Notes:
crane ツル;
New Year’s resolution 新年の決意
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What did you do at the New Year? I took some children to Korea for four days to see the cranes that spend the winter there. We got up one morning to watch these big birds before sunrise. The temperature was -7 degrees. It was so cold that my hands hurt! Then I heard from my sister who lives near Boston that it went down to -20 degrees, and the water pipes in her house froze! Back in Japan, I made my New Year’s resolutions. I will keep a diary every day in Korean and take a Korean test in July. What are your New Year’s resolutions? ( by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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Many of my university students go to visit their grandparents at the beginning of the year. Of course, they love their grandparents, but they also like the New Year’s money that they give them. Do you know how much money you should give a child at this time of year? According to one website, elementary school children should get between 1,000 and 3,000 yen, junior high school students should get 3,000-5,000 yen, and high school students should get 5,000-10,000 yen. You don’t need to give university students anything because they are almost adults. Luckily, my students have nice grandparents. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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