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ボキャブライダー(1230)
5月14日(火)

【太陽】sunlight, solar, sunburn, revolve

 

sunlight
[ˈsʌnˌlaɪt]
日光

You need to store these skin care products out of direct sunlight.

 

sunshine 太陽に照らされている状態-> いいお天気

 

*out of direct sunlight 直射日光を避けて


solar
[ˈslər]
太陽の

Have you ever thought about installing solar panels on your roof?

 

soler power

soler system

soler eclipse


 

sunburn
[ˈsʌnˌbɜrn]
炎症を伴う日焼け

I got an awful sunburn at the beach yesterday.

<> suntan 健康的な日焼け / tan 小麦色

 

I want to go to the beach and get a suntan.



revolve
[riˈvɑlv]

何かの周りを回る・回転する 

How long does it take for Jupiter to revolve around the Sun.

 

The story revolves around ... を中心に展開する

 

 

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ボキャブライダー(1229)
5月13日(月)

【掃除】spring cleaning, dirty, dust, throw out

 

spring cleaning
[sprɪŋ][ˈklinɪŋ]
春の大掃除

As I was doing my spring cleaning, I found an old photo album. 


dirty
[ˈdɜrti]
汚い・汚れた

Why do you keep leaving your dirty socks on the floor?

 

drity room

dirty words



dust
[dʌst]
埃・塵 /埃を払う

The bookshelves were covered with a thick layer of dust.

Could you dust the furniture?

 



throw out
[θroʊ][aʊt]

処分する・廃棄する

It's so hard for some people to throw things out.


throw out <> throw away 捨てる

 

ーーー

Doesn't it feel great to do some spring cleaning and throw out the things you don't need. You know. It wouldn't be such hard work if you'd stop keeping so much useless stuff around.
Stop.. stop! Don't throw me out! 

 

 

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ボキャブライダー(1031)
5月10日(金)

【備品】equipment, supply, inventory, run out

 

equipment
[ɪˈkwɪpmənt]
備品・設備

Where do you order your office equipment from?

*order ... from ...

supply
[səˈplaɪ]
消耗する備品

I keep supplies like paper and pens in my bottom drawer.

 


inventory
[ˌɪnvənˈtɔri]
在庫・目録

I need to check the inventory for a video camera.

 

stock 完成した者の在庫
<> inventory 材料なども含む【単数形で使われる】

take inventory



run out
[rʌn] [aʊt]

備品などを使い果たす・切れる

I just run out of staples. Can I borrow some?

 

「ホッチキス」=stapler
「芯」=staples

 

The toilet paper run out.

I run out of toilet paper.

 

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ボキャブライダー(1228)
5月9日(木)

【離島】island, remote, isolation, sail

island
[ˈaɪlənd]

How many ilands are there in Japan?

 

kitchen-> island 中央に置かれた調理台 =>>islandkitchen 

road -> island 安全地帯


remote
[rɪˈmoʊt]
遠く離れた

Minami-Torishima is one of the most remote islands in Tokyo.

remote work

 

remote 気持ちが離れた・よそよそしい

-> My boyfriend seems so remote lately.


isolation
[ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən]
孤立・隔絶

I love the isolation of living on a remate island.


isolate 孤立させる
in isolation 孤立して



sail
[seɪl]
航行する・航海する・帆・帆船

We sailed aimlessly for weeks until we finally reached a remote island.

 

sail through 楽々とこなす

 

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Captain, it's an island. Finally we can stop sailing.

Wait a seconds. The island's moving. 

Oops...

 

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ボキャブライダー(1227)
5月8日(水)

【トリックアート】illusion, emerge, hidden, perceive

 

illusion
[ɪˈluʒən]
錯覚・幻想

This image creates an optical illusion.

Reality is merely illusion.

 


emerge
[ɪˈmɜrʤ]
現れる・浮かび上がる

Put your eyes out of focus and you should be able to see a 3D image.


emergency 緊急事態 <=突然やってくる


hidden
[ˈhɪdən]
隠された・隠れた

Can you spot the hidden cat in this picture?

