This is something people living in Tokyo would be concerned with, and probably for those who live in the neighboring cities, too. Starting from October, people in Tokyo can avail the Go To Campaign and could get 50% off their travel fees at most. Looking back, Tokyo was removed from the campaign due to its high number of infected cases, however they had to bring Tokyo back due to the struggling economy. What’s your opinion about this?
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Today’s Rebus:
Here’s a brief explanation of the hint:
This phrase is “for once in my life” as there are 4 number 1’s inside the phrase “my life”. It is used to emphasize that something happens on a particular occasion and it has never happened before and it may never happen again after. Here are some sample sentences:
“For once in my life, I would like to try traveling to Paris.”
-> This means that I have never been to Paris and after I go there, I might not be able to go back anymore.
Here’s for this week’s rebus:
AGED AGED AGED
HINT: This one is super easy! Notice that the middle “AGED” has an underline. Maybe it’s for emphasis?
For today, this is a good reading resource both for beginners and advanced readers. They offer short articles on different topics and for various levels. After reading the articles, make sure you scroll down to check the activities they have. The activities include a listening practice, which would be great for input! This is a good opportunity to use both linguee.com and vocabulary.com
I hope this helps!
Here is this week’s study music that’s perfect for weather now:
Following the events that occurred a few days ago, specifically the debate between Biden and current president Trump, this is the most recent update on him. According to a lot of the on-going news, Trump has contracted the disease, together with the first lady, Melania Trump. Now, he is going to be hospitalized, but it hasn’t been disclosed how long he would have to stay there. What do you think about this?
『風の谷のナウシカ』の英語タイトルは、『NAUSICAA -OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND-』です。
「ナウシカ」は「NAUSICA」ではなく「NAUSICAA」と「A」が2つ付いています。
グッときたセリフをピックアップすると、
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ナウシカ：「See…you’re not scared. See…you were just frightened ほらね、怖くない。ね？ 怯えていただけなんだよね」
ナウシカ：「I frighten myself. I don’t know what my rage will make me do. I don’t want to kill anyone 私、自分が怖い。憎しみにかられて何をするかわからない。もう誰も殺したくないのに」
ナウシカ：「I promise you’ll be safe. Trust me and dump that cargo みんな、必ず助ける。私を信じて荷を捨てなさい」
ミト（Mito）：「We’ll do whatever you say. Please! Put your mask back on! なんでもしますから。お願いじゃ、はようマスクを！」
ミト：「The Princess is smiling 姫様、笑うておる」
ナウシカ：「What are you so afraid of? You’re just like a lost fox-squirrel あなたは何をおびえているの？まるで迷子のキツネリスのように」
ゴル（Gol）：「Our Princess said she liked these hands. They were the beautiful hands of a hard worker わしらの姫様はこの手を好きだと言うてくれる。働き者のきれいな手だと言うてくれましたわい」
ナウシカ：「I’m sorry. I can’t ask your forgiveness. It’s too cruel ごめんね。許してなんて言えないよね。ひどすぎるよね」
大ババ（Obaba）：「…closed in blue robes, descending onto a golden field (to join bonds with the great earth and guide the people to the pure land, at last) その者、蒼き衣を纏いて金色の野に降りたつべし（失われし大地との絆を結び、ついに人々を青き清浄の地に導かん）」
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This quick report says that people over the long weekend, Silver Week to be exact, have gone out to the tourist spots in Tokyo. Although alcohol-serving restaurants still closed at 10 PM, it didn’t affect the number of people who went out to stroll around the city. Others have expressed their concern regarding the current pandemic, but how about you? Do you think it’s good that people are becoming more relaxed about this or should people remain vigilant as they were a few months ago?
ー初めにー
Today’s Rebus:
Here’s a brief explanation of the hint:
When you parent gets really angry at you and they want to explain what you did wrong and what you need to work on in order to be a better person, they would start with this phrase. Notice that the word “sit” is below and “shut” is above, and another word for “below” and “above”, would be “down” and “up”. In other words, it would be “sit down and shut up”.
Here’s for this week’s rebus:
M1Y L1I1F1E
HINT: This one’s a little difficult. This phrase has 5 words and the first word would be how many 1’s there are in this phrase. There’s “four”, right? And it sounds like the word “for”, so it would be like this “For on__ i_ m_ l___”. Good luck!
Following last week’s interactive recommendation that’s available on your phone would be this website! It’s more for those who would like to learn English through fun, simple games. It has a variety of topics to choose from, which would be good for both children and adults. They have topics like jobs and food which would be good for young learners or beginner-level students, and more difficult ones like perfect tenses and phrasal verbs for more advanced students. Try it out and see for yourself!
I’d like to add that I don’t think this works on the phone, so you’d have to try it out on your computer.
Here is this week’s study music that’s perfect for the rainy weather:
Here’s a look into what the UK is planning to do in order to achieve a net zero carbon emission by 2050. “Net Zero Carbon” means that their buildings, public utility vehicles, electricity, irrigation, etc., emit no carbon dioxide. This means a more environmentally-friendly society. I think this would be a really difficult task to complete especially because it would have to sacrifice profit and economic growth. However, if it is for the good of earth, then making sacrifices shouldn’t be so bad.
