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本日はアメリカ出身Lance先生がinteresting thing about Englishについてお話ししてくれました😝

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Hello!
Here’s an interesting thing about English:
When writing messages or comments on social media, you can say “I’m crying” to mean “I’m laughing so hard” or to mean “This made me so happy.” Sometimes we say “I’m crying” to mean happiness because we laughed so hard that tears came out of our eyes from joy. Have you ever cried from laughing? I have. It’s a great feeling. Sometimes my friends and I laugh so hard we can’t see anything because our eyes get so watery.
Do you know what “I can’t” means? Of course it means, “できない” but there are also many other meanings. Did you know that “I can’t” can also mean “that is so amazing, I’m speechless.” For example, on YouTube there are many amazing music videos and dancing videos. When the videos are so fantastic, many people will write comments like “I can’t” to mean that they thought the video was so incredible.

爆笑しているフリをしているLance先生(* ´艸｀)

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皆さんは, “I’m crying” “I can’t” means?をご存知でしたか❓

日本語にもシチュエーションによって意味が変わる言葉がたくさんありますよね😄
Lance先生は日本語を勉強中なので、是非教えてあげてください(^_-)-☆

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本日は金曜日のTom先生がTongue Twistersについてお話ししてくれました👅

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English Tongue Twisters Help With Pronunciation
by Thomas Lipschultz

I love studying languages, and have spent a lot of time studying Japanese. One of my favorite things to study is “tongue twisters.” What are tongue twisters? Well, in Japanese, a classic example is: あの客はよくかき食う客だ. We have tongue-twisters in English, too, and they’re really great for practicing English pronunciation. For example, can you say this one?
“She sells seashells by the seashore.”
That’s the most famous one in English, I think. But my favorite one to teach people in Japan is:
“Red leather, yellow leather.”
Try copying this into Google Translate and clicking the button to hear it spoken, then try repeating it. If you can say this like Google does, it means you’ve mastered the difference between R and L sounds in English, and you’re very good at saying TH sounds, too. And if you can say it quickly, three times in a row, then maybe you speak English better than even native speakers do!
Another favorite of mine is:
“Ed had edited it.”
If an American says this one naturally, it sounds like, エデデデデデ, because Americans like to skip or combine sounds when they speak. It’s really interesting, and a little funny, don’t you think?
If you want to become better at pronouncing English, try saying some tongue twisters sometime. You might have a lot of fun, and I think next time you come to NOVA for a lesson, the teacher will notice that your pronunciation has improved a lot!

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英語の早口言葉は日本人にとって発音が難しいですよね🤨

是非Tom先生と一緒に英語の早口言葉を練習して
英語の発音をマスターしましょう❕✨

そして、Tom先生に日本語の早口言葉を教えてあげてください🤩

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本日は火曜日の先生、目がとっても青いJake先生が
同じ意味を持つ言葉についてお話ししてくれました🍀

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Connotative Meaning

Choosing the right word can be very important. Whilst sometimes words might have the same or similar literal meaning, they may have different connotative meaning. The connotative meaning is the meaning that is implied or suggested by a particular word. It is the feeling that a word evokes. A words connotation can be positive, negative or neutral.

For example: How would you describe someone who doesn’t like to spend money? Would you say they are frugal or cheap? Thrifty or stingy? Saving or miserly? Whilst all these words have the same meaning, their connotations are different. Frugal and thrifty both have a positive connotation whilst cheap, stingy and miserly all have a negative one. Saving has a neutral connotation,

Another example: Let’s say I want to compliment my friend on how the look. Do I say they look slim or sknny? If I say they look slim, they’ll hopefully feel complimented. But if I say they look skinny, they’ll probably feel insulted.

There are many more examples, so make sure to use the right word lest you accidentaly give offense.

