145[✐4]Weather/Pollen forecasts #shadowing

04/18/23 • 15 min

Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing

[4.Allegretto] Heading downhill??? -- Weather forecasts
“It looks like the weather is likely to decline.”
[00:09]
Hello, everyone. How are you doing? Today’s
theme is weather. First, check the basic words and expressions.
Repeat after me
[00:20]
1. sunny
2. fine weather
3. cloudy
4. It rains.
5. light rain
6. downpour
7. The wind is blowing.
8. It’s snowing.
9. Snow piles up.
10. A typhoon is coming
11. A large typhoon is approaching.
12. A typhoon makes landfall.
So far so good?
Repeat after me
[01:57]
1. It’s a nice sunny day.
2. It’s sunny today./It’s a fine weather today.
3. It’s a nice weather without a cloud.
4. It’s dull/bleak/gloomy.
5. There are many clouds.
6. It’s raining lightly.
7. It’s drizzling. (=very light rainfall)
8. It’s raining heavily.
9. It’s been foggy since last night.
10. It was pouring down until just now.
11. It’s windy./There is a strong wind blowing.
12. It has been snowing since yesterday.
13. It snowed a lot./The snow piled up.
14. A typhoon is coming to the Kanto region.
15. The typhoon made landfall in Japan last weekend.
16. Tokyo is right in the middle of the typhoon.
[05:01]
Now, answer as follows.
How is the weather over there?
rain
→ It’s rain.= It’s raining.
Ready?
[05:13]
1. How is the weather over there?
sunny
→ It’s sunny.
2. How is the weather over there?
bleak
→ It’s bleak (weather).
3. How is the rain now?
drizzling
→ It’s drizzling.
4. How is the rain now?
rain hard
→ It’s pouring down.
5. How about the wind?
strong
→ It’s very windy.
6. How about the snow? Did it pile up?
a lot
→ It snowed a lot./The snow piled up.
7. Where is the typhoon coming?
Kanto region
→ A typhoon is coming to the Kanto region.
8. When did the typhoon land?
last weekend
→ Last weekend the typhoon made landfall.
[07:44]
How is the weather where you are now?
Repeat after me
[07:50]
1. It’s got cold since yesterday.
(hiekomu = get cold)
2. The temperature this morning was 12 degrees.
3. Today’s high temperature is 20 degrees.
4. The lowest temperature this morning was minus 2 degrees.
5. It will be mild weather from this afternoon.
6. It will be warm from tomorrow.
7. It’s going to drop to 3 degrees at night.
8. It’s getting warmer day by day.
9. It looks like the weather is going to decline at the beginning of the week.
(kudarizaka ni mukau = decline: typish weather expression. [kudarizaka = downhill, downward slope])
10. It looks like the midwinter cold will return next week.

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144[✐1.2] Pick someone up at the airport. #shadowing

[✐1. Adagio][2.Andante]
“I’m/I’ll be waiting in the arrival lobby.”
[00:07]
Hello, everyone. How are you doing? You are working in the office in Tokyo. Ralf san is coming from German Branch. When, and what time is his flight? Let’s ask some questions.
Repeat after me
[00:25]
1. Ralf san, when are you coming to Japan?
2. What day is your business trip?
3. When are you going on a business trip?
4. From when to when are you going on a business trip?
5. What time is your flight?
6. What time will you arrive?
7. Which plane are you taking?
8. What is your flight number?
9. Is it a direct flight? 1
0. How many luggage do you have?
[02:22]
Now, ask Ralf san as follows.
For example, when, come
→ When are you coming?
Ready?
[02:35]
1. what day, come
→ What day are you coming?
2. from when until when
→ From when until when?
3. what time, arrive
→ What time are you arriving?
4. which/what plane (airline company)
→ Which plane are you coming by?
5. direct flight?
→ Is it a direct flight?
6. luggage, how many
→ How many luggage do you have?
[04:17]
Now, you will pick up Ralf san at the airport. Touchaku robi- is ”arrival lobby”. --- the pronunciation is difficult! --- “arrival lobby”.
Repeat after me
[04:33]
1. Please wait in the arrival lobby.
2. Please wait in front of the convenience sstore in the arrival lobby.
3. I’m (I’ll be) waiting in the arrival lobby.
4. I’m (I’ll be) waiting in the arrival lobby of Terminal 3.
5. I’m (I’ll be) waiting at the taxi stand.
6. I’m (I’ll be) waiting near the bus stop.
7. I will pick you up by car.
8. Let’s go to the hotel together by limousine bus.
9. I will be late about 30 minutes.
10. I will be a bit late.