 

hidden <= hide

 

hidden message

hidden danger

hidden talent


perceive
[pərˈsiv]

気づく・認識する・捉える

Some people perceive the dress as being white and gold, but to others it's black and blue.

 

 

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ボキャブライダー(1226)
5月7日(火)

【モテる】personality, magnetic, looker, fall for



personality
[ˌpɜrsəˈnælɪti]

性格

For me personality is so much more importnat than looks.

 

He has a nice personarity.


person
[ˈpɜrsən]


magnetic
[mæɡˈnɛtɪk]
魅力的な・人を引きつける

There's something magnetic about Nick.

 
-> attractive >> more attractive = magnetic

 


looker
[ˈlʊkər]
見た目がとても魅力的な

Granpa says grandma was a looker in high school.

 

Max is a looker.

 


fall for
[fɔl][fɔr]

好きになる・惚れる

My mom fell for my dad the moment she heard him sing 

 

fall for ... を好きにならずにいられない

 

* hear + someone + V  ~が~するのを聞く

 

 

ボキャブライダー(1225)
5月6日(月)

【写真】photo, pose, blurry, frame

 


photo
[ˈfoʊˌt]
写真
-> picture 映像・絵

Can I see the photos from your trip to Egypt?



pose
[poʊz]
写真のためにポーズをとる・ポーズ

Okay everybody. Let's pose for a group photo. 
* a gruop photo 集合写真

pose for a photo

pose for painting



blurry
[ˈbri]
ぼやけて・ぶれて 
<- blur かすんで

The photo turned out blurry. Let's take another shot.



frame
[freɪm]
構成する・構図を決める・額縁に入れる

Hold on while I frame this shot. I want to get Tokyo Tower in the background.

 

I framed the photo of Hiyori yesterdasy.

 

 

Hey, could you take a phot of me with the lights in the background?
To the right. Gotcha..

Frame it perfectly. 

Hey, you moved me out of the shot! 

 

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ボキャブライダー(1029)
4月26日(金)

ボキャブライダー(1029)

5月3日(金)

【頻度】weekly, annual, every other, often

 

weekly
[ˈwikli]
毎週・毎週の

New issues of Vocab plus come out weekly.


monthly

daily

annual <> annually


annual
[ˈænjuəl]
毎年の・年一回の

I make annual trips to visit my family in Aomori.

 

yearly = annual


every other + ...
[ˈɛvəri][ˈʌðər]
一つおきの
・・・おきに
I vacuum the living room every other day.

=> every + other day 

 

every other year 一年おき

every other Sunday 隔週の

 

 
often
[ˈɔfən]

頻繁に・よく

How often do you go back to the United States?

 

I don't think you should work out every day. It's better to do it every other day.

I'd recommend a weekly run. Every Sunday, for example.

You have to study English every day.

 

 

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ボキャブライダー(1224)
4月25日(木)

ボキャブライダー(1224)
5月2日(木)

【買い物】get, affordable, consumer, store

 

get
[ɡɛt]

買う・手に入れる=> buy (with money)
Could you get some milk on the way home?


affordable
[əˈfɔrdəbəl]
手頃な・求めやすい <> cheap 安っぽい

Unlimited streaming for 1,000 yen a month. I'd say that's affordable


consumer
[kənˈsumər]
消費者 < consume

Some companies have large departments for tracking consumer habits.

 

consumer spending 消費者支出

consumer trend 消費者動向

 
store
[stɔr]
お店 >> shop

I prefer going to an actual store to getting things online.

 

coffee shop

butcher shop

 

store 貯蔵 => 比較的大きなお店がおおい

 

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Hi, can I help you?

Can I see necklaces with diamonds?

Oh, what an excellent choice. This necklace used some of the rarest diamonds in the world.

But, it's very very affordable at the moment. If you are going to get one, the time is now. Um... add one more zero, one million yen.

