Zoom英会話クラス(金)

November 10, 2023 (FRIDAY ZOOM)

• A light rain is falling right now.

• It is raining lightly right now.

• When was the statue built?

• I believe he was a set designer for theatre.

• His wife was a famous costume designer for theatre as well.

• The letter from his mother said she hadn’t seen him for a long time and hoped that he would come back to Japan. (NOT she hadn’t long time no see him)

• I haven’t seen you for a long time! How are you?

• We hadn’t been to the movies for ages.

• "We planned the trip ourselves and didn’t use a tour company.” (NOT we planned our original trip)

• There is a new building under construction near the station.

• I live between Kurihira station and Kurokawa station.

• The school has no school bus, so the parents have to drop their kids off.

• … the parents have to take their kids there.

• Are those pictures watercolours? (NOT water paintings)

Vocabulary

• Sculpt; (verb) to make something by carving, casting or other methods

• Sculpture; (noun) a work of art made by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster

• Sculptor; (noun) a person who makes sculptures

• “Long time no see” (phrase); is used only as a greeting; it means “it (is / has been) a long time since we last met“

• This phrase cannot be used to make a sentence or in other situations, so you cannot say "I had dinner at a restaurant. It was long time no eat at that restaurant"

• You have to say “I had dinner at a restaurant. It had been a long time since I last ate at that restaurant."

Education Levels and Ages

• Day care (Infancy to around 3 years old)

• Preschool (General 3 to 5 years old)

• Kindergarten (Typically 5 to 6 years old)

• Elementary School (Roughly 6 to 11 years old)

• Junior High School (Roughly 11 to 14 years old)

• High School (Approximately 14 to 18 years old)

• University (Typically over 18 years old)

• Graduate School