【Canteen today】 Set A: fish and rice 480 yen. Set B: curry rice 420 yen. Udon 350 yen. Coffee 120 yen. Package A comes with a drink. From 12 to 1 o'clock there are many students.

Mẹo: With the information sheet, don't read in sentences: scan the price, item, and accompanying conditions into three columns.

Tự làm: Choose an item and say the price by saying 「～を食べます。～円です」.

• 学食 がくしょく school cafeteria
• メニュー めにゅー menu
• 魚 さかな fish
• 飲み物 のみもの drinks
• 人気 にんき popular

Tomorrow, I go to the mountains with the whole class. You can buy boxed lunches at the station, but I will make them at home, because I really like the rice balls my mother makes. Tonight I will make rice balls and egg rolls with my mother. Because it was early in the morning, I also bought juice.

Mẹo: こともできます indicates a possibility, but でも gives the speaker's actual choice.

Tự làm: Say what you will bring when you go out: 「～を作ります／買います」.

• お弁当 おべんとう boxed lunch
• 山 やま mountain
• おにぎり おにぎり rice balls
• 卵焼き たまごやき rolled eggs
• 早い はやい soon

A: Is this curry spicy? B: A bit spicy but very delicious. A: I don't like spicy food very much. B: Then add the cheese. The taste will be a bit milder. A: I will. Give me more water.

Mẹo: あまり + negative = not ... very. B's advice is to use てください, then A orders more dishes using をください.

Tự làm: Order at the shop: ask for an item and state a preference.

• からい からい spicy
• 料理 りょうり food
• 味 あじ taste
• チーズ ちーず cheese
• 水 みず water

【Things to buy today】 1 bottle of milk, 2 loaves of bread, 4 apples, 1 box of eggs. Milk bought at the store in front of the station. Bread at the supermarket is cheaper than the other store. Mom likes apples, but there are eggs at home.

Mẹo: Structure AよりBのほうが…: B is the cheaper side. “Available at home” explains why there is no need to buy eggs.

Tự làm: Write a list of 3 items and the quantity in Japanese.

• 牛乳 ぎゅうにゅう milk
• パン ぱん bread
• スーパー すーぱー supermarket
• 安い やすい cheap
• たまご たまご eggs

Yesterday, I bought green umbrellas at the station store. There are also red umbrellas but blue umbrellas are a bit cheaper. This morning it rained so I used a new umbrella. When I got to the station, I didn't see an umbrella. I thought I forgot it in the train so I asked the station staff. Umbrella in front of the entrance.

Mẹo: The story has a speculative trap: the speaker thinks he forgot his umbrella on the train, but the real location is in the last sentence.

Tự làm: Create a sentence comparing two colors / two items using 「AよりBのほうが…」.

• 傘 かさ ô
• 色 いろ color
• 入口 いりぐち entrance
• 忘れる わすれる forget
• 駅員 えきいん station staff

【Bakery closed day】 Next Monday and Tuesday, the shop is closed. From Wednesday, the shop opens at 7am. Thursday, due to cleaning, the shop closes at 2pm. Friday through Sunday, open regular hours.

Mẹo: With the activity calendar, divide by day first and then read the time. Don't confuse "open time" with "close time".

Tự làm: Write a hypothetical opening schedule for a shop in 2 sentences.

• パン屋 ぱんや bakery
• 休み やすみ rest
• 開く あく open
• 閉まる しまる close
• いつもの いつもの usually