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Jabble Family #2

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Get to know your Jabble family.

Part two ;Chiba schools. Chiba and Funabashi.

1.What was your favorite toy as a kid?

2.At which store would you like to max-out your credit card? (max-out= reach your spending limit).

3.What was the worst punishment you received at school?

4.Which way does your toilet paper hang on the wall – over or under?

Chiba: Jesse, Paul and Yuki.

Jesse: 

1. I used to love playing with Lego.
2. I would max-out my credit card at  Seijo Ishii Supermarket or any gourmet food supermarket.
3. I got double secret probation from my high school math teacher. Crime unknown.
4. I hang the toilet paper hanging over. I’m a sane person.
Paul 
1. My favorite toy growing up was my proton pack.
2. I would go crazy on my Visa card at Tanakaya in Mejiro. Their beer selection is great.
3.I got a week of lunchtime detention. Crime unknown.
4. The toilet paper roll goes over!
Yuki 
1. My favorite toy when I was a kid was Lego.
2. I would spend everything on massages.
3. I’m an angel. I never got in trouble.
4. I don’t talk about toilet things.
Funabashi: Dave, Marshall, Chika, Mark and Samantha
Dave: 
1. My favorite toys were Transformers. They were so cool when i was a kid.
2.  I’d spend a lot at Golf 5.
3. I got earlier morning detention a few times for forgetting to take off my baseball hat in History class in grade 11.
4. I hand the toilet paper roll over.
Samantha: 
1. My favorite toy was my nice drawing pencil set.
2. I would max my credit card at a home decor store.
3. I got dentition once because my dad was late driving me to school.
4. I hang toilet paper over.
Chika: 
1. My favorite toy was a teddy bear named Kuma.
2. I would max my credit card buying gemstones and minerals.
3. I never got in trouble! I never missed any homework.
4. I hang toilet paper over every time.
Marshall:
1. My favorite used to be Lego. I made spaceships and Star Wars fighters out of them.
2. I would max out my credit card at K’s Denki or Bic Camera.
3. My worst punishment at school was getting suspended for 3 days for playing paintball shirtless. 22 other guys also got suspended.
4.Hang toilet paper over if you are normal and under if you are a cat.

Learning English From Movie Quotes!

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『フロリダ・プロジェクト　真夏の魔法/The Florida Project』(2017)
監督：ショーン・ベイカー/Sean Baker

本日は、『フロリダ・プロジェクト』という作品をご紹介します。監督のショーン・ベイカーの名前はこれま
で知らなかったのですが、この作品があまりにも素晴らしかったので、今後、過去作品や新作もチェックして
いきたいと思っています！タイトルの「フロリダ・プロジェクト」は、フロリダのディズニーリゾート建設の
プロジェクト名であり、また英語の「プロジェクト」は低所得層のための公営住宅も意味します。この映画は
、“魔法の国”のすぐそばで、貧しい生活を強いられている人々と、そんな環境の中でも圧倒的な輝きを放つ子供
たちの、ひと夏の物語です。
台詞は、安いモーテルに泊まる羽目になってしまった観光客のカップルが、モーテルのロビーで言い争ってい
る様子を眺め、主人公のムーニーが友達に放った一言。

 

I can always tell when adults are about to cry.
(大人が泣きそうな時っていっつもわかる)

 

tell
見分ける
tellは「伝える」という意味でみなさんご存じの単語かと思いますが、「見分ける(聞き分ける)」「わかる」
という意味でも非常によく使います。
例：I can’t tell the difference between American accent and British accent.
(アメリカ訛りとイギリス訛りの違いがわからない)
例:How can you tell if diamonds are real?
(ダイアモンドが本物かどうかってどうやってわかるの？)

be about to+動詞の原形
～するところ
これから何かしようとしている時に使える表現で、“今まさに”というニュアンスが出ます。
例：I am about to sleep.
(今から寝るとこ)
例：I was about to call you.
(ちょうど君に電話しようと思ってたとこなんだ)

 

Ayami
新宿校

Mind Challenge Monday#10

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Let’s try and guess the block characters from Disney! What Disney characters are they?

I’ll give you #2 and #6.

#2 is Anger from Inside out

#6 is Tiana from the Princess and the Frog

Good luck with the rest!

 

Thanks to http://www.mydisneyholiday.com/ for the fun.

Silly Saturdays #9

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Did you ever dream about having super powers? What power do you dream of having?

This kid wanted to be super fast  Take a look!

Super hero kid.

How fast is he? Find out in the video

 

Jabble Family Part 1

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Get to know your Jabble family. We asked everyone at Jabble a few questions. Here’s what they said.

Part one; Tokyo area schools. Shinjuku and Shimbashi.

1.What was your favorite toy as a kid?

2.At which store would you like to max-out your credit card? (max-out= reach your spending limit).

3.What was the worst punishment you received at school?

4.Which way does your toilet paper hang on the wall – over or under? 

 

Shinjuku; Kelly, Ayami and Mark.

Kelly 

I had a lot of G.I. Joe and Transformers toys.

I wouldn’t max-out my credit card!. I’m cheap and I hate shopping. Ha ha. (If I HAD TO choose, Yodobashi Camera; I like electronics)

As for punishment we used to get “off task” points. I used to get them for talking with my friends too much in class. (I can’t say the real one because I’m not sure if students would find it as funny as my friends and I did.)

