Classroom Interaction with Your Teacher

Here are a list of questions that you can ask your English teacher in the classroom, or ask the other person you are having a conversation with. Some of these questions can be especially useful if you are talking on the phone!

• What do you mean?
• それはどういう意味ですか？
• How do you pronounce this word?
• この単語[単語を指差しながら]をどう発音するのですか？
• How do you say ～* in English?
• ～は英語でどう言うのですか？
• *Add a Japanese word here (日本語の単語を言いながら)
• What do you call this in English? // What do you call that in English?
• "this"または"that"をいいながら、指指して下さい。
  
• How do you spell “～*”?
• ～はどのようにつづるのですか？
• *Add the word in English here (英語の単語を言いながら）
• How do you say ～* in Japanese?
• ～は日本語でどう言うのですか？
• *Add an English word here (英語の単語を言いながら)

Can you think of other questions you want to ask? Let me know by clicking on "Comments."

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アンミ英会話教室モバイルリンク

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Point you cell phone/smartphone camera at the following QR Code and visit our new Links and regularly updated Calendar pages:

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Earthquake Richter Scale Japanese Scale of Intensity

In Japan (and Taiwan), earthquakes are measured in units intensity, or shindo (震度). Shindo indicates the strength of earthquakes or literally the degree of shaking. The shindo scale is determined by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA--English / Japanese). A detailed description of the JMA shindo scale can be found at Wikipedia (English / Japanese).

The shindo scale provides a number that tells the public how an earthquake affected their immediate area. Of course, such information would be very helpful before an earthquake occurs. However, technology is not advanced enough yet. So, for now, the shindo scale can only tell us how sever an earthquake was only after it has occurred. In reality, such information is useless to people who have suffered the earthquake itself. If a shindo scale earthquake of 6 or 7 arrived in my area, I would know it before the JMA announced such information on TV or the radio. So, I guess such information would only be valuable to my friends, relatives, and emergency personnel.

In the rest of the world, the Richter scale is used. This includes news sites reporting on the recent earthquake in China.

For example:

The Hindu

Quakes between 5-5.9 on the Richter scale numbered 20, while quakes between 6-6.9 on the Richter scale numbered 3.

Reuters

At least 8,500 people were killed in Sichuan province alone after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the region.

CNN

China's Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday that the death toll from the quake - which measured 7.9 on the Richter scale - had risen to 14,866.

BBC

Around 400 people die when an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale strikes Ducze, in north-west Turkey.

Nikkei News Interactive

The magnitude 7.2 quake struck at 6:33 a.m. in the area of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region's border with the Tibet Autonomous Region, and was followed by two strong aftershocks -- registering M5.3 and M5.5 -- within an hour, the USGS said on its website.

So, the next time you discuss the intensity of an earthquake with non-Japanese, you might want to explain the JMA shindo scale, or check the Internet and find the Richter scale number for the earthquake. The U.S. Geological Survey monitors earthquakes all over the world, so you can visit their website for the latest info in English.

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