Essay Question for test.
How have you been feeling about adjusting back to life in Osaka? In the future, how do you plan to use the knowledge you gained from your experiences in Canada?
How have you been feeling about adjusting back to life in Osaka? In the future, how do you plan to use the knowledge you gained from your experiences in Canada?
Shizuka Arakawa (Arakawa Shizuka, born December 29, 1981) is a Japanese figure skater who won the 2004 World Figure Skating Championship and the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. She is the first person from Asia to become an Olympic figure skating champion.
These are the expressions everybody found:
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Today we used the internet to find some 'fixed expressions'. Then, we checked the expression and its variations by doing this:
'Fixed Expressions' are sayings or phrases where several words that are often used together make one meaning. Some of them are more 'fixed' than others. This means you can't change the words without losing the meaning. Also some of them are more 'idiomatic' than others. An 'idiom' means that you can't understand the meaning from the words alone; you have to know the phrase to know the meaning.
It was the first day back in class. We talked about things that were different from Canada. A few people said that Japan was stinky compared to Canada, and because of all the city lights in Osaka, there seem to be less stars in the sky. Also, it seems so crowded in Japan and 'body space' is different in the two countries. About food, everybody said that Japan's food was more healthy, but they missed things like spaghetti, lasanga, and french-fries with gravy and cheese.