In English, please!
ゴールデンウィーク
Golden Week is a series of national holidays.
This year, some people will have up to 9(nine) days off in a row.
Some of the holidays are showa memorial day and children's day.
The name "Golden Week" was invented by a movie company.
There are massive traffic jams on every highway in and out of Tokyo.
- ゴールデンウィークは和製英語
- 1 文目の national は、個人や各自治体の休日でないことを強調している
- up to まで
- day off 休日
- in a row 連続して
- 5 文目の massive の代わりに huge, gigantic, enormous などでもよい
聞き耳リスニングクイズ
I work 24/7.
I'm everywhere.
I have a mirror on my face.
You can't use a mobile phone around me.
I have a lot of money but I don't spend it on myself.
Sometimes people kidnap me.
Who am I?
ATM
- ATM は Automated(Automatic) Teller Machine の略
- teller 金銭出納係
- kidnap 誘拐する