In today's lesson, I found it interesting to learn that in a typical rented house in Scotland, the ground floor is wooden and you have to wear shoes, but the first floor is carpeted so you can get around in slippers.
Also, perhaps because Scotland is a cool region, air conditioning is not necessary ...
In today's lesson, I found it interesting to learn that in a typical rented house in Scotland, the ground floor is wooden and you have to wear shoes, but the first floor is carpeted so you can get around in slippers.
Also, perhaps because Scotland is a cool region, air conditioning is not necessary in the summer, but it is certainly predictable that heating bills would be high in the cold winters.
I was reminded once again that if you live in northwestern Europe, you should keep in mind that the winter climate is very different to that of Japan.
In this class, we studied one article.
It was about the CEO of a company who travels all over the world by plane all year round for work. I was surprised to hear him openly talk about how he wants to be treated as if he were in a privileged class and how he doesn't like airlines that don't fulfill t...
In this class, we studied one article.
It was about the CEO of a company who travels all over the world by plane all year round for work. I was surprised to hear him openly talk about how he wants to be treated as if he were in a privileged class and how he doesn't like airlines that don't fulfill that wish.
Although it may be different in each country, there are people who care about this kind of status everywhere, and it reminded me once again that the environment in which a person grows up, from their childhood onwards, has a big impact on them even as adults.
Today we learned the differences between American English and British English.
I was surprised to learn that Scottish English is pronounced like American English.
As teacher Steven mentioned in his feedback, there are also dialects within a country, and people from the same country who grew up in a ...
Today we learned the differences between American English and British English.
I was surprised to learn that Scottish English is pronounced like American English.
As teacher Steven mentioned in his feedback, there are also dialects within a country, and people from the same country who grew up in a different region cannot understand the dialect of another region at all. I agree with this idea that it's the same across countries.
It's inevitable that people will speak a dialect depending on where they grew up, but I think it's important to learn the standard language of a country when speaking in public situations.
In this lesson, we continued from last time and talked about our experiences while traveling.
We talked about what kind of irritation we get when traveling, but when traveling by plane, there is a lot of discretion, so it is inevitable that problems will arise.
However, when a typhoon hit once and o...
In this lesson, we continued from last time and talked about our experiences while traveling.
We talked about what kind of irritation we get when traveling, but when traveling by plane, there is a lot of discretion, so it is inevitable that problems will arise.
However, when a typhoon hit once and other airlines' flights were canceled, our plane still departed and we were told that our luggage would arrive on a later flight, which made me very nervous.
Looking back, it was a valuable experience, but one I hope will never happen again.
Today we talked about travel.
When asked to choose from five factors that are important to you when traveling, I said that I choose safety and reliability over price, which he said was a very interesting answer.
I think that Japanese people would probably give similar answers to mine, but hearing th...
Today we talked about travel.
When asked to choose from five factors that are important to you when traveling, I said that I choose safety and reliability over price, which he said was a very interesting answer.
I think that Japanese people would probably give similar answers to mine, but hearing the teacher's reaction made me realize once again that this is where people from other countries have a different perspective.
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