Last summer I found a chrysalis & kept it ...& kept it ...& kept it, all winter. I wondered if it was okay... Finally, this week a common swallowtail butterfly came out. After a while drying in the sun, it flew off. Bye bye, butterfly!
Vocabulary:
- birds, butterflies etc: fly off/away
- people, legged animals, etc.: run off/away
- fish, mermaids, etc.: swim off/away
Have you ever watched 'Life Hack' videos on YouTube? Depending on which video you watch, the ideas may be mostly stupid or mostly good. Anyway, I finally got the chance to try this 'life hack' idea when my thong broke. Nice idea!
Vocabulary:
- Be careful: In Australia, 'thong/s' = ビーチサンダル, but in other countries, 'thong' = Ｔバック!
Are you stuck at home? Bored? Well, here`s a song for you – Monotonia, by a band called The Growlers. Most of it is in English, but the chorus (& title) is in Spanish. In most of the video, they seem to be taking medicine. Hmm. Maybe they have coronavirus? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSzluF9itcw
The lyrics are here: https://www.musixmatch.com/search/monotonia
I also like their song Big Toe (拇趾): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JDcerd5vvo
Grammar:
'Most of...' (55 – 95%) OK!
'Almost all of...' (96-99%) OK!
'Almost of...' WRONG!
Today we got a postcard from one of our students, who went to Malaysia to study English. I`ve got some (some? a lot of!) free time now, so I thought I`d blog about it. It sounds like she`s making nice friends & having a good time, but I hope she doesn`t have trouble because of the coronavirus outbreak. I hope she`s got enough money...
Vocabulary:
“I`ve got + 名詞” (= I have got + 名詞) = 名詞を持っています(持っている状態)
“I got + 名詞” = 名詞をもらいました
I saw these two cars go past our school recently. The one on the left is an Isuzu 117. The other one is a Toyota Crown Super Saloon. They`re both from1978 or thereabouts.
Which one do you prefer? I prefer the Isuzu. It`s pretty stylish.
(Yes, I`ve been looking out the window more than usual recently!)
Vocabulary:
like = 好き
prefer = の方が好き
Which... prefer? = Which... like more? = Which... like better? ALL OK.
This old margarine bucket looked handy, so I decided to recycle it instead of throwing it away. My kids helped me make the chicken design on the front.
Pronunciation:
- Be careful: a 'soft' G sound in some English words is translated as a 'hard' G sound in Japanese:
margarine 英語で: マージャリーン (not マーガリン )
allergy 英語で: アラジー (not アレルギー )
Belgium 英語で: ベルジム (not ベルギー )
collagen 英語で: コラジン (not コラーゲン)
I made a fish-viewing box from a sheet of clear perspex (クリアアクリル), which I bought at a hardware store (about ¥200 for A3 size). To bend it, I used a blow torch. Next I used a glue gun to attach the side pieces. Finally I tested it using my pet loach (どじょう ).
I`m looking forward to using it with tropical fish when I visit Miyakojima. Please check my blog next week to see what I caught!
Grammar:
- To 動詞... I 動詞... = I 動詞... to 動詞...
- To 動詞...please 動詞... = Please 動詞... to 動詞...
We `ve also been recording & uploading podcasts to I-Tunes. You can find* them here:
https://bohmeenglish.podbean.com/
I hope you find* them interesting & useful!
Vocabulary:
* find = 見つける
**find = 思う
Due to the coronavirus, students can`t come to us, so we`re going to students - via Instagram! James & I have been making some short instructional English videos. Please check them out!
https://www.instagram.com/teragoya_gifu/
What websites are you using to follow the coronavirus pandemic? These two have some good stats ('stats'= STATisticS 統計) & figures (figures = numbers):
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
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