Zoom英会話クラス(金)

November 24, 2023 (FRIDAY ZOOM)

• The new condominiums are now for sale.

• There are several cars for sale at reasonable prices.

• This dish set is now on sale.

• Are last season’s clothes on sale yet?

• Many goods are on sale at the end of the year.

• I bought 20 tickets for the New Year’s Lottery.

• Have you ever bought lottery tickets? (When asking about “experience”)

• I used to buy scratch tickets.

• I don’t think it’s worth buying lottery tickets.

• I went to a large music hall to attend a concert.

• I bought the tickets three months ago, there were few seats available.

• I signed up to get information about my favourite artists.

• Have you signed up for information from the local music university?

• A: How old is he?
  B: I’ve heard he’s in his forties.

• His hairstyle makes him look dangerous.

• Her bright smile makes her look friendly.

• Wearing a suit can make someone look professional.

• The dark sunglasses make him look mysterious.

• Komae is about one twenty-fourth the size of Kawasaki.

Fractions

• Numerator / Denominator; informally “top number over bottom number”

• 1/4, 3/5, 5/7, 8/9 etc

• The numerator is read as a common number (cardinal number)

• The denominator is read as an ordinal number

  • 1/4 = one fourth; informally one over four

  • 3/5 = three fifths; informally three over five

  • 5/7 = five sevenths; informally five over seven

  • 8/9 = eight ninths; informally eight over nine

Vocabulary

• For sale; available to buy

• On sale; can buy at a lower price than before

• Theme ( theem ) (NOT teema )

• Sign up; (verb) to enrol or register for information, especially by email or by post

• Make someone look (certain way); (phrase) it means that people think or understand something about that person based on how they look