Snow White, as a Play, scene 13, The Bad News

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[Scene 13, The Bad News -- 

N: Narrator, A: Advisor,

Q2: the 2nd Queen,

M: Mayor, C: Councilor, 

R/M: Runner/Messenger, Jane: Snow White's personal servant,

MM: Magic Mirror]

Q2: Councilor, we must send you to the battlefront for information.

C: What? Battlefront?

M: Your Majesty. It is our pleasure to serve.

C: Where is Snow White?

Q2: She did not take the news very well.

M: What news?

C: Is there trouble?

A: You sent for me, Your Majesty?

Q2: Thank you for hurrying, Advisor. I know you are busy.

A: The Queen's word is my only command.

Q2: Runner, please tell these men the news you have.

R/M: The King is wounded, and the soldiers do not fight.
    There are shortages of food and supplies in the camp.

C: We must send someone!

Q2: Who but yourself would you suggest?

M: Quite right, Councilor. Quite right.
    Who else would be free to go?

Q2: Advisor, you will see to it that the King knows
    he can trust the Councilor.

A: Your Majesty. Not that.

Q2: How else shall he know whom he should trust?

A: Very well. I shall see to it after preparations are complete.

Q2: The Princess is very disquieted. No one is allowed to disturb her.

A: No one, M'Lady?

Q2: Only I and her personal servants may see her.

J: Your Highness?

Q2: Yes?

J: If it please the Queen, I seek permission to attend the King
    for the Princess in the camp.

Q2: Is this by the Princess's request?

J: It is.

Q2: Then you shall also represent me in the camp.

J: I hear and obey.

C: Your Majesty!

Q2: See that there is sufficient preparation.
    Jane must be allowed to attend to the King in every need,
    and she must be brought back safely.

M: Is it wise?

C: She will be in danger.

J: I am understand the dangers.

Q2: If she comes to harm, I will require it of you.

C: It is a hard thing you require.

N: But Snow White disguised herself and traded places with Jane.
    And Jane resigned herself to staying in the Princess's rooms,
    occasionally showing her silhouette at the window.

R/M: See how the Princess worries.

M: It is past midnight. She should be asleep.

C: She must be very worried.

N: Before they left, the Advisor privately gave the Councilor
    secret signs to give to the King.

A: These will assure the King that you speak for us.

C: Are they necessary?

A: It is by arrangement with the King, to show
    how much he can trust your reports.

C: Thank you. I shall go now.


[JMR: Written between 21 January and 6 July 2017 and posted 6 July.]

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Snow White, as a Play, scene 12, Rumors

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[Scene 12, Rumors -- 

N: Narrator, A: Advisor, SW: Snow White, 

Q2: the 2nd Queen, who was no longer a confused and scared Woman,

M: Mayor, C: Councilor, 

R/M: Runner/Messenger, Jane: a Servant, Tom: another Servant,

MM: Magic Mirror ]

M: Is the King alive? Has he been injured?

R/M: The King is alive and leading the armies.

C: Are the women of the camp tending to the injured?

SW: You are both of you just horrid.

M: Oh! Snow White! I didn't know you were around.
    I'm sorry to cause you to worry about your father.

SW: I don't think you are sorry at all.

Q2: Be careful how you speak of such things,
    in the castle, or in the hearing of the people.

C: But you must both prepare yourselves for the eventuality.

Q2: What eventuality?

M: That the King might not return.

C: Or that he might not return alone.

SW: You have both disobeyed a direct order of the Queen.
    Leave now.

M: But we have business with your majesties.

Q2: Why do you talk of a war which you yourselves will not fight?

C: It is about the war. We must send supplies. We need money.

M: Or, indeed, the King might not return.

SW: Jane, call the Advisor.

J: He is outside the castle, M'Lady.

T: The Mayor and the Councilor asked him to see to the crops
    when he returned with the Runner.

Q2: Then send for him.

J: I go.

Q2: Until he comes, you two may sit in the conference chamber.
    Tom, you will see that these two gentlemen are made comfortable there.

T: I will see to them, M'Lady.

N: The Mayor and the Councilor left with Tom, though not willingly.

Q2: I am afraid for us all.

R/M: Fear is a careless messenger. It is useful, but not as a commander.

SW: Don't be afraid, Mum. Things will work out.

Q2: What if they don't work out very well?

A: If we do our best, only God can judge us.

Q2: Oh! Advisor!

SW: And He will judge us well and faithfully, in the end.

