May 8, 2012

Review

Hello! In the last class (April 24) we read the following articles from じゃれマガ, and checked words/phrases listed below. We'll review them in class today.

Here's the flashcards to study the vocabulary terms.

Vocabulary

  1. 突然 
  2. 人気が出る 
  3. うちの近所 
  4. スマホ 
  5. コンビニ 
  6. 文化遺産 
  7. ぶつかる 
  8. 法事 
  9. ガソリンスタンド 
  10. 車の代わりに 
  11. 乗客 
  12. 感心していた 
  13. 保護する 
  14. 出席した 
  15. 退屈そうに見えた

じゃれマガ 2012年04月17日号

Japan has changed a lot in the last 10 years. There used to be as many (9)gas stations as (5)convenience stores in (3)my neighborhood. Now there is only 1 gas station nearby, but there are 5 convenience stores in 5-minute walk of our house. Another change is the number of new bicycle stores around Nagoya. (1)All of a sudden big bicycles stores are (2)becoming popular. I'm glad to hear that. I hope that more people are riding bicycles (10)instead of cars

じゃれマガ 2012年04月16日号

The Titanic sank 100 years ago on April 14. About 1500 (11)passengers lost their lives when the ship (7)hit an iceberg on its first voyage from England to New York. UNESCO has decided that the ship, which is 4000 meters under the water, will be (13)protected as a (6)cultural treasure ("bunka isan"). No one will be allowed to take or destroy any part of the ship. There are thousands of other ships under the water that UNESCO wants to protect, too. 

じゃれマガ 2012年04月13日号

A reader wrote: Someone I know (14)attended a (8)Buddhist service ("hoji") last Sunday. He didn't understand what the Buddhist monk was saying so he googled "Buddhist sutra" ("okyo") on his smartphone. After the service, someone came up to him and said, "You (15)looked bored. I saw you playing with your (4)smartphone." The man answered, "No, I was just reading the modern version of the Buddhist sutra on my smartphone." The other man (12)was impressed

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