Zoom英会話クラス(金)

February 24, 2023 (FRIDAY ZOOM)

• How long do you exercise at the gym? (NOT how long do you do at the gym)

• First place: winner
  Second place: runner up

• Scaffolding; ( skaf-uhl-ding ) poles and boards made into a temporary framework, used when workers are painting, repairing or building, usually outside

• The workers put up scaffolding around the building to reach the higher floors.

• The painters used scaffolding to paint the exterior of the house.

• The construction company provided the necessary scaffolding to ensure the safety of the workers on the job site.

• The construction company showed up products from three different companies, sometimes they showed three different products from one company.

• Is the same construction company building your new house as your old house? (= is the company that built your old house, building your new house?)

• Demolish or tear down (NOT break down)

• The house was demolished to make way for a new one.

• The old house was torn down in order to build a new one.

• "Housing company” is a company that builds houses

• I see a lot of housing company commercials on TV recently.

• Which housing company is rebuilding your house?

• Contractor; (also; a home renovator, home remodeller, home improvement contractor) a person or company that renovates homes (NOT carpenter)

• I asked a contractor to come give me a price for changing the windows in my house.

• We hired a home renovator to update our outdated kitchen with new cabinets and countertops.

• The contractor we hired to fix our leaky roof did a great job and finished the work ahead of schedule.

• After a flood damaged our basement, we hired a home renovation contractor to help us rebuild and restore the space.

• Striking; dramatically good-looking or beautiful

• Sophia Loren has striking looks.