18th July, Group lesson

駅前留学12回目も、グループレッスン。先生は James さん。で、今回から、しばらくお休み。

Group Lesson : 13:20 - 14:00

今回も、女性ばかりのクラス！だったぁ。

単語 / 文章

自己紹介と最近 話：

• episode

• show

• a roller coaster

• spiral
• dead drop

• sense of gravity

• move out of the way

• put them/it back

• take them/it out

• constantly cleaning

• friends of the family

テキスト 8b - 33 : … whereas these days …

• whereas (= while)
• contrast

• expectation

• It’s more of a choice.

• In my parent’s generation, public workers were expected to join a labor union, whereas now it’s more of a choice.

• work out

• I can’t understand what’s happening = I can’t work out what’s going on

• manual labor = work with your hands , blue color worker

• shareholders = stockholders

• conformity = nobody nothing to different, become one same system

• cubicles
• social insurance
• fewer benefits

• open plan

• age and experience for promotion

• skills and performance for promotion

• People believed age and experience for promotion whereas now people believe skills and performance for promotion.

Something else

今回の単元、文法の理解はOK。使うシーンだよな。繰り返しの練習が必要だ。