2024/4/27(土)SMC

Word of the Day: SM Takahata

“level”

[n]

(1) Amount

 The amount of degree of something, compared to another amount

of degree

 -Dolphins show a high level of intelligence.

(2) Standard

  A particular standard of skill or ability, for example in education or

sport

 -Students at this level may have problems with basic grammar.

(3) Height

  The height of something in relation to the ground or to another

object

 -Skirts this year are just above knee level.

(4) Floor or ground

  A floor or area of ground that is at a particular height, especially

when you can go up or down to other floor or areas

 - Didn’t we park the car on Level 2?

(5) Rank of job

  A particular position in a system that has different ranks of

Importance

 -Training is offered at each level in the department.

(6) Way of understanding

  A way of considering or understanding something

 -I agree with you, but only on a theoretical level.

[adj]

(1) flat and not sloping in any direction

  - The floors in the old house were not completely level.  

(2) be level (with)

   a) two things that are level are at the same height with each other

   - Your eyes should be level with the top of the screen

   b) (British English) two sports teams, competitors etc. that are

level have the same number of points

   -Before the weekend, Madrid was level with Barcelona.

   c) having the same value or position as something or someone

else

   -Borrowing rates rose to over 8%, roughly level with those in

America.

[vi, vt]

1 to make something flat and smooth

 -Workers levelled the wet concrete with a piece of wood.

2 to knock down or destroy a building or area completely

 -Bombs levelled a large part of the town.

3 (British English) to make the score in a game or competition equal

 -He slipped the ball into the net to level the score at 1-1.

[Phrasal verb, idiom]

-level (wit ): to speak honestly to someone, not hiding any unpleasant fact from them

          -He asked Ron to level (with) him about what people were

 saying about him.

-level off/out: to stop increasing or growing and become steady or

continue at a fixed level

          -Short-term interest rates will level off later this year.

-a level (playing) field: a situation in which different people, companies, countries etc. can compete fairly because no one has special advantages

          -Small businesses want to compete on a level (playing) field with larger ones.

Lecture: SM Yoko Narisawa

 < Brain Training Quiz >

Answer the following quizzes.

1. What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?

2. The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire word signifies a great woman. What is the word?

3. How is seven different from the rest of the numbers between one and ten?

4. What English word has three consecutive double letters?

5. First, think of the color of the cloudds. Next, think of the color of snow. Now, think of the color of a bright full moon. Now, answer quickly what do cows drink?

6. What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

7. What has six faces, but does not wear makeup, has twenty-one eyes, but cannot see? What is it?

8. Turn me on my side and I am everything. Cut me in half and I am nothing. What am I?

9. What two things can you never eat for breakfast? 

10. Imagine you’re in a room that is filling with water. There are no windows or doors. How do you get out?

11. What gets bigger and bigger when more is taken away from it?

12. What begins with an “ e ” and only contains one letter?

13. Wednesday, Bill and Jim went to a restaurant. They ordered and ate their food. Then they paid the bill, but neither Bill nor Jim paid. Who did?

14. Two people were playing chess. They both won. How is this possible?

15. Australia is the biggest island in the world. A Dutch man, named Willem Janszoon, first discovered it in 1606. What was the biggest island in the world before he discovered it?

[ Answer ]

1. The letter “ r ”  2. Heroine  3. Seven has two syllables and the other numbers only have one syllable.  4. Bookkeeper  5. Water  6. Short

7. Dice  8. The number 8  9. Lunch and dinner  10. Stop imagining

11. Hole  12. Envelope  13. Wednesday did  14. They were playing two different games against other opponents.  15. Australia

Table Topic Speech

(1) How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

(2) How will today matter in five years from now?

(3) What makes a person beautiful?

(4) What is your greatest skill?

Prepared Speech

(1) Where to go now: SM Eda

(2) Okinawa Part2: SM M.G

Goya contains a lot of vitamin C which can reduce summer fatigue.

First recipe is goya chanpru,

Ingredients are sliced goya, tofu,egg, dried bonito, oil, pepper.

Second one is goya juice which is mixed with carbonated water and goya in a blender.

Last is goya salad, which is can tuna and very thinly sliced goya.

Please enjoy these recipe.

Meeting Schedule

In-person: 9:30 AM on May 11 at Oyama Community Center (medium conference room)

(Coordinator: SM Noro, Word of the Day: SM Kei Narisawa, Lecturer: SM Eda)

Zoom: 7:30 PM on Apr. 29 and May 6