Practise listening to English while you enjoy watching the beautiful natural scenery of Niseko, in Hokkaido, in northern Japan. Make listening in English more fun – for Pre-Intermediate (B1 and above).
- Study the vocabulary below
- Watch the video and note the new vocabulary as you go.
- After watching the video, practise saying the examples of the vocabulary out loud.
- Write sentences using the vocabulary on your own.
Vocabulary
- lovely countryside 綺麗な田舎
e.g. Today’s walk is through Niseko Town, through some lovely countryside. - some beautiful locations とても嫌いな場所
e.g. And some beautiful locations, including Soga Shrine and the Milk Kobo. - population ニセコの人口
e.g. Niseko’s only a small town. It has a population of about 5,000 people. - agriculture 農業
e.g. …and a lot of agriculture. People grow here vegetables, rice and also some wheat. - an acorn どんぐり
e.g. It looks like an acorn. - foliage 枝葉
e.g. Under the foliage of the trees - refreshingly cool 爽やかに涼しい
e.g. Under the foliage of the trees, it’s refreshingly cool. - a lovely little spot いい感じの場所
e.g. A lovely little spot to enjoy a summer’s day in Niseko. - in amongst the beautiful trees and nature 美しい木々と自然の中で
e.g. A lovely little spot to enjoy a summer’s day in Niseko in amongst the beautiful trees and nature that is so famous here. - fascination with nature 自然との魅力
e.g. One of the fun things about walking with Julia is her fascination with nature. - stalls （無人野菜）屋台
e.g. A lot of these vegetables are available to buy and we eat a lot of these vegetables from stalls around in the area. - progress of crops growing 作物の成長の進捗状況
e.g. You really get a sense of what is going on in agriculture, day by day, as you see the progress of the crops growing. - vegetable stall 無人野菜屋台
e.g. Here is a vegetable stall. - to keep us going エネルギーが無くならないように
e.g. So we bought some strawberries along the way and had a few of those as a snack along the way to keep us going. - a fabulous view 素晴らしい景色
e.g. It has a fabulous view here. - cheesy チーズたっぷり
e.g. It looks really cheesy. - a really crispy base とてもサクサクの生地
- highly recommended 相当お勧めです
e.g. We really enjoyed our pizza. They have a delicious, really crispy base, and lots of delicious cheeses and are highly recommended. - smorgasbord / buffet バイキング
e.g. That’s another restaurant and they have a smorgasbord, like a buffet of vegetables. - landscape 風景
e.g. And you can from there too, look at the beautiful view, across the beautiful landscape over to Mt. Yotei. - rich chocolate ice cream 濃厚なチョコレートアイスクリーム
e.g. The raspberry (ice cream) really tasted of fresh raspberries and really rich chocolate ice cream too. - tranquil 静かな
e.g. It’s really quite beautiful there; tranquil, very cool…. - by this stage この段階までに
e.g. By this stage we had been walking for quite a while, but as you can see we still had lots of energy.