Everyday English (Elementary)

Topic: Asking for Directions

Lesson Notes September 19, 2023 (Elementary)

• A: I tried cleaning using the KonMari cleaning method.
  B: What did the book say?
  A: It said you should reduce your belongings. Keep only the things that spark joy.

• How long have you lived in your house?

• Watching her dance I felt star-struck, but I forgot to take notes.

• It felt like a dream (come true)

• I heard some news about some expensive fish and plants being stolen.

• There are some bad people around.

• Are you (growing / raising) killifish?

• Last year, her killifish were eaten by a civet (cat).

Vocabulary

• KonMari; a cleaning method made famous by Marie Kondo

• Belongings; (plural noun) the moveable things that a person owns

• Star-struck; (adj) being greatly impressed by a famous person

• Get rid of (something); (phrase) to throw away, dispose, put in the garbage or to be free of unwanted things

• I was finally able to get rid of some old clothes I didn’t want. Some my friends took, and the rest when to the recycling. 

Asking for Directions

• We say “on the corner” for where a building is, but we use “at the corner” when saying where we will meet someone

• The bank is on the corner.

• I’ll meet you at the corner of Setagaya Street and Icho Avenue