These slides are for our free group class. They are multi-lingual–the flags are language buttons.
One thing I would like to be able to do is to use a sewing machine. The auntie at the market whipped up this nice little dangly for my backpack. She made the strap from an old t-shirt. I rode my bicycle in the evening, looking for pictures to take. I found a nice little park with exercise equipment. I mostly just took pictures of the exercise equipment. Maybe I should have exercised. Q. What’s something that you’re proud of?…
When I was growing up, I wore blue jeans. I still like wearing blue jeans. Back then, in October the trees would change to gold and then brown. The piles of dry leaves would cover the sidewalks on my way to school. I’d be wearing blue jeans. This October, there isn’t the cold air or warm-colored leaves. I’m eating banh cuon, not pumpkin pie. But I am still wearing blue jeans. Blue jeans are familiar. Q. Does what you wear…
I like walking in the evening. It makes me feel good. I pass the place where I often see people doing exercise. Now nobody is there. Everything is perfectly still. The main road is busy. There are many motorbikes and cars. The restaurants are serving the dinner rush. People are going home. The evening is empty and quiet, crowded and noisy. I like walking in the evening. Q. How important is exercise to you?Q. what do you like to do…
It’s the season when the English centers put up spooky decorations. There are ghosts, pumpkins, witch’s hats, skeletons and spider webs everywhere. You may see some things in the darkness when you are walking alone on an empty road. Like this backpack monster with terrifying eyes and teeth. Q. Do you believe in ghosts?Q. Do traditional beliefs affect your world-view?
These are some beautiful things I saw while on a walk around my block. I saw a row of potted plants in the sun. I saw a neighborhood dog out walking by himself. I saw a grey house with plants growing up around its base. I saw somebody’s private garden. I saw a tree with vines hanging down. I took a walk around the block and saw some beautiful things. Q. Tell me about a friend who is in your…
This is my favorite place to sit. I can sit for hours in this chair. At this cafe there is a big table with big, office-style chairs. It’s a good place to work on my laptop. I can study peacefully here. Today is my off-day, but I need to go to work. I need to cover for another teacher who is sick. I don’t mind. But it is a little disappointing. I’ll sit in my favorite place tomorrow. Q. How…
Today me and the cat went for a longer bicycle ride. We went to a few different places. We went to a pet supply store and bought a harness. It turned out to be too big, and she kept getting out of it. We went to get pizza for lunch. Then we went to the historical structure outside town. We rode 7 kilometers. The cat complained some, but still seemed ok. Q. Would you ever consider being a long-distance truck…
What comes next I can’t tell. I don’t know. I didn’t know before, and now there’s this cat. I didn’t expect that. Now I really don’t know. It attached itself to me. I thought I couldn’t keep any pet, and then as if it read my mind, it said “I can be a backpack cat.” It’s true I needed a cat. And I can ride my bicycle with this cat. But Dee Dee, what am I supposed to do with…
This person sells eggs. They probably have chickens. If I had a place to keep chickens, I would get some. This person sells flowers. They probably have a flower garden. If I have a place, I can probably make a living. Q. Tell me about your place. Would you get chickens?Q. What can you produce? Could that make a living?
When I’m very tired, what I need is sleep, not tra sua. But tra sua tastes good, and I want to sit down because I’m tired. Today I had many opportunities to take a nap, and I missed all of them. Instead I played on my computer and rode my bike. I’ll probably want to go to Michi mart for noodles after dark again. Q. What is something you enjoyed today?Q. Agree or disagree: school prepared me for adult life.