Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
CHAPTER 2
MY TOWN
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B. Listen to the description of residence and commuting conditions of three people, and fill in the blanks in
the following chart.
Hayashi’s ( ) ( ) ( ) 10 minutes
apartment
Kawamura wonders whether the apartment is ____________________________. The manager tells him
that it is _____ minutes by __________ and _______ minutes on foot. The next thing Kawamura asks is
whether there is a _______________ nearby. There is, and it is only _____ minutes away on foot. The
_______________, which is only _____ minutes away, is even closer. The manager tells Kawamura that the
apartment is really very convenient, because it is also very close to a _______________ and a
_______________.
D. Listen to the questions about your living environment, teachers, and friends on the tape and circle the
most appropriate adjective(s).
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
E. You will hear descriptions of the cities of Kyoto and Sapporo. Choose the words that describe each city
from the list below.
1. Kyoto: ________________________________________________________________________________
2. Sapporo: ______________________________________________________________________________
a. big e. a big population i. famous
b. old f. quiet j. close to the sea and
c. new g. lively mountains
d. beautiful h. old buildings
F. Listen as Masao Hayashi asks Antonio Coronado about his home in Mexico. Then mark each statement
either true (T) or false (F).
4. _____ He does not like the town he lives in now because it is too noisy.
G. Linda Brown is enjoying her vacation in Paris. She called her friend from Paris but her friend was not
home. So she left a voice mail message. Listen to her message and complete the summary, filling in the blanks.
Linda is now in Paris which she thinks is _______________. The city is __________ but the air is
__________. Yesterday she had dinner at one of the restaurants on the Champs-Élysées, which was
__________ but _______________ and had good service. In particular, her waiter at the restaurant was
_______________. Today she is going to the Louvre. It is _____ minutes by subway from her hotel. She
park _____
B. Listen to the conversation between Linda Brown and Hitomi Machida about Machida’s neighborhood,
and fill in the blanks to complete the summary.
Machida’s house is _______ minutes on foot to ______________ station. It is close to a school and a
exist? where?/proximity
D. Masao Hayashi is from a small town. Listen to Masao’s monologue and indicate what are in his village. If
there is/are any of the facilities listed below, write in how many there are of each.
E. Listen to the following description of the Green Building, and then indicate on the drawing what is
located on each floor.
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Vocabulary and Grammar 2C: Buildings and Places Around Town; Counting
A. Listen to the definition of each building or place and circle the most appropriate word for the definition.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
B. Listen to these five short conversations and choose the appropriate answer in the parentheses.
3. There (is / is not) a Japanese (bank / school) nearby, but there is an American (bank / school), where
4. There is a (hospital / museum) in Brown’s town, where Brown (goes / does not go) often.
5. The hotel is located (5 minutes on foot / 15 minutes by train) from the place. And the restaurant in
the hotel serves (inexpensive and tasty / expensive but not tasty) food.
C. Listen to the conversation between Takeshi Mimura and Linda Brown. Then complete the English
summary by filling in the blanks.
_____________________ held at the place next week. Brown seems a little worried about the price of the
_____________________, but Mimura offers to _______ it for her. So they decide to go there next
_____________________.
Professor
E. Listen as a passerby asks Hitomi Machida for directions to the department store and the bank. Then write
D after the phrases that describe the department store, and B after the phrases that describe the bank.
F. Listen to Henry Curtis describing his neighborhood. Then show the location of each building listed by
writing its number in the appropriate blank space on the map.
1. my house 2. coffee shop 3. game center 4. supermarket 5. post office 6. sushi shop
G. Count the following items up to 10, counting on where the tape leaves off.
H. Hitomi Machida is stopped in front of a department store by a strange man who pretends to be a
policeman. Listen as the man orders her to show him the contents of her backpack. Then indicate the quantity
of each item he finds in her backpack.
Please open.
I. Listen as Heather Gibson talks about her roommate, Martha. Then list the things that each of them has.
J. Listen as Masaru Honda interviews the entertainer, Himiko. Then complete the English summary by filling
in the blanks.
Himiko has _______ houses, and the closest one from here is in ______________. In that house, there are
_______ rooms and _______ bathrooms. There are also _______ restaurants in which there are _______
cooks and _______ waiters. But after all, Himiko’s favorite food is ______________ and ______________.
K. Listen as Linda Brown talks about the students in Professor Yokoi’s class and write down the number of
the students who best fit the following descriptions:
1. study hard: _______ 5. like homework: _______
3. don’t like the Japanese class: _______ 7. don’t like sushi: _______
間
カン interval; space; between; (as suffix) between, among
あいだ interval (of space or time); between, among
ま space, room; pause; a rest (in music); time; leisure; luck etc.