 

 

 

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ボキャブライダー(1223)
4月24日(水)

ボキャブライダー(1223)
5月1日(水)

【知っている単語の違う意味】business, see, school, different


business
[ˈbɪznəs]
会社・お店

Most local businesses close for the new year's holidays.


see
[si]
わかる

Do you see what I mean?

 

Don't you see? わかるでしょう?



school
[skul]

学派・流派
Ikenobo is believed to be the oldest school of Ikebana.

The impressionist school

 


different
[ˈdɪfərənt]
変わった

Their sound is a bit different, but the lyrics are great.

 

be different 変わった

different clothes 違う

 

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ボキャブライダー(1222)
4月23日(火)

ボキャブライダー(1222)
4月30日(火)

【byの句動詞】そばに・通り過ぎて >> go by, come by, sit by, run by

 

go by
[ɡoʊ][baɪ]
通り過ぎる・経過する
・通り過ぎていく・時間が過ぎていく
As time goes by, I realize how short life is.

 


come by
[kʌm][baɪ]
立ち寄る

Mom, is it okay if my friends come by after school?

come by the shop


sit by
[sɪt][baɪ]
傍観する・黙って様子などを見る

We can't just sit by while climate change destroys the planet.

 

 
run by
[rʌn][baɪ]

意見を聞くために説明する

I'd like to run an unusual idea by you.

 

run (something) by (one)
1. To explain or describe something to one; to inform one about something.

2. To obtain one's permission for something

 

 

ボキャブライダー(1221)
4月22日(月)

ボキャブライダー(1221)
4月29日(月)

【空想】imagination, dream up, myth, off the wall

 

imagination
[ɪˌmæʤəˈneɪʃən]
想像・想像力

As a parent, I want to help my child develop a good imagination.


思い過ごし

Was it just my imagination?


dream up
[drim][ʌp]
突拍子もないことを思い描く・思いつく

When I was a kid, I'd spend hours dreaming up my own superhero stories.

=>imagine すでに存在している物語を思い浮かべる

<>dream up 何もないところから想像力を働かせて思い描く


myth
[mɪθ]
神話・俗説 ・作り話・広い行き渡った誤った考え

You know the myth of Lcarus, rgith? 



off the wall
[ɔf][ðə][wɔl]

突拍子もない・風変わりな

Some modern art is really off the wall.

 

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What? Where'd you dream up that off the wall idea?

Are you trying to get out of making dinner?

 

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ボキャブライダー(1027)
4月19日(金)

【きっかけ】opportunity, lead to, trigger, seize



opportunity
[ˌɑpərˈtunəti]
望ましい機会

I try to make the most of every opportunity.


chance = opportunity

chance たまたま降ってきた機会(失敗する可能性もある)


lead to
[lid][tu]
結果として~につながる・をもたらす

One lie leads to another.



trigger
[ˈtrɪɡər]
引き起こす・引き金

The smell of fresh baked bread always triggers my appetite.


pull the trigger 引き金を引く・大きな決定をする・行動を起こす


seize
[siz]

つかむ・捉える

When the lead actor quit the film, Hiyori seize the opportunity.

 

 

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ボキャブライダー(1220)
4月18日(木)

【円高・円安】yen, depreciate, strong, intervene



yen
[jɛn]

The yen doropped to more than 140 to the dollar.

 

300 yen

depreciate
[dɪˈpriʃiˌeɪt]
価値などが下がる

If the yen keeps depreciating, some Japanese businesses might start going under.

 

*go under 倒産する

 

depreciate<> appreciate



strong
[strɔŋ]

通貨が強い・高い
Thanks to the strong Yen, luxury lmports are pouring into Japan.

the strong Yen

the weak Yen



intervene
[ˌɪntərˈvin]
介入する・仲裁をする

The government intervened in the market by buying Yen and selling dollars. 

 

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ボキャブライダー(1219)
4月17日(水)

【眠り】yawn, asleep, soundly, insomnia

 


yawn
[jɔn]
あくび・あくびをする

Yarns are contagious.



asleep
[əˈslip]
眠って・しびれて

You were asleep when I called, weren't you?