Q2: You weren't gone?

A: I obey the Queen. But I have sent some men we can trust,
    to check the crops.

Q2: Tell us the full news, faithful Runner.

R/M: The King has been injured.

SW: How badly?

R/M: The wounds are not mortal.
    He still leads both in battle and in parley.

SW: Is ... how ...

Q2: Is he recovering well?

R/M: He is. Do not lend your ears to rumors, my Majesties.

SW: Thank you.

A: How goes the war?

R/M: All parties grow weary of the fighting.

Q2: Why does it continue?

R/M: Our agents tell us that our enemies are being paid to fight.

SW: Of course. Is it clear yet who buys their service?

R/M: Rumors, your Majesties.

SW: These are rumors we must hear.
    We will judge for ourselves of their truth.

R/M: Indeed. The money seems to come from partisans
    within our own country and the countries of our allies.

A: Are these rumors reliable?

R/M: Proof is hard to come be. There is one more rumor.

Q2: Let us hear it.

R/M: The money is drying up and the partisans are seeking new sources.

Q2: That explains why the Mayor and the Councilor come asking for money.

SW: Do not speak of this last rumor outside this room.

R/M: I hear and obey.

SW: You are all my good friends. Tell our friends I will miss them.

Q2: Miss them?

A: We must protect the Queens.

N: And the Queen, the Princess, and the Advisor made plans
    with their most trusted servants and court officials.


[JMR: Written between 21 January and 6 July 2017 and posted on 6 July.]

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Snow White, as a Play, scene 11, The Plotters Plot

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[Scene 11, The Plotters Plot -- 

N: Narrator, 

M: Mayor, C: Councilor]

N: Some people think plots are more important than kingdoms.

M: How much longer can we pay the enemies to keep fighting us?

C: Not much. We are running out of money.

M: What about the kingdom's treasury?

C: The Queen and the Advisor check the accounts.

M: You said she would be easy to control.

C: She was once.

M: She thought she loved you once. What happened?

C: I guess the King is a better man than I am.

M: She really loves the King, I guess.

C: Snow White has more control over the Queen than I do now.

M: Fear makes it easy to control people.

C: Fear?

M: We must make them afraid for the King.
    Fear turns people's hearts.

[JMR: Written and posted 5 July 2017.]

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February PTA -- Forgot to Mention Temperature -- 体温・気温

Oh. One more thing. I forget to mention the temperature relative to weather. I guess you can't cover everything.
アァッ！もう一つを、気温のことを忘れました。まあ、全部を取り入れるのは無理でしょう。

I talked a little about body temperature a year ago, in the January 2016 lesson.
一昨年、 2016年１月のクラスで体温をちょっとだけ取り上げました。

And I explained about Fahrenheit vs. Celsius/Centigrade in a post on my math and English blog, several years ago.
そして、華氏と摂氏の違いを数年前、ボクの数学と英語のブログの投稿で取り上げています。


Just for fun, I'll put a short conversation about both body and environmental temperature up here.
まあ、ここで皆が楽しめる、体温と気温のことを取り上げる短い会話の実例を投稿しましょ
うか。

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Jun: Hi, Honey, I'm home!
只今！

Sherry: Jun, I'm not feeling very good.
アタシ、ちょっと元気ないよ。

Jun: Oh, dear. You don't look so hot, either. Where does it hurt?
元気無さそう、寝。どこが調子悪い？

Sherry: All over.
どこも。全身。

Jun: Have you taken your temperature?
体温見ている？

Sherry: I took it an hour ago, but it wasn't especially high.
一時間前見たけど、特に高くなっていなかった。

Jun: Let me check.
診せて下さい。

(Jun touches Sherry's forehead, then her neck under her chin, with the inside of his wrist.)
（ジュン、手首でシェリの額を、また首の下を触れて診ます。）

Jun: You're kind of warm. Where's the thermometer?
温そうです。体温計は？

Sherry: It's on the table.
テーブルの上。

Jun: Well, let me get the futon out so you can lie down, and let's take your temperature again.
布団出すから、寝てて。それからもう一度体温を診てみましょう。

(Jun spreads the futon in the tatami room and puts the feather quilt on it while Sherry sits in the kitchen.)
（シェリが台所で待っていて、ジュンが和室に布団を敷いて、羽根布団をかけます。）