半
ハン、パン half, semi-; odd number
なか-ば half, semi-; middle, halfway; partly
上
ジョウ upper, top, above, first volume / part (of a series); top-grade, etc.
うえ up, upper part, top, above, over, besides, on top of, upon, etc.
あげ-る to raise, to lift up, give あが-る to rise; to go / come etc.
上:うえ (upper part)
下
カ、ゲ low, lower, below, under /した lower part, below, under
さ-げる to hang, to suspend, to lower /さ-がる to hand down, to fall, to
go / come down; to step back /くだ-る to come / go / get / step down; to be
given; to be less than /くだ-る/くだ-さる to bestow etc.
分
フン、-プン (of time / arc)
ブン portion ブ portion, 1 percent
わ-ける/かつ divide, share, distinguish わ-かれる be separated
わ-かる understand
小
ショウ、ちい-さい、こ-、お- little, small
小さい:ちいさい (small)
小さくありません:ちいさくありません (is not
small)
好
コウ、この-む、す-く、す-き good, favorite, all right; to like, be fond of
…ず-き lover / fan of...
町
チョウ street, town; (unit of length, about 109 m); (unit of area, about 0.992
ha)
まち street, town; quarter
田
デン、た、-だ rice field, paddy
10
左
サ、ひだり left
左:ひだり (left)
山田さんの左:やまださんのひだり (the left of
Mr./Ms. Yamada)
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右
ウ、ユウ、みぎ right
右:みぎ (right)
山田さんの右:やまださんのみぎ (the right of
Mr./Ms. Yamada)
中
チュウ middle; China /-チュウ、-ジュウ throughout, during, within
なか inside; midst
中ごく:ちゅうごく (China)
中:なか (inside)
一日中:いちにちじゅう (all day)
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外
ガイ outside, external, foreign /ゲ outside, external
そと outside, outdoor /ほか other /はず-す to take off, to remove, to
disconnect, to miss, etc./はず-れる to come / slip off, to be / get out of
place, to be disconnected, etc.
外:そと (outside)
レストランの外:れすとらんのそと (outside
the restaurant)
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前
ゼン、まえ before, front
後
ゴ、のち after, later /コウ、うし-ろ behind
あと afterward, subsequent, back retro-
おく-れる to be late, to lag behind
後ろ:うしろ (behind)
たてものの後ろ:たてもののうしろ (behind the
building
ご後:ごご (P.M.)
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時
ジ、とき、-どき、と (as in とけい) time, hour
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山
サン、-ザン、やま mountain
山:やま
山田さん:やまださん (Mr./Ms. Yamada)
山本さん:やまもとさん (Mr./Ms. Yamamoto)
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口
コウ、ク、くち、-ぐち mouth
口:くち (mouth)
人口:じんこう (population)
山口さん:やまぐちさん (Mr./Ms. Yamaguchi)
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千
セン、ゼン、ち thousand
万
マン ten thousand, myriad
バン countless, myriad, all
よろず ten thousand, all sorts of every...
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方
ホウ、-ボウ、-ポウ direction, side; way, square
かた、-がた direction; person; method
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近
キン、ちか-い、-ぢか near, close, recent, near future
近い:ちかい (close)
近じょ:きんじょ (neighborhood)
近くの:ちかくの (nearby)
近くに:ちかくに (in the neighborhood)
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遠
エン、オン、とお-い、-どお-い far, distant
遠い:とおい (far)
遠くに:とおくに (in the distance)
有
ユウ、ウ、あ-る be, exist, have
有名:ゆうめい (famous)
有名な人:ゆうめいなひと (famous person)
Kanji Exercises
A. Match each kanji or kanji compound with the letter of its closest English equivalent.
a. two hours b. between/among c. half d. upper part e. lower part f. near g. five minutes
h. small i. like j. town k. rice field l. left m. right n. inside o. outside p. front
q. far r. behind s. time t. mountain u. mouth v. population w. thousand x. famous
y. one million z. direction/person
B. Write hurigana for each kanji or kanji compound. Pay special attention to the changes in pronunciation
that may occur when kanji are compounded.
1. 5.
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2. 6.
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3. 7.
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4. 8.
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9. 15.
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10. 16.
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11. 17.
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12. 18.
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13. 19.
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C. Write the reading in hiragana in the blank boxes, using the number and the counters.
