Nico Nico Douga - Gift Giving Lesson
December 8, 2010
Watch the video as you read this!
Most common mistake.
X Present for you.
The most common word you use when you GIVE somebody something is GIVE.
Do not use PRESENT. PRESENT is formal.
When you give someone something what do you say?
"This is for you."
"I got you something."
got you --> gotcha
"Gotcha something!"
"I got you a present."
"Gotcha a present."
"I bought you something."
For stress we sometimes add "a little" to the sentence.
Like this:
"I got you a little something."
"Gotcha a little something!"
"I got you a little present."
"Gotcha a little present."
"I bought you a little something."
When Americans receive presents,they often ask, "Can I open it now."
This is just a formality. = 形式として
This is for you and your family.
This is for your kids.
This is for you and your family.
It's a souvenir.
I got you a souvenir.
This is a small token of my appreciation / gratitude / esteem / respect.
When someone gives you a present, what do you say?
Thank you so much!
You shouldn't have!
What did you do?
This is great.
I can't thank you enough.
I’ve been wanting one of these!
I wanted one of these.
Seriously?
I’m sorry. I can’t accept this.
This is too much.
I can't accept this.
You didn’t have to do this.
I’m sorry. I can’t accept this.
It's against the rules.
I’m sorry. I can’t accept this.
I don’t think of you that way.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Nico Nico Douga - Dec. 5, 2010 MEMBERS ONLY!
〜のおかげで〜
Thanks to ~, ~.
To owe sb st.
おかげさまで=luckily
fortunately (more formal) = luckily
おかげでいい一日になりました.=You made my day.
おかげでとても助かりました。=That's very helpful of you.
おかげで助かりました。=You really saved me.〔お礼〕=You’re a real lifesaver.
Advanced: If it weren't for ~, ~.
If it weren't for you, I would've been killed.
If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be here.
If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have come to Japan.
If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have met Maggie.
All auto-sales are up, ~ for Toyota.
(以外)
except
What is the difference between "besides" & "except".
(おまけに、さらに、その上，加うるに=besides)
Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura has said he wants to ~.
(quit)
step down
resign
They found a bomb in Niigata. 1,000 have been ~.
(forced to leave)
evacuated
Did you hear about the Mayor of Akune City in Kagoshima? They say he has been ~.
(Hint: 放縦な，放漫な，かって気ままな.)
"self-indulgent".
A Chuo University graduate was sentenced to 18 years in prison for stabbing his professor.
(punished/killing with a knife)
A team of lawyers has been picked to serve as prosecutors in a mandatory indictment of kingpin Ichiro Ozawa.
a team=a group
a lawyer=弁護士
to be picked=to be chosen=選ばれた
prosecutors=法律訴追者，訴訟追行者，検察官，検事
mandatory=義務的な，強制的な，職権で命ぜられた
indictment=法律起訴，告発
a kingpin=中心人物，親分
a proverb: The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Thanks to ~, ~.
To owe sb st.
おかげさまで=luckily
fortunately (more formal) = luckily
おかげでいい一日になりました.=You made my day.
おかげでとても助かりました。=That's very helpful of you.
おかげで助かりました。=You really saved me.〔お礼〕=You’re a real lifesaver.
Advanced: If it weren't for ~, ~.
If it weren't for you, I would've been killed.
If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be here.
If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have come to Japan.
If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have met Maggie.
All auto-sales are up, ~ for Toyota.
(以外)
except
What is the difference between "besides" & "except".
(おまけに、さらに、その上，加うるに=besides)
Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura has said he wants to ~.
(quit)
step down
resign
They found a bomb in Niigata. 1,000 have been ~.
(forced to leave)
evacuated
Did you hear about the Mayor of Akune City in Kagoshima? They say he has been ~.
(Hint: 放縦な，放漫な，かって気ままな.)
"self-indulgent".
A Chuo University graduate was sentenced to 18 years in prison for stabbing his professor.
(punished/killing with a knife)
A team of lawyers has been picked to serve as prosecutors in a mandatory indictment of kingpin Ichiro Ozawa.
a team=a group
a lawyer=弁護士
to be picked=to be chosen=選ばれた
prosecutors=法律訴追者，訴訟追行者，検察官，検事
mandatory=義務的な，強制的な，職権で命ぜられた
indictment=法律起訴，告発
a kingpin=中心人物，親分
a proverb: The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Nico Nico Douga - Dec. 3, 2010 公開
Nico Nico Douga Dec. 3, 2010
公開レッスン
Hi, my name is Victor.
