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DMM 英会話 26日目

先生: Abegay 教材: Job Applications: What Works and What Doesn't? The teacher teach me without much enthusiasm. At the discussion part, she question me and just I answered. We didn't have deeper conversation. I don't have bad impression to…

DMM 英会話 25日目

先生: Maycee 教材: US Officials to Restrict Sales of E-Cigarettes Today's teacher care about grammar well. If I answer with incorrect structure, she correct it and write it down to memo space. Some teachers also teach me, but they don't wr…

DMM 英会話 24日目

先生: KinaCJ 教材: As Web Turns 30, Creator Calls for Changes Since yesterday, I started to read vocabulary notebook. Through my speaking lessons, I noticed that my vocabulary is not enough to express my thought. There are so many words in…

DMM 英会話 23日目

先生: Abegay 教材: Artifacts Discovered in Mayan Cave 'Untouched' for 1,000 Years Today's topic is mainly about ancient sites. I don't have an interesting for history neither in Japan and world. Therefore todays's lesson is boring. It's sa…

DMM 英会話 22日目

先生: Abegay 教材: Jaguar Attacks Woman Taking Selfie at Arizona Zoo Today's teacher speaks English very well, and know many words. I've never heard "arachnophobia" even in Japanese. Arachnophobia is like sickness to feel fear for spiders,…

DMM 英会話 21日目

先生: Mayuemi 教材: South Korea's Fertility Rate Drops Below One To tell you the truth, I don't know the fact that South Korea' fertility rate drops below one. South Korean's rate of people who are older than 65 is lower than Japan, but fe…

DMM 英会話 20日目

先生: Marven E 教材: Wearable Robots Help Lift Bags in Tokyo Airports I have no impressions today. It is as usual. I expect wearable robots will be a solution of population getting smaller and older.

DMM 英会話 19日目

先生: Marven E 教材: Free Talk Today's lesson started 12 minutes late. Teacher's PC suddenly restarted for updating even she didn't click, she said. Therefore we don't have enough time to start material, we change to start taking freely. I…

DMM 英会話 18日目

先生: Margaret A 教材: US, South Korea End Spring Military Drills Yesterday, I had a cold. So I cancelled the lesson. The record of consecutive days are broken. Today's teacher is Nigerian women. I asked her whether the events between US a…

DMM 英会話 17日目

先生: Mary Joyce 教材: Lego Opens Middle East-Africa Headquarters in Dubai Today, before reading the article, we talked about JST and White Day. The teacher sent me "Hi Shogo-san, see you 10:00 PM JPT. " at Skype chat. So I replied "JST is…

DMM 英会話 16日目

先生: Chen T 教材: This App Will Help You Find a Quiet Restaurant Actually, today's lesson is not fun. I had a bad choice. From the title, I thought this topic was about new smartphone application, and I would talk about technology or info…

DMM 英会話 15日目

先生: Gillian Claudine 教材: Taiwan Asks Google to Hide Military Sites Today's teacher is highly educated girl. We could talk about military and country's allies. I tend to choose topics about science, politics and humans. Recently, I coul…

DMM 英会話 14日目

先生: Marven E 教材: How to Become a Digital Nomad Today's topic is about Digital Nomad, working remotely. I was a remote worker two years ago. I talked to my teacher that experience. In the flow of conversation, I also talk about current …

DMM 英会話 13日目

先生: Jadeen 教材: 30,000 Liters of Iceberg Water Stolen from Vodka Company Today's teacher is Jamaican. The internet connection is not so bad. It's better than I expected. This article is about sheaves, and we talked about how safe in our…

DMM 英会話 12日目

先生: Chrissietin 教材: Samsung, Huawei Show Off Foldable Phones the words I don't remember: 花粉症: hay fever, pollen allergies かゆい: itchy 鼻水: (I have a) runny nose There is no special things. The lesson is as usual.

DMM 英会話 11日目

先生: Otilia 教材: Top Islands to Visit in Thailand Today I chosen a Romanian Teacher. This is a first time to choose other countries teacher except for Philippino. She speaks almost 1.5 times faster than Philippino teacher. But her pronun…

DMM 英会話 10日目

先生: Jenielyn 教材: Exercise Is Good for Your Brain Today I learned: Alzheimer's: アルツハイマー mice: many of mouse physically active: 活動的/活発 grow weak: (身体が)もろくなる write a diary to check one's progress: 進捗確認をするために…

DMM 英会話 9日目

先生: Milrose 教材: Some Airliners Have Cameras on Seat-Back Screens Today's lesson is noisy a little. The teacher Milrose may be in the teacher's room, I think. I can hear others speaking English. Milrose speaks her opinion in discussion …

DMM 英会話 8日目

先生: Jenny P 教材: Tortoise Believed Extinct Found on Galapagos Island There are no new word to remember today. Today's teacher have a cold. She looks like having a fever because her face became red. I thought online English teacher is ha…

DMM 英会話 7日目

先生: Mary Joyce 教材: Coke Releases First New Flavor in 12 Years My speaking skill is improved explicitly comparing to 7 days ago when I just started. Today's teacher Joyce speaks faster than other teacher a little. It's good chance to im…

DMM 英会話 6日目

先生: Jacklyn 教材: Wealthy Americans Renting Homes Instead of Buying さっと出なかった言葉 職場: workplace 職場からの通勤時間が大事という文脈で: acessibility 近郊: suburb 今日の先生は3回目なので、だいたい自分の境遇は伝わっていて、discussio…

DMM 英会話 5日目

先生: Chrissietin 教材: Which Is Better: More Sleep or Regular Sleep? 気に入っていた2人の先生に予約できなかったので今日は新しい先生を予約してみた。 この先生は少し早口なので、リスニングの勉強になる。 回りくどい言い方をしたときには、よりスマ…

DMM 英会話 4日目

先生: Jaclyn 教材: Hanoi Barber Offers Free Kim and Trump Haircuts 今日は2日目に担当してもらった先生を再度予約した。 だいたいどの先生も出身大学が書いてあって、大学のランキングを調べるとフィリピン国内で70~100位ぐらいの大学を出ていることが多…

DMM 英会話 3日目

先生: Jenielyn 教材: There's a Faster Way to Get Off Planes 今日は言いたいことがだいたい言えた。ただ教材の最後の Further Discussion の部分は、質問文をテキストで見ないと、質問が長くて相手がどういう質問をしてきているのか把握できないことが多…

DMM 英会話 2日目

先生: Jaclyn 教材: US University Grows Food on Rooftops さっと出てこなかった言葉 siblings: 兄弟 only child: 一人っ子 public school: 公立の学校 private school: 私立の学校 vacant lot: 空いている土地(ビルの屋上を指して) What do you make of ~:…

DMM 英会話 1日目

先生: Charol 教材: Over 1 Billion People Risk Hearing Loss From Loud Music DMM英会話初回レッスン。もう少し音質良いかと思っていたけど、思っていたものの7割ぐらいだった。音声の遅延とかは無いので、回線が悪いわけではなさそう。相手のヘッドセット…

DMM英会話を始めてみようと思う

最近USのスタートアップと一緒に仕事をすることがあって英語のミーティングをする機会があったり、とある企業から来たスカウトの面談で英語で話す必要があったりと、英語の必要性を感じるようになってきた。 そのうち機械翻訳が発達してきて、英語を喋らなく…