(without )
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2. _____________________
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8. _______ _____________________
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KANJI NOTE
Stroke Order
It is important that you write kanji following the prescribed stroke order. There are three reasons for this:
your handwriting will look better, the shape of the kanji will not be distorted when you write fast, and if you
practice the correct order enough to make it automatic, you will not accidentally leave strokes out when you
write. Here are the basic rules of stroke order.
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2. There are two schools in your host family’s neighborhood. One of them is a and the other is
a . Children of what age go to which school?
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3. It’s June now. The department store flyer you are looking at says ,
and the prices look much lower than during regular sales. How often do you think this department
store has a big sale?
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5. Your Japanese teacher gave you this semester’s schedule on the first day. You noticed you are going
to have a after several weeks. What is ?
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Writing Activities
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B. Fill in the blanks to create a meaningful sentence or phrase. Write in X if no additional word is needed.
1. ______________
2. ______________
3. ______________
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5. ______________
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18. ______________
C. Describe the following in at least three sentences. You may use either affirmative or negative statements,
and you are encouraged to use adverbs such as and , if you can.
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3. your car or bicycle (If you don’t have one, write about the one you would like to have.) ___________
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YOU: (but)
1. _______________________________________________________
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2. _______________________________________________________________
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3. _________________________________________________________
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4. _______________________________________________________________
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1. ____________________________
2. ____________________________
3. ____________________________
4. ____________________________
5. ____________________________
C. A Japanese student wants to know where the following places are. Tell him or her which city or state they
are located in.
1. ( )
YOU: __________________________________________________________________
2. ( )
YOU: __________________________________________________________________
3. ( )
YOU: __________________________________________________________________
4. ( )
YOU: __________________________________________________________________
Vocabulary and Grammar 2C: Buildings and Places Around Town; Counting
A. Complete the following dialogues, using the information on the company message board pictured on
p. 143 in your main textbook.
1. A:
B: ____________________________
A:
B: ___________________________________
2. A:
B: ______________
A: ______________
B: ______________
3. A: ______________
B: ______________
A:
B: _____________________
4. A: _____________________ ______________
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B: ____________________________
A: ______________
B: _____________________
5. A: ____________________________
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B: ____________________________
A: ____________________________
B: ____________________________
1.
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2.
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3.
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4.
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5.
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C. Answer the questions about the following drawing. Choose your answers from among the options listed.
1. _____________________________________
2. _____________________________________
3. _____________________________________
4. _____________________________________
5. _____________________________________
6. _____________________________________
7. _____________________________________
8. _____________________________________
9. _____________________________________
10. _____________________________________
11. _____________________________________
D. Add the following items to the drawing to match the descriptive sentences below. Don’t worry about
creating great art. A rough sketch will be sufficient.
1.
2.
3. (picture)
4. (mouse)
5.
6.
1. (A is looking for the post office, which is a small, white [ ] building across from a bank.)
A: ____________________________________________________a
B: ___________________________________________________________b
A:
B: __________________________________________________________________c
A:
B:
2. (A is looking for a certain coffee shop, which is a pretty, blue [ ] building near the university.)
A: ____________________________________________________a
B: ___________________________________________________________b
A:
B: __________________________________________________________________c
A:
B: ________________________________________________________________________________d
3. (A is looking for the police box, which is a small, black [ ] building in front of the station.)
A: ___________________________________________________________________a
B: __________________________________________________________________________b
A:
B: __________________________________________________________________c
A: ________________________________________________________________________________d
B:
1. (A is looking for a good coffee shop. There is one called Kasaburanka near the university.)
A:
B:
A: ___________________________________a
B: __________________________________b
A:
B:
2. (A is looking for a large department store. There is one called Daitoku across from the subway
station.)
A: __________________________________a
B:
A:
B: ___________________________________b ___________________________________c
A: ___________________________________d
B: ___________________________________e
3. (A is looking for a cheap parking lot. There is one south of the hospital, but B doesn’t know its
name.)
A: ___________________________________a
B:
A: ___________________________________b
B: ___________________________________c
A: ___________________________________d
B:
4. (A is looking for the new hotel. It’s east of the restaurant, and it’s called the Hotel Miyako.)
A: ___________________________________a
B:
A: ___________________________________b
B: ___________________________________c
A: ___________________________________d
B:
A: ___________________________________a
B:
A: ___________________________________b
B: ___________________________________c ___________________________________d
A: ___________________________________e
B: ___________________________________f
G. Write dialogues in which you ask a Japanese person for directions. Follow the guidelines given in
parentheses.
1. (You’d like to know where the JR station is. It is next to a large supermarket.)
