2010年5月28日
ATMs and Manners (Feedback)
Hi team,
First of all, Happy Birthday Kazu! Hope you have a great day. (We have a lot of blog birthdays this month, don't we!)
Thanks for sharing your thoughts about ATMs. It does seem to be the case that Japanese people have a lot of bank accounts, but that is probably because Japan has a lot of banks. In the UK, there are only a few big banks, and almost everyone has just one account with one of them. Internet banking is really big now, as well. I have an account with a bank in New Zealand (because I own a house over there), and I do all my transactions on the Internet. As I live in another country, it is really convenient, and I have never had any security problems with it.
I have decided that I am going to change my phone next week. I spent a long time in the docomo shop playing with the phone that I am interested in, and I really like it. I went to the au shop today, and they said that the best time to cancel my contract with them would be the first of the month, which is next Tuesday. My number is going to stay the same, but I will have to make a new email address. Actually, that's a good thing, because I have been getting lots of spam recently. I will make sure my new address is a bit more complicated.
Anyway, here is some feedback on this week's comments...
It might be that the older man didn't get used to operate the ATM
(It might be that the older man wasn't used to operating...) GET USED TO
If I am in the situation, and if I am like the older man,
(If I were in that situation, and if I were like the older man,) IF/WHEN
I'm always confused drawing money from ATM. Because differt banks have different type of ATMs.
(I always get confused when I withdraw money from ATMs because...) BECAUSE
... ATMs when the opperation (mnipulation ?) is complicated.
(... when I want to do something complicated)
One more merit of the hotel lounge is we can have another cup of coffee by(?) the same price.
(... you can get another cup of coffee for the same price) YOU
I'm glad the truck driver was a decent person and you don't have to pay for the repairs.
(I found out later that I misunderstood what had happened. It wasn't something that fell off a truck, it was another Hiace like mine. The guy backed it into a building by mistake, and some things fell off the building and hit three cars including mine.)
but you were lucky in a way
(nice expression)
Oh, that's figures.
(That figures.)
This speculation comes from my experience of living in Kyoto for four years.
(Nice sentence.)
What were they talking?
(What were they talking about?) TALK ABOUT
The utmost time deposit of the deposit insurance corporation is 10,000,000 yen.
(The maximum amount that you can have in the account is...)
I'm going to see "Alice in wonderland" today!?
(What did you think of it?)
At banks, we often see signs saying "if you are going to use ATM for more than three transactions or withdrawings, please stand in line again.
(I've never noticed signs like that.)
You have very good manners, but would you do the same thing if you didn't have a car or a bike? For those people who don't drive, it may not that easy, and the older man might have been one of them.
(Good English, and a good point! But he wasn't really very old. I think he was in his fifties.)
If I won the lottery, I'll have multiple bank accounts!
(If I won the lottery, I would have...) IF/WHEN
I can't get them soon...
(I won't be able to buy one for a while/in the near future.)
You sound like busy but I hope you have a great time today!
(You sound busy) LOOK/LOOK LIKE
'ipad' started selling in Japan! I saw more than 40 people were standing in line early in the morning,4'clock! here in Nagoya on TV.
I can't understand even people who have reserved it were standing in line. Are you going to buy it?
(Believe it or not, I'm not that interested in the iPad. I don't really see the point in it. It's too big to carry around like a phone, and it can't do all the things my Macbook can do, so I can't really see what I would use it for. Of course, if anyone wants to buy one for me as a late birthday present, I will be more than happy to receive it ;-) )
This weekend, I'm going to another conference in Kyoto. I'm only doing one presentation this time, so it should be easier than last week. On Monday, I'm taking my van down to Hamamatsu to get the bed fitted, and on Tuesday, I'm going to get my new phone. After that, I will be busy doing the final checking of the new book. I hope to send it off for printing next Friday. It's going to be a busy week!
Have a great weekend.
David
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Hi Kazu,
☆.。.:*・°☆.。.:*・°☆.。.:*・°☆.。.:*・°
Happy Birthday!!