My foot is asleep.


soundly
[ˈsaʊndli]
完全に・ぐっすり

I've never been able to sleep soundly on a plane.


sleep soundly

reject... soundly

defeat ... soundly


insomnia
[ɪnˈsɑmniə]

不眠症

How long have you been suffering from insomnia.

 

I have insomnia.

 

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Was that a yawn? You must not have slept very soundly last night, huh?
For your voice? Really?


 

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ボキャブライダー(1218)
4月16日(火)

【準備運動】warm up, rotate, core, brainteaser


warm up
[wɔrm] [ʌp]

準備運動をする
What do you do to warm up before a round of golf?

 

Let's worm up!


rotate
[ˈroʊˌteɪt]

回る・回す・交代で~する 
In latin, rota= 輪っか round roll rotary
My personal triner told me to rotate my head 10 times before I start a workout.



core
[kɔr]
中心部・体幹

Having strong core muscles improves your balance.

 

COR=heart

 

core exercise

core workout

 


brainteaser
[breɪn][ˈtizər]
 頭の体操・頭をひねるクイズ

Let's do a little brain teaser to warm up before the test, shall we?

 

Alright. Let's warm up. And one two, one two, rotate that core... next...

What are you doing? -I'm warming up by a bonefire ...

Seriously? move your body.

 

bonfire 「焚き火」


bonfire
[ˈbɑnˌfaɪər]

 

 

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ボキャブライダー(1217)
4月15日(月)

【喜んで】happy, pleasure, readily, jump at

That's the spirit!

 


happy
[ˈhæpi]

幸せな・喜んで

be happy to ... 喜んで~する

I'd be happy to handle this job. =I'm happy to...


pleasure
[ˈplɛʒər]
楽しみ・喜び

You'd like me to play piano at your wedding? 

-My pleasure. => With pleasure. 

 

It would be my pleasure to handle this job.

I'd be happly to handle this job.
 

 
readily
[ˈrɛdəli]
快く・たやすく/ 難なく

The client readily accepted our first offer.

 


jump at
[ʤʌmp] [æt]

飛びつく
I jumped at the chance to meet Sakurada Hirori for dinner.

 

jump at +

chance

opportunity

invitation

proposal

 

 

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ボキャブライダー(1021)
4月12日(金)

【気が合う】get along, click, compatible, rapport

 


【気が合う】
get along
[ɡɛt][əˈlɔŋ]
普段から仲のいい状態

Do you get along with your roommate?

 

Hiyori and I get along.


click
[klɪk]
意気投合する・

We clicked immediately and three weeks later, we were married.

 

Hiyori and I clicked.

clicked with 

compatible
[kəmˈpætəbəl]
相性がいい・気が合っている

I still haven't found someone I'm compatible with.

rapport
[ræˈpɔr]

信頼し合う関係・心が通うこと

Dr. Riviera has an excellent rapport with this patient.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ボキャブライダー(1216)
4月11日(木)

【つなぐ】hook up, connection, directly, bridge

 


hook up
[hʊk][ʌp]
つなぐ・接続する・特別な目的のためにある

Can I hook up a smartphoe to my TV.


hook up ... to.

 

We should hook up for lunch sometime.

get together for lunch

connection
[kəˈnɛkʃən]

つながり・接続・ 関係 connect 接続する

I made a connection with my new roommate right away.

 

 
directly
[dəˈrɛktli]
直接に・まっすぐに ・direct まっすぐの

This line takes you directly to Chinatown.


bridge
[brɪʤ]
橋を架ける・間を埋める・架け橋

Bridging the gap between supply and demand is challenge.

 

bridge the gap between A and B

 

 

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ボキャブライダー(1215)
4月10日(水)

【冗談】joke, get, chuckle, punchline

 


joke
[ʤoʊk]

冗談・軽口を言う・とんでもなく不十分な

I always get stressed out when someone askes me to tell a joke.


 
get
[ɡɛt]
理解する・わかる

Do you get it? Seven ate nine.

