Hello again and, as always, thanks as always for reading our blog.

This week I asked our students this quesiton: 

Do you enjoy exercise? 

Most people answered answered 'yes'.

Some said it was not enjoyable but it is important for health so they have to do it. 

I said: "Ah, so exercise is a chore for you." 

The students said: "No, it's not 家事" 

But in English, we talk about things that we have to do as "chores". I don't like to do them, but I have to.

It's 面倒臭い, it's a hassle, but I have to do it, 用事だから so it's a chore!

Of course, housework is a chore, but what else is a chore? 

I don't like going to the bank, but I have to talk to the staff, so going to the bank is a chore!

I don't like making breakfast, but I am hungry in the mornings, so making breakfast is a chore! 

I am too tired to go to the gym, but I have to exercise for my health, so going to the gym when I'm tired is a chore! 

I don't like memorising vocab lists, but I want to improve my Japanese, so vocab lists are a chore!

Let us know on social media, what activities are a chore for you? 

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情熱あふれる教育者・起業家・事業主。カリフォルニア大学バークレー校で日本語と日本文化を専攻（在学中、東京の国際基督教大学に1年間留学）。カリフォルニア大学サンディエゴ校大学院で学んだあと、東京にある英会話スクールのメイン講師に就任。そこで英会話の教授法と学校経営とについて多くのことを学び、独自のスタイルとビジョンを築き始める。その後沖縄に転居し、2010年に英会話スクール「English World」を設立。経営者として現在にいたる。