Sherry: Is it cold outside?
外、寒い？

Jun: Yes. It's very cold out there. I think it's below zero.
とても。零下と思う。

Sherry: Really! Oh. Wait. You mean zero degrees Celsius.
あらま！アッ、待ってて。それは摂氏の零度ですね。

Jun: Yeah. Sorry. What is that, below thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit?
まあ、そうですね。すまん。華氏ではどうなる？32度以下？

Sherry: That's still cold, but not as cold. Suddenly I want to know what the temperature is outside.
華氏零ほどではないけど、それでもまだ寒い。突飛なのに、外の気温が気になります。

Jun: We'll check after we check your temperature. Get under the covers and put this under your arm. Get it snug in your armpit.
きみの体温がわかってから見てみよう。潜り込んで、体温計を脇の下に入れてね。しっかり脇の下に、ね。

Sherry: You're tickling me.
こそばい。

Jun: Sorry.
ごめん。

Sherry: That's okay. Back in America, we put the thermometer under the tongue. The armpit doesn't transfer heat very well, so the temperature tends to read low.
いいよ。アメリカでは体温計をベロの下に入れる。脇に挿すと熱がきれいに伝わらないので、低く診れるのが多い。

Jun: Maybe that's why you guys think thirty-seven is normal, where we think it's a low fever.
もしかして、日本では37度が微熱と思うのに、アメリカでは通常と言われるわけ？

Sherry: Maybe so. There's a song my dad liked, called Ninety-eight Point Six. It wouldn't be the same in Japanese.
そうかも。父の好きだった歌がある。ナイんティーエイトポイントシックスというの。日本語では通じない、ね。

Jun: I guess it means normal body temperature?
通常の体温のこと？

Sherry: Yeah. Healthy. Feeling fine. He's happy to have her back.
ん。元気。調子いい。彼女が戻って嬉しい。

Jun: There's the thermometer.
体温計がなったよ。

Sherry: It's beeping.
鳴るね。

Jun: What's it say?
何という温度？

Sherry: Hey, ninety-eight point six.
通常やで。

Jun: Then what could be the problem?
なら、どうした？どこが悪い？

Sherry: Maybe it's not a problem. I think I want to throw up.
悪くもないかも知れない。げが出そう。

Jun: Oh! Wow! What do you want me to do? Pickles and ice cream?
あそう！ワオ！どうしたらいい？ピックルスとアイスクリーム？

Sherry: Hawaiian pizza with Canadian bacon and jalapeños would be nice. If I can hold it down.
ハワイアンピザにカナダ産のベーコンにハラペーニョが好さそう。胃が持つなら。

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Notes:　注釈：

Honey

愛称（甘い人）

I'm home!

家に戻っているよ。

Hi, Honey, I'm home!

只今。

feel well

体の調子が良い

feel good

"feel well" の砕けた言い方

look hot

暑そう => 気持ちを熱くする外見をいう意味で使うこともある。

don't look so hot

大体は、相手の元気が燃えていなさそう意味で使う。

What's the matter?

「物体はなんだろう？」 => 「どうした？」、「何があった？」など

What's the problem?

「問題はなんだろう？」 => 「どうした？」、「何があった？」など

Where does it hurt?

どこが痛い？ => どこが悪い？ => What's the problem? と同じ

temperature

温度、体温、気温

°摂氏

(（°華氏） - 32 ) × 5 ÷ 9

°華氏

（°摂氏）× 9 ÷ 5 + 32

摂氏零度

華氏 32度

put 〇〇 under □□

□□の下に〇〇を入れておく

snug

しっかりと合わせたまま

armpit

脇の下

tickle

こそばく感じる、いじってこそばい感触をさせる

transfer

熱の場合は、伝う、伝わる

fever

病気の熱

heat

物理的な熱さ

read

（読めるように）表示する

that is why

それが理由

where 〇〇

〇〇のに、〇〇なのに

low fever

微熱

high fever

高熱

華氏 98.6度

摂氏 37度ぴったり

be the same

同じである、同じように通じる

mean

意味する

happy to 〇〇

〇〇に嬉しい

have her back

彼女が戻ってきているようになって

beep

ピーと鳴る、機械が鳴る

say

表示する

What could be the problem?

仮定文を利用した、考えようという気持ちを言い、「どうしました？」

throw up

上に投げる => 胃袋から投げると考えて、吐き出す

hold it down

抑える => 食べても吐き出さないこと

Useful phrases: 便利な表現：

Do you feel well?

体調大丈夫？ => Are you okay?

I ache all over.

