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Lesson Notes August 19, 2025 (TUESDAY ZOOM)

Words & Phrases

• I grow tomatoes in my garden.

• They have grown flowers in the backyard.

• We don’t say ‘grown up vegetables’. The phrase ‘grow up’ is used for people or animals, not plants. For plants, we just say ‘grow’.

• There has been a lot of news about bears recently, especially them taking farmers’ food. (We say ‘news about something’, not 'news of’.)

• There has been a lot of news about the weather lately.

• There has been a lot of news about the festival in the city.

• Ring (verb) = to make a clear sound, usually of a bell or similar object.

• The church bell will ring at noon.

• Every New Year the local temple rings their bell.

• The wedding venue rang a bell signalling everyone to find their seat for dinner.

• My trip to Nagano was only six days, so it wasn’t long enough to meet my old friends.

• My cousin’s daughter is the only relative living in Nagano.

• There is a three-story pagoda near the centre of the town.

• We visited a beautiful five-story pagoda in Kyoto.

• The pagoda’s multiple tiers reached high into the sky.

• Many pagodas were built as part of Buddhist temple complexes.

• Look forward to (phrasal verb) = to feel excited or pleased about something that is going to happen. (Synonyms: anticipate, await eagerly, be excited about)

• I’m really looking forward to visiting Kyoto next spring.

• She looks forward to meeting her old classmates at the reunion.

• We all look forward to the festival every year because it’s so lively.

• Outing (noun) = a short trip or excursion, usually for leisure, pleasure, or educational purposes

• We went on a family outing to the seaside last weekend.

• The school organized an outing to the local museum for the students.

• On their day off, they planned a small outing to the nearby mountains.