Aさん：What did you buy for your friend’s birthday?
Bさん： I present her some fancy body lotion.
答えは会話 をクリック！
Real Englishではありません！
「プレゼントする」は和製英語です。
ネイティブスピーカーは、「贈り物をする、プレゼントする」を“give”を使って表します。
I gave her some fancy body lotion. (giveの過去形はgaveです)
訳:彼女にオシャレなボディーローションをプレゼントしました。
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.
Let’s look at some common mistakes and how to better say what we want to say.
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
Trendy Thursday. Let’s have a look at a hot musical group, BTS.
It looks like people can’t get enough of BTS.-みんなBTSに全然飽きる気配なさそうだね。Or :みんなBTSに夢中みたいだね。
It seems like whenever I turn on the TV the music group BTS is on.-テレビつけるといつもBTSってグループが映ってる気がする
BTS is always on TV.-BTSはいつもテレビに出ている。
Why are they so popular?
According to Talent Recap website there are two main reasons. The subjects of their songs and their performances.
Let’s have a listen to their song Dynamite that is currently number 3 in Japan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdZLi9oWNZg&ab_channel=BigHitLabels
Watching commentary
It starts off with one of the BTS boys shooting us. That’s pretty cool.
He feels like he is flying in the stars. Must be a good feeling.
Then the man talks about wearing shoes , drinking milk and listening to rock and roll in his room. Hmmm that doesn’t sound very cool. Maybe he’s thinking about when he was 5 years old. Lets see.
King Kong, drums, walking home, jump like Lebron….Call him on the telephone ,he’s drinking Iced tea and playing ping pong…..He sure likes very young kids drinks and activities.
Now it’s getting heavy with a bass and life is honey…money…diamonds, glow up. I dunno what’s happening anymore.
Anyhow Dynamite seems like a wholesome song for young kids. Nothing wrong with that.
What do you think about BTS. We would like to know.
Aさん：Hey, what’s wrong?
Bさん：Ahh, I quit getting concert tickets. They are too hard to get.
答えは会話 をクリック！
Real Englishではありません！
ネイティブスピーカーは、なにかを諦めることをあらわすとき、”quit”ではなく”give up”を使います。
Real Englishで答えるとすると、”I gave up on getting concert tickets. “となります。
I gave up on getting concert tickets. They are too hard to get.
訳：コンサートのチケットは諦めた。手に入れるのが難しすぎる。
One of my favorite foods that I’ve discovered while traveling was Uzbeki/Russian food. Most of the dishes are based around spiced chicken, mutton, or beef. They are usually skewered, over rice, or in big stews. Even the bread has meat inside of it! Side dishes are often different pickled or baked vegetables, like carrots, tomato, or eggplant. If you like meat, you’ll love Uzbeki food!
Marshall
We went over to the Mori Museum to check out the STARS exhibit. It was really a lot of fun. The pieces were very interesting and some were thought provoking! (思考を刺激する)
It was work by the following six artists.
Yayoi Kusama, Lee Ufan, Tatsuo Miyajima, Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Hiroshi Sugimoto.
Go check it out!
Nik
Recently it’s become colder and it often rains. ️
I feel nostalgic because it reminds me of Seattle. I loved to do yoga outside, especially on rainy days.
(私は懐かしい気持ちになる)
Do you think rainy days are relaxing?
Tabby
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