I hang the toilet paper over, of course. I’m not crazy.

Ayami

1.My favorite toy was my stuffed Doramon.

2. I would max my card at an outdoor store.

3. I’ve never been punished although I seemed to annoy the teachers sometimes for doing stupid stuff.

4. Toilet paper hangs over.

Mark

1. My favorite toy was probably my battery powered He-man sword that came with a bunch of lights and sounds. It would light up like a Christmas tree.

2. I would shop at one of the large music stores in Ochanomizu. I would love to have a Rhodes electric piano!
3.The worst punishment?That’s a difficult one. I remember having to sit against a wall for lunch time detention for pretending to be a Dalek from Dr. Who.
4. I was told you’re an optimist if you have the toilet paper hang over. So from that point on, I’ve been a Toilet Paper Hang Over man.

Shimbashi: Kenny, Miki and Nik

Kenny 

I had a lot of Star Wars toys.

I would max-out my credit card at Disk Union. It:s a record shop in Shinjuku. They have a great selection of industrial noise tapes.

The worst punishment was that I got caned for getting drunk on a school trip in Russia.

I put the toilet paper over but I don’t think it’s intentional.

Miki 

I rarely played with toys. I preferred playing outside when I was younger.

I would max-out my card at clothing shops like Zara.

I was never punished in school but I always slept in class.

I hang the toilet paper either way.

Nik 

I loved my Star Wars figures.

I’d max out my credit card at Antenna America (a great craft beer spot).

I got suspended (made to stay home) for 1 day for flushing someone’s swimsuit down the toilet.

I don’t care how the toilet paper is hung. Put the roll on the floor , it’s all good.

 

 

 

Mind Challenge Monday#9

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Trivia day!

6 trivia questions just for you! Good luck!

  1.  What is the day after Christmas called in the UK, Canada, Australia,New Zealand, and South Africa,

  2. What country did bagels come from  (由来) from?

  3. How many ribs ( 肋骨) are in the human body?

  4. What’s the world’s largest island?

  5. Which Disney movies features the song “When you wish upon a star?”

  6. Which country won the first World cup (soccer) in 1930?

 

Silly Saturdays #8

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100 types of walks as shown by Kevin Parry.

This is good, funny stuff. Notice the words at the the bottom. It’s pretty good vocabulary.

Our man in Japan

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I don’t watch a lot of new TV shows, but earlier this year I stumbled across a fun show on Amazon Prime. It’s called James May: Our Man in Japan. It’s a docuseries (documentary TV series) that follows a British guy, James May, on a journey across Japan. As the James travels from Hokkaido to Kyushu, he goes to a lot of interesting places, meets some fascinating people and has some unbelievable experiences. If you have a chance, check it out and let me know what you think!

Jesse

千葉校

Learning English From Movie Quotes

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『2001年宇宙の旅/2001 A Space Odyssey』(1968)
監督：スタンリー・キューブリック/Stanley Kubric

本日は、巨匠スタンリー・キューブリックの作品からご紹介します！
はい、『2001年宇宙の旅』です！徹底的な科学考証と圧倒的な映像美で、人類の進化を描いたSF映画の金字塔。初めて見た時の感想は「わけわからないけど、すげー！」でした。1968年、CG技術がほぼない時代、まだ人類が月へ降り立つ前の時代に撮られた作品とは到底思えません。これを劇場で目撃した当時の人たちが羨ましいです。400万年前、類人猿が知恵を手に入れて人類への進化の一歩を踏み出すところから物語りは始まります。その後、宇宙開発を行うまでに発展した人類は木星への有人探査を行いますが、途中でAI (HAL9000) の反乱に遭います。乗組員とHALの緊迫した戦いが繰り広げられ、そして物語りは更に宇宙の奥深く、未知の領域へと進んでいきます。HAL、めちゃくちゃ怖いです。
台詞は、そんなHALが船外で作業している主人公の指示を断り、放った一言。

 

This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
(この任務は私にとって非常に重要なので、あなたに邪魔させるわけにはいきません)

 

too＋形容詞or副詞～＋(for A)＋to＋動詞の原形…
(Aにとっては)～すぎて…できない、…するには～すぎる
例：He speaks too fast for me to understand.
(彼は喋るのが早すぎて、私には理解できない)
例：Is it too late to go back to college at 40?
(４０歳って大学に通いなおすには遅すぎるかな？)

Allow A to＋動詞の原形～
Aに～させる(許可する)
Let A to～よりも少し硬くてフォーマルな表現。allow you to jeopardize(危険に晒す)it(＝mission)を直訳すると、「あなたがこの任務を危険に晒す事を許可する」となります。
例：My dad won’t allow me to date until I graduate high school.
(高校を卒業するまでは、父からデートの許可がおりない)
またAを主語にして、受動態の形でもよく使われます
例：You are not allowed to smoke here.
(ここは禁煙です)

Ayami
新宿校

Mind Challenge Monday #8

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Here’s today’s riddle!

Can you solve it?

Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day. They were there the whole day and only caught 3 fish. One father said, that is enough for all of us, we will have one each. How can this be possible?

 

Thanks to Dribble for the Gif