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Monday, December 10, 2018

Culture through English 2B: Myths & legends from other countries (Part 2)・海外の神話、伝説、物語 (Part 2)

Hello!

How are you? The picture above shows a statue of Tran Hung Dao, who was a powerful warrior in ancient Vietnamese history.

Vietnamese culture has many interesting stories and legends from its past. But like all countries, it has fond some more recent myths and stories. Today I have a video for you about a very different kind of story from Vietnam - one that is about love and relationships.

This is more modern, but is also as interesting as their stories of history - and is a funny one!

Activity/homework

Watch the video below. Watch it as many times as you want or need, then answer the questions below the video.

(If you have trouble seeing the video, go to this link, or go to YouTube to find "Why you are single for so long" at https://youtu.be/jaPVq3J5IUI)

1. What does the “relationship with the dead” mean in Vietnamese culture?

2. What is the back story behind this legend?

3. What are the “devil’s hours”?

4. What is the checklist about a person’s relationship condition that makes ghosts come to you?

5. What are some things a person can do to make the ghosts go away?

6. What is the joke solution (解決策) the speaker in the video says a person can do?

7. According to the video, do these things always work?

I hope you found this funny and interesting. See you next time!

Image: By Xiaoao - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5238607

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Freshman Reading 1B: Traveling in south India ・南インドの旅行

Hello!

How are you? Today, to go with our textbook reading, I have a video made by an American who has learned how to travel without spending a lot of money. His name is Gabriel Morris and he made this video of his trip to Gokarna, a small town in south India that is famous as a Hindu temple site.

Look at the picture at the top. It's of the Mahabaleshwara Temple, which is the most famous in Gokarna. Here is where Gokarna is located in India:

Activity/homework
Watch the video below. Watch it as many times as you need. Answer the questions under the video in your notebooks.

(If you have trouble seeing this video, go to this link here, or look for “How to travel India ridiculously cheap! One day in India” at https://youtu.be/7Ok9sGor4ig)

1. What famous Indian person is on all the Indian money?

2. Which is the most expensive meal of the day?

3. What are the two kinds of things he bought to eat for breakfast?

4. What is one thing he said his hotel room did not have?

5. What kind of drink does he go to find?

6. How much did he say it cost?

7. How much did the man at the restaurant say that a multi-course thali meal cost?

8. What did the sign at the Gokarna beach say that a personn cannot do?

9. What is the other drink that he gets later in the afternoon?

10. How much did it cost him to get his clothes washed?

11. How much did his thali meal cost?

12. How much did his total expenses for the day come to in U.S. dollars?
*About how much do you think this would be in Japanese yen?

I hope this is interesting for you. See you next time!

Images: Top - by Sbblr geervaanee - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16847823/Map of India - annotated screenshot of image originally by Uwe Dedering at German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9639349