ラスト２回。相変わらず先生は易しいので安心して英語を話せる。だけどこの日は体調悪くて後で聞き返してみても文法の組み立てがひどい！まあ仕方ない。でもなんとかディクテーション完了したら結構内容の濃いレッスンだったと思う。Dawn先生のレッスンは楽しいから聞きなおすのがそれほど苦でない。もっと続けたいんだけどなああ。。メール来ないし。
◆最初の挨拶
D:i'm not too busy. cuz many people choosed to go to different places.
D:so, actually, about instructors, right now, they're on breaks. cuz there's no clients.
◆Swine Flu
・probably, i'll leave japan on schedule. but my company is thinking whether i should go to U.S on schedule or not.
D: i know the situation in Canada isn't too serious. even in my hometown calgary, there are 8 confirmed cases.
D: but i was reading the news. it was said that it's a minor case.
D: actually, in calgary, my hometown, there was rare cases. but, in total, i think there is fifty-five cases in Canada.
D: but in U.S, the fatality which is a case of death, someone die?
D: in U.S, there are one or two cases of fatality.
D:are there confirmed cases in Japan?
D: cuz many people, right now, are very worried about any kind of who likes symptom.
D: i'm afraid i may have swine ful. but it's not confirmed.
・fortunately, there is no fatality in japan. but after GW, i'm afraid that there are some people who has swin-ful.
・cuz there are many people who go to varieties of foreign countries.
D:but i think that they are reasonable. cuz maybe 5 years ago, there was SARS. i think everyone has strong memory of SARS.
D:even in Hong-Kong, people are very very concerned about Swine-Ful. all the masks were sold out.
D: recently, i have a friend who came to Japan to visit. and so, his suvenior to spend back to Hong-Kong was masks.
・yeah, i also watched CNN news which all masks are tend to be sold out every pharmacy in U.S.
・so, according to the news, i guess that swine ful's problem is very serious in U.S.
D:we call this 'epidemic'. it's a kind of disease that affects for countries. epidemic affects just one country.
D:goes 1 more level, we call that 'pandemic'. pandemic is a disease that affects whole world.
D:so, hopefully, the swin-ful will remain as just epidemic, and won't beccome pandamic.
D:i talked to my friend of Canada about swine-ful. he is very worried. cuz in downtown calgary there is already confirmed-cases of swine ful.
D:cuz downtown calgary is the center of commercial building.
・if this swine-ful problem becomes more serious, my leaving day may be postponed by the decison of my company.
※my brain doesn't get enouch blood, becaue muscles of the neck and the skull are tight.
・confirmed case,(感染が）確認(された)症例、
・fatality,死亡者、致死
・few cases
・reasonable,
・too sensitive,過敏な
・watch the news
・epidemic,病気の(一時的)流行
・pandemic,世界的流行病
・downtown,繁華街
・postopone/push down
・neck and skull
・on a break,休暇中.
・right now,
◆Driving a car for a long time
・actually, i went to a driving school in front of keikyu-kawasaki station last week.
D:how was that?
・as i worried, my driving technique was very poor. / i lost my technique for driving a car.
・i was very afraid to drive on public streets at first.
・i realized that it's easier for me to drive on public street than in drivig school.
・cuz, although there are a lot of obstructions on the street, the road-space is wider than driving school.
D:but there is a really big advantage that japanese car has is GPS system.
D:cuz, they also has a camera, when you turn curves or reverse a car, they can help you exactly when parking...?
D:i think also that japanese people must reverse. on the other hand, in U.S, it's hard to reverse a car for almost everyone. cuz they don't know how to reverse.
・japanese parking space is usually smaller than U.S.(definitely)
・so it's usually easier to reverse a car in Japan than in U.S.
・so american people don't care(mind) about reversing a car very much.
D:i have a question. what do you think is most difficult part about driving from your last lesson?
・i think that turing left is most difficult part from my last lesson. cuz i have to check a lot of obstructions carefully when turnning to left.
・for example, people, bicycle, bike, motor-scooter, even pillar.
・in addition, i realized that the side-mirror is very useful tool for checking the distance between a car and sidewalk.
・after that, i recover my nerve and i gradually could calm down.
D:for me, i think the most difficult part about driving is merging.
D:merge means that for example, you're in small road. and you're tring to go into main-road.
・i agree with you. i think merging is also difficult part. after going out the driving school, i had to merge to main-street.
・but, there are a lot of high-speed cars on the street. so it was very difficult for me to merge then. in addition, there was only street-mirror for checking cars.
・reversing a car
・GPS(global positioning system)
・turn left at the traffic light
・pillar
・obstruction
・sidewalk
・recover my composture/nerve
・merge
・you had better take some additional lessons
・care/mind
◆ATM
・i just remember about lesson-fee.
・before this private lesson, i went to ATM of bank of Yokohama in Lazona.
