「パックンマックン・海保知里の英語に Thank you!」2012 年 03 月 12 日

In English, please!

帯祝い

The obi-iwai is the first celebration of a pregnancy.
When a woman is 5(five) months pregnant, she goes to a shrine.
She goes on a/the day of the dog.
Because dogs have easy births.
Women put obi belts around their stomachs and pray for an easy birth.

  • 妊娠 pregnancy/妊娠している pregnant
  • 2 文目を When women are 5(five) months pregnant, they go to a shrine. とも言っている
  • 4 文目は Because dogs give births easily. でもよい
  • 身に付ける動作は put on/身に付けている状態は wear
  • 5 文目で「帯を巻く」を強調したければ wrap を用いる
    • They wrap their bellies with obi belts.
  • 子宮 womb

聞き耳リスニングクイズ

I like kind people.
My color is different from others.
You can't use mobile phones around me.
I recently became friends with Kaiho.
You can find me on trains and buses.
I used to be silver.
Who am I?

優先席

  • 優先席は、飛行機では priority seating/電車やバスでは handicapped seating が主に用いられる