1.Today’s lesson is the text book, 'Touchstone3’ unit10, ’What`s up?’,’movies’
2.Here is a talk from Radio Eikaiwa.
Topic is difficulty, ease, take precedence, priorities.
Gary and Helen are talking about reading books.
a Helen, are you checking social medea?
b No, I`m reading a book.
a Oh, I thought you liked reading paper books, not e-books.
b Usually, I do, but this time I`m reading War and Peace by Tolstoy. It`s over a thousand pages!
a It`s a massive book. I tried reading it once but gave up.
b Well, it does take time.
a It is hard to find time to read books.
b For me, finding time is quite easy. The hard part is finding the right book.
a Good point.
key sentence It is hard to take time to read books.
This phrase means the degree of difficulty.
It`s easy to do that. It`s a breeze, an ordeal, a struggle, rough to do that.
My boss is hard, easy to satisfy.
That is a hard nut to crack, tough one, no walk in the park, no easy task, thing.
His lectures are really hard to follow.
Be careful driving over there. The rosds are confusing, so it`s easy to get lost.
It was no walk in the park, it was able to fix you computer. Be careful with it from now on.
A boy , Renge and his home tutor, Aoi are talking.
a So, Renge, did you finish all your English homework?
Yea, it was so easy. I could do it with my eyes closed.
a Let me check it. Hmm, you mede a few mistakes, Renge.
b What? Where?
a No two and No seven You used the wrong tence and you spelled this word wrong.
b Oh right. Those are just careless mistakes.
a Exactly, careless mistakes can cause you problems on tests. Check your answer thoroughly next time.
b Consider it done.
key sentence consider it done.
This phrase means a piece of cake.
I could do it with my eyes closed.
I could do it with one hand.
That`s easy. that`s as easy as pie, a piece of cake.
It`s no-brainer, a cinch.
Your suggestion is easy to implement. Consider it done.
Learning this soft is as easy as pie. You will be a pro in no time.
Flipping omeletes is my specialty. I could do it with my eyes closed.
Doug and Shiho are talking about thei old house.
a Doug, do you like this old house?
b Sure, it`s fine. Of course, it needs some fixing up here and there.
a You don`t think it`s too old-fashioned,?
b Who needs a fancy house anyway?.
a I feel the same thing. Comfort comes before style.
b That goes without saying. As long as I have a roof over my head, I`m happy.
b And we can always take a vacation to the big city if we want to.
a It`s funny. City people want to come to this island for their vacations.
b Yeah, The grass is always greener on the other side of fence, right?
key sentence Comfort comes before style.
This phrase means that house comfort takes precedence over appearance.
Family comes first. Which comes first, family or work?
I put family before everything else.
The first thing to do , the most important thing is to book your flight.
You are better off talking to her directly.
I would rather take a taxi than drive.
I`d takea walk there over waiting for bus.
For me, getting along with people comes before being right.
He always puts his daughter`s happiness before his own.
The first thing to do is to establish yourself as a reliable worker.
David and Roza are talking.
a Hey, Roza, you`ve been on this program, right?
b Yeah, I started in 2018. Time flies.
a Whose idea was it to include the jokes?
b I think that was Onishi sensei`s idea.
a Do we need a joke every time?
b I guess not. You should talk to him about it.
a OK, we shouldn`t get our priorities mixed up.
b Exactly, we are here to make funny jokes, not boring ones.
a That is not what I meant by priorities but OK.
key senyence we shouldn`t get our priorities mixed up.
This phrase expresses priorities.
Something is our top priority.
You must give priority to something.
The party takes priority.
We need prioritize customer satisfaction.
Our number-one priority is to adress the concern of our shareholders.
We have to give priorityto time-sensitive matters.
You have got your priorities mixed up.
We are here to learn. Socializing can be done later.
