OpenF2F Class Notes 16th January (Celeste)***

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Vocabulary

jiayu – turtle

wugui – tortoise

But in Japan, their housewives get dishes ready for New Year’s at the end of the year and they eat them for breakfast at New Year’s morning. In the past, Japanese women didn’t work just did all of housework for every day. The housewives just had three day off for themselves during New Year, so they made a lot of dishes before New Year and ate them for three days. Most of their new year dishes are cold and sweet, because it is easy to store even if without fridge. In China, we enjoy hot dishes for dinner on New Year’s Eve . In Japan,they enjoy cold dishes for breakfast on New Year’s morning. This is the biggest different style for New Year’s between these two countrie

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But Japanese housewives get dishes ready a few days before the new year when they will eat them on the first morning of the year. 

In the past, Japanese women didn’t work outside of the house they just did housework every day. The housewives just had the first three days of the year off for themselves.

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so they made a lot of dishes before New Year and ate them for three days. Most of their new year dishes are cold and sweet, because it is easy to store even if without fridge. In China, we enjoy hot dishes for dinner on New Year’s Eve. In Japan, they enjoy cold dishes for breakfast on New Year’s morning. This is the biggest different style for New Year’s between these two countries.

Grammar

in the morning/afternoon/evening

eg. In the mornings, I make breakfast for my children.

at night, 12pm, midnight, 10am., 3:30, 2 o’clock

on Monday/the weekend/Christmas/ my birthday

I want to have a travelling on next holiday. – I want to go on a trip / I want to travel for the next holiday. 

Pronunciation

dishes ( di – shiz )