Video — Bohemian Rhapsody – Pentatonix

My wife and I went to see Pentatonix at the Tokyo Forum on Wednesday (5/31). It was a fun show. In this video, they cover Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. The original version is like rock opera. Enjoy watching it again.


 



In the Pentatonix video above, they pay tribute to Queen by imitating part of the original video. You can watch that below:

 



There is also a famous and fun scene from the comedy movie Wayne's World. You can check it out.

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go, little high, little low
Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me

Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooh, didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters
Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time
Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, ooh, I don't want to die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very fright'ning me
(Galileo) Galileo, (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo figaro magnifico
(I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me)
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
Bismillah! No, we will not let you go
(Let him go) Bismillah! We will not let you go
(Let him go) Bismillah! We will not let you go
(Let me go) Will not let you go
(Let me go) Will not let you go
(Let me go) Ah, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
(Oh mamma mia, mamma mia) Mama mia, let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?
So you think you can love me and leave me to die?
Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby!
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here!

Nothing really matters, anyone can see
Nothing really matters
Nothing really matters to me
Any way the wind blows

Formatting References

In your handout which you will prepare for your presentation, be sure to include references. You can learn how to do this by going to this website:

Purdue OWL APA

In the left column, there are links to helpful formatting guides. You need to focus on the Reference Lists, especially these:

• Reference List: Basic Rules
• Reference List: Electronic Sources.

Email me if you have other questions before our next lesson.

Video — Mission Impossible (The Piano Guys featuring Lindsey Stirling)

We watched the Piano Guys play Mission Impossible, a popular TV show turned into a movie series. This time they were joined by another YouTube star, Lindsey Stirling. She is known for playing violin while dancing. Enjoy it again below:

Video: Samurai Smartphone Parade

We watched this TV commercial by Softbank about walking while texting. What do you think about it?

Lesson 11 – Final Preparation

Presentation / Discussion Leading Schedule (Tentative)

5/30   Momoe Kaneko — Social network service
6/1   Shogo Imamura — Study abroad
6/6   Natsuki Negishi — Japan’s birth rate
6/8   Masahiro Ishikawa — Poverty
6/13   Yuki Shimabayashi — Refugees
6/15   Yosuke Matsuhisa — Summer Olympics 2020
6/20   Rie Furuta — Black companies 
6/22   Hō Bao — Nuclear weapons 
6/27   Shuhei Matsumura — Freedom of expression

Video — Indiana Jones Rocks Petra with this Arabian Classical Remix! - The Piano Guys (Wonder of the World 4 of 7)

Indiana Jones Rocks Petra with this Arabian Classical Remix!
(The Piano Guys Wonders of the World Series)

This is the fourth in the series where The Piano Guys go to one of the 7 Wonders of the World.  In this video, they go to Petra a city built into the rock in Jordan. The name Petra means rock.

Because Petra was a location in the 3rd Indian Jones movie, they use music from the soundtrack in this tune.

Enjoy the video again.


 





You can read more about the New 7 Wonders of the World in simple English here:
New 7 Wonders of the World 

GTB on Facebook & Twitter

As I have mentioned in class before, you can follow me on social media with Facebook or Twitter. 

You are NOT required to. But, it's a fun way for us to connect. And, if you follow me on Facebook, you can see my wife's 100-day project of drawing Gumboくん、our cute Corgi (dog).

Also, as I said in class, these accounts are not my normal accounts where I use difficult English and talk about difficult topics. These accounts are for my students.

You can add me as a friend or follow me by clicking the links below:

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Lesson 10 – Presentation Preparation

Presentation Preparation
In today's lesson, you had time to work with your partners on your presentations.


Image Design Presentation
I gave a presentation on more slide principles:

• White space
• The rule of thirds
• Bleeding
• Image size (1024 x 768 pixels)

There will be a quiz on these principles and CRAP.

Next Lesson
In the next lesson you will have a little more time to practice your presentations as a group.

Also, I will give instructions about citing your sources on a handout.

Video — I Won't Give Up (Jayesslee Cover of Jason Mraz)

I Won't Give Up (Jayesslee Cover of Jason Mraz)
Jayesslee is the artist who sang the Gangnam Style cover we watched before. Jayesslee means J S Lee. Their names are Janice (Jay for J) and Sonia (Ess for S) and their last name is Lee. I love their harmonies. It must have been difficult to perform this on one take at the beach.

Lesson 9 – Discussion 2: Helping Victims

Individual Presentation Topics

On Tuesday, we brainstormed a list of topics on social issues. Here is the list of speakers and topics:

• Momoe Kaneko — Social network service
• Shogo Imamura — Study abroad
• Natsuki Negishi — Japan’s birth rate
• Masahiro Ishikawa — Poverty
• Yuki Shimabayashi — Refugees
• Yosuke Matsuhisa — Summer Olympics 2020
• Rie Furuta — Black companies 
• Hō Bao — Nuclear weapons 
• Shuhei Matsumura — Freedom of expression

Principle #2: Celebrate all Ideas

We heard the two model discussion on pp. 32-33. We also looked at the phrases on p. 34. Then, we brainstormed ideas in a discussion. Next week on Thursday (5/18) your group will present your idea to the class with Google slides.

I suggest sharing the Google slideshow with each member of the group. You will have time next Tuesday to finish your slides and practice giving your group presentation.

Video — The Jungle Book / Sarabande (Mayan Style) - The Piano Guys (Wonder of the World 3 of 7)

 The Jungle Book / Sarabande (Mayan Style)
(The Piano Guys Wonders of the World Series)

This is the third in the series where The Piano Guys go to one of the 7 Wonders of the World.  In this video, they go to Chichén Itzá on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. The most famous view is of El Castillo, a big Mayan pyramid.

The music is a medley of tunes from the soundtrack to Disney's The Jungle Book. Did you see the bear and the panther in the video? They are two main characters from the movie

Enjoy the video again.


 



You can read more about the New 7 Wonders of the World in simple English here:
New 7 Wonders of the World 

Lesson 8 – Presentation/Discussion Topics

Informative Speech
We heard one more Informative Speech today.


Social Issues Brainstorming
Here is a list of issues we thought of in class today (no special order):

• North Korea
• Refugees
• Islam
• Global warming
• Japan’s birth rate
• nuclear weapons
• Summer Olympics 2020
• black companies
• environmental problems
• suicide
• social network services
• poverty
• development of countryside
• customs / taxes 
• study abroad
• discrimination
• death from overworking
• freedom of expression

Send me your top three choices for your presentation. Only one presenter will present on each topic. It will be first come, first serve. Fill in the form linked below.

Social Issue Sign Up Form


Quizlet
We finished the class studying vocabulary with Quizlet. To get the best results and improve your English, use Quizlet every day.