[3.Moderato]
[00:08]
Hello, everyone.
We will practice “contrast” today.  For example, “About weather?  Huh… it’s sunny today, but it’s going to rain tomorrow.” 
Repeat after me
〜 Weather 〜
[00:23]
1. It’s sunny today, but I think it’s going to rain tomorrow.
2. It was sunny today, but it had been raining last week.
3. It was cold yesterday, but it’s warm today, isn’t it? 
4. It rains in the morning, but I think it’s going to be clear/sunny in the afternoon.
〜 Food and Drink 〜
[01:36]
5. I drink coffee a lot, but often but
6. I add milk to coffee (= I drink coffee with milk), but not sugar.
7. I like fish, but I’m not good at sashimi (= don’t really like sashimi). 
8. I like sushi, but wasabi is no (= I can’t eat wasabi).
9. My boyfriend is a vegetarian, but I like meet very much.
10. I often go out to eat ramen, but I rarely go out to eat udon.
[03:23] 
You’re calling a restaurant to make a reservation.
〜The restaurant replied…〜
[03:28]
1. We are open on Saturdays, but closed on Sundays.
 (yatteimasu = here means; be open, run a business)
2. Unfortunately, today is full of reservations (= fully booked) today, but tomorrow is okay.
 (ainiku = unfortunately)
3. It’s fuly occupied at 6 pm, but you can make a reservation at 8 pm.
 (manseki =  all seats/tables are occupied)
4. We have sukiyaki, but not shabu shabu.
5. We have/serve alcohol, but no cocktails.
 (rui = type, kakukteru rui = (various) cocktails)
[04:48]
Alcohol? Yep, we have, sorry but we don’t have cocktails. 
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