Situation 2 (Sample answers)

 

1)      What are they planning to do? 

2)      How (what means of transportation) will they use to get to Shibuya.

3)      How many coffee shops around the train station? 

 

1)      They are going to see a movie in Shibuya (a town in Tokyo) tomorrow.  They will meet at a famous coffee shop near the movie theater.

2)       The female speaker will take bus since there is a bus stop in front of the coffee shop where they are meeting.  The male speaker will drive a car since he lives in a suburb so car is more convenient than bus and train. バスや電車(でんしゃ)より車(くるま)が便利(べんり)です。(Basu ya densha yori, kuruma ga benri desu.  (“A yori B ga benri desu.”  = B is more convenient (rather) than A.)  Yori” = “more than, rather than.”

3)      There are 4 coffee shops.

 

A = Department Store (there is a parking lot under the department store.)

B = Post office

C = Coffee Shop

D = Restaurant

E = Hilton Hotel (there is a parking lot under the hotel)

F = Bank

G = Temple (small & old)

H = Police Box

I = School

J = Church

K= (Famous) coffee shop called English Café (There is a bus stop in front of this coffee shop.)

L = Movie Theater

M = unknown

N = Coffee shop

O =  Shrine

P = Hospital (big, white building)

Q = Coffee shop

R = unknown