Reminiscence

Broadcast from Sept. 13 to 24, 2021. Topic 12: How do you make your favorite food? As you know, I like cooking. What do you like to cook? I like to cook using things that are in my refrigerator. What did you make last night, for example? I made my specialty. Oh, your specialty? How do you make it? First, I take the tofu out of my refrigerator.  The next step is the most difficult. Listen carefully! Peel some ginger or syouga and grate it. Then, put the grated ginger on the top of the tofu. Ok. And what’s next? The final step is add the soy sauce and eat it. Hiyayakko I know that dish. Exactly, Tofu with the toppings, like spring onions negi , grated ginger, and katsuo bushi . Is that cooking? (All laughed) Of course, it is. Anyway, what toppings do you put on hiyayakko ? I like to put myoga I like lots of ginger and use a ponzu . It’s a citrus sauce. Fuku, how about you? I like to put Korean nori . How do you say “nori” in English? Seaweed. So, you like to put Korean seaweed on the to

I was tutoring a student for his two-month programs. I suggested he should listen to English everyday. One of the ways was listening to NHK Gogaku in the morning from 6:15 to 7. This is an excerpt from NHK Gogaku English, Broadcast from Aug.30th to Sept.10th 2021. There were 4 speakers, Momose Miho sensei, Amanda, Vinay, and Suzuki Fuku. Hopefully, this could help anyone who learns English. Topic 11: Is there something new you want to try? September is a month when teachers and students feel fresh. April feels fresh and new, but after a long summer vacation, we feel excited to be back at school. We start school in the US in September. I’d like to try Yoga. I hear it’s good for your health. I want my body to move more easily. Do you want to start something new? I want to try many things. What for example? I want to try drawing a picture You want to try learning a new musical instrument This week dialogue. Robert and Diane are international students in Japan. It’s