** トピック ** <初級コース> The Young and The Old (Beginner) 1. Are young people these days more selfish than in the past? 2. Should people above the age of 60 be allowed to be Prime Minister? 3. What's the best age to retire at? 4. Is it easier to learn technology when you are older or younger? 5. Where would you like to live when you are retired?
<中・上級コース> Travellin' Hillbillies (Advanced) 1. What's the best way to travel? 2. What's your favourite thing to do whilst travelling? Do you prefer to read, sleep, sing songs? 3. The Japanese Hoteliers Association and other such interest groups have proposed an idea to stagger Golden Week so that it is spread over a 2-4 weeks, meaning that different prefectures take their Golden Week on slightly different days. What do you think of this idea? What impacts would it have on Japan? 4. There was an increase of about 5 percent of Overseas travel in Golden Week this year, whereas the amount of Domestic travel was believed to have decreased in the same period. Why is this and is it a worrying trend for Japan? 5. If you were to recommend one place for tourist to visit, where would you recommend and why? And how about if you were recommending a place that is not well known, even to Japanese people?
【beginner】
mobile phone
stubborn
still active
slow pace of life
hula dancing (hu=who)
rude
step-father
pregnant
gracefully
pass away
life expectancy
life begins at 40
nuisance
smoking baby “you tube”
stay up all night
growing pains
no fear
common knowledge
common sense
putting on a kimono
superannuation
【advanced】
ridden
skeptical
worrying trend
capital city
steamy
popular sightseeing spot
touristy
changing of the leaves
slippery
spectacular
broken spectre
crater
alps
wave rock(south western australia)
presumably = I guess
Bournemouth
a case of the kettle calling the pot black
isolated
quarantine
dysentery
health and welfare
on the way back
manual transmission