写真で英語の文法と単語うを習う #2 - Ben Nevis Cemetery

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This is a photo of me in the very small cemetery located in the Ben Nevis region of Otago, New Zealand.

The Ben Nevis Valley is on the opposite side of the Remarkables from Queenstown.

While it is still farmed, the valley is a shadow of its former self. Some 150 years ago, gold fever hit the Ben Nevis, and for a period it was a populated, lively, vibrant gold-mining town. 

This cemetery, along with the remains of the searches are all that is left to remind visitors of the valley's former glory.

I spent a night camping there, relaxing next to the crystal clear waters of the Nevis River.

単語

cemetery (ˈsɛmɪtri/) noun: a large burial ground, especially one not in a churchyard.

日本語：墓地, 墓場, 霊園

valley (/ˈvali/) noun: low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it

日本語：谷, 谷間, 渓谷

shadow of its former self (ˈʃadəʊ/) idiom: someone or something that is not as strong, powerful, or useful as it once was

日本語：かつての自分の影

vibrant (/ˈvʌɪbr(ə)nt/) adjective: full of energy and life

日本語：鮮やか, 瑞々しい

glory (ˈɡlɔːri/) noun: magnificence or great beauty

日本語：栄華, 栄え 

文法 

While it is still farmed, the valley is a shadow of its former self. 

Its only ever has an アポストロフィ if it is a 接続詞. A common mistake by native English speakers. 気を付けて。

It's a shadow of its former self. = It is a shadow of its former self.

写真で英語の文法と単語うを習う #1 - The verandah at my family home.

  
Welcome to the Make Sense blog. What we're going to do here is learn English vocab through photos, taken by myself in the beginning, or with submissions from you beautiful people out there.

I will explain the photo, then break down my explanation in English and Japanese. If you have any questions, please ask. I have also included the phonetics to help pronunciation.


This photo is of the verandah at my parents’ house. Our family have lived there since 1990. The Whanganui River is in the background. Straight behind the verandah is a cherry tree. It blooms in spring, which is in September/October.
The roof of the verandah is fibreglass, so the sun can come through, but the rain can't.
There is a nice wooden table with chairs, so we can eat our meals out there if we want.
We usually cook inside, but you can see the bbq there which is used a lot in summer.

単語
verandah (vəˈrandə/)  noun: a roofed platform along the outside of a house, level with the ground floor.
日本語： ベランダ  

bloom (bluːm/) verb: produce flowers; be in flower.
日本語：咲く

straight (/streɪt/) adverb: in a straight line; directly

日本語： 一路 

 

fibreglass  (/ˈfʌɪbəɡlɑːs/) noun: a reinforced plastic material composed of glass fibres embedded in a resin matrix.

日本語： 繊維ガラス

（アメリカの英語は「fiberglass」

 

文法
 
Our family have lived there since 1990.

 have lived  We use the present perfect (現在完了形) here to show something started in the past,and continues in the present. My family started living there in 1990, and still live there now.

since/for When you talk about an activity or state beginning at a particular time in the past you use since (since 1990). If you use for, you are talking about a length of time. (My family have lived there for 28 years.
since = starting point, for = length of time

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ディズニーランドに新しいテーマパーク！？ Disneyland will build a new theme park in Tokyo.

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ニュースサイトのnerdist.com によると、ディズニーランドに新しいテーマパークができるとのことです。
ディズニーランドは1983年にオープンしました（僕もこの年に訪れました）。以降、異常なほどまでに人気が高まり、2001年にディズニーシーをオープン。
今となっては、ディズニーランドもディズニーシーも連日多くの人で溢れかえっています。また、大阪のユニバーサルスタジオジャパンも同様です。そしてディズニーランドはその敷地を再び拡張することを決定したとのこと。ランド、シーに続く3つ目の施設で、そのテーマは日本の文化らしいですね。ディズニーファンには良い知らせでしょう。 
 また、僕は今日、東京のディズニーランドとディズニーシーがアメリカのディズニーランドによって経営されていないと言うことを初めて知りました。オリエンタルランドと言う会社が運営しているのですね。しかし、アメリカのディズニーはコントロールするのでしょう。



News from nerdist.com that Disneyland is building a new theme park in Tokyo.

Disneyland opened first in 1983 (and I was there) in Tokyo. After it became stupidly popular, they went on to open DisneySea in 2001. 
Now that both are packed full of people every day of the year, and the folk at Disney see how popular Universal Studios Japan in Osaka is, Disneyland has decided to move on its third theme park in Japan.
It will be in Tokyo, and the theme of the park will be the culture of Japan.
Good news for you Disney fans.

Also, I learned today that the Disneyland company doesn't actually own Disneyland or DisneySea. They are owned by a company called Oriental Land Company, but Disney has full creative control over the parks.

Photo courtesy of Nerdist.com

う○こ”先生、子どもたちの漢字の先生に！ Professor Poop is helping the kids learn kanji.

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あの有名メディアのForbesまでもが”う◯こ”先生の記事を書きました。”う◯こ”先生は、例文にう◯こを使い漢字を教えてくれます。わかりますよね？「う◯こ研究所で働きたい」のような例文がたくさん載っています。みんなこの手のネタは好きなんでしょう。日本全国で２７０万部が売れているとのことですよ。

Forbes shares the story of Professor Poop with us all. Professor Poop teaches kanji, using a range of poop related kanji lessons. What do I mean? An example sentence to learn the kanji for work is, 'I want to work at the poop research centre.'

People are loving it, with the book having sold 2.7 million copies nationwide.

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どんな日本語が外国人に知られているのでしょうか？結果は、、、驚くかもしれないですよ。 What Japanese words are understood by foreigners? You may be surprised.

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外国の人が知っている日本語について調べるという面白いリサーチが行われました。その結果、４９個の日本語があげられました。どのようにこのリストが作られたのかわかりませんし、whatjapanthinks.comもなんとなく紹介しているだけなのでしょうが、面白い結果ではないでしょうか。いくつわかりますか！？

This surprising survey on what Japanese words foreigners abroad understand has listed the top 49 Japanese words that foreigners overseas understand. I'm not sure how the list was made, and the website whatjapanthinks.com is a bit unsure too, but it's an interesting list all the same. Any surprises for you there? How many do you know?

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ニュージーランド警察の笑える職員募集動画です。 Funny New Zealand Police Recruitment video.

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 この動画は、ニュージーランド警察に多くの人が応募してほしいという願いを込めて制作されました。異文化が共存するニュージーランドの多様性を表現している素晴らしい動画だと思います。もちろん警察は社会の安全を守り続けていることもわかるようになっていますね。日本の警察とはちょっと違う気がしませんか！？ちなみに、ニュージーランドの警察官は拳銃を携帯していません。

 Here is a video that was made to try and get more people to apply to join the Police in New Zealand. The video is great, as it shows the diversity in New Zealand, with so many cultures. It also presents the Police as part of the team to keep the community safe. Very different to the image of the police here I think. 
And they have no guns.

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