早いもので第4回目のオンライン例会となりました。
「習うより慣れよ」で、参加の皆さんは余裕をもって例会を楽しまれているようになりました。

いろいろな事情で、オンサイト例会には参加できなかったメンバーの方々が参加されることにもなり、オンライン例会の効果絶大と言えます。

難聴に悩む世代には、オンサイトよりもオンラインの方が聞き取り易いという声もあるようです。外出自粛はいつまで続くのでしょうか。
5月末までは藤沢公民館は閉鎖ですので、少なくもあと2回はオンライン例会となります。
私たちの例会はいつでも見学可能です。詳しくは【見学をお申込み】をどうぞご覧ください！！

例会内容は、以下英語でご紹介します。

The meeting started at 14:20 as usual with the voice of the president.
Word of the Day “vis-à-vis” was introduced by Grammarian TM T. U.
It means “face to face”, and used such as: “They sat vis-à-vis at the table.”

Prepared Speech Session
First speaker TM K. K. delivered his speech titled “Seeing is Not Believing.” His speech was based on the project L1-3 “Researching and Presentation” from the Path “Team Collaboration.”
At the beginning he emphasized “Believing at once what you hear or see may lead you to a false conclusion.”
Then he described two anecdotes and referred to two statistics about Population Statistics and TOEIC Score which supported his speech title.

Second speaker TM E. M. his speech titled “Back of Mom.”
His speech was based on the project L2-2 “Connect with Your Audience” from the Path “Innovative Planning.”
He described the life of his beloved mother who passed away 20 years ago at the age of 81.
He mainly referred to her relationship with her husband from the eye of one of their children.
At the last he concluded “I felt relieved she was slightly living into the new