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Lesson Notes September 23, 2025 (TUESDAY ZOOM)

Words & Phrases

• Congratulations Noriko, your sumo wrestler won his matches.

• Many cultures celebrate festivals during the autumnal equinox.

• On the autumnal equinox, daylight and nighttime hours are almost the same.

• Where is your family grave? (“Graveyard” usually means a whole cemetery, not a single family’s graves.)

• There are three (cemeteries / graveyards) around this area.

• Baby face (noun) = a face that looks young, round, and smooth, often giving a youthful or innocent appearance

• He has a baby face, so people often think he’s younger than he is.

• Her baby face makes her look innocent and approachable.

• I’m watching my sumo matches, so don’t bother me.

• I won’t be going out this weekend. I want to catch up on my stories. (“My stories” usually means the TV shows, sports events, cartoons etc that the speaker follows)

• Their baton passes were not smooth.

• They had trouble passing the baton.

Appropriate Language

Graveyard / Cemetery

• Graveyard = a burial place that is next to a church, shrine, temple etc, often smaller and older.

• That old graveyard is behind the church.

• Cemetery = a burial place that is not next to a church, usually bigger and more modern.

• My grandparents are buried in the local cemetery.