Dave-sensei was on "Let's Enjoy English!" on Radio MOMO (79.0 FM) . Dave and D.J. Chiaki Kamibeppu talk in English and Japanese about Black Friday. Click the button below to listen.
Ryo started teaching at NEO about two and a half years ago. She replaced a popular teacher (Manami-sensei), so we were happy to see that she was also well liked by the students.
Ryo will be moving to Kanto area in January. We wish her good luck and hope to see her when she comes back to Okayama.
On Sunday we had a party to say goodbye to Ryo and also to welcome our new teacher, Marina-sensei. Due to the corona-virus, we held the party outside at NEO so that we could social distance ourselves. It was a little cold, but we all had a great time!
Thank you to everybody who came to the party and to everybody who brought a lot of delicious food and drinks!
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Dave-sensei will be on Radio MOMO (79.0FM) with D.J. Chiaki Kamibeppu tomorrow, November 26th, at about 5:40 pm. They will talk in English and Japanese about Black Friday.
11月26日（木）5時40分ごろにDave先生がRadio MOMO (79.0FM) に出演します（DJは上別府千晶さん）。英語と日本語の両方でブラックフライデーについて話します。
Recently I went to Shizutani School for the first time. Like many other places across Japan, it is famous for it’s autumn leaves. While there are places in NZ with beautiful autumn leaves, where I am from in NZ the autumn leaves are…. not so beautiful. The leaves turn brown and simply fall off.
For this reason, I am amazed by the variety of pretty colors that I can see even here in Okayama. What seems normal in Japan, is something special for me. The vibrant red, yellow and oranges leaves are always a sight to enjoy.
Soon it will be winter, and even Japan’s winter season has its own surprises for me. My hometown never snows, but Okayama gets at least a little snowfall every year. I still often feel like a child witnessing snow for the first time. Maybe one day I will get to experience a white Christmas….
大統領選挙の結果が開票されるたびに50州がドドーンとパソコン画面に表示されていました。日本でも都道府県と県庁所在地を覚えさせられたように、アレのアメリカ版を同じように社会・歴史の時間に覚えさせられたものです。
自分の住まいの近隣はまだ覚えられますが、行ったこともない、行く予定もないところは難しいです。その上県庁所在地にあたるState capitalに於いてはトホホでした。いわゆるcapitalが必ずしもその州にある有名な都市とは限らないのです。そんな意味ではやはり家族旅行などで訪れたことのある場所はどこでも記憶に残りやすいです。
そこで！50州のうちどれだけ答えられるかミニテストをしてみました。なんと涼さんがプリントアウトしてくれたのはわざとノーヒント版。州の名前も自分で考えないといけない版です。キツイ。
頭を絞って絞っても出ないものです。苦手な最初の13州（original thirteen states)の北部なんてやけくそで記入した有様。
結果は50問中38問。学生だったらredo（テスト受け直し）だったでしょう。
その勢いで都道府県をしてみましたが、デイブがそこで一言。
「漢字もちゃんと書けるん？」
ごめんなさい。1県漢字が書けませんでした。それどころかそこの県を今まで知らずに濁音で読んでいました。関東にはご縁がないんだよね～と言い訳をしながら。
そう、その県の名前は大阪府にある、同じ読み方をしても違う漢字の市と同じ名前です。