Please ask me some questions.
Where do you live?
I live in Nagoya.
X How are you old?
--> How old are you?
How old do I look?
You look younger.
You look young for your age.
どっしゃぶり=It’s really coming down!
It was pouring.
X What you like colors?
What’s your favorite color?
1. What’s your favorite ~?
You can only answer one thing.
Today let’s learn some
easy food expressions.
1. This car is a lemon.
=It’s a bad car.
2. He is a ham.
=He is a bad actor.
3. You’re a peach.
=You are very helpful./
You are a good person
4. She’s the apple of
my eye.= She is very
important to me.
5. Use your melon.
=Use your head. =Think!
6. He’s an egghead.
=He’s very intellectual.
7. He’s bananas.
=He’s crazy.
8. He’s the big cheese.
=He’s the boss.
9. He’s a bad egg.
=He’s a bad person.
(You should avoid him.)
10. He’s a big fish in
a small pond. = He is
very important in this
small place.
11. I feel like a fish
out of water.= I don’t
feel like I belong here.
12. It was a piece of cake!
=This was easy!
公開レッスン
Hi, my name is Victor.
Please ask me some questions.
Where do you live?
I live in Nagoya.
X How are you old?
--> How old are you?
How old do I look?
You look younger.
You look young for your age.
どっしゃぶり=It’s really coming down!
It was pouring.
X What you like colors?
What’s your favorite color?
1. What’s your favorite ~?
You can only answer one thing.
Today let’s learn some
easy food expressions.
1. This car is a lemon.
=It’s a bad car.
2. He is a ham.
=He is a bad actor.
3. You’re a peach.
=You are very helpful./
You are a good person
4. She’s the apple of
my eye.= She is very
important to me.
5. Use your melon.
=Use your head. =Think!
6. He’s an egghead.
=He’s very intellectual.
7. He’s bananas.
=He’s crazy.
8. He’s the big cheese.
=He’s the boss.
9. He’s a bad egg.
=He’s a bad person.
(You should avoid him.)
10. He’s a big fish in
a small pond. = He is
very important in this
small place.
11. I feel like a fish
out of water.= I don’t
feel like I belong here.
12. It was a piece of cake!
=This was easy!
Thursday, December 2, 2010
ニコニコ動画生放送12月2日
Please read along AS you watch the video!
Hello, Nico Nico Douga!
Let’s start with an easy word.
to find=?
to find=見つける
to look for=?
to look for=
to search for=
to seek=探す
鍵をどっかに落とした。
I lost my keys.
I’m left for my keys somewhere.
or I forgot my keys somewhere.
or I lost my keys somewhere.
I left for school/Tokyo.
I left my dog.
I left for Tokyo.
なくしたから、
今はI’m ~ing for my keys.
Oh, here they are! I ~ them!
to found =
=～の基礎を築く、
=～を設立する、
=創立する、建てる
Examples:
Akio Morita founded Sony.
Bill Gates founded Microsoft.
Do you know who Julian
Assange is?
Who is Julian Assange?
He founded Wikileaks.
Mr. Assange is
big news now.
Why?
He told secrets.
He revealed secrets.
He leaked secrets.
*Excuse me I have
to take a leak.
Are you good at
~ing secrets?
Interpol is now
~ing for Mr. Assange.
They want to ~
him for rape.
Do you think
Mr. Assange is guilty?
guilty=有罪
or “not guilty”
I think the police
でっち上げた him.
でっち上げた=framed
The information that he
leaked is 恥ずかしい.
=embarrassing
That's embarrassing.
I am embarrassed.
Hello, Nico Nico Douga!
Let’s start with an easy word.
to find=?
to find=見つける
to look for=?
to look for=
to search for=
to seek=探す
鍵をどっかに落とした。
I lost my keys.
I’m left for my keys somewhere.
or I forgot my keys somewhere.
or I lost my keys somewhere.
I left for school/Tokyo.
I left my dog.
I left for Tokyo.
なくしたから、
今はI’m ~ing for my keys.
Oh, here they are! I ~ them!
to found =
=～の基礎を築く、
=～を設立する、
=創立する、建てる
Examples:
Akio Morita founded Sony.