全身がズキズキする

high/low temperature

高・低温（度）

normal temperature

通常体温、気温

Are you hot/cold?

熱いですか？・寒いですか？
（場合によっては「ついている」・「ついてない」意味では使いますが…）

Is it hot/cold outside?

お外が熱いですか？・寒いですか？

PTA February Notes -- Seasons and Weather

These are the notes for the February 2017 lesson.
2017年２月のレッスンの覚え書きです。

[JMR201702211306: I forgot to talk about temperature in the lesson, so I posted some extra material about that. 
レッスンの間に温度の話を忘れたので、追加資料を投稿しました。
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We talked about the weather and the seasons for about an hour.
天気と季節の話をだいたい一時間しゃべりました。

weather

天気（気候）

season

季節（特に、四季）、時期、熟させる、味をつける

climate

気候

Do you like ○○?

○○が好きですか？

I like ○○.

○○が好きです。

I don't like ○○.

○○が好きではありません。　（○○が嫌です。）

snow

雪

rain

雨

sun

太陽、日当たり

wind

風

time

時間、時期、時（時刻ではない）、回数の「回」や「度」

time of year

季節、年内の時期

spring

春、ばね、飛び跳ねる、湧き出る、（芽が）生える

rainy season

梅雨

summer

夏、夏を過ごす（夏を越す）

fall

秋、落ちる、倒れる、流れ込む

autumn

秋、秋の季節（を過ごす）

winter

冬、冬の季節を過ごす

them all

それら皆を、それぞれを

... spring into summer, fall into winter

春から夏へ、秋かる冬へ季節が巡り替わって…

Spring into summer, fall into winter.

夏へ飛び跳ねて、冬へ落ちていく。
（季節の順番を覚えるダジャレのことわざです。）

Which season do you like ((the) best)?
Which is your favorite season?

季節のどちらが好きですか？
どちらの季節がお気に入りですか？

I like ○○ ((the) best).
○○ is my favorite (season).

○○（の季節）が好きです。

I like them all.

どれも好きです。

I don't like the cold. (heat)

寒さが苦手です。　(厚さ・熱）

I like warm weather. (cool, hot, cold)

暖かい天気が好きです。　（涼しい、暑い、寒い）

Rain makes me feel clean.

雨は私を清く感じさせる。（清くしてくれる。）

I like the rain because it makes me feel clean.

きれいな感じがするから雨が好きです。

I love the rain, for it cleanseth my soul.

雨が大好きなわけは、私の魂を洗い清めてくださるのです。　（諺）

sweat

汗、汗かく

perspire

汗かく、汗が浮かぶ　（上品な言い方に思われる）

perspiration

汗、汗の潤い（上品な言い方に思われる）

Men sweat.

男なら汗かく。

Women perspire.

女性なら汗が浮かぶ。

glow

輝く、光を放つ

Men sweat, women glow.

男性は（動物らしく）汗をかくが、女性は潤しで輝く。　（諺）

make

作る、状況を作り出す

Summer makes me sweat.

夏は汗をかく。

get to ○○

○○をやらせてもらえる　（○○してもいい、○○ができる）

In summer I get to sweat.

夏は汗かいてもいいです。

Winter makes me cold.

冬は寒くなる。

In winter I get to ski. (go skiing)

冬はスキーをやってもいいです。　（スキーに行ける）

On Valentine's Day, I get to give my friends chocolate.

バレンタインの日にはチョコレートを友達に上げてもいいです。

I get to _____.

• go on vacation with my family
  家族と休みに行く
• go to hanami
  花見に行く
• go swimming
  泳ぎに行く
• sleep late
  遅くまで寝る
• make snowmen
  雪ダルマを作る　（複数かも知らない）
• walk the dog
  犬を散歩させる

花見

hanami, flower (cherry/plum) blossom(s) festival

花見に行く

go to the cherry blossom festival
go watch the cherries blossom
go watch the flowers bloom

blossom

花、開花、花が開く　（若い花、実が生る前の花）
（開花の季節を指摘することもできます。）

bloom

花、開花、花が開く　（一般の花や実が生らない花）
（開花の季節を指摘することもできます。）

花粉

(flower) pollen

花粉症

hay fever, pollen allergy

I like fall because it's not (so) cold.

秋は（それほど）寒くならないので好きです。

I don't like spring because of flower pollen. I get hay fever.

花粉症のせいで春は好きではない。花粉症になるからです。

give

与える、おこす

Spring gives me hay fever.