 

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言葉はとても難しいですよね。。。😅
同じ意味でもいい意味になったり、悪い意味になったり😓

英語でもそのような同じ意味をもつ単語がたくさんあります😵

間違えて使ってしまわないよう、是非Jake先生に聞いてみてください❕❕✨

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本日は中国語の周先生がお酒の表現の仕方について教えてくれました😋

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大家好！

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居酒屋は漢字は全く一緒なのに読み方が全然違いますね😲😲
中国にはとても強いお酒がたくさんありますよね🍶

是非、池袋西口校で周先生に日本のお酒も教えてあげてください😉

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本日はRobert先生が会話でよく使うGet itについて使い方を例文を作ってくれました⚡

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Robert’s expression of the day. – get it –

I get it. I don’t get it / I didn’t get it.

The expression “I get it” is used when you finally understand something that wasn’t clear

A. You have to multiply first, then subtract to solve this equation.
B. Oh. I get it now! I didn’t know it was that easy.

“I don’t get it” / “I didn’t get it”
is used when you don’t understand or the meaning is not clear.

C. Did you hear the joke about the frog and turtle?
D. Yeah, but I don’t get it.

A. What did you think of that new sci-fi thriller movie?
B. It had great action but I didn’t get the ending.

Get it!の表情をしているRobert（笑）

I don`t get it!の表情をしているRobert（笑）

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Get itの使い方わかりましたか🤨❓

外国人がこの言葉をいうのをよく耳にしますよね👂
是非、皆さんも使ってみてください🌟

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本日はイギリス出身Joe先生がconnected speechについて説明してくれました🌼

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Connected speech in natural spoken English

A common problem even the most advanced learners of English as a second language encounter is difficulty understanding native speakers who speak very quickly. It is likely that when travelling to an English-speaking country, or watching movies and television, students will hear English at a speed much faster than how they were taught. Even in formal situations, most natural spoken English will feature a variety of examples of connected speech, which includes omitting certain vowel sounds, bridging words together, or changing certain syllables completely. A good and common example of this to consider is the following two sentences, and just how many ways they can be spoken by a native English speaker:

First, without any connected speech:

“I am going to go to the shop. Do you want anything?”

Next, with the most basic and common uses of connected speech:

“I’m gonna go to the shop. D’ya want anything?”

A little more:

“I’muna go t’da shop. Jya wan’ anyfing?”

And a much more extreme (but still very common!) example:

“Ima go shop, yawanannyfing?”

Difficult, isn’t it! Being able to comprehend connected speech and abbreviated forms of words is one of the hardest hurdles to overcome when learning a second language. And especially English with its many accents and dialects. It takes time so try to be patient and not to worry too much about it. You’ll get there! Don’t hesitate to ask your teacher for examples of how some sentences and phrases you learn can sound like with more connected speech at a natural speed.

NiziUが好きな2人なのでTake a picturのポーズ📸(笑)

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日本語にも省略する言葉はたくさんあるけれど
英語はとても難しそうですね💦💦

Joeが言っているようにDon’t hesitate to ask your teacherですよ！
是非池袋西口校でJoe先生にconnected speechを聞いてみてください😄

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本日はアメリカ出身Kenneth先生が日本のゲーム&アニメについて
お話ししてくれました🎮

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Lately, it seems like everyone has been playing Monster Hunter. Hunting monsters is fun and all, but my favorite part is the animal companions. The dogs and cats are so cute! In English, the dogs are called Palamutes and the cats are called Palicoes. They’re a mix of the word “Pal” and the words “Malamute” and “Calico”, which are breeds of dogs and cats respectively.This is a localization – when a word or phrase is changed for a different audience so to convey the same meaning or feeling, even if not the exact same definition.
Another example would be how most Pokemon names are changed for different languages – “Hitokage” is “Charmander” in English, a combination of “char”, to burn, and “salamander”, a kind of lizard. The English version of Crayon Shinchan doesn’t localize names, but instead jokes – Japanese pop culture references would just be confusing to an American audience, so instead they replace them with equivalent American pop culture jokes.
Do you know of any localizations, either in Japanese media translated to other languages, or media from other countries translated into Japanese? I hear “Palicoes” are called “Otomoairu” and “Palamutes” are “Otomogaruku” in Japanese – what do those names mean?

