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Animals in nature

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I’m from Arkansas in the U.S. There are a lot of wild animals, and sometimes I miss being close to nature. So, when I see animals in Japan, I usually take a picture. There’s a small river near my apartment, and in the morning there are usually koi swimming around. It makes me want to go fishing. The other day I was at Magomezawa station and I saw some baby birds in a nest. Their mom was flying back and forth bringing them food. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get a picture because she was too fast! In a few weeks I’m planning to go hiking somewhere on the Chiba peninsula, so I hope I can get some pictures of some other animals.

 

Marshall

船橋校

Cassette Shop

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Last year, I went to a music shop that only sells cassettes and vinyl in Nakameguro. There were also a lot of cassette players and Walkmans. A lot of people really like the old technology. But I’m not a fan. My friend says that you can carry a Walkman around like a memory. You can’t really do that with a record player. I like the crackles that records create. But I’m not a fan of tape hiss. I seem to carry that memory every time I think of cassettes.

Mark

新宿校

 

Test Book Tuesday

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Reported Speech with statements that are still true now means we don’t have to change the verb to the past tense.

 

THEY/IT SAID :〜だと言われていた。と言う意味。例文1だと前文で、昨日の夜、犬についてのテレビ番組を見ていたら、ブルドッグをペットとして飼うのは簡単だって言っていた。 例文2では前文で沖縄の本について言ってますね！ そのため、It said that 〜は、〜と書いてありました。とゆう意味になります。 前のセンテンスで何について言っているかで訳し方は変わりますがニュアンスは同じになります。

I read the newspaper this morning. There was an article that said that we eat too much salt.

I saw a documentary last week . It said that the clothing industry is one of the worst polluters worldwide.

Mind Challenge Monday#15

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Movie quiz!

 

Can you guess the movie from the famous quote?

We got 12/15. Not too bad!

 

Quiz: Can you guess the movie from the famous quote?

Learning English From Movie Quotes

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『インターステラー/Interstellar』(2014)　
監督：クリストファー・ノーラン/Christopher Nolan

 

『メメント/Memento』でその名を世に知らしめ、その後も『ダークナイト/The Dark Knight』や『インセプション/Inception』など、ヒット作を連発。CGを嫌い、フィルムを愛するハリウッドのヒットメーカー、クリストファーノーランの監督作品からご紹介します。理論物理学者による綿密な科学考証に基づいたSF超大作『インターステラー』。その難解なロジックとは裏腹に、時空を超えた家族愛を描く、アツい作品になっております。ノーラン作品の中では評価がそれ程高くない作品ですが、個人的には好きです。

宇宙へと飛び立つ直前、必死に止めようとする娘と、そんな娘を必死になだめようとする父。この父の一言は娘を更に怒らせる結果に…。

 

 

By the time I get back, we might be the same age.
(帰ってくる頃には、お前と同い年になってるかもしれない)

 

 

By the time～
～するまでには、～する頃には

例：By the time my parents come home, I will have finished my homework.
(両親が帰ってくるまでには宿題を終わらせる予定だ)

例：I want to get married by the time I’m 30 years old.
(30歳までには結婚したい)

Might＋動詞の原形
～だろう、～しているだろう
  MightはMayの過去形と教わった方も多いかもしれませんが、日常会話では現在や未来の推量をする際はMayよりもMightをよく使います。

例：She might come to the Party.
(彼女はパーティーに来るかもしれない)

過去の推量の場合はMight have＋過去分詞になります

例：John might have gone home.
(ジョンは家に帰ってしまったかもしれない)

 

 

Ayami

新宿校

Silly Saturdays#12

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Sam Cooke wasn’t that good in school.

A funny comic based on his song “What a wonderful World.”

Have a fantastic weekend!

Tequila Sunrises and Mexican Food

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Last month, I was craving some Mexican food, so I cooked some black beans with taco rice and guacamole. Then I made these tequila sunrises to go with it. Keeping with the Mexican theme, my boyfriend and I watched Instructions Not Included while we ate. The movie was hilarious and the ending was really unexpected. It was a great night.

Do you ever get cravings? Tell us what you crave for.

Samantha

船橋校

 

Good walking route

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One of my favorite walking courses is to get off the train at Kinshicho station and walk to Skytree. After that, I head to Sumidagawa and walk along the path beside the water to the Asahi building. Then, I usually cross the bridge and take a picture of all of the buildings together. Here are a couple of pictures from my last walk around that area.

If you get a chance, you should try that course. It’s nice.

Do you have any favorite routes to walk? Please share it with us

Dave

船橋校