春は花粉症にかかる。

I like to take walks in (the) spring.

春に散歩するのが好きです。　春の散歩が好きです。

I like to take walks in the rose garden in spring.

春のバラ園での散歩が好き。

get ○○

○○をもらう（がもらえる）、○○（の状態）になる

get cold

寒くなる

get warm

暖かくなる

get crazy

荒れていく、狂いだす、遊んでしまう

go crazy

狂う

drive

追い立てる

It drives me crazy.

そのせいで気が狂う。

It drives me up a wall.

（壁に登るに追い立てる）俺を狂わせる。

Winter is more fun when you have a nice warm place to go home to.

戻れる暖かい家があった冬が楽しい。
暖かい家に戻れる冬（のほう）が楽しい。

It's like, skiing is more fun when you can go inside and get warm after skiing all day.

ちょど、一日をスキーに尽くして、その日の暮れに（スキー場のキャビンなどの）中に入って温めるほうが、スキーが楽しい。

熱帯低気圧（に伴う風が回る大嵐）

• hurricane: ハリケーン（カリブ海やメキシコ湾を中心に）
• cyclone: サイクロン（インド洋を中心に）
• typhoon: 台風（日本などを中心に）

竜巻

tornado, twister, cyclone
地面から伸びて雲に接するように言われる。

medium

中ぐらい、中間、仲介、媒体

intermediate

中級、中間（の範囲）

For the last half hour, we played the card game AGO.
最後の三十分 AGO というカードゲームを遊びました。

"AGO" is pronounced "A-go".
"AGO" の発音は「エイ・ゴ」です。

The rules are simple and the cards give the players a chance to practice speaking English.
簡単なルールで、それぞれのカードは、英語でしゃべる機会になります。

I hope to see you all in March!
三月もよろしく、ね！

February PTA English -- Seasons, Weather

So. Let's talk about the seasons of the year and weather, I guess.
季節及び天気について話しましょう。

Or anything else. I'm also preparing a little game.
まあ、何でもいいでしょう。ちょっとのゲームぽいものも準備しておきます。

The notes for the lesson are now up.
レッスンのノートをもう投稿しました。

I put up some extra material for temperature, both body and weather.
温度のための追加資料を投稿しました。体温も、気温も。

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Conversation example:
界隈実例：

Student: Matthew Sensei, What's your favorite season?
マシュー先生のお気に入りの季節は？

Matthew: Oh, winter, ... spring, ... summer, ... and fall.
  And the rainy season, too.
  I love the rain, for it cleanseth my soul.
さて、冬かな…　春かな…　夏かな…　秋かな。
  梅雨も、ね。
  雨は、我が魂を洗い清めてくださるので、大喜びです。

Student: Huh? Speak Japanese, please!
エェッ！日本語を喋って下さいよ！

Matthew: I like them all. Rainy season, too.
皆好き。梅雨も。

Student: All? Why? Isn't winter cold?
すべての季節ですか？なんで？冬だって寒くない？

Matthew: Sure. But if we spend all summer trying to get cold, why not enjoy the cold when we have it?
正に。ただ、夏はずっと、寒いところを求めているばかりではありません？寒いところがたっぷりある季節は楽しまな損じゃないですか？

Student: You're kidding.
冗談だよ！

Matthew: Well, winter is more fun when you have a nice, warm place to go home to.
まあまあ、暖かいお家に戻れるこそ冬が楽しいでしょう。

Student: Oh. Like skiing is more fun when you can go inside and get warm after skiing all day.
アッ！わかった。スキーの楽しみの一つは、一日中スキーに乗って寒くなってから中に入って温めることですね。

Matthew: Right.
そのとおり。

PTA English January Notes -- New Year's Words and Phrases

Notes for the January 2017 PTA English Class

We talked about Seijinshiki, New Year's resolutions, and New Year's celebrations.
成人式や新年の個人決断およびお正月を取り上げました。

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Seijinshiki:

成人する

come of age, become an adult

成人式

Coming of Age Ceremony

成人の日

Coming of Age Day

adult

成人、大人

minor

未成年者　（小さい、少ない、二流）

major

大部分、大多数、過半数

legal

適法の、合法的な、法律上に

成年

age of majority, legal age

選挙権年齢

voting age

(legal) drinking age

（法律上）飲酒可能年齢

cancel class(es)

学級閉鎖

学校閉鎖

cancel school, cancel classes for an entire school

学年閉鎖

cancel classes for an entire grade, cancel the grade

３日間ずっと雪が降っていた

It was snowing (there) for three days.

