現在のアメリカジョージア州の家です。緑の森の中にあるこの家は、これから夏までが木々が元気に生い茂り美しい緑を楽しめます。このトラックは、おそらく地下水から公共水道への工事をしています。

早くまたこの家に行きたいですね。

こんにちは。講師の鷲見でございます。

GWも気付けば昔の話となり、本格的に暑い日々が始まりましたね。

しばらく休みがなく、新たな生活に慣れていく必要があります。

「慣れる」というのは、”get used to -” です。We have to get used to summer days. などということができますね。

皆さん、水分をしっかりとって、くれぐれも体調にはお気をつけください。

暑い日には辛いカレーが食べたくなるのはなぜでしょう。。。

In this three-part series we have talked about what earthquakes are and what causes them.
 For our final installment we will talk about how we measure them!

There are two primary scales used to measure earthquakes: the Richter scale and the Mercalli scale.
The Richter scale is most commonly used  in the United States whereas the Mercalli scale tends to be used worldwide.


The Richter Scale

The Richter scale was invented in the 1930s by Dr. Charles Richter.
Richter magnitude is calculated based on the amplitude of the largest seismic wave recorded for the earthquake.
The Richter scale is a base-10 logarithmic scale, meaning that there is no limit to how small or large the earthquake must be to be measured by the scale.The Richter scale runs from 1 to 10, with 1 being the smallest and 10 being the largest.
Because the Richter scale is logarithmic, a 5.0 earthquake measures 10 times the shaking amplitude than one that measures 4.0.

The Mercalli Scale

Invented in 1902 by Giuseppe Mercalli, the Mercalli scale isn’t considered as scientific as the Richter scale.
The Mercalli scale measures the intensity of an earthquake by quantifying the effects it has on the Earth’s surface.
Based on human reactions, natural objects and man-made structures, the Mercalli scale rates earthquakes on a scale of 1 to 12. 1 denotes that nothing was felt and 12 denoting total destruction.

The Japan Meteorological Agency has its own, unique seismic scale called shindo. Shindo measures the degree of shaking during an earthquake. This scale which ranges from 0 to 7 — is different from the scales that measure an earthquake’s magnitude.
At the seismic intensity of upper 5, people find it difficult to move and dishes could fall out from cupboards.
 Lower five may cause hanging objects to swing violently.
At maximum 7, people cannot stay standing and may be thrown into the air, while pieces of furniture are likely to topple over or be tossed up in the air and reinforced concrete walls may collapse.

I hope you enjoyed this series! Stay tuned for our next adventure!

Erica

Hey y’all!

I love nothing more than stuffing my face with Japanese sweets. There’s just something about them that I just love! Perhaps it’s the texture or just overall appearance, but I will always make room to eat them. Ogaki’s Kinchoen (by far) has the best variety of sweets, and nobody  can top their strawberry mochi. Trust me. I’ve had it all around Japan and they are still the best. In fact. they’re fruit mochi is the best all seasons with grape being my absolute favorite. 

And yes, I did eat that entire tray of sweets.

See y’all in class! 

先日アメリカのドラマを英語字幕で見ていたとき、セリフがないシーンで”light disco music”と表示されました。

主人公の回想シーンでディスコに関連があるシーンだったのですが、あえて light（軽い）となっている点がおもしろいなと思いました(￣▽￣)

あえて音量を消して見てみると、その後も”hip hop music”（これは分かりやすい）、”ominous music”（これも分かりやすい）、”sneaky music（頭に浮かんだのは『ピンクパンサーのテーマ』）など、ストーリーの雰囲気をより伝えるためのBGMを、視聴者に分かりやすく表記していました。

日本語字幕では表示されないので、ちょっとラッキーでハッピーな気持ちになりました(^^)/