I wish you many happy returns!!
☆.。.:*・°☆.。.:*・°☆.。.:*・°☆.。.:*・°
Hope you feel better soon. Take care!
Maki
- Maki
- 2010年5月28日 21:45
☆о○**○оo。...。oо○**○оo。...。oо○**○о☆
Happy Birthday, Kazu!!
Wishing you all the best on your speacial day!
☆о○**○оo。...。oо○**○оo。...。oо○**○о☆
Take good care of yourself.
Tomo
- Tomo
- 2010年5月28日 22:16
How do you write all those stars and circles?
- David
- 2010年5月28日 22:18
Hi David,
Indeed!
How do you write such a wonderful decoration ?
- Appoh
- 2010年5月28日 22:33
If you type “ほし”, you can write ☆ or ★. If you type “まる” or "o", you can write circles（○, o, O）.
「* ＊」はコロンの所を押すか「アステリスク」と打つと出ます。 「。。。」は日本語の句点、「...」は英語のピリオドです。 こういう記号の組み合わせでラインを作ったりできるし、そういうのがネット上にもたくさんあるので、コピーして使えます。
*：・'°☆。.：*：・'°★。.：*：・'°☆。.：*：・'°★。.：*：・'°
Have a great weekend!
- Tomo
- 2010年5月28日 22:42
♪♪ Happy Birthday, Kazu ♪♪
Hope we can see you at the next event!
- Lily
- 2010年5月28日 23:33
Hi David,
Thanks for your feedback! It sounds like you are having another busy week both for work and for fun.;-)
I thought that you were interested in the iPad. It seems to be too big to carry around, as you said. Now I'm interested in a smart phone as well.
Hi Everyone,
Have a lovely weekend!
The weather will be nice during the weekend in Hokkaido.＾＾ｖ
Maki
- Maki
- 2010年5月29日 00:05
Hi Kazu
Happy birthday! I wish you many happy returns!
I hope you will be good soon. Take care.
Hi Amo
Has your headache gone away? Please try not to work too hard.
Hi David
You change your phone? That's good! I am looking forward to hearing your impression about your new phone.
I have same feeling about iPad as you. But I can't find out the purpose of use. I want to touch and try it few days.
You come to Kyoto? Please enjoy Kyoto if you have a time. Good luck on your presentation!
trmr
- trmr
- 2010年5月29日 00:17
Hi Kazu,
*：・'°☆。.：*：・'°★。.：*：・'°☆。.：*：・'°★。.：*：・'°
Happy birthday.
*：・'°☆。.：*：・'°★。.：*：・'°☆。.：*：・'°★。.：*：・'°
Hi everyone,
It's good to celebrate a lot of birthdays but how do you get to know when ? Did you exchange them at the seminar ?
By the way, mine is ........
- Appoh
- 2010年5月29日 04:48
Hi Maki、Tomo、Lily 、and trmr,
Thank you for kind message！
☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Kazu
- Kazu
- 2010年5月29日 05:27
Hi Appoh,
Thank you for your message with great design.
♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪
Kazu
- Kazu
- 2010年5月29日 05:31
Hi David,
Thank you very much for your feedback.
>It might be that the older man didn't get used to operate the ATM
(It might be that the older man wasn't used to operating...) GET USED TO
I wasn't used to using that phrase, but I'm getting used to it now.
Happy Birthday Kazu!
Sam
- Sam
- 2010年5月29日 07:32
Hi David and everyone,
Thanks for your feedback!
I also thought you were interested in the ipad.
Anyway, the fuss about it is crazy,isn't it?
I'm afraid the sign at the bank is just at the bank around my place?
By the way, I did "自主学習" with my friends last Saturday and it was my turn to prepare for it, so I used your book "Learning English Vocabulary." I prepared a kind of quiz same as you showed us at the seminar. It was interesting and was a good practice for members to rethink about learning vocabulary.
Next week seems to be another busy week for you, but you are going to get new phone and going to Hamamatsu. That sounds great.
