I studied Reading Section Level2 Unit35 of ALC NetAcademy2, the title was 'The Beatles are musical immortal'.
Of course, I know Beatles, but I didn't know the cause of John Lennon's death.
So I was so surprised to know that John Lennon was murdered by a crazy Beatles fan.
I wondered why the fan murdered Lennon, although he was one of people who like Lennon.
And I thought that great persons are always die young, sudden, and unexpected.
For example, John Lennon, Elvis Presley, and Michael Jackson and so on...
This unit isn't so difficult for me, but I can't always read quickly including this time, so this is my weak point.
To improve this weakness, I tried to Reading Training again and again.
>>Summary
The Beatles were formed by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr in 1956.
They are widely recognized as the greatest pop band ever.
Although they split up in 1970, their songs are as popular as ever.
John Lennon and George Harrison already have passed away, but if all of them have passed away, their music will live on.
>>Unknown Vocabulary List
recognize ... to know who someone is or what something is
split up ... to break up
credit ... trust
murder ... the crime of killing someone
live on ... keep living
09AA053 Shiori Suzuki (Class E)
2009年12月17日木曜日
2009年12月15日火曜日
From December 11th Class E,F
I'm sorry, I was absent the class on November 20th.
So I didn't access the preposition website.
I studied ELLLO No.987 whose title is 'Class Crush' from Ferris Online.
In this conversation, a man whose name is George asked a woman whose name is Crystal some advice about how he talk to a girl who has been on his mind.
Crystal adviced him to go out for a cup of coffee or something with her, and then George asked that he should pay on the first date.
Then Crystal answered that he dosen't have to do that because sometimes that can be offensive to women.
I was so surprised to hear this answer because if I don't have to pay for the date, I'm really happy and thank man for paying.
I think that almost all of Japanese women don't feel it is offensive to them.
From this point, I learned a difference of thinking between Japan and America.
There were no difficult vocabulary in this conversation, so it was relatively easy for me to understand the content.
But this is differ from ALC NetAcademy2 in the point of natural conversation.
So it was hard for me to follow the speed of natural conversation.
To follow the speed, I tried to read the whole sentence with their voice together.
>>Summary
George asked Crystal some advice about how he talk to a girl who has been on his mind.
And then Crystal gave him a lot of advices about it.
For example, just going straight-forward and ask her out, saying "Hi, my name is George" and give her an appearance, and going out for a cup of coffee or something with her.
George wrote those advices down.
And finally, Crystal added that she think that he should just ask the girl casually, not like a date-date.
>>Unknown Vocabulary List
personally ... used to emphasize that you are only giving your own opinion
crush ... to press something so hard that it breaks or is damaged
appearance ... the way someone or something looks to other people
assume ... to think that something is true
offensive ... very rude or insulting and likely to upset people
09AA053 Shiori Suzuki (Class E)
So I didn't access the preposition website.
I studied ELLLO No.987 whose title is 'Class Crush' from Ferris Online.
In this conversation, a man whose name is George asked a woman whose name is Crystal some advice about how he talk to a girl who has been on his mind.
Crystal adviced him to go out for a cup of coffee or something with her, and then George asked that he should pay on the first date.
Then Crystal answered that he dosen't have to do that because sometimes that can be offensive to women.
I was so surprised to hear this answer because if I don't have to pay for the date, I'm really happy and thank man for paying.
I think that almost all of Japanese women don't feel it is offensive to them.
From this point, I learned a difference of thinking between Japan and America.
There were no difficult vocabulary in this conversation, so it was relatively easy for me to understand the content.
But this is differ from ALC NetAcademy2 in the point of natural conversation.
So it was hard for me to follow the speed of natural conversation.
To follow the speed, I tried to read the whole sentence with their voice together.
>>Summary
George asked Crystal some advice about how he talk to a girl who has been on his mind.
And then Crystal gave him a lot of advices about it.
For example, just going straight-forward and ask her out, saying "Hi, my name is George" and give her an appearance, and going out for a cup of coffee or something with her.
George wrote those advices down.
And finally, Crystal added that she think that he should just ask the girl casually, not like a date-date.
>>Unknown Vocabulary List
personally ... used to emphasize that you are only giving your own opinion
crush ... to press something so hard that it breaks or is damaged
appearance ... the way someone or something looks to other people
assume ... to think that something is true
offensive ... very rude or insulting and likely to upset people
09AA053 Shiori Suzuki (Class E)
2009年12月11日金曜日
From December 4th Class E,F
I studied Listening Section Level2 Unit38, the title was 'American job-hunting'.
Through this story, I learned that in America, companies don't hire employees all at the same time.
And also I learned that to start job-hunting in the summer of junior year is too early.
So I think if I become 15th grade, I will deliberate about when I should start job-hunting.
>>Summary
Sara and Ken is looking people in new suits and talking about job-hunting in Japan and America.
There are many different points in style of job-hunting of Japan and America.
For example, in Japan, almost all the people start job-hunting at the same time, but companies in America don't hire employees all at the same time.
To know that, Ken thinks it was too early because he started job-hunting in the summer of his junior year.
>>Unknown Vocabulary List
hire ... to employ
look for ... to search something
waste ... something such as money or skills are not used in a way that is effective, useful, or sensible
job-hunting ... action for getting a job
junior year ... 15th grade
09AA053 Shiori Suzuki (Class E)
Through this story, I learned that in America, companies don't hire employees all at the same time.
And also I learned that to start job-hunting in the summer of junior year is too early.
So I think if I become 15th grade, I will deliberate about when I should start job-hunting.
>>Summary
Sara and Ken is looking people in new suits and talking about job-hunting in Japan and America.
There are many different points in style of job-hunting of Japan and America.
For example, in Japan, almost all the people start job-hunting at the same time, but companies in America don't hire employees all at the same time.
To know that, Ken thinks it was too early because he started job-hunting in the summer of his junior year.
>>Unknown Vocabulary List
hire ... to employ
look for ... to search something
waste ... something such as money or skills are not used in a way that is effective, useful, or sensible
job-hunting ... action for getting a job
junior year ... 15th grade
09AA053 Shiori Suzuki (Class E)
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