geyser

Hi, it's Miles again.

For our most recent geography lesson, I taught the children here about geysers.

最近の地理のクラスでは一定周期で水蒸気や熱湯を噴出する温泉のことについて取り上げています。

I explained to them that on a basic level, geysers are kind of like hot springs in that both of them are a result of underground water being heated by nearby magma.

温泉と同じようにマグマの近くの地中の水分が暖められて起こるものだと基本的なことから説明していきます。

The difference between the two is that if the hot water has a way to reach the surface, then it becomes a hot spring.

温泉との違いは温水が地表面に届いて湧き出るかどうかということです。表面に届けば温泉になるわけです。

On the other hand, if the water stays trapped underground, sometimes it builds up so much steam that it shoots to the surface through a narrow passage, which is a geyser!

一方で、地中に温水が留まって、出ることができないままだと水蒸気になり圧力がかかって細い隙間から飛び出るのです、それがガイザーなんです。

After I taught everyone about geysers, we all practiced some of the new geography vocabulary we had learned together, along with other geography terms I'd taught them about in previous lessons.
ガイザーについて一通り学んだあと、地理用語をいくつか学びました。

以前勉強した語彙も含めて復習を兼ねてレッスンを進めています。

I'm always happy when I get to share lessons like this in a way that children across different English skill levels can understand and enjoy.

英語の初心者の子供たち、学習経験者、いろんな生徒が混ざってもみんな楽しんでくれることをうれしく思います。

Anyway, that's all for now - until next time