For homework please answer the questions in the textbook on page 14, section 4 a-f. Do not give one sentence answers, but explain them by giving evidence and examples.
a. When do children usually leave home?
→I think there are various situations. For example, entering university, campanies and so on. When children starts new life at the different places, they usually leave home.
b. How many people live in your home?
→Including me, there are 4 people, my father , my mother , younger sister and me. I have one younger brother, but he lives in Tokyo from last March.
c. Do you have a head of the family?
→Yes, my family's head is my father. Almost family in Japan, father is a head of family. But a head of the family which have no father is mother, maybe.
d. Who does the housework?
→In my family, my mother does the housework. She don't work, so she stays at home and does the housework. But there is an exception. There is father who does the housework in behalf of mother.
e. Who runs the family?
→In my family, my father runs the famliy. But there are some families which is two incomes, father and mother. I work as a part- time and it is for me, so I can't say "I run my family."
f. How many rooms do you have to sleep in?
→I sleep in my bed, and my room was just one.
2009年6月23日火曜日
2009年6月3日水曜日
Homework #5
1.Are feelings, emotions and facial expressions universal across borders, happy, sad, etc..?
→YES. I think every people in the world has feelings, emotions and facial expressions. If there are differences that method of expressions by country, I think we can understand that because there is any universal points in our expression. If we have a purpose of communicating our feelings, it will be understood by other countries people.
2. Try to name as many feelings as possible in Japanese. ( 10 minimum) Then, write the English translation.
①嬉しい・・・happy
②幸せな・・・lucky
③さびしい・・・lonely
④悲しい・・・sad
⑤緊張した・・・nervous
⑥疲れた・・・tired
⑦キモい・・・yucky
⑧ウザい・・・messy
⑨眠い・・・sleepy
⑩呆れた・・・shocked
3. Are there any feelings in Japanese that cannot be translated into English?
→NO. I have no ideas, but I think it is possible to translate every Japanese feelings into English in some translation.
→YES. I think every people in the world has feelings, emotions and facial expressions. If there are differences that method of expressions by country, I think we can understand that because there is any universal points in our expression. If we have a purpose of communicating our feelings, it will be understood by other countries people.
2. Try to name as many feelings as possible in Japanese. ( 10 minimum) Then, write the English translation.
①嬉しい・・・happy
②幸せな・・・lucky
③さびしい・・・lonely
④悲しい・・・sad
⑤緊張した・・・nervous
⑥疲れた・・・tired
⑦キモい・・・yucky
⑧ウザい・・・messy
⑨眠い・・・sleepy
⑩呆れた・・・shocked
3. Are there any feelings in Japanese that cannot be translated into English?
→NO. I have no ideas, but I think it is possible to translate every Japanese feelings into English in some translation.
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