Aging Gracefully

This weeks discussion topics are:

1. Ageing
2. Supplements
3. Comparing toilets

  Ageing

 It is eighteen years since I came to Japan. I was thirty-six years old and believed that I was at my mental and physical peak, but I thought the same when I was twenty. Now that I am nearly fifty-five years old, how have I aged mentally and physically? I feel that I am as sharp minded as I was when I was twenty, but I know it is because I use my brain.  Every day I practice Japanese, play chess and try to learn something new. There is an English saying "use it or lose it"; I use my brain so it stays sharp. 
But physically I am not as fit as I was eighteen years ago, but that is more to do with lifestyle than ageing.  I could never be as fit as I was at twenty, but if I ate less, drank less and exercised more, I would be much healthier. 
I think there is one wonderful aspect to ageing, the thirty-six-year-old me, was much more mature, experienced and confident than the twenty-year-old . But the present me is the most mature, experienced and confident me, so far. 

                                                                               広告 

 私のグループレッスンの生徒と個人レッスンの生徒のために、このブログを作ています。もし京都で英語を勉強したかったら、連絡してください。個人レッスンはあなたのご希望の場所で6000円です。私の下京区のマンションで5000円です。もし友達と一緒にグループレッスンがしたかったら、１人毎月4回で5000円です。グループレッスンは３人から６人までです。場所は京都市国際交流会館ですが、あなたのご希望の場所でも大丈夫です。

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Grave Issues

This weeks discussion topics are:

1. Do we need graves or tombs?
2. The character of the people of Tohoku.
3. Should the death penalty be abolished?

The Death Penalty:

• Capital punishment　 名詞　死刑　法律の名前
• Execution　　　　　　名詞　死刑　罰の名前
• Reinstate　　　　　　動詞　復活する
• Execute　　　　　　　動詞　死刑する
• Abolish　　　　　　　動詞　廃止する

 　　　
People seem to have very strong opinions about the death penalty; strongly for or strongly against. For me, I am strongly against, I believe it is wrong to take another person's life away. When I first came to Japan I was surprised that Japan still had capital punishment. The last execution in Britain was in 1964, so for most of my life there has been no death penalty in the UK.  I often  here people say that they believe the death penalty should be reinstated in Britain, but I do not think it ever will. Japan does not execute as many people as countries such as America and China, but I hope in the future Japan will abolish the death penalty.

                                                                              広告 

 私のグループレッスンの生徒と個人レッスンの生徒のために、このブログを作ています。もし京都で英語を勉強したかったら、連絡してください。個人レッスンはあなたのご希望の場所で6000円です。私の下京区のマンションで5000円です。もし友達と一緒にグループレッスンがしたかったら、１人毎月4回で5000円です。グループレッスンは３人から６人までです。場所は京都市国際交流会館ですが、あなたのご希望の場所でも大丈夫です。

rowan63japan@gmail.com

What colour are Millennials?

This week's discussion topics are:

1. The attitudes of millennials.

2. Automatic cars (driver-less).

3. How do colours make you feel?

Please think of some questions to ask me about the above video in class.

Driving License Discussion

In this weeks lesson we will be having three discussions:

1. Driving Licence Discussion.  Here we will talk about: how easy it is to get a driving licence; driving manners and older people driving.
2. Dental care in Japan.  What are your feelings about dental health care in Japan. Think about quality, cost and availability.
3. Plastic bags. What are your opinions and ideas about the use or misuse of plastic bags.

Please watch the video below and think of three questions to ask me about it in class.