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給食に冷凍みかん。って私にとっては当たり前なんだけど。ミカンを丸ごと凍らせるって、、!?って皆びっくりするわ。ー外国人。しかも給食って、国によっていろいろですもんね。

そんな、ちょっとした冷凍みかんが異文化で会話盛り上がった事がある。13.11 7:30pm session

Today we’ve talked about adoption, earthquakes, accidents, discrimination, and adventures we had. We learned some important words such as: insurance, alive, fix, boring, to rob. 

Weekend 

You worked 

What do you work in?

Day-off 

By accident 

By mistake 

In bizen city we have many wild deer

You met a wild deer 

It’s very dangerous

About 4 years ago, I bought a new car and after 1 month i hit the deer 

What happened to the deer?

He was alive 

You car was broken 

You have to fix it 

Fix = repair 

Insurance 

It didn’t cost you money 

Today 

How much time to get there?

5 minutes by car 

By accident 

Golf-course 

Playing golf 

I called my father by accident.

It is not common to adopt a child in japan.

It is very common

You want to adopt a child, which country would you adopt it from?

Kids in africa are poor 

To suffer 

You already suffered 

My biggest adventure was serving in the army 

My life is boring 

Adventure movies 

Amusement park 

Have you ever been in danger?

When i was snowboarding 

I got robbed 

Rob 

Feminism 

Men and women should be treated equally 

Discrimination 

Suit 

Piano

Guitar

Drums 

Violin 

Trumpet 

Flute 

I am going to sleep, I need privacy 

Many people 

In israel people invade your privacy 

You don’t think it’s important to have privacy 

When there is an earthquake 

Hide under the table 

My friend wants to play with you… hide if you don’t want to play!

At working day, I eat breakfast at 8am 

You wake up very early 

I don’t like to wake up early 

Dinner is the most important for me because it makes me feel happy 

What do you like to eat 

In israel we eat for breakfast eggs with toast 

It is a typical breakfast in israel

Options 

Tuna fish 

650yen

900yen

We have many brunch restaurants

Brunch = breakfast and lunch 

I think kids should have censored websites 

Democracy 

Demoratic

Japan is a democratic country 

Politics

でも、、もっと話題になるのは、、やっぱり給食に出るクジラだわ。あ、もう給食には出てこないのでしょうか。

7/11 10am Sessions

Today we started off by playing an ESL online game. We also learnt some difficult words such as ‘presentation’ and ‘commerce’. We also put tried putting these new words we have learnt into sentences.  We talked about famous landmarks in Japan, favourite food and what we did at high school or University. 

We also practised asking each other this basic phrase: ‘‘What is your favourite ____’. For example we asked ‘what is your favourite food’. New words and phrases we learnt today:

- ‘Presentation’: Please listen to my presentation

- ‘Landmark’: Mt Fuji is a very famous Japanese landmark

- ‘Diverse’: There are many diverse food in Melbourne

- ‘Middle child’: I have an older brother and younger sister so I am a middle child

- ‘Scenic’: This view is very beautiful and scenic

- ‘Commerce’: We studied commerce at University

- ‘Fluent’: My japanese is fluent

- ‘Help”: Please help me with the cooking

- ‘Confused’: It is difficult so I am confused

- ‘Earphones’: “I put on my earphones to listen to music”

- ‘Quiet’: Child is sleeping so you need to be quiet

- ‘Loud’: My voice is too loud

When did you first eat Sashimi?

I ate sashimi when I was very young

Do you have any children?

Where do your children live?

At the end of year 12 in Melbourne we have a school formal where people dress up and celebrate. Do you have anything like this in Japan. 

We wear Yukata in Summer because it is cool and casual

Where do you live? 

My house is near the mountain 

My house is near the sea so it is cooler in the Summer

What did you study at University?

I studied English at University

I studied to become a Nursery teachers

Did you enjoy University?

No, there was a lot of studying 

The word ‘pool’ has two meanings. Pool means swimming pool or billiards pool.