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English Writing Exercise (All Levels)

Course 202, Unit 10, Lesson 3

My occupation

Instructions: Using the vocabulary from this lesson, please describe your occupation. What do you do? Do you like what you do? How long have you been working in this field? Did you always want to be in this occupation?

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I think the pupular holiday and event in Japan are year-end and year-begin. This year-end in Japan is not national holiday but almost office worker and students are already in holidays. Japanese year-end/begin holidays are about 2 weeks. The people from outside Tokyo will back to own family home. So Japanese people will get togeter with family and eat year clossing noodle (toshikoshi soba) on new year's eve.
I think this day is one of holiday for family in Japan.
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  • JoshuaLee
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    I think the most popular holiday in Japan is the year-end\year-begin. This year-end is not a national holiday in Japan but almost all office workers and students are already on holiday. Japanese year-end\year-begin lasts for 2 weeks. the people who are from out side of tokyo will go back to there family's home. So Japanese people will get together with there family's and eat the year closing noodles (tohsikoshi soda) on new years eve. I think this holiday is a really for family's in Japan. now you can say it all the way you said it before but it does sound a bit odd. but i was able to clearly understand what you said so that's really good. also remember every one who reads this will probably say it a different way but this is how i would have said it.
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  • leapyfrog
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    Dear Nao, Here is my take on what you have written; (hope it's close!): I think the most popular holidays in Japan are the beginning and end of the new year. New Year's Eve is not a national holiday in Japan, but almost everyone is in the midst of their holidays anyway. The year's-end and the year-beginning celebrations last about 2 weeks. People from outside Tokyo come home for the holidays. Everyone gets together with family and eats end-of-the-year noodles (toshikoshi soba) on New Year's Eve. I think that this is a family holiday in Japan. (whew - good work!)
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  • nao
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    thanks guys for your help! > Joshua thanks. you show me your assingment along what I want to say in English. could you tell me how should I change my English sentences for being naturaly (it means feeling no odd) next time if you can.
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  • nao
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    leapy, thanks for everything. your commen is always close to what I said in English. I often don't know how to use anyway. and let me know "lasts for 2 weeks" I couldn't understand "lasts" in that sentence. and could you explain me "almost everyone is in the midst of their holidays anyway."? sorry, there are too many questions about this exercise.
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  • JoshuaLee
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    ok ill will do that from now on. and "lasts for 2 weeks" it means it keeps going for 14 days. lasts=keeps going i think the way to say it in Japanese is それは2週間の間続きます but i could be wrong and "almost everyone is in the midst of their holidays anyway." is just another way of saying "every one is already in the middle of there holiday" if that makes any seance to you.
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  • leapyfrog
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    Hi Nao, Isn't that confusing? Sorry about that. I run into this when I try to think in English when studying French. "lasts" means "has the duration of". Other uses in English are "built to last", meaning made well enough to pass on as an heirloom. I hope this clarifies and doesn't make it worse! "Everyone is in the midst of their holidays anyway" means people are already gone, so making the day a holiday wouldn't change anything as people have already left!
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  • Jenny 제니 珍妮 ジ...
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    I think the most popular holiday and event in Japan are year-end and year-begin. This year-end in Japan is not a national holiday but most of office workers and students are already in the festivity's mood. Japanese year-end/begin holidays lasts for 2 weeks. The People from outside Tokyo will go back to their own family homes. So Japanese people will get together with family and eat the "year clossing" noodle (toshikoshi soba) on new year's eve. I think this day is one of the family holidays in Japan.
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