Zoom英会話クラス(金)

Zoom (金)
Written By Kristopher Matheson

September 15, 2023 (FRIDAY ZOOM)

  • The Prime Minister of Japan shuffled his cabinet.

    • Prime Minister; typically the head of parliamentary systems and constitutional monarchies

    • President; typically the head of republics and presidential systems

  • Politics in Japan is different from politics in Canada.

  • The company had a press conference to release the details of the investigation. (NOT had an interview)

    • The image of the company has been tarnished.

  • Just 60 or 70 years ago air plane travel was still a novelty.

    • Many foreign tourists find novelty in staying at an old-style Japanese inn.

Vocabulary

  • Dubious; (synonyms) suspicious, unreliable, questionable

  • Deterioration; (synonyms) decay, breakdown, atrophy

  • Tarnish; to become less valuable to respected

  • Novelty; an unfamiliar or unusual thing, experience

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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