Zoom英会話クラス(火)

Lesson Notes July 4, 2023 (TUESDAY ZOOM)

• I had a cold last week, my voice might still sound nasally.

• I had a tickle in my throat.

• Has your throat stopped tickling from last week?

• Thunder storm; (noun) a storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail

• Did you hear the thunder storm last night?

• Did you hear the thunder last night?

• Did you see the lightning last night?

• Flood (verb) become swollen and overflow (its banks)

• A river somewhere in Kyushu flooded and damaged houses.

• Flood (noun) an overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land

• There was a flood in Komae many years ago which damaged houses along the Tama River.

• Hail; (noun) pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers

• Rain and hail bounced off the tiled roof.

• Hail (verb) hail falls

• It was hailing in Alberta the other day, the hail was large and damaged homes and cars.

• A: Is the building under construction?
  B: No, it’s being demolished. And will be constructed sometime later.

• Apartment Complex; a large building or group of buildings, often with shared amenities, garden, recreational facilities, shopping etc

• In one area of Komae there is a large apartment complex, but not so many amenities. There looks to be a lot of vacant apartments.