ポケモンのヒトカゲの画像を見せてくれているKenneth先生((´∀｀))

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皆さん、国によって日本のアニメのキャラクターの名前が変わっていたりするのはご存知でしたか👀❓
名前が変わってしまうと別人に聞こえてしまいますよね(* ´艸｀)

是非、Kenneth先生にモンスターハンターのキャラクターの意味を教えてあげてください🌠

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本日は大人気講師Matt先生がゴールデンウィークにどう過ごしたかをお話してくれま😄

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Hi everybody! How was your Golden Week? This Golden Week was pretty quiet for me as it fell during the State of Emergency so I didn’t really want to go anywhere where there were too many people.I had a bit of a “densha otaku” Golden Week taking pictures of some trains. I’m not a huge train fan but it seems such a big thing in Tokyo that I thought I’d better get some shots to add to my collection.

First I went to Yurakucho to take some shots of the sleek Shinkansen (bullet trains) cruising into Yurakucho station.Then I went to Ochanomizu to take some shots of the trains crossing the Kanda River.While there I also visited Yushima Seido,a Confucian temple which has a large statue of Confucius and some cool scary looking tiger statues on the roof.

Mostly I just relaxed at home though and it seems that was what a lot of students did too.It was a good time to spend time with family,sleep in and recharge before getting back into work.Even though Tokyo is such an energetic bustling city, full of things to do and see, sometimes it’s just nice to kick back and take it easy for a few days.Hope you had a nice Golden Week!

Matt

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皆さんはゴールデンウィークに何をしましたか❓
緊急事態宣言が出ているのでなかなかお出かけができないですよね😢

是非池袋西口校で、Matt先生と休みの間何をしたかお話してみてください🚄

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本日は池袋西口校に金曜日の所属となったTom先生が自己紹介をしてくれました😉

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Hi, everybody! My name is Thomas Lipschultz, but please call me Tom. I’m from the United States of America Specifically, I’m from the state of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania isn’t very well-known in Japan, but in America, it’s quite famous: it was one of the first states, and was very important in the founding of the country back in the 1700s. For me, however, it will always be most famous for its delicious soft pretzels and a sugary soda called “birch beer“!

I’ve been interested in Japan since I was a child, because I watched a lot of anime and played a lot of Japanese video games on my Nintendo systems. When I went to college, I studied Japanese there, and I first visited Japan through a school exchange program in the June, 2000. My college has a sister school in Miyagi, Tohoku Gakuin University, so I studied there for 3 weeks that summer. I fell in love with Japan and knew I wanted to live and work there.

After college, I taught English at two junior high schools in Miyagi, then went back home to the U.S. and worked at computer game companies for almost 16 years. It was fun, but I missed Japan very much, so I decided to come back in 2019. Now, I live in Kichijoji, and I teach English through Nova so that you all can have more opportunities to explore the world and make wonderful memories for yourself like I am now. Living and working in another country is just so much fun!

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Tom先生は池袋西口校に来たばかりですが
とても明るく、KIDSからも大人気です✨✨

是非金曜日に池袋西口校で、Tom先生とレッスンを楽しみましょう😆👏

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本日はJeremiah先生が英語のフレーズを教えてくれました🌳

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“Stopping to smell the roses” is a common English phrase for being able to slow down and enjoy life. Life anywhere has its busy times and hopefully small opportunities to “stop and smell the roses.” Nature has a rare beauty for us and our eyes are made for enjoying it. Scattered sunrays through the tree leaves and the grass fields decorated with fallen camellia of red and white blends calms us. Nothing else on earth enjoys art of nature like we do or discusses the beauty of composition such as Japanese maple trees cascading over a body of water. Life is ever-complex and always amazing from the micro to the macro scale. The most simplest cell breaks atoms and utilizes quantum physics on a scale that leave our top scientist in amazement. From the patterns and textures of the bark on trees to the fragrance of flowers that bloom in various seasons nature has its own exhibit and various parts of the world have there own particular blend of style waiting for us to stop, enjoy, and relax with. Please take time to stop, smell the roses, and think about things at a slower pace and on a deeper level.

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『Stopping to smell the roses』とても素敵なフレーズですね😊

皆さんもJeremiahが言うように『 Please take time to stop, smell the roses, and think about things at a slower pace and on a deeper level.』してみましょう🌹

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