YOU: ___________________________________________________________________________
JAPANESE: ___________________________________________________________________________
2. (You want to know what kind of building the post office is. It’s a large building.)
YOU: ___________________________________________________________________________
JAPANESE: ___________________________________________________________________________
3. (You want to know what that big, white building is. It’s a hotel.)
YOU: ___________________________________________________________________________
JAPANESE: ___________________________________________________________________________
4. (You’d like to find out where the big park is. It’s in front of the university.)
YOU: ___________________________________________________________________________
JAPANESE: ___________________________________________________________________________
5. (You’d like to know what is above the station building. There’s a department store.)
YOU: ___________________________________________________________________________
JAPANESE: ___________________________________________________________________________
6. (You’d like to know if there is a convenient parking lot nearby. It’s behind the movie theater.)
YOU: ___________________________________________________________________________
JAPANESE: ___________________________________________________________________________
7. (You want to find out if there is a big hospital around here. You also want to know its name. It’s
between the park and the university, and it’s called Meeji Byooin.)
YOU: ___________________________________________________________________________
JAPANESE: ___________________________________________________________________________
YOU: ___________________________________________________________________________
JAPANESE: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. (family)
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2.
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3.
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5. (or or ) (or or
) (or or )
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( ) _________________________________________________________________________________
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I. How many people do you need to play the following games? Answer in hiragana. Then see if you can
write the answer in kanji.
HIRAGANA KANJI
EXAMPLE:
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2. ____________________________ ____________________________
3. ____________________________ ____________________________
4. ____________________________ ____________________________
6. ____________________________ ____________________________
7. ____________________________ ____________________________
8. ____________________________ ____________________________
9. ____________________________ ____________________________
1. ________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________________
6. _________________________________________________________
1. (There are three men and two women on the basketball team.)
A:
B:
A:
B: ______________ ______________
2. (There are three Japanese and one Chinese mah-jongg players. All of them are students.)
A: ______________
B: ______________
A:
B: ______________ ______________
A: ______________
B: ______________
A:
B: ______________ ______________
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M. Using your local telephone book, answer the following questions about the people and businesses in your
community.
1. ____________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________
5. _________________________________________________________
6. ____________________________________________________
EXAMPLE:
1. ________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________
O. Brown polled her classmates and instructor on their likes and dislikes and wrote up the results on the
following chart. Answer the questions using the information presented on the chart.
1. ______________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________
6. ______________________________________________________________________________________
7. ______________________________________________________________________________________
P. Form a study group of five people (or call up five of your classmates on the phone if you can’t get
together), and report on the following after asking the members of your group appropriate questions in
Japanese.
EXAMPLE: How many people like ice cream? How many people dislike it?
1. How many people like the current President ( ) of the U.S.A.? How many dislike
the President?
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2. How many people like your favorite musical group? How many people dislike them?
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4. How many people like New York as a place to live? How many dislike it?
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Now make up four similar questions of your own, ask the members of your group, and write up the results.
5. ______________________________________________________________________________________
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6. ______________________________________________________________________________________
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7. ______________________________________________________________________________________
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8. ______________________________________________________________________________________
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EXAMPLE:
1. _______ 7. _______
2. _______ 8. _______
3. _______ 9. _______
6. _______
B. Write dialogues in which you ask Kawamura whether his home is near various places. After he answers,
add a comment on whether the distance is convenient or inconvenient. Use the information in the following
chart.
EXAMPLE: YOU:
KAWAMURA: 6
YOU:
1. YOU: _________________________________________________________________________
KAWAMURA: _________________________________________________________________________
YOU: _________________________________________________________________________
2. YOU: _________________________________________________________________________
KAWAMURA: _________________________________________________________________________
YOU: _________________________________________________________________________
3. YOU: _________________________________________________________________________
KAWAMURA: _________________________________________________________________________
YOU: _________________________________________________________________________
4. YOU: _________________________________________________________________________
KAWAMURA: _________________________________________________________________________
YOU: _________________________________________________________________________
5. YOU: _________________________________________________________________________
KAWAMURA: _________________________________________________________________________
YOU: _________________________________________________________________________
C. John Kawamura is moving into his new room. He would like to have certain furniture and other things
placed according to his directions. Please help him move in by drawing pictures of the various items in the
appropriate places on the drawing. ( means “Please place/put it.”) Again, you don’t have to
produce great art.
EXAMPLE:
1.
2. (lamp)
3.
4.
1. ______________________________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________________________________________________
6. ______________________________________________________________________________________
E. Write as much as you can about each of the items below, following the example.
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