Hope your conference will go well.
Hi Appoh,
Yes, it's nice to celebrate a lot of birthdays. I guess David asked everyone's birthday at the offline gathering last year.
By the way, when is your birthday?
I'm going to have "三回忌" of my father -in -law tomorrow so am a bit busy preparing for it.
Have a love weekend,everyone.
Anne
- Anne
- 2010年5月29日 07:33
Hi Kazu,
Happy belated birthday;-)
I am happy for you had a good day.
Hope you will get well soon!
Hi everyone,
I am in a hurry, so I will write a comment tonight.
I am on the train to go and cheer my niece on at 運動会.
Have a nice weekend,
p.s
Carrie and trmr,
Thank you for your works, I am getting better now.
- amo
- 2010年5月29日 08:42
珍しく英語に真剣に取り組む気持ちになりました。
みなさんに負けないように当分がんばってみます！
初日の今日は地下鉄でこんな広告を丸暗記してきましたので紹介します。
Unlike some subway systems(which will remain nameless), you don't see rats the size of house cats roaming on Metro. Why not? Because we are so strict about eating and drinking in the system. So help us keep the critters away. Please don't eat and drink on Metro.
Federal law requires that these seats be available to persons with disabilities and to seniors.
Have a good weekend.
- Appoh
- 2010年5月29日 13:11
Hi Kazu,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY and take good care of yourself
（*^_^*）
Green
- 匿名
- 2010年5月29日 15:12
Hi Anne, Sam,amo,and Green,
Thank you for your message.
I'm glad to see your kind message.
m(_ _)mm(_ _)mm(_ _)mm(_ _)mm(_ _)m
Kazu
- Kazu
- 2010年5月29日 20:31
Hi David,
Thank you very much for your feedbacks, which I could learn correct usage. I'm looking forward to buying your new book.
Hi Kazu,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY (^。^)y-.。o○
I was busy farming on my mother's field on Saturday. So I could’ｔ check the blog, that's why to write you the cellebration message delayed.
I'M so sorry.
Hi evetyone,
There is a 雲南ベリー tree ( a kind of berries), and I'M looking forward to harvest them because there are many ones this year. But what a pity! Many worms got to those berries, and many of them are rotting away. I hope next year I can harvest much. So do the cherries. Crows and other birds ate them. And NONE are left.
Hi Tomo,
How do you write 'star' sighn ? The other sighns I understand. But only I can't write 星印。 Write how to do to me, please.
- Carrie
- 2010年5月30日 10:26
Hi David
I have a question. In your comment, you wrote "I'm not that interested in the iPad." What does "that" means? What is different from "I'm not interested in the iPad"?
"that" がないと単に「私はiPadには興味がありません。」で、"that"があると「私はiPadに興味がある類の人ではありません。」というニュアンスかとおもっています。
I take a TOEIC exam today. It's time to go out.
see you.
trmr
- trmr
- 2010年5月30日 10:26
Hi trmr,
Regarding your question, I am not sure but can I share my understanding. This “that” means “not very” so here are the meanings of these two sentences;
I'm not interested in the iPad. （私はiPadに興味がありません。)
I'm not that interested in the iPad.（私はiPadにあまり（そんな）に興味がありません。）
For example;
a) Do you like chocolates?（チョコレート好き？）
b) I don’t like that much.（あんまり（そんなに）・・・）
否定文での"that"には否定を弱める役目があると思います。
lots of good luck!!
