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Talk about Food (Pattern A / P21)

2007-10-30 15:50:29 | English Conversation
1. Do you usually eat breakfast before coming to school ?
(if yes) What do you usually have ?
---ans---
Yes, I do.
I eat usually eat breakfast every morning.
The menu is always same.
For example, Hot milk, bread with butter, apple, banana, orange and yogurt.
And after finishing to eat those, I usually drink japanese tea.


2. What's your favorite vegetable ?
---ans---
I like lettuce with dressing the best.
I usually eat lettuce with a lot of tomatoes and japanese inspired dressing.


3. What's your favorite fruit ?
---ans---
I totally like fruit but especially I like Kiwi and Mango.
I think those are healty for me.
Incidentlly, I have a dislikable fruit that is Melon.
Simply I dislike that taste and seed.


4. What do you usually drink with your dinner ?
---ans---
I usually drink japanese tea with my dinner.
In youth, I usually drink carbonated beverage such as Coke but now I can't drink them.
And after finished dinner, I sometimes drink english tea with milk.


5. Which do you prefer, chinese food or italian food ?
---ans---
I prefer Italian food better such as Pizza, Pasta and Rizotte.
I don't have any reason for preferring Italian but I think they are easy-to eat.
I like chinese food too, but I have a few dislikable menu in them such as Peking duck, Peatan and Ebi-Chiri.


6. If you were going on a date, what kind of restaurant would you go to ?
---ans---
Perhaps I choice italian restaurant.
Because, I think there is few women who dislike them.
And In italian restaurant we can separate some foods so wa can enjoy a lot of menu.
And more in italian restaurant they have many good wine.
In fact, I can not drink beer, so I want to avoid japanese style pub.


7. Have you ever tried frog legs ?
---ans---
No! I never eat that.
And I don't want to that forever.
I dislike that appearance and I can't understand anyone who can eat them.
I think taste of that is not good.


8. Have you ever had Thai food ?
---ans---
Yes, I have.
That was so-so.
But there is a few spicy food and I can not eat enormous spicy menu.
So, I dislike Tomuyankun.
In this food menu, I like Coconuts within Tapioca.


9. What kind of japanese food do you dislike ?
---ans---
I dislike Sushi.
Because, I dislike vinegar and Wasabi so if I have to eat sushi I eat that without Wasabi.
Therefore I can not eat Sashimi that is sliced raw fish for same reason.
In sushi menu, eatable menu is Natto-Maki, Tamago(egg) and salmon caviar in japanese Ikura.
Ikura is delicious.
The reason that I dislike sushi is only prejudice.
But I think I can not eat Wasabi forever.


10. Do you plan to eat out tonight ?
---ans---
No, I don't.
I am going to eat dinner in my house with my family.
I think my wife is making ready my dinner.
I usually eat dinner at my house to save food cost.

Naturally ecological Silver Group

2007-10-30 13:58:44 | Reading
We often say, “grandma knows best.” Their wisdom ranges from ‘putting a garlic wrapped in a muslin and put it in a rice pale to keep the bugs away,’ ‘a glass can be cleaned using potato peels,’ ‘use unused wraps to make bags,’ etc. These silver age women have ample tricks of the trade that requires no money.

They are obviously not something you have to know or else and there are products you can buy to get the same results. However, if you do know, you can rid of all ‘unnecessities’ in life, tricks for a smart way of living. It’s not something they were taught in school or read in a book but a naturally acquired knowledge and technique as the generation who lived through a time of not having much materially.

This is why these ladies have a serious doubt towards this consumeristic way of life. “That extra plastic inside cracker packages aren’t necessary,” “too much over-wrapping,” “people replace something with new ones even if it’s still useable,” are some of their criticism about products out there. And they are not shy about sharing their piece of mind about the younger generation. The ‘MOTTAINAI’ spirit that advocates ‘using something until it becomes unusable’ and ‘think of ways to recycle before chucking it in a bin’ in this day and age when ecological issues are high on many people’s minds is actually their way of life as naturally eco-conscious individuals. For the silver ladies, the so-called new trends such as “3R (reuse/reduce/recycle)”, “slow life,” and “LOHAS” are mere extension of the lives they have always lived.

