララちゃんがピザレストランに１万€分の損害を及ぼした。

She dropped a vase, threw paper towels around, and flooded the restaurant.
花瓶を落とした上、紙タオルを散らしたりして、レストランを氾濫させたりしたのです。

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According to the article, Parn Hung Kuk was living on seagulls, a turtle, and rainwater when they found him.
見つかったとき、パーン ヘゥン クックさんが、記事によると、かもめ、亀や雨水で命をつないでいたそうです。

But we assume he was drinking, not eating, the rainwater.
しかし、雨水は食べていたのではなく、飲んでいたと思うでしょう。

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Sergeant Sakchai Kodayan's special skills include giving first aid to motorists and helping deliver babies.
巡査部長 サクチャイ コダヤンは特別なスキルとして、自動車乗りのための応急処置や出産の手伝いを行なうことがあります。
［"deliver"と出産の関連が見えないなら、コウノトリやペリカンを考えるといいかも知れません。つまり、おとぎ話の中にコウノトリがアカンボを配達する場面があります。］

The taxi driver asked for help because his passenger was having a baby.
タクシー運転士が助けを頼んだのは、妊娠中の乗客の出産が始まったからです。