Exercise 5
Conversation One
M: Time to eat!
W: Coming. Oh, I’m starving. Oh yuck! What’s that?
M: Ah, now don’t complain!
W: But what is it, and where is mom?
M: Now, mom puts me in charge of dinner because she’s not feeling well tonight.
W: But what is it… and that smell!
M: It’s pizza. I just followed an old family recipe here, and…
W: Let me see that… Oh, Dad, you’re missing a page!
M: Oh, uh, well, uh… Well, I couldn’t find the second page of the recipe, but don’t worry. I have
plenty of experience around the house. Plenty of experience cooking.
W: That’s not what mom says.
M: Well, wait, wait. Here let me try a piece first. Here, let me, let me cool this off here. Ohhh, yeah
Oh, this is great stuff.
W: Yeah right. Why are you making that face?
M: Well, well, it’s just a little rich for me. That’s all.
W: Let me try it, Dad. Uh, Dad, you put a little too much salt in it and besides it’s burned. And what’s
that?
M: Oh, well, well, that’s just part of my own adaptation to the recipe. I added some pumpkin.
W: Oh, not another one of your surprises. Pumpkin doesn’t go on pizza!
M: Well, okay, well, so what？ Uh, what do we do now?
W: Well, how about some cold cereal… You can’t mess up on that, Dad.
Conversation Two
W: Hello. Today I’m interviewing Joshua on his experiences going to a Japanese school. Now Joshua,
What time do you go to school?
M: Eight o’clock.
W: Eight o’clock. And do you go by yourself, or on a school bus?
M: No, I have a group that goes with me.
W: So you go with a group?
M: Uh-huh.
W: Now what kinds of things do you take to school?
M: I take my taiso fuku, that is gym clothes, and I take my backpack and my books [Oh, okay.] and
stuff like that.
W: Okay, and what is the first thing you do when you get to school?
M: We do “kiritsu, rei.”
W: “Kiritsu” and “rei.” Now what are those?
M: It means “stand up, bow.”
W: Stand up and bow.
M: Uh-huh.
W: And what do you study at school?
M: We study kokugo, that is writing and reading and stuff like that [Okay.] and sansu, that’s math.
[Okay.] And, let’s see… We do gym too.
W: Okay, and where do you eat lunch? Do you have a lunchroom or cafeteria?
M: No, we eat in our classroom.
