英語表現演習4 (金 1限): Describing materials・材質の描写

Hello!

How are you? Today, let's look at how to describe materials (材質を描写して). 

Take a look at the steel tubes above. How would you describe their material? You could say that they are hard and strong, as well as heavy. 

You could also add more to your description - you could say they are durable and robust - this means they can be used for a long time, and they're tough. 

Finally, you could also think of some examples of how the material is used. 

So maybe you could say - The steel in these tubes are hard and strong, as well as durable and robust. It's ideal for all kinds of industrial use, and in everything from construction work to ship building. 

Activity

Look at the pictures of these things below. How would you describe the materials? What uses are they good for? 

Plastics

Rubber

Wood

Glass

Have fun with these! 

NEW! Here is what we covered in our first class for 9/20:

1. Syllabus & guidelines
2. Pre-teaching survey 
* Classmates' Q&A
3. Textbook check/Describing materials blogpost
*describing selected materials with partners

Remember to have your surveys ready to hand in next week (9/27) plus textbooks in hand ready to work on in class.

See you then!

Images: Top - by Cjp24 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28837085/Plastic products - by ImGz - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3781690/Tires - by TUBS - Picture taken by myself using a Canon Powershot S500, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5399070/Wooden floor - by Lars Lentz - Photo by Lars Lentz, source. Cropped version (compliant with CC-BY-SA) by 5ko, CC BY-SA 1.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14392/Glass jar - by Zaereth - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56076853