2020/01/11(土)SMC

Hello everyone and Happy New Year to each of you ! Here is the summary of the first SMC this year held on January 11. There were six attendees including SM K. Narisawa, SM, SM Yo. Narisawa, SM Kaneko, SM Noro, SM Narisawa and SM Yamazaki. The Coordinator was SM Yamazaki and the Lecturer was SM Kaneko.

<Lecturer> "Idioms from THE CATCHER IN THE RYE 2" Each member challenged themselves to answer the meanings of the idioms listed from the book and led a discussion about their meanings. . She was glad as hell to see me. as hell=extremely . He didn't horn in on my date. horn in on= interrupt . That all I'm gonna to shell out. shell out=fork out, pay a lot of money unwittingly . It always gave me a pain in the neck/ass. pain in the neck/ass=trouble <Table Topic Speech> . What's your favorite true story that you enjoy sharing with others?(SM Noro) . Where else would you like to live ? Why? (SM Kaneko) . The funniest amusement parks. (SM Yo. Narisawa) . What makes you uncomfortable?(SM Yu. Narisawa) . Do you like the city or town you live in ? Why or why not?(SM K. Narisawa)

<Prepared Speech> "Hands"(SM Yu. Narisawa) The speaker showed a picture drawn by the German artist Durer and talked about an episode. The episode was a really heart warning story of Durer and his younger brother Albert who ended his life as a miner and sadly never had the chance to study art despite his potential talent as an artist. "Assuming"(SM K. Narisawa) The speaker talked about an episode of a mistake we might make in our everyday lives due to assumptions. From the experience of the mistake, he gave some lessons to us with associated proverbs such as "An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure". The lessons he wanted to convey was checking for any mistakes in our prepared speech scripts or something without assumptions.

"New Year's cars"(SM Yo. Narisawa) In her speech, the speaker talked about some of her friends with whom she exchanges New Year's cards. She said that with the personal events written in the New Year cards she gets some inspiration from the details described in the cards. And she said she made up her mind to make travel overseas this year, which was triggered by the activities written in the New Year's cards. "Octopus Ball Dumplings" (SM Noro) The speaker's family had an octopus ball dumpling party at his home during the New Year's holidays. He explained the episode of how his family came to buy a kit for making octopus ball dumplings. From the detailed episodes of dialogues exchanged at the store where they purchased the kit, the rest of the members of the SMC shared their feelings about how the family is very close knit. Next time Jan.25 Venue: Oyama Community Center (Small Meeting Room) Coordinator: K. Narisawa Lecturer: Yu. Narisawa Written by Yamazaki