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146[✐2,3] Shall I help you? #shadowing #roleplay

[2.Andante][3.Moderato] “Shall I help you?”
[00:07]
Hello, everyone. How are you doing? Shall we get started?
Repeat after me
[00:15]
1. Shall I help you?
2. Shall we go together?
3. Shall I go too?
4. Shall we go home together?
5. Shall I give you a lift?
6. Shall I call you tomorrow?
7. Shall I call for you?
8. Shall I write?
9. Shall I lend it to you?
10. Shall I carry (the luggage)?
11. Shall I clean up?
12. Shall we arrange/line up the desks?
13. Shall we queue in front of the store?
14. Shall we bring it?
15. Shall we take it home?
16. Shall we ask the teacher?
17. Shall we order pizza?
[03:04]
Now, repeat as follows.
I can’t finish my work...
→ Shall I help you?
You repeat “Shall I help you?”
OK?
[03:19]
1. How do I get to the station?
→ Shall we go together?
2. I feel a bit sick.
→ Shall I give you a lift?
3. I’m not good at making phone calls in English.
→ Shall I do/call (for you)?
4. I don’t know how to write an application form.
→ Shall I write (for you)?
5. I didn’t bring an umbrella.
→ Shall I lend you mine?
6. I have three suitcases...
→ Shall I take one?
7. The room is cluttered.
→ Shall we clean up together?
(gocha gocha = cluttered)
8. We will have a party in the conference room.
→ Shall we rearrange the desks?
9. I don’t have a wine opener.
→ Shall I take mine?
10. We had a lot of cake leftover.
→ Shall I take some home?
(amari = leftover, amaru = be left)
11. We still have work to do, but for now, why don’t we eat something?
→ Shall we order pizza delvery?
(toriaezu = for now, tentatively, for now)
[05:58]
Now, make a sentence as follow.
I can’t finish my work...
I will help you.
→ Shall I help you?
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「てつだいましょうか。」
[00:07]
みなさん、こんにちは。おげんきですか。では、さっそくはじめましょうか。
Repeat after me
[00:15]
1. てつだいましょうか。
2. いっしょにいきましょうか。
3. わたしもいきましょうか。
4. いっしょにかえりましょうか。
5. くるまでおくりましょうか。
6. あしたでんわしましょうか。
7. (わたしが) かわりにでんわしましょうか。
8. かきましょうか。
9. かしましょうか。
10. (にもつを) もちましょうか。
11. かたづけましょうか。
12. つくえをならべましょうか。
13. みせのまえにならびましょうか。
14. もっていきましょうか。
15. もってかえりましょうか。
16. せんせいにたのみましょうか。
17. ピザをたのみましょうか。
[03:04]
では、つぎのようにリピートしてください。
しごとがおわらないんです。
→ てつだいましょうか。
You repeat :てつだいましょうか。
いいですか。
[03:19]
1. えきまでどうやっていきますか。
→ いっしょにいきましょうか。
2. ちょっときぶんがわるいんです。
→ くるまでおくりましょうか。
3. えいごのでんわがにがてなんです。
→ わたしがしましょうか。
4. もうしこみしょのかきかたがわかりません。
→ わたしがかきましょうか。
5. かさをもってきませんでした。
→ わたしのをかしましょうか。
6. スーツケースがみっつもあるんです。
→ ひとつ、もちましょうか。
7. へやがごちゃごちゃです(ごちゃごちゃしています)。
→ いっしょにかたづけましょうか。
(ごちゃごちゃ = cluttered)
8. かいぎしつでパーティをします。
→ つくえをならべかえましょうか。
(ならべかえる = rearrange, reorder)
9. ワインオープナーがないんです。
→ わたしのをもっていきましょうか。
10. ケーキがたくさんあまりましたね。
→ いくつかもってかえりましょうか。
(あまり= leftover, あまる = be left)
11. まだしごとがありますが、とりあえず、
なにかたべませんか。
→ ピザのデリバリーをたのみましょうか。
(とりあえず = for now, tentatively, for now)
[05:58]
では、つぎのようにぶんをつくってください。
しごとがおわらないんです。
てつだいます
→ てつだいましょうか。