Bill Gates founded Microsoft.
Do you know who Julian
Assange is?
Who is Julian Assange?
He founded Wikileaks.
Mr. Assange is
big news now.
Why?
He told secrets.
He revealed secrets.
He leaked secrets.
*Excuse me I have
to take a leak.
Are you good at
~ing secrets?
Interpol is now
~ing for Mr. Assange.
They want to ~
him for rape.
Do you think
Mr. Assange is guilty?
guilty=有罪
or “not guilty”
I think the police
でっち上げた him.
でっち上げた=framed
The information that he
leaked is 恥ずかしい.
=embarrassing
That's embarrassing.
I am embarrassed.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Nico Nico Douga-Nov. 28, 2010 英会話ライブレッスン MIXED 男性と女性の違い 2
Please watch the video as you go through this list!
Men and Women, differences
1. Who are stronger? Who are weaker?
2. Who are bigger?
3. Who are more mature?
4. Who are better with number? Who are better at math?
5. Who are more emotional?
6. Who are shallower?
7. Who are more graceful?
8. Who are smarter?
9. Who are hairier?
10. Machines / vehicles are usually called him or her?
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11. Men are afraid of promising to be with only one woman. In other words, they are afraid of ~.
12. In general women recover faster aftera relationship is over.In other words, they get ~ a relationship faster.
13. Women have better handwriting. Their handwriting is ~. (readable)
14. Who can endure pain and monotonous work better?
15. Who are more self-critical?
16. Who have a better sense of direction?
17. Who have better verbal skills and intuition?
18. Who have stronger spatial abilities?
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Final:
19. Men are actually more vulnerable and dependent on relationships than women are and are more devastated by the ending, since they have fewer friends and sources of emotional support.
20. Women are in touch with a much wider range of feelings than men, and the intensity of those feelings is usually much greater for women than men. As a result of this, many men perceive that women's feelings appear to change quickly;
men may find this irrational and difficult to understand.
1. Men are (physically) stronger. <--> Women are (physically) weaker.
2. Men are bigger. <--> Women are smaller.
3. Women are more mature. <--> Men are more immature.
4. Men are better with numbers.
5. Women are more emotional.
6. Men are shallower.
7. Women are more graceful.
8. It depends on the person.
9. Men are hairier.
10. Machines are usually referred to as "her".
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11. commitment
You can also say...
They are afraid of settling down.
12. over
to get over a relationship/somebody
13. legible
The doctor's handwriting was chicken scratch.=The doctor's handwriting was illegible.
14. women
15. women
16. men
17. women
18. men
Men and Women, differences
1. Who are stronger? Who are weaker?
2. Who are bigger?
3. Who are more mature?
4. Who are better with number? Who are better at math?
5. Who are more emotional?
6. Who are shallower?
7. Who are more graceful?
8. Who are smarter?
9. Who are hairier?
10. Machines / vehicles are usually called him or her?
---------------
11. Men are afraid of promising to be with only one woman. In other words, they are afraid of ~.
12. In general women recover faster aftera relationship is over.In other words, they get ~ a relationship faster.
13. Women have better handwriting. Their handwriting is ~. (readable)
14. Who can endure pain and monotonous work better?
15. Who are more self-critical?
16. Who have a better sense of direction?
17. Who have better verbal skills and intuition?
18. Who have stronger spatial abilities?
------
Final:
19. Men are actually more vulnerable and dependent on relationships than women are and are more devastated by the ending, since they have fewer friends and sources of emotional support.
20. Women are in touch with a much wider range of feelings than men, and the intensity of those feelings is usually much greater for women than men. As a result of this, many men perceive that women's feelings appear to change quickly;
men may find this irrational and difficult to understand.
1. Men are (physically) stronger. <--> Women are (physically) weaker.
2. Men are bigger. <--> Women are smaller.
3. Women are more mature. <--> Men are more immature.
4. Men are better with numbers.
5. Women are more emotional.
6. Men are shallower.
7. Women are more graceful.
8. It depends on the person.
9. Men are hairier.
10. Machines are usually referred to as "her".
---------
11. commitment
You can also say...
They are afraid of settling down.
12. over
to get over a relationship/somebody
13. legible
The doctor's handwriting was chicken scratch.=The doctor's handwriting was illegible.
