I have been....

I have been taking pictures all my life, it is something I have always done. I have been playing the guitar on and off since my university days. This means sometimes there are breaks when I do not play the guitar. I have ridden a motorbike off and on. This sentence means the gaps when I don't ride a motorbike are much longer than the times when I do ride.

Choose a title from below and prepare a two minute talk for next lesson.

1. I have________all my life.
2. I have________on and off since_____
3. I have________off and on. 

 私の友達が外国人と英語を話したい日本人のために英会話バーを作りました。名前はPotluck。毎週三回開く。木土日の午後6時から8時まで。スナックと１ドリンクで1000円。もし興味があったら、行ってね。西洞院通高辻通の一本西の西東中筋道通下る。Google MapでPotluckを見つけてね。

 

Potluck

23日は休みです。次のレッスンは30日です。

私の友達が外国人と英語を話したい日本人のために英会話バーを作りました。名前はPotluck。毎週三回開く。木土日の午後6時から8時まで。スナックと１ドリンクで1000円。もし興味があったら、行ってね。西洞院通高辻通の一本西の西東中筋道通下る。Google MapでPotluckを見つけてね。

Election

Last Wednesday the American people elected Mr Trump to be the next president of the United States of America. Please choose a beginning line from below and prepare a two minute talk for class.

1. Trump will be good for America because...
2. Trump will be bad for America because...
3. Trump being the American president is good for Japan because...
4. Trump being the American president is bad for Japan because...
5. I do not care about Trump, so I am going to talk about something else.

What a waste.

 

How Shinpukan used to be.

This year Kyoto's Shinpukan closed.  Above that, except for the facade, the building was demolished. I really liked Shinpukan, there were a variety of restaurants, especially I often went to the Indian restaurant. There were many events at Shinpukan and the atmosphere was always good. I heard that a hotel was going to be built there. In my opinion, for people living in Kyoto, Shinpukan is more important than a hotel. But yesterday, while I was strolling by Shinpukan, I saw a surprising thing. Shinpukan has become a car park. What a waste!  


今年、京都の新風館が閉まった。その上ファサード以外、そのビルを取り壊した。僕は新風館が大好きだった。いろいろないいレストランがあった。特にそのビルのインド料理の店によく行った。新風館ではたくさんのイベントがあった。いつもいい雰囲気があった。その場所で新しいホテルを作ると聞いた。僕の意見では、京都に住んでいる人のためにホテルより新風館の方が大切だった。でも昨日新風館の近くで散歩しながら、驚くべき物を見た。新風館は駐車場になった。本当にもったいない！

Before class think about something that you think was wasted and write about it. Be ready to talk about it and answer questions in class.