Zoom英会話クラス(金)

July 5, 2024 (FRIDAY ZOOM)

  • Where did you get that shirt? (= where did you buy that shirt?)

  • Where did you get hold of that new bill?

  • Some women’s only universities are opening themselves to co-education.

  • Universities in the past have opened many new campuses. What will they do with a falling birthrate?

  • Most jobs in Canada have on the job training.

    • Most jobs in Canada teach you how to do the work while you are working.

  • I was really impressed when two planes made a heart in the air.

  • The front plane is called the lead plane. It’s flown by the lead pilot.

    • The current lead pilot was interviewed for a long time. (NOT was interview a lot)

  • A circle is like a cake, and a ring is like a donut.

  • I applied to get baseball tickets. Luckily, I was selected to get tickets for a baseball game from the city.

  • Two years ago, my mother became a centenarian.

    • Kawasaki just celebrated its centennial. (= adjective)

    • In July, there are a lot of centennial events celebrating Kawasaki’s 100th anniversary. (= adjective)

    • Kawasaki's centennial was marked with various celebrations in July. (= noun)

  • My goal is to live until I'm 80 years old, so I might only have several years left.

  • How will you feel if you become 105 years old? (= first conditional sentence)

  • How would you feel if you became 105 years old? (= second condition sentence)

Short Conversations

A: I watched Blue Impulse make the Olympic rings. (This implies you watched it on TV)
B: I saw that in person.

Vocabulary

  • Get hold of (something); We use this phrase when getting something was a bit harder or more special

  • Co-education; having male and female students

  • On the job training; (phrase) a method of teaching new employees while they work

  • Centenarian; a person who turns 100

  • Centennial; used when a city, country, company, school etc turns 100 years old

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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