英会話学習の記録

DMEメソッドを中心とした英語学習の記録です。

DMEメソッド Book4 Unit10~Communication2

Unit8からUnit10まで3Unit連続でAdditional Questionsがあり予習に時間がかかります。しかしこのユニットはAdditional Questionsは飛ばされてしまいました。

Communicationレッスンは交通用語やシステムについて。交通事故原因のディスカッション、日本の交通ルールの説明、自分の交通経験のスピーチなどがありかなり時間をかけて予習したのですが、先生の勢いにつられて「スキップする」と言ってしまい…(悲) きちんと「やっぱりやります」と訂正できなかった自分に反省です。

 

 

Lesson History

4/6 Chen DME 3.5 Ed. Book 4: R=36-37;37(Short Activity)-39(Why is it sometimes difficult to maintain high standards of customer service in large companies?)
4/7 Chen DME 3.5 Ed. Book 4: R=37-39;C=39(Do you agree that standards of health care have not improved much over the last 20 years?)-39(How many calories does a slice of chocolate cake have?)
4/8 Meg DME 3.5 Ed. Book 4: R=39; C=40[vegetarian/vegan]--41[Can you name me some well-known people who have been on the cover of Time Magazine?

 

Original Answers

What things do you have to do without?

  • The things which I have to do without are a car and traveling abroad.


What's a 'blog' and what words do you suppose it comes from?

  • I suppose 'blog' comes from the words 'website' and 'log'.  It's a kind of website on which a blogger write about his/her hobbies, experiences, ideas or opinions.


What about?

  • I read blogs about traveling or how to learn English.


What makes a blog attractive for readers?

  • I think the useful information the blogger provides or celebrity lifestyles can make a blog attractive for readers.


Why do you think vegetarians avoid eating meat?

  • I think vegetarians avoid eating meat in order to stay healthy or because they are against killing animals.


Would you like to be a vegetarian or a vegan? Why not?

  • No, I wouldn't like to be a vegetarian or vegan, because I'd like to eat both meat and vegetables.

 

Additional Questions - Blogging

What kind of blogs are the most popular in your country?

  • I think blogs written by celebrities are the most popular in my country.

 

Have you ever read a blog where bloggers were making fun of politicians or famous people?

  • No, I haven't. But Ive seen it on social media.

 

What do you think of it? Should they have the right to do so?

  • I think it's not fair for anonymous bloggers to attack famous people on website.
  • No, they shouldn't have the right to do so.

 

Do you think that freedom of speech has anything to do with it?

  • No, I don't think that freedom of speech has anything to do with it.

 

Would you change your point of view if you yourself were famous and someone made fun of you on the Internet?

  • No, I wouldn't change my point of view if I myself were famous and someone made fun of me on the Internet. I might take that person to court.

 

How about if it was someone from your family that people made fun of?

  • If it was someone from my family that people made fun of, I would feel unpleasant.