・but i couldn't make a withdraw from the ATM. so i was very surprised.
D:is it because the ATM is out of money??? -> why couldn't you get the money?
・cuz the ATM which i went to wasn't my bank. probably, as this is GW season, i couldn't take out money from the ATM.
D:if i go to bank of yokohama like a ATM machine there, i can't take a money? i'm asking a question. is that possible?
・yeah, probably, i guess that you won't be able to draw money from ATM of your another bank.
D:cuz in canada, it's very different. in japan, ATM machine have operating hour. for example, like a lazona, has oerating hour.
D:ATM also has operating hours in Japan.
D:but, in U.S, ATM machine are 24 hours. there's no time-limit. there's no operating hours, it's any time.
・i misunderstood that in U.S, ATM has time-limit in U.S. -> there isn't.
D:actually, when i came to japan for the first time, we were very surprised that ATM were closed after sometimes.
・i think that the security is more dangerous japan. so i thought in U.S there is time-limit for ATM.
D:as you said, of course, it's dangerous at night time in U.S. so most american people don't use ATM too late.
D:in U.S, there are a lot of overnight activities(that require a lot of money in the nighttime).
・even in japan, in the case of convenience store, there is no time-limit. but you have to pay additonal fee at night time.
D:i think it is. additonal fee. so i was very surprised.
※アメリカのATMは24時間営業。治安の悪い北米はてっきり営業時間の制限が日本と同様にあると思っていたがないとのこと。
逆に日本はラゾーナのATMは閉まったり、追加料金を取られるのでDAWN氏はかなり驚いたとのこと。これも文化の違いだな。
・operating hour
・make a withdraw
・draw money from my account / take the money out
・i belong to sinsei.
・save (up) money
・there is no time-constraint.
・standard fee
・private account, fee
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◆Visiting of my family
・before leaving japan, my family is going to come to Kawasaki / coming to Kawasaki soon.
・i'm going to guide around kawasaki and yokohama for my family. as my parents want to go to yokohama-china-town. so i'll go and guide there.
D:where probably stay when they come to kawasaki? stay at your house?
・probably they're going to stay at a business hotel around kawasaki-station. it could be expensive.
・so they may be going to stay my apartment. but the space of my apartment is very small. i have only one futo-n.
◆Arcade
・by the influence of this economy crisis, recently, the arcade market is (shurinking?)reducing now.
D:i was surprised. cuz crane-games are so popular. everywhere i go, any people are, no matter how much they put in, they keep put in a lot of money.
・i think that the one reason is the prizes are very rare items. so they are usually valuable.
・even though they pay a lot of money, they want to get the valuable items to auction them online.
D:the people like to get the items to sell at auction?
D:and then, they get a lot of figures. i've seen big fugures in a big bag. i wonder they get for collection or selling?
・maybe they get for collection. but some people get for selling at auction.
・even now, crane machines and sticker picture machines are very popular among young women and high-school girls.
・of course, the sticker picture machine is our company's main product. but i'm not in charge of mechanic.
・but, unfortunately, recently, videogames in arcade became less popular on the whole.
・as you may know, i'm a videogame programmer. my specialized field isn't mechanic for making the kind of machines. so the tendency is serios problem for me.
※much moreの使い方 even now
・sell at auction
・main product,主力製品
・become less popular,人気が低下する
・auction *** online
・by the influence of,
・shrinking
・sticker picture machine,プリクラ
・thema(θ:m)
・prize
・valuable
・big bag / collection?
・dumpling,ギョーザ
・sticker picture machine
・no matter how much they put in
・put in,つぎ込む、投資する、払う
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◆How to change the topic
D:before you moved to change another topic, i think that, when you want to change the topic. i want to say more natural phrases.
D:usually, when people want to change a topic, you don't say 'can i change the subject?'. the phrases is very subtle in the situation.
D:subtle means just not very obvious, quitely, so it's more natural to change subject. in another word, for example, you can say...
D:"speaking of moving, my parents is coming before my business staying ..." or another way, i use very often use to say "anyway".
D:after the previous conversation, this transits to another conversations ???. "anyway" or "so" is very simple way but it will help you some more natural.
D:it sounds like a very ... not comfortable. so strange. for us, we'd like to have a good flow for conversation???.
・subtle
・speaking of ***
・in another word, another way,
・transit
・it sounds like ***, ～のように聞こえる
・speaking of ***,
◆How to learn english→my own method for learning english
・as i mentioend in the very previious lesson, i'm thinking about how i can improve my method for learning english.
・recently, i could build up a good method.
D:oh. really? please share.
・ok. i'm going to introduce the method for this private-lesson.
・at first, i listen the recorded file of the lesson over and over again.
・next, when i find useful sentences ,pick up useful them from the voice file to write down on my blog.
・and also, when i find out that my english is strange or wrong, i correct them as much as possible and write down the correct sentences.
D:i realize that's really good practice. cuz self-correction is very good indication for improving your english.
