Convenience stores and disasters in Japan

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Topic: コンビニ 　Convenience Stores

Date:2017/10/27 22:00 (Japan Time)
Level： Beginner2, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate

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Hachiyama sensei's remarks:

みなさんの家の近くにコンビニはありますか？
どんな時にコンビニに行きますか？
お気に入りのコンビニはありますか？
こんなことができたらいいなと思うサービスはありますか？
コンビニについて、いろいろ話しましょう。

Do you have any convenience stores near your house ?
When do you usually go to convenience stores ?
Do you have any favorite convenience stores ?
Are there are any services that you wish could be performed at convenience stores ?
Let's talk about convenience stores.

Topic: 自然災害 Natural disasters

Date: 2017/10/31 13:00 (Japan Time)
Level： Intermediate, Advanced

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Itaya sensei's remarks:

最近多くなってきた自然災害。
あなたの住んでいる地域にはどんな危険がありますか。
恐い経験をしたことがありますか。
災害に備えてどんなことをしたらいいですか。

Recently, natural disasters have been on the increase.
What dangers do you face in your areas ?
Have you ever had a scary experience ?
How can you prepare for disasters ?

Teacher Itaya's comment Oct. 2017

itaya

私がまだ子どものとき、一晩で１ｍ以上雪が積もったことがありました。その日は学校が休みになりました。
大きい地震もありました。余震が何度もあって恐かった記憶があります。
高校生のときは大雨で道が冠水し、ずぶ濡れになって帰宅したことがあります。このときは雷も鳴っていて恐かったです。
最近日本では各地で異常気象が起きています。
何か起きる前に、どうしたらいいのか考えておいた方がよさそうです。

When I was a child, one night we had over 1 meter of snowfall piled up. On that day, the schools took the day off.
There was also a large earthquake once. There were so many aftershocks that I remember being really frightened.
When I was a high school student, we had some torrential rain and the roads got flooded, so I came home dripping wet. There was thunder at that time too, so it was really scary.
There has been a spate of abnormal weather in many areas in Japan recently.
Its a good thing to think of what one should do in the event of a disaster before anything happens.

See Itaya Sensei's page.

Teacher Hachiyama's comment Oct.2017

hachiyama

私の会社のすぐ近くにコンビニがあります。 私はそのコンビニによく行っています。お茶やコーヒー、おにぎりを買うだけでなく、お金を下ろしたり、写真を印刷したり、荷物を送ったり・・・色々なことで利用しています。コンビニが近くにあるととても便利です。
また、コンビニのスイーツも気になります。最近は、抹茶のシュークリームにはまっています。スイーツも新しい商品が出るとお店に並びますので、そのチェックも欠かせません。

There is a convenience store right near my company.I often go to this convenience store.I don't only go there to buy coffee or tea or rice balls, but I also withdraw money from the bank, print out photographs, send packages and parcels... I use it various ways. Its really useful to have a convenience store near me.
I also really like the sweets sold at convenience stores. Recently, I am really into green tea cream puffs. When there are new sweets on sale, they lay these out in the store, so its vital to check them out !

See Hachiyama Sensei's page.

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