Zoom英会話クラス(火)

Zoom (火)
Written By Kristopher Matheson

Lesson Notes October 10, 2023 (TUESDAY ZOOM)

  • There are many other international competitions, do we really need the Olympics?

  • Some people want their city to host the Olympics again so they can have that feeling of nostalgia.

  • Hakuba hosts ski jumping competitions.

  • When you visited Las Vegas did you (use any casinos / gamble)?

  • What kind of gambling did you do?

    • I mostly played roulette. (NOT gambled roulette)

  • The Japanese fisherman in the casino stood out among the sharply dressed patrons.

  • Do you invest in stocks?

    • Do you play the stock market?

  • NISA a new type of tax exemption program for small investments.

  • I’m not very diligent when it comes to money.

  • Some people get (scammed / defraud) for huge amounts of money.

Vocabulary

  • Ski jump / ski jumper / ski jumping

  • Stand out (like a sore thumb); (phrase) be very obviously different from the surrounding people or things

  • Host; (verb / noun) a person, place, or organization that holds an event to which others are invited

  • Diligent; showing or having care in one’s work or duties

  • Scam (verb / noun)

  • Fraud (noun) / Defraud (verb)

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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