On Sunday I watched F.C.Gifu`s first home game of the 2015 season. They played pretty badly but won 1-0.
The weather was cool, but I had a good time. I enjoyed sitting on the grass behind the goal drinking happily, while my kids ate junk food greedily or ran around crazily. I expected them to vomit (嘔吐く) but luckily they didn`t.
Grammar:
- `__y` 動詞 ----> `__ily` 副詞; happy --> happily, crazy --> crazily, lucky --> luckily
Did you watch the AFC final between Australia & South Korea on Saturday night? I wanted to watch it live on TV, but I had a party to go to, so I recorded it & watched it when I got home. Of course I was pleased that Australia won. Even though I live in Japan, I always support Australia, even if it`s versus Japan ...actually, especially if it`s versus Japan! I was disappointed we didn`t meet this tournament.
Congratulations Australia!
Vocabulary:
- live ("ライブ") = いきえ なま ライブ live ("リブ") = 住む
- Be careful: "I went to a live concert." is OK, "I went to a live." is WRONG
I was disappointed that UAE beat Japan in their AFC quarter-final match. I really wanted Japan to win. If Japan had won, they would have played Australia next.
I really wanted Australia (not UAE) to beat Japan!
Grammar:
- ...want 誰か to 動詞 = 誰かに ___ してほしい
Sorry I haven`t been blogging lately. I`ve had a fever...
World Cup Fever!
Usually I get up late, but on Saturday I got up early to watch Australia play. They lost. The next day I got up early to watch England play. They lost too. After the England game I watched Japan play. They lost too. I feel bad but not too bad. Maybe because I`m an FC Gifu fan & I`ve gotten used to (なれている) losing.
Anyway, I hope my teams` luck improves.
Vocabulary:
- Late (adverb 副詞) = 遅く
- Lately (adverb 副詞) = recently 輓近
- Be careful: late & early are about time, but slow/fast are about speed, so "I start work late/early on Sunday" is OK. "I start work slow/fast on Sunday" is WRONG
On Sunday night Japan & Australia met in the final of the Women`s Asian Cup. Japan won 1-0. I was supporting Australia, so I was disappointed (がっかりした ) But I should get used to losing - the Men`s FIFA World Cup is coming soon & Australia`s group is very difficult - I expect them to lose most of their games.
Pronunciation (発音):
Usually the letter 'o' has an オ sound e.g. on オン lost ロスト
But sometimes o has an ア sound e.g. come カム monkey マンキー honey ハニー
Sometimes o has an ウ sound e.g. lose ルズ
It can even have an イ sound e.g. women ウイメン
Be careful: won ワン = 勝った won ウオン = Korean money
You probably saw on the news that Ramos, Santos & Kawaguchi joined FC-Gifu. Big names. Big news.
Anyway, FC-Gifu played their first game of 2014 on Sunday. I saw on TV that they won 3-1. Yay!
I didn`t go to the game, but I read on the FC-Gifu website* that 11,000 people went. That`s a pretty big crowd for a J2 game.
Grammar:
- I saw on the news (that)...
- I read in a magazine (that)...
- I heard from a friend (that)...
* They have a great new English language page ( http://wearegifu.wordpress.com/ ), written by... Teragoya teacher Stuart! Excellent job, Stuart!!!
Have you been watching the Winter Olympics? I enjoyed watching the women`s curling. I`d never watched it before, but the rules are pretty easy to understand; they are similar to the rules for a sport called `lawn bowls`. Lawn bowls is popular in Australia, especially with old people, but it`s not so popular in Japan.
Lawn bowls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrqzcS0D8_8
I thought curling was also the name of a sport in Ireland, but I made a mistake - that`s called `hurling`. As you can see, curling & hurling are not the same.
They are very very different.
Hurling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDgLwZd1Ag4
I`d like to try curling & lawn bowls one day. I really don`t want to try hurling ever.
My workmate (どうりょう) Stuart has an article (= story) in the latest (= newest) JSoccer magazine. If you`re interested in soccer and/or want to practice reading English, please check it out (= look).
On Sunday I took my son to see FC Gifu play. As usual they lost, but the weather was nice & warm (it was a 1pm kick-off), my son had fun, & I enjoyed chatting with my workmate, Stuart.
Actually, I felt a little sorry for (feel sorry for = あいびんする?) FCGifu because they played quite well & Tochigi were a little dirty - they often faked (フリをする) injury (けが). Also their manager behaved badly - the referee had to stop the game twice to talk to him.
On Sunday I watched FC Gifu play.
As usual, they lost.
There aren`t many (すくない) games left (のこり) this season. Time is running out.
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