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How are you all doing? Are you staying at home? I am, and I only go out for grocery shopping or long walks. So how do you spend your time at home? Here are 10 ideas of things to do while you STAY AT HOME.
I made two new signs last week. What do you think? In English "sign" is either a verb or a noun. Verb form:(動詞) Could you please sign this form? Would you mind signing my t-shirt? Noun form:(名詞) I missed the sign for Starbucks, did you see it? Turn left when you see the Gusto sign. Or, sign is also used as "しるし"。 Signs of the times. 時のしるし。 I hope the Corona Virus is not a sign of things to come. DON'T ASK, "Can I have your sign please?" This is wrong. In English, we would say either; "May I have your autograph (or signature)? or Would you sign this for me . . . .I'm a big fan!" Also, sign is used to ask someone's astrology. 星座。 What's your sign? I'm a Libra. When I woke up this morning, I had an email that another school is closing for the Spring semester. I sure hope this is not a sign of things to come. Let's all keep a safe distance apart, clean hands, and a positive attitude. We can all get through this together! Here is a sign!
So, I'm "enjoying" a long vacation, thanks to the Corona virus. I have cancelled my plans to go to America, and I'm watching way too much T.V. How long will this last? When will school start? Will the Olympics open as scheduled? WHO KNOWS??? A few things we do know are, wash your hands, don't touch your face, social distancing, and STOP HOARDING! Wash you hands. The CDC has issued the following instructions for hand washing:
As we come to the end of the school year, many problems are facing the world and Japan. Corona virus, the Olympics, finance, etc. I posted many phrases on the bulletin board in my classroom to the students who will graduate this year. I think they are good for all of us to remember at times like this!
5月より新しい、子どものクラスをはじめます。 毎週水曜日 定員:7名 月謝:4,500円
As promised last week, here is part 2 of TAXTAXTAXTAXTAXTAX Tax is used as a verb, a noun and an adjective. Here are 10 common phrases using TAX.
Before my computer crashed last year, I was planning on talking about the new 10% sales tax in my next post. Unfortunately, my computer was down for three months, and now it's "old news". Oh well, better late than never right? On October 1st, the Japanese sales (consumption) tax, went up from 8% to 10%. I was wondering how this compares to other countries. Here are a few to compare. For a complete list, look here. The highest is, Bhutan, 50%!!! The lowest is, Oman and the USA, 0%!!! (see below). These countries are all the same as Japan, at 10%: Afghanistan Australia Cambodia Comoros Djibouti Haiti Indonesia Japan Laos Malaysia Mongolia Papua New Guinea Paraguay Solomon Islands Somalia South Korea Suriname Vietnam Here are some of the highest countries, at 24-27%: Hungary Croatia Denmark Norway Sweden Finland Greece Iceland While the USA doesn't have a national sales tax, there is a state sales tax that differs from state to state. Click here to see a complete list. Alaska is 0%. (but there are some local taxes). California is the highest at 7.25%. My home state, Utah is 4.85%, confusing!! What do you think of the new tax? More on this next week. Today's BGM,