 

 


chuckle
[ˈʧʌkəl]
クスクス笑う・クスクス笑い

My boss always chucle at his own jokes.
Hiyori's joke alwasy give me a chuckle.



punchline
[ˈpʌnʧˌlaɪn]
話の落ち

So the joke is over? That was the punch line?

 

Relax. It's my first surgery too.
No, I'm just joking. ...Why don't you get my jokes?

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ボキャブライダー(1214)
4月9日(火)

【sureが付く単語】ensure, surely, assurance, surefire

 

ensure
[ɛnˈʃʊr]
確かにする・確実にする/保証する・確保する

The government has to ensure that every child has opportunities to learn.

 

ensure procut quality

surely
[ˈʃʊrli]
確実に・間違いなく・きっと

You'll surely fail if you don't turn in your paper.

 

Of course = Surely

 

Surely you can't be serious... まさか・・・


assurance
[əˈʃʊrəns]
保証・確認・地震

You have my assurance that you'll get your money back.

 

assure 断言する・保証する



surefire 
[ʃʊr][ˈfaɪər]
確実な・必ずうまくいく

There is only one surefire way to lose waight, eat less and exercise more.

 

 

 

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ボキャブライダー(1213)
4月8日(月)

【こころの中】soul, spiritual , fundamental, clarity

 

soul
[soʊl]

魂・精神・感受性 <> body 

Do you think plants have a soul?


spiritual
[ˈspɪrɪʧəwəl]

精神的な・霊的な

You don't need to be religious to be spiritual. 
 

mental 心

emotional 感情に関する・感情的な

spiritual 魂や・霊的な者に関する・宗教的な


fundamental
[ˌfʌndəˈmɛntəl]

根源的な・基本的な
The movie raises fundamental questions about who we are.

 

funcamental human rights



clarity
[ˈkrəti]
明確な・明晰さ

Watching the ducks in the pond I had a moment of clarity.

 

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Thank you. Alright everybody, up next is our last song for the night. 
You know, it's a spiritual song for me. I put my whole soul into every word.

Hit it! ... someday ...I wan't to be a human.

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ボキャブライダー(1019)
4月5日(金)

【入社】starting salary, assign, ID, shadow

 


starting salary
[ˈstɑrtɪŋ] 
[ˈsæləri]

初任給
I took the job because it had a great starting salary.

starting picher

starting point

assign
[əˈsaɪn]

配属・任命する
I got assigned to the Vocab Rider team.

 

assign to ...

get assigned to

be assigned to


ID
[ɪd]

本人証明書・社員証

Carry your ID with you at all times.


shadow
[ˈʃæˌdoʊ]

経験者のそばで学ぶ

For new employees it's helpful to shadow someone with experience.

 

 

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ボキャブライダー(1212)
4月4日(木)

【作る】manufacture, construction, artificial, byproduct

 

manufacture
[ˌmænjəˈfækʧər]
製造する・製造

What does this factory manufacture?



construction
[kənˈstrʌkʃən]
建設・構築

The construction of the Sagrada Familia began in 1882.


artificial
[ˌɑrtəˈfɪʃəl]
人工の・見せかけの・わざとらしい

The sliber medalist's smile looked artificial to me.


artificial intelligence

artificial flavor

artificial turf



byproduct
[ˈbaɪpdəkt]

副産物

Experts say that social media has many byproducts including  fake news.

 

a byproduct of ..

byproducts of ...

 

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ボキャブライダー(1211)
4月3日(水)

【ロマンチック】romantic, ambience, kiss, sunset

 

romantic
[rˈmæntɪk]
ロマンチックな

I wish my husband were more romantic. He never does anything special for me.

 


ambience
[ˈæmbiəns]
場の雰囲気
= atmosphere

When I got on one knee to propose, a police siren ruined the ambience.



kiss
[kɪs]
キス・キスをする

I had my first kisss while this song was playing.

 

give ... a kiss

kiss + someone

 


sunset
[ˈsʌnˌsɛt]

日没・夕日・夕焼け

The rich changing colors of the sunset created an amazing ambience.


