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Today, I’ll talk about my experiences in the last few months: skiing, hiking, traveling, watching Tarkovsky movies and going to BI2’s live concert.

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English section: 00:00 ~ 28:15

Japanese section: 28:16 ~ 55:10

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Idioms:


Long time no see!

Long time no talk!

I’m (feeling) under the weather.

A leopard never changes its spots.

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Today’s vocabulary:

(N) = noun名詞 (ADJ) = adjective形容詞

(V) = verb動詞

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●   busy = occupied (ADJ) = 忙しい

●   free time = spare time = leisure time = 余暇

●   What have you been up to/doing? 何をしていたの?

●   ski resort = スキー場

●   snowy mountains = 雪に埋もれた山々

●   ski lifts = スキーリフト

●   ski slope = ゲレンデ

●   wintry landscape = 冬景色

●   We walked/covered 10 km today = 我々は今日10キロ移動し(歩き)ました

●   scenery = landscape = views (N) = 景色、風景

●   gorgeous = fantastic = stunning = incredible = fascinating = splendid (ADJ) = 素晴らしい

●   canyons = gorges = 峡谷

●   meadows = grasslands = 草原

●   fields = 野原

●   cliffs = 崖、絶壁

●   valleys = 谷間

●   hills = 丘

●   ecosystem = 生態系

●   proximity (N) = (時空間・血族関係が)近いこと

●   I don’t care much for ~ = I’m not that into ~ = I’m not fond of ~ = 私は~があまり好きではない

●   I’m a big fan of ~ = 私は~が大好きだ

●   wanderlust (N) = 旅心、旅行願望

●   I was consumed/gripped by wanderlust = 私は強い旅行願望に囚われた

●   desire (V) (N) = ~を強く望む・強い願望

●   consume (V) = 消費する

●   grip (V) = しっかり掴む、握りしめる

●   heat stroke = 熱中症

●   scorching sun = 灼熱の太陽

●   dehydration (N) = 脱水(症状)

●   He/she is ill = sick = unwell = (feeling) under the weather = 彼・彼女は体調が悪い

●   chill = relax (V) = リラックスする、休む

●   masterpiece (N) = 傑作、名作

●   film director = 映画監督

●   the Soviet Union = ソビエト連邦

●   Andrey Tarkovsky (1932-1986) Soviet filmmaker = アンドレイ・タルコフスキー(1932-1986)ソ連の映画監督

●   spiritual (ADJ) = 精神的な、魂の

●   genre (N) = ジャンル

●   training wheels = (自転車の)補助輪

●   playground (N) = 遊具がある公園

●   jungle gym = ジャングルジム

●   monkey bars = うんてい

●   swings = ブランコ

●   exercise bars = 鉄棒

●   slides = 滑り台

●   seesaws = シーソー

●   early childhood = 幼年期

●   vocation = occupation = profession = job (N) = 職業、仕事

●   innate = inborn (ADJ) = 生まれつきの

●   character = personality (N) = 性格

●   adulthood (N) = 成人期