【英语趣味课堂】东京-Tokyo

 Hi, this is Tara. I'm going to talk about Tokyo. All in all, I've been in Tokyo now for about a year and three months, and I really love it here. Sometimes I find it hard because the culture is so different from where I am from, but I find the people really friendly and once you make Japanese friends they will really help you out with whatever you're doing.

I work in the evenings so it's quite exciting for me to see, you know live in a big city and always see the nightlife. I do dancing here. I've had a lot of good experiences in Tokyo, some of the best times of my life, so, yeah, I'd like to stay here a bit longer, especially because I like looking at Japanese boys.

 

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Learn Vocabulary¹ from the lesson

all in all

 

All in all, I've been in Tokyo now for about a year.

 

We use the phrase² 'all in all' to sum³ up or give a concluding⁴ statement⁵ about something.  In the example sentence it can be replaced⁶ with 'in total.'   Notice the following:

 

I would say, all in all, it was a good experience.

All in all, it was a pretty good day.

find it hard

 

Sometimes, I find it hard because the culture is so different.

 

If you 'find something hard' it is difficult for you.  Notice the following:

 

He finds it hard to remember to call me.

I find it hard to fall asleep after a stressful⁷ day.

make friends

 

I find the people really friendly, and it's easy to make friends with them.

 

To 'make friends' is to become friends with someone.  Notice the following:

 

If you want to make friends you should talk to new people.

He made five new friends on the first day at his new school.

help out

 

Your Japanese friends will help you out with whatever you're doing.

 

If you 'help someone out' with something you assist⁸ them in doing something.  Notice the following:

 

Can you help me out with the problem?

I am going to help her out with moving this weekend.

evenings

 

I work in the evenings, so it's quite exciting to see the city at night.

 

The 'evening' is the part of the day after the afternoon and before the night.  It is from around 6 to 9pm.  Sometimes evening can mean the same as night.  Notice the following:

 

I have class three evenings a week.

What do you do in the evenings after work?

 

1 vocabulary   

n.词汇，词汇量；词汇表

参考例句：

• How can I widen my vocabulary?怎样扩大自己的词汇量？
• You can find all the new words in the vocabulary of the text.你能在课文的词汇表中找到所有的生词。

2 phrase   

n.短语，词组；成语，习语

参考例句：

• The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
• That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。

3 sum   

n.总数，和，金额，全部，概略，顶点；vt.总计，概括；vi. 合计；[数]并，并集

参考例句：

• She was fined the sum of $100.她被罚款金额一百美元。
• Ten thousand dollars is large sum.一万美元是一大笔钱。

4 concluding   

结束的

参考例句：

• Nowadays there are two ways of concluding a bourgeois marriage. 在今日的资产阶级中间，缔结婚姻有两种方式。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
• "And that's Big Brother on the hu chin.'she again concentrated on the concluding performance. “拉胡琴的是大表哥，”琴接着加了一句。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）

5 statement   

n.陈述；声明；综述

参考例句：

• The government will put out a new statement tomorrow.政府将于明天发布一项新声明。
• Put down your statement in black and white.把你的话用白纸黑字写下来。

6 replaced   

取代( replace的过去式和过去分词 )； 更换； 把…放回原位； （用…）替换

参考例句：

• Machines have replaced human labour in many industries. 在许多行业中，机器已经替代了人力。
• I replaced the taps and reconnected the water supply. 我更换了水龙头再次接通了自来水。

7 stressful   

adj.紧张的，压力重的

参考例句：

• My job isn't stressful,and I enjoy the work.我的工作没有压力，我很喜欢这份工作。
• It usually just makes situations more stressful.它通常会使情况更加紧迫。

8 assist   

vt.协助，帮助，促进；vi.帮忙，参加

参考例句：

• He asked us to assist him in carrying through their plan.他要我们帮助他实施他们的计划。
• We'll assist at your wedding.我们将出席你们的婚礼。