まるでスキー場（のように）になってた.

It was like a ski resort.

運転免許

driver's license

celebration

祝賀、行事、賞賛など

general

一般

local

近状の、局地の、地元の、個人的な

general celebration

一般的に、どこにも祝う祝賀や行事

local celebration

範囲の限られた祝賀

How do you celebrate 〇○?

○○（の行事）をどういう風に祝う（覚える）のですか？

We celebrate ○○ with □□.

□□をもって○○を祝う（覚える）のです。

普段着

street clothes, everyday clothes, daily wear, plainclothes (police officer), usual dress

formal

形式上の、お決まりの、型にはまった

礼服、式服

formal dress/wear/clothes

日曜服装

Sunday best, Sunday dress/clothes

教会に着る服装

church clothes/dress

dress up

仮装（衣装）する、改まった服装にする、式服などを着る

dress down

普段着を着る、砕けた服装にする

成人式は式服を着て成人することについての説教を聞いて祝うのです。

We celebrate Seijinshiki (Coming of Age Day) by dressing up and attending a lecture on the duties of adults.

top

コマ

spinning tops

コマ回し

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resolution

決意、決断、決議

New Year's resolution

新年の決断（決意）

weight

体重

lose weight

体重を落とす、軽減する

lose ten pounds

十ポンド（およそ4.5kg）軽減する

My new year's resolution is to ○○．

私の新年の決意は○○です。

整理整頓

clean up, straighten up, organize

organize my life

人生を整理する（整える）

dust the furniture

家具のほこりをふき取る

床のほうきかけをする

sweep the floor

（床に）モップを掛ける

mop (the floor)

wipe the floor

雑巾などで床を拭く

meet

試合

competition

競技

tournament

競技の大会

Each sport has its own words for a meet or game.

それぞれのスポーツはそれぞれの言葉で試合や競技を示すのです。

大会を勝つ

win a tournament

内外

inside and outside

be beautiful

美しくある、美しくなる

内外美しくする

be beautiful both inside and outside

beauty is as beauty does

美しくあるのが美しい
（技とするものじゃない）

gain strength

力をつける、鍛える

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Then we made up a dialog, imagining picking up a foreign friend at the airport on January 1st:
お正月に、空港で外国の友達を迎えに行ったことを想像して、会話を皆で作りました。

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Friend: Happy New Year!

One-of-Us: Welcome back to Japan.
  And Happy New Year to you, too.

Friend: Long time no see!
[「久しぶり」という意味に使っていますが、冗談らしい言い方です。
文字通りに考えたら、半年とか十年ののような長い間に思われる。]

One-of-Us: Hungry? Let's go for lunch.
[(Are you) hungry?]

["go for lunch" => "go to lunch"]

Friend: Sounds good.

One-of-Us: Whaddaya want?
[What do you want (to eat)?]

Friend: Sushi! Soba!

One-of-Us: How about o-sechi?

Friend: What's that? What's o-sechi?

One-of-Us: O-sechi is new year's food.

Friend: Sounds interesting. I'll try it.

[ここで、　"try" => 「試食」]

Notes:
注釈 :
(But think flexibly. あやふやに考えて下さい。
These are not rules, just suggestions. ルールよりも、提案と考えて下さい。

(It has been a) long time (with) no (chance to) see (you).
  => しばらくして会う機会がなかったのね。

It has been a long time since I've seen you.
  => 会って久しぶりですの。

I haven't seen you in a long time.
  => 長い間、出会っていません。

It's been a while.
  => しばらくの間ですね。

(Are you) hungry?
  こういう表現は会話の場合に、主語も動詞も省略することがあります。

Let's go for lunch.
  => 昼を食べに行こう。

Let's to to lunch.
  => 昼ご飯に行こう。

Food that we eat at New Years
  => お正月に食べる食べ物

A special dish for new years
  => お正月のための特別お料理の一品です。

I have a similar example here.
ここにも似た対話例があります。

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While we were waiting to start, I played Gavin Sutherland's "Sailing", both the Sutherland Brothers version and Rod Stewart's version that was a really big hit.
始めるのを待っていた間、 "Sailing" という曲を流しました。これは作曲・作詞の Gavin Sutherland to 兄弟の Sutherland Brothers が出したバージョンも、有名歌手の Rod Stewart が出した大ヒットになったバージョンもあります。