Zoom英会話クラス(金)

January 19, 2024 (FRIDAY ZOOM)

• A: Has your knee recovered? (NOT have you recovered your knee)
  B: Yes, I can finally go play tennis again.

• From April, pension payments are probably going to increase by roughly ¥6000.

• How long was your trip? (NOT how many days did you trip)

• How was your trip?

• How many people were in your tour group?

• Did you enjoy the food?

• We walked around for two hours in bare feet. (Phrase)

• We walked around for two hours barefoot. (Adjective)

• One of the large ports have been leased to China. (NOT controlled by China)

• I went to Meiji shrine for the first time in almost twenty years.

• I lived in Shibuya until I was married, then I moved to Kanagawa.

• My family visits Meiji shrine every New Year’s. (= the time around New Year’s)

• … every New Year’s Day. (= January 1)

• The area is flat and easy to develop. Asao, on the other hand, is hilly.

• The streets were planned well. They are wide and straight. Unlike here, where the streets are winding.

Vocabulary

• Couple; (noun) two people in a romantic relationship

• Spouse; (noun) describes a married man or woman

• Handrail; (noun) a rail fixed to posts or a wall for people to hold on to for support

• Handhold; (noun) a suspended handle to hold on to for support. Also called “hanging strap”, “grab handle” etc)

• Puddle; (noun) a small pool of liquid, especially of rainwater on the ground

• Don’t confuse with “paddle”

• Single rail; (noun) a single track or line of rails on which a train or other rail vehicles travel

• Hilly; (adj) having many hills