Sunset at Inage Kaigan beach
On January 1st, I decided to take a walk down to Inage Kaigan beach to see the sunset. I’d heard that you could see mount Fuji and everyone on the beach was lucky enough to have an almost cloud free sunset. The picture is nice but Mount Fuji looked much bigger in person. If you have a chance, go to Inage Kaigan beach for a beautiful sunset.
Trendy Thursday
Last week we talked about how we saw Korean boy band BTS everywhere.
Over the last few years and more so recently, I see oogui eater (gluttony eater or food fighter) Gal Sone on TV. She’s always in a food challenge eating verses bigger people like athletes, sumo wrestlers and baseball players.
It is CRAZY how much she can eat. She eats up to 5 kilos of food at one time.
Nowadays You Tube queen of eating Kinoshita Yuka gets all the attention. With over 5 million subscribers on You Tube she’s making a good living eating like a pig.
Take a look at her eating 200 pieces of sushi. Oh my…Are you into watching people eat large amounts of food?
Textbook Tuesday
A) I stopped playing the piano when I was in my early twenties.= A: 20代前半でピアノを弾くのはやめた
B)I started collecting postcards when I was in my late forties.=B: 40代後半からハガキ収集を始めた
C) I stopped reading comics when I was in my mid thirties. =C: 30代半ばで漫画を読むのはやめた
Trendy Thursday
What’s hot in Japan? It seems Mister Doughnuts has got the hot new items.
Last year Mister Doughnuts collaborated with PIERRE HERMÉ Patisserie ‘ and this year they got together with Pierre Marcolini
Are you going to line up for these luxury desserts?
STUDY POINT
It seems Mister Doughnuts has the hot new items. (looks like but I’m not certain)
It seems like every time I start eating my cat starts mewing loudly. (looks like but not a fact)
It seems that the printer is broken. (stopped working but we are not sure)
Learn English From Movie Quotes!
『ボーダーライン/Sicario』(2015)
監督：ドゥニ・ヴィルヌーブ /Denis Villeneuve
本日ご紹介するのは、カナダ人監督ドゥニ・ヴィルヌーブの傑作サスペンスアクション『ボーダーライン』です。アメリカとメキシコの国境で起こる麻薬戦争を描いた本作は、数々の賞にノミネートされ、非常に高い評価を得ました。圧倒的なリアリティと緊迫感で、その重苦しい現実と負の連鎖が描かれます。撮影は私の大好きなロジャー・ディーキンス、素晴らしい音楽を作ったのはヨハン・ヨハンソン(2018年に急逝されました。非常に残念です)。脚本のテイラー・シェンダリンは、監督としても『ウインド・リバー』というこれまた素晴らしい作品を作っています。そして監督のドゥニ・ヴィルヌーブはその後も『メッセージ』『ブレードランナー2049』などの良作を輩出し続け、ハリウッドでその名を確固たるものにしています。今年公開予定の『デューン 砂の惑星』も楽しみですね！
セリフは、なんの説明もないまま麻薬カルテル殲滅作戦に加わる事になったFBI捜査官ケイトに、作戦を率いる謎のコロンビア人アレハンドロが放ったひと言。
Nothing will make sense to your American ears.
(アメリカ人には全てが理解不能だろう。)
make sense (to～)
(～には)理解できる、理にかなっている、筋が通っている
例：That makes sense.
(なるほど)
例：That doesn’t make sense to me.
(それは私には理解できない)
例：You are not making any sense.
(君の言ってることはわけがわからない)
Ayami
新宿校
Textbook Tuesday
A. It takes longer and it costs more, but in my opinion, it’s so much better.
B. It takes longer and it costs more to fly to Hawaii, but in my opinion, it’s so much better than going to Guam.==== ハワイに飛ぶより時間もコストもかかるが、
C. It’s much harder to make it but in my opinion it so much better to make osechi than to buy it.===大変だが、
Learning English with Modern Family.
Learning English with Modern Family.
Common Mistakes
Let’s look at some common mistakes and how to better say what we want to say.
Meiji Shrine
We went to Meiji Shrine at the end of September. It’s one of my favorite areas in Tokyo to just walk around. We were lucky because we could see a traditional style wedding taking place.
When was the last time you went to Meiji shrine?
Nik