Hi everyone,
I was supposed to write a comment last night, but I was too tired to do that. I have been busy at work and I have not had enough sleep lately. When I got home last night, I went straight to bed.
have a nice day :-)
- amo
- 2010年5月30日 14:35
correction
（私はiPadにあまり（そんな）に興味がありません。）
→（私はiPadにあまり（そんなに）興味がありません。）
- amo
- 2010年5月30日 14:38
Hi Carrie,
日本語で「ほし」と入力して「変換」で候補を見てみて下さい。 そうすると「★、☆」も出てきますよ～＾＾（ちなみに「きごう」と入力して変換しても出てきます）
Hi trmr,
"I'm not that interested in the iPad." の "that" についてはamoの説明に賛成です。
・It's not that easy.（そんなに簡単じゃない）
・It's not that difficult.（そんなに難しくない）
とか。。
今日は英語脳全く動かないのでこれだけで。。。
Tomo
- Tomo
- 2010年5月30日 22:43
It's me again,
This “that” means “not very” so here are the meanings of these two
sentences;
→This “that” means “very” so here are the meanings of these two
sentences;
not veryだと二重否定になってしまいますね。すみません。
amo
- amo
- 2010年5月30日 22:49
Hi Carrie,
Thank you for your kind message to me.
I'm glad to see it.
こちらこそお返事遅くなってごめんなさい。
Kazu
- Kazu
- 2010年5月31日 00:04
Hi team,
Let me share the sentences I memorized on Metro this morning.
-You told us the best way to avoid loosing your train of thoughts is to stay on the train.
-America's corn farmers are by far the most productive in the world, growing 20% more corn per acre than any other nation.
I think it's a good idea to add actual phrases to my memories in this way. Can I say this is "English hunting" of my own ?
Hi amo,
Thank you for your explanation on "that".
Hi Tomo,
Wake up your English-seeking brain!
Hi trmr,
Beat TOEIC test !
Bye for now.
- Appoh
- 2010年5月31日 01:57
Hi Tomo,
Thank you for the advice. I made a mistake asking you not 星 but ハート。 How do you draw heart mark? Is it the same way as star? I tried, but in vain. Please tell me how to draw a heart mark.
- Carrie
- 2010年5月31日 09:20
Sorry!I'm late!
☆Happy birthday! Kazu!☆
Hope you had a great time!
Nao
- Nao
- 2010年5月31日 17:13
Hi Appoh,
Ha ha, thanks. I'll try. By the way, thanks for sharing your "English hunting" with us. I didn't know the expression "train of thought".
Hi Carrie,
OK, please try to do the steps below.
「スタート」→「すべてのプログラム」→「アクセサリ」→「システムツール」→「文字コード表」
Then, you'll see tons of symbols such as ♥ ♫ ❤ ❃ ♡ ☀. You can copy and use any of them, but if you use those special symbols on this blog, your comment will often be rejected.
Hi David and everyone,
Yesterday was my son's and daughter's field day, so I went to their elementary school to see it. Actually, the field day was going to be held on Saturday, but it was put off to Sunday because of the rain. When I got up yesterday morning, it was still raining a little, so I was not sure if we would have the field day or not, but I made lunch for my kids because they had to go to school if they wouldn't have had the field day. Fortunately, the rain stopped soon and we were able to have the event. It was a bit cold and the ground was wet, so it was not a perfect day for a field day, but it was nice to see children trying their best.
David, I forgot to say thank you for your feedback, sorry. It's always helpful for us:) But I found a mistake in one of my sentences. "For those people who don't drive, it may not that easy", I forgot to put "be" after "not".
By the way, how was the conference in Kyoto? I hope it went well and you had a great time there.(Did you have some time to look around in the town?)
See you soon,
Tomo
- Tomo
- 2010年5月31日 17:33
★Thanks for your feedback,David★
"Alice in wonderland" was a great movie!!
I love fantasy and Johnny Depp!!
The animals in the movie were sooooo cute!!
Also,It was the first time that I saw a 3D movie.
I was lucky that I didn't forget to change my glasses to my contanct:p
Because you need to put 3D glasses on!
メガネonメガネになるとこだった～笑
Hi,Everyone
I'm lucky that I could learn about how to write many marks like stars:)
I'm not good at using Internet..
- Chiyo
- 2010年6月 1日 17:03
Hi David,
Thank you for your kind message for birthday to me.
I have spent a good day today.
Actually I caught a cold. My voice has changed strange.
Hi everyone, please take care of yourself.
Kazu