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July 28, 2023 (FRIDAY ZOOM)

• I didn’t sleep well last night, I haven’t had a good sleep recently.

• There have been more floods and landslides recently.

• “The typhoon hit the western part of the country.” (NOT the typhoon attacked the western part of the country)

• The term "attack" implies intent, which is not present in natural disasters.

• I was attacked by a dog on my walk home.

• A man wearing a black coat attacked my car with a baseball bat.

• For natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, wildfires, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions etc. we use “hit”

• A hurricane hit the town last year.

• The small coastal town was hit by a tsunamis, luckily no one was injured.

• Where is the coolest place in Kanto? (NOT the most cool place)

• There’s a city in Ibaraki where the sea wind blows, so it’s a cooler area.

• The Japanese government has a plan to release contaminated water from the damaged nuclear reactor.

• One government said it’s safe, the other government said the opposite. (= the other government said it was not safe)

• What temperature do you set your air conditioner at? (NOT how temperature)

• I put the air conditioner’s remote control on my side of the bed.

• My remote control’s buttons glow in the dark.

• With most air conditioners you can control the (direction / angle) of the air, either up or down and left or right.

• My ceiling has a skylight (window) which automatically closes when it rains.

• Skylight; (noun) a window set in a roof or ceiling