Let’s think about this for a moment. Do we ourselves have the knowledge that will win the comment, “Grandma knows best” when we age to be grandparents? With global warming becoming an increasing concern, isn’t it vital for us to incorporate these wisdoms of the generation before and pass it on to the generation after?



---Vocabulary---
naturally : 生まれつき
ecological : 環境保護の
grandma : おばあちゃん
wisdom : 知恵
range : 及ぶ、広がる、範囲(名)
garlic : にんにく
muslin : 布
wrap : 包む、布、包装紙
pale : 棚、範囲
keep away : 隔離する
bug : 虫
peel : 皮
ample : 豊富な
trick : 裏技、こつ
trade : 取引、仕事、職
obviously : 明らかに
rid of : 免れる、脱する
unnecesity : 不必要
generation : 世代、世代の人々
materially : 物質的に
serious : まじめな、重大な、深刻な
doubt : 疑い
consumeristic : 大量消費の
cracker : お菓子のクラッカー
necesarry : 必要な
usable : 使用可能な(=useable)
criticism : 批評、非難、批判
shy : 内気な、照れ屋の
piece of : 一切れの、断片の
piece of mind : 小言、説教
advocate : 主張する、推奨する、擁護する
chuck : 投げる、捨てる
bin : ゴミ箱、容器
conscious : 意識、意識した
individual : 個人
so-called : いわゆる
such as : 例えば-など
reduce : 減らす
extention : 延長、拡張、内線(cf)
mere : 単なる

28.October.2007

2007-10-30 12:48:25 | Daily Talk
Yesterday was Sunday.
After typhoon, it was sunny day.

I would wake up at 9:00 in order to watch MLB in what Daisuke Matsuzaka had been scheduled for startar.
Actually, I waked up at 10:30 when the game already started.
Yesterday, his condition was good compared with last two appearance.
And more, He drove in two runs that was the first incident in history of Japanese about MLB.
Eventually Boston Red Sox won the game and moved close to world champion.

On the other hand, Kazuo Matsui made three hits.
I think he contributed to Rockys extremely.

When the game finished, I made ready to pick up my family for wife's family home.
Through the highway, I need about 2 hours to arrive at there.
And more there was Tokyo Motor Show in Makuhari that was worldwide car event.
I had to go through Makuhari.
Therefore I thought to need more time than usual.
But I arrived at there on time that I had supposed.

My son slept when I arrived.
So I waited his wake-up while having tea and cake with my wife's family.

At 18 O'clock he waked up and we left there for our home.
On our way to home there were a lot of traffic jam especially capital highway.
Therefore we took a circuitous route that use Tokyo-Aqua-Line.
That is dramatic shortcut from Chiba to Kanagawa that run through under Tokyo Bay.
We only need about 10 minutes from Kisarazu in Chiba prefecture to Kawasaki in Kanagawa prefecture.

Thanks to this shortcut we arrived at home for 2 hours.
I was little tired.
Arter I took a bath with my son, he was going to be sleepy soon.
I watched comedy show and news on TV and went to bed.



---Vocabulary---
typhoon : 台風
sunny : 天気が良い
in order to : -するために
schedule : 予定する
starter : 先発
actually : 実際には
compared with : -と比較して
appearance : 登場、登板
and more : さらに
drive in : 打点を挙げる
indicent : 出来事
eventually : 結果
on the other hand : 他方
contribute to : 貢献する
extremely : すごく
make ready : 準備する
pick up : 迎えに行く
family home : 実家
go thorough : 通り抜ける
usual : いつも
on time : 時間通り
suppose : 予想する
traffic jam : 交通渋滞
capital highway : 首都高速
take a curcuitous : 遠回り
dramatic : 劇的な
shortcut : 近道
thanks to : -のおかげで
take a bath : お風呂に入る
sleepy : 眠い