Lecture Table Topic Speech (1) Who do you trust and why? (2) How many people do you love? (3) What's the most important lesson you've learned in the last year? (4) What makes life easier? (5) How would you describe the past year of your life in one sentence? (6) Where do you spend most of your time while you're awake? Prepared Speech (1) SMC or ICC: SM Eda ICC stands for International Criminal Court. They tried to prosecute Mr. Putin and Mr. Netanyahu. The USA and EU as a w

Lecture Idiom quiz: SM Yoko Narisawa Fill in the blank with a part of the body. 1. He is completely under his wife’s ( t ). = is so strongly influenced by his wife that she controls him completely 2. She never let fame go to her ( h ). = fame makes her feel more important than she really is 3. She keeps all men at ( a ’s) length to avoid getting hurt. = avoid developing a relationship with all men 4. ‘ Really?’ Mary said, raising her ( e

Lecture (1) Word Quiz: SM Takahata Read the notes below and fill in the blank. (1) A: If you want to dress up but still stay comfortable, these shoes are highly recommended. B: Do I need time to ( 1　) them in? A: Not at all. They’re comfortable right out of the ( 2 ). 1= to make new shoes or boots less stiff and more comfortable by wearing them 2= immediately from very beginning (2) A: No matter how hard I study, I can’t get into a top-flight university. I fe

Lecture (1) Zoological Terms: SM Kaneko Explanations 1. A marked developmental change that takes place in insects and some other animals as they grow from the young to the adult form, as in the pupa and chrysalis. 2. Any animal lacking a vertebral column, or backbone. They constitute the majority of the animal kingdom, ranging from the simple sponges to advanced animals such as insects and cephalopod mollusks. 3. Any meat-eating animals, which are applied particularly to a l

Lecture: SM Yoko Narisawa Idiom Quiz Fill in the blank. 1. Even after failing twice, Ken decided to get back on the ( h ) and try again. = recover from failure and try again 2. The new cafe became popular overnight and now everyone wants a piece of the ( p ). = part of the profit or benefit 3. During the debate, Aya stayed calm while everyone else was losing thier ( h s ). = losing their temper 4. The twins look so similar that it’s hard to tell t

Lecture: SM Kei Narisawa · meticulous · coherent · deteriorate · contemplate · alleviate · inevitable · ubiquitous · substantial · discrepancy · ambiguous ***************************************************************************************** A (meticulous) researcher named Emma / noticed a (discrepancy) in some important data. At first, the results seemed (ambiguous), / and she spent several days trying to find a (coherent) explanation. As the deadlin

Lecture (1): SM Kei Narisawa “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”— Benjamin Franklin *Test your vocabulary. 1.loathe 2.inadvertent 3.clandestine 4.affluent 5.elicit 6.corroborate 7.controversial 8.gullible 9.legion 10.universal 11.contemptuous 12.retrospect 13.homogeneous 14.capricious 15.deflect 16.canny 17.eventuality 18.down-time 19.ration 20.moderation Manual 1 loathe Meaning: to hate strongly Example Sentence:I absolutely loathe waking

Lecture: SM Noro When reading English books, I often come across the expressions that I would like to try using myself. Today, I would like to explore an interesting English structure using the dummy subject “It”.The key expressions are:1) What it feels like to ~/ What it is like to ~2) What it takes to ~3) What it means to ~Example 1: I don’t understand what it feels like to be a billionaire.*Note: [ I don’t understand what to be a billionaire feels like.] It seems this sen

Lecture: SM Yoko Narisawa Fill in the blank. 1. I left halfway ( t ) the film. = in the middle of the film 2. He ( f ed ) for information about the new project. = tried to find out information without asking directly 3. His father was murdered in cold ( b ). = in a cruel and deliberate way 4. His business partner left the project, so he was left holding the ( b ). = was left as the only person responsible for dealing with a difficul

Lecture: SM Kei Narisawa I’d like to begin my lecture with a question: Why do you study English? Some of you may want to read English novels. Others may want to watch movies without subtitles. And many of you probably want to enjoy conversations in English. At the same time, some of you may find it difficult to understand English when it is spoken quickly. Even if you get used to fast English, you still may not fully understand the meaning of words or how sentences are struc