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4. I can work in the evenings and on weekends, too.
5. I cannot do interpretation, but can do translation.
Give the following instructions to an intern in your office.
6. Don’t email this file. Send the PDF.
7. Don’t use your cellphone here. Use it outside.
8. Don’t forget the password. Don’t write it down. Remember it.
9. Don’t go home yet. Work hard (good luck!)
10. Don’t eat here. Eat in the dining hall.
EXERCISE 2
Role Play
1. Your team is about to take on a new project. Tell everyone not to forget the
deadline and work hard.
2. Your supervisor is reading your report. Ask if there is any problem.
3. Let a friend know that you have a problem:
1) you forgot the password;
2) you cannot use the Internet in this hotel;
3) you cannot memorize kanji;
4) you cannot talk to your parents about this;
5) you cannot forget an ex-boy/girlfriend.
4. A friend offers to cook something for you. Tell him what you do or do not
want in the dish. How about in your coffee?
5. Compare what you can and cannot do at work in Japan and in your home
country.
No Smoking
During a visit to a historic temple
Guide: No smoking here.
Koko wa kin’en desu.
ここは禁煙です。
Michael: What does “kin-en” mean?
Kin’en tte dō iu imi?

