Zoom英会話クラス(火)

Zoom (火)
Written By Kristopher Matheson

Lesson Notes February 27, 2024 (TUESDAY ZOOM)

  • The wind today is like a typhoon.

    • The windspeed is 10 m/s. (= ten metres per second)

    • The wind is gusting up to 74 km/h. (= seventy-four kilometres per hour)

  • This morning I suddenly sneezed and my eyes got itchy.

  • How did you hurt your shoulder? (NOT why)

  • His sumo record is unbeatable, it’ll be a long time before someone beats it.

  • The Sumo Association wanted to hold an emergency board meeting on Friday to discuss Hokuseiho’s retirement.

  • An old man in the supermarket was complaining loudly.

    • Hearing him made me uncomfortable. (= passive action)

    • Listening to him made me uncomfortable. (= active action)

  • Some supermarkets are carrying airlines’ in-flight meals.

  • I’m getting used to using self-checkout, but sometimes I still want to use a cashier.

  • I felt anxious using the self-checkout, there were a few people waiting behind me.

  • The shopping carts are locked to each other. You have to insert a coin to unlock one. Afterward, you lock your cart to retrieve your coin.

  • Are you still using ChatGPT?

Vocabulary

  • “How” asks about the manner or way, or by what means

  • “Why” asks about the reason

  • Self-checkout; (uncountable noun) a system that customers scan and pay for the goods without a cashier

  • Cashier ( ka-SHEER )

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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