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Stop. Question. Why did Snow White wake up when the prince kissed her?

You can't just get caught up in the ambience. I need a scientiffic explanation.

 

 

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ボキャブライダー(1210)
4月2日(火)

【あらかじめやること】preparation, rehearse, previously, groundwork

 

preparation
[ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃən]
準備・支度/ 予習

The wedding preparations were more complicated than I'd expected.



rehearse
[riˈhɜrs]
稽古する・リハーサルをする

I've been rehearsing my marriage proposal in my head for weeks.


previously
[ˈpriviəsli]
以前に

Mr. Ellis had previously said there wouldn't be a final exam.


groundwork
[ˈɡraʊnˌdwɜrk]
基礎・土台・根回し

Shibusawa Eiich helped lay the groundwork for the modern Japanese economy.

 

lay the grondwork for の土台をつくる・根回しする

 

 

ボキャブライダー(1209)
4月1日(月)

 

【始めたばかり】startup, newbie, inexperienced, embark

 

startup
[ˈstɑrˌtʌp]
始めたばかりの・新来車者・新興企業
=> Start up 起動する・立ち上げる
How do startups get funding?

 


newbie
[ˈnuˌbi]
初心者・新入り
=beginner 

I'm still a newbie so I've got lots to learn.


inexperienced
[ɪnɪkˈspɪriənst]
経験のない・経験の浅い <>experienced

Sasaki, he has enormorous potentioal but he's still inexperienced.


embark
[ɛmˈbɑrk]
乗り出す・着手する

I decided to move to Brazil and embark on a new life.

 

embark on...

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Yep, it's a startup. Here's my card.

You know, I'm still pretty unexperienced so I think it's ummm.. 

 

 

 

 

英会話タイムトライアル「4月DAY1」
4月1日(月)

We're heading towords Hawaii first.

Hawaii is a great place to visit and have English conversations.

 

 

お茶はいかがですか?

Whould you like some tea?

 

お願いします。

Yes, please.

 

コーヒーはいかがですか?

Would you like some coffee?

 

いえ、結構です。

No thanks. <= No thank you.

 

~にします。

I'll have ...
May I have...?

 

I'll have that cake.
May I have
that cake?

 

私も同じにします。

I'll have the same.

I'll also have that ...

 

とりあえず

for now

 

I'lll have some coffe for now.

 

I'll have some water for now.

 

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So everyone. Get on board. And let's practice speaking together!

 

 

 

 

ラジオ英会話 ハートでつかめ!英語の極意(1)
4月1日(月)

 

Hi everyone. This is Akino Rosa. To our new listners, Welcome. To those joining us from last year,  welcome back. This is going to be anothere exciting year of Rajio-Eikaiwa. Are you ready?

Hi everyone. I'm David Evans. It's so great to have you all here. I can't wait to see what we have in store. Let's do our best.

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  • To do your best is important.

Bob, do you remember that watercolor I painted?

The one with the white horse?

Yes, I entered it in an art contest. And won second place.

Really? Congratulations. I knew it was special when I saw it.

To tell you the truth, I wasn't very confidnet. But I did my best.

I know you did. To do your best is important and other people can see that.

I want to keep painting more.

You should. I look forward to your next painting, Sally.

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Grammar and vocabulary

  • Do you remember that watercolor I painted?
  • and other people can see that.

Target forms

  • To do your best is important.

Practice

To do your best ..

 

To do your best is important.

 

To relax is important.

To forgive is difficult.

To learn a new skill is challenging.

 

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Okay everyone. It's time to practice. Today we practice two infinitives. The key is to make them nice and short. Don't stress "to". So for exaple, to relax. Let's try to relax. Keep that in mind.

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Let's put it together.
Great rhythm.

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Unlock your potential. Repetition is the key! Great work.

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Grammar in action

  • To prepar is essential.  > very important
  • To make mistakes is natural.
  • To take noteduring meetings is normal.

 

We hope you guys had a fun first lesson! We're going to have a fanstastic time guys. Practice makes perfect. Don't give up, keep at it. And let's have a great year.