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Written By Kristopher Matheson

Lesson Notes February 13, 2024 (TUESDAY ZOOM)

  • The baby is crying, can you cradle her for a few minutes.

  • When I get to be his age, I want to be that healthy.

    • I want to be in good health at his age.

  • Living to around 100 seems to be easier, but staying mentally healthy seems difficult.

    • There around roughly 90,000 centenarians in Japan.

  • I want to (join / take) an online university course. Some are offered (for) free of charge.

  • Several years ago, I audited a university English course.

    • Auditing classes as an adult is somewhat popular. Nowadays, it’s much easier using online classes.

  • Store made pickles might disappear from kitchen tables, due to changes in the food sanitation laws.

    • The days of shops making pickles in the front of their stores are numbered.

Vocabulary

  • Cradle; (verb) hold gently and protectively

  • Centenarian; a person who lives to one hundred or older

  • Audit; (verb) (Canada) attend (a class) informally, without working for credit; especially university / college

Kristopher Matheson

Hello, I'm Kristopher, a Canadian teaching English & photographer in Japan. I am primarily interested in urban environments and the people found there, as well as abstractionism in architecture and landscapes.

http://www.krismatheson.com
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