・additionally, i pcik up useful idioms/words/phrases from the sentences to input database of Iknow!.
D:oh. really? do you use the practices they have? right now, i took an advice. i used the programs as well. it was very useful.
D:it was good recommendation. thank you very much.
・do you also use iknow?
D:cuz maybe at the end of last year, you recommended it to me.
D:and so... i think maybe, not recently, about 2 months ago, i tried to use it. and it was very useful.
・yeah.recently, iknow! supports a lot of languages.
・finally, i practice and review the contents of the private lesson by using brainspeed which iknow supports.
・brainspeed is very similar to DS's game. the contents is that there is one question and two meanings on the screen.
・so i must choose the correct answer in the time limit. it's interesting and useful for review my weak point.
D:yeah. it's very good review. actually, the application is iknow. i found out that's very very good training.
D:do you use dictation function?
・yeah sometimes. but the application which i often use is brainSpeed.
・i agree that iknow is very effective application. but it tends to take a long time to reveiw.
・so, for example, during riding commute train, i often check the iknow by using cell phone. it's interesting.
D:yeah it is. but i also have a suggestion for you.
D:try to update your method reguralry to have new stimulation. or you don't want to do that???
D:right now, for me. during time of backing to canada. i used iknow a lot with my family???
D:but now in japan. i'm very busy. i don't have time to use iknow. i must use different place???
・i think that iknow is similar system to my gaba. how do you think about it?
D:you're talking about an application that you can input sentences?
D:i don't think gaba's system is as good as iknow's system. cuz you can't play brainspeed.
・about 1 yeas ago, i thought that my gaba is very interesting and effective system . but as iknow continues to progress/improve the service/system. so iknow is far exceeding mygaba.
D:maybe, my gaba is a little bit out of date.
D:as you mentioned, my-gaba is also good system. but it's good for only people who regurally check phrases.
・so i like to use iknow which i can check anytime and anyware. for example, i try to check iknow in my interspatial time.
・i think my current method isn't so bad. but the dictation phrase takes a long time. althogh it's good trainning, so i want to improve the phrase more effectively.
D:i have a question. when you input phrases to play brainspeed. you can input your original word?(これは先生の表現がおかしいと思う）
・as you may know, recently, iknow provides very powerful service which is called 'list-builder'.
・if you use this service, you can create you 'original' word-list.
・actually, even in last year, i can create my 'original' word-list.
・but, in those days, i could input the words which iknow has already prepared only.
・but as i mentioned, recently, i can input even the word which iknow doesn't manage.
D:in the past, you can only play brainspeed using the existing data-base of iknow?
・recently, iknow supprts a new service which i can input any words/phrases/idiom.
・the sytem is very flexible and very powerful. since then, i often make use of the system. so i recommend you should use the sysmtem.
D:when you use cell-phone, what's the format like? no! you can discribe to me. try to discribe.
D:do you have scroll them???
・yeah.. basically the format is similar to the version of pc. but, as the display is small, it's hard to use effeiciently.
・and also, i know provides an another interesting service which i can check the pronounciation of each words of the database.
・surprisingly, even when i input very long sentence, the automatic pronouncing function works properly.
D:what if you make a mistake to input words? if you under spelling error, it will be trying to pronounce?
D:so, what if, for example, when i want to spell "soup", but if i spelled "suop", it will be trying to pronounce?
・yeah. probably the system pronounce a strange word. that's also interesting.
D:oh. really? it's very very interesting. wow. i'm very excited. i'm going to go home to try this application.
・i recommend you should try the system.
D:have you tried lessons which iknow has already provided? for example, the lesson which i tried is 'the japanese for beginner'.
・yes, i have. but recently, i often use the lesson whihc i'm creating by myself now.
D:by the way, when you watch CNN, how do you feel?
・it's too difficult to catch the english so far. when i sometimes catch the high-speed english or CNN offers the subtitle seervice, i input the useful phrases into iknow.
D:wow.. i think that you're very hard working now.
・thank you. but i'm not sure that this approch would be effective for me to improve my english. and i think this approach is typical japanese favorite style.
・cuz this approach is biased toward reading/writing.
D:umm.. maybe it's to easier to adopt or move ???
・something like that. anyway i'm going to practice english by using iknow.
D:please continue to.
D:so i think that next week, my family is coming to japan, we won't be able to have lessons.
D:many things are ending now. so it's a bitter-sweet.
D:bitter, because i don't like to thing ending, sweet, because no more work, time for holidays. we often say 'bitter-sweet' when there is good and bad.
D:thank you for your orange juice.
・find / notice
・good recommend
・build up
・upper/lower
・adopt
・bitter sweet
・in the past
・indication
・self correction
・find out
・be as good as ...
・be far exceeding ...
・out of date
・interspatial time,
・in those days,
・pronouncing
・spelling error
・what if ...
・be biased toward,
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