14. women
15. women
16. men
17. women
18. men
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Nico Nico Douga -Nov. 23, 2010 英会話ライブレッスン 初級 男性と女性の違い
Please watch the video at the same time as you read these notes!
partially serious
partially joking
I did a lot of research about this.
Fill in the blank. (Fill out the paper.)
1. Men are physically ~ than women.
2. Women are better communicators than men, because women are more ~ than men.
3. Men are more ~ than women.
4. Men like ~ more than women.
5. Men are more ~ than women. (jobs)
6. When choosing a partner, men place more importance on ~. (looks, career, personality)
Men place more importance on ~.
I place more importance on ....?
7. Who likes name-brands more?
8. homosexual=gay<-->
9. It’s a common belief that gays have more fashion sense than straights.
a metrosexual.=He has fashion sense, but he's not gay.
10. Men are messier.
11. Women are more goal-oriented.
12. Boys are better at ...?
12. Men are better at ...?
13. Women are better at ...?
Women generally have better handwriting than men. >Women’s handwriting is better than men.
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Answers and/or notes
1. stronger
2. talkative / emotional/ sympathetic
3. logical
4. logic
5. career oriented
Some of the following have no answer because YOU answered in class!
12. physical labor,
partially serious
partially joking
I did a lot of research about this.
Fill in the blank. (Fill out the paper.)
1. Men are physically ~ than women.
2. Women are better communicators than men, because women are more ~ than men.
3. Men are more ~ than women.
4. Men like ~ more than women.
5. Men are more ~ than women. (jobs)
6. When choosing a partner, men place more importance on ~. (looks, career, personality)
Men place more importance on ~.
I place more importance on ....?
7. Who likes name-brands more?
8. homosexual=gay<-->
9. It’s a common belief that gays have more fashion sense than straights.
a metrosexual.=He has fashion sense, but he's not gay.
10. Men are messier.
11. Women are more goal-oriented.
12. Boys are better at ...?
12. Men are better at ...?
13. Women are better at ...?
Women generally have better handwriting than men. >Women’s handwriting is better than men.
---------
Answers and/or notes
1. stronger
2. talkative / emotional/ sympathetic
3. logical
4. logic
5. career oriented
Some of the following have no answer because YOU answered in class!
12. physical labor,
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Nico Nico Douga - MIXED 生放送 Lesson - Nov. 21. 2010
Headline news.
Please watch the video as you read these notes!
1. NKorea secretly builds new nuclear facility
secretly=こっそり
nuclear= 原子力の
facility= 設備, 施設
2. Justice chief Yanagida denies intention to step down over gaffe
…を否定［否認］する=
to deny + statement
Ex. He denied doing it.
意図，意向，決意=intention
やめる=to step down=to quit
over=because
失言=a gaffe=
make a gaffe, to mistakenly say st stupid
Ex. He said something stupid.
3. Gov't launches panel to promote 'Cool Japan' cultural industries
to launch=to start
a panel=a group of people to talk or study something, 委員会
cultural=文化的な
industry= 産業
4. Nearly 90% of local leaders say sales tax hike necessary
sales tax=消費税
a hike=a raise, an increase, 〈値段などを〉（抜き打ち的に）大幅に引き上げる((up)).
5. Sumo driving ban breached, YouTube shows
a ban= （法による）（…の）禁止（令）
to breach st=（法律・義務・約束などの）違反，不履行，破棄
Please watch the video as you read these notes!
1. NKorea secretly builds new nuclear facility
secretly=こっそり
nuclear= 原子力の
facility= 設備, 施設
2. Justice chief Yanagida denies intention to step down over gaffe
…を否定［否認］する=
to deny + statement
Ex. He denied doing it.
意図，意向，決意=intention
やめる=to step down=to quit
over=because
失言=a gaffe=
make a gaffe, to mistakenly say st stupid
Ex. He said something stupid.
3. Gov't launches panel to promote 'Cool Japan' cultural industries
to launch=to start
a panel=a group of people to talk or study something, 委員会
cultural=文化的な
industry= 産業
4. Nearly 90% of local leaders say sales tax hike necessary
sales tax=消費税
a hike=a raise, an increase, 〈値段などを〉（抜き打ち的に）大幅に引き上げる((up)).
5. Sumo driving ban breached, YouTube shows
a ban= （法による）（…の）禁止（令）
to breach st=（法律・義務・約束などの）違反，不履行，破棄
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