ついでに、Reading Cardsも少し紹介してしまいます。
こちらの方も、いろいろ工夫の余地のあるところですが、何しろ時間がないので、もう行き当たりばったりという感じで、直接白カードに水性ペンで書き込んだものだから、生徒たちの熱のこもった手で擦れてしまって、たちまち汚れていったのでした。
それぞれが何を指すか、改めて言わなくてもおわかりになると思いますが、英語のまずさのために誤解されてしまう、ということもあるので、確認の方はこちらで。
1. We decorate a pair of rice cakes at the alcove. We put an orange on it.
2. When I read the lines aloud, pick up picture cards to match it. It's a traditional card game.
3. We write our wish on a wooden votive tablet with a picture of a horse or some on it.
4. We look forward to selecting a fortune made of bamboo in the box and reading it written on a piece of paper.
5. This is a good luck charm shaped an arrow.
6. How long can you continue spinning tops?
7. On New Year's Day we drink 'sake' steeped in herbs not to be ill for the coming year.
8. How much did you get for New Year's money gift?
9. I like to buy a doll to make a wish on at the New Year's worship.
10. On January 2nd, write your resolutions at the first calligraphy of the year.
11. There are twelve animals of the year in the Oriental Zodiac.
12. The fine and windy day is good for flying kites.
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１．鏡餅 ２．カルタ ３．絵馬 ４．おみくじ ５．破魔矢 ６．独楽回し ７．お屠蘇 ８．お年玉
９．達磨 １０．書き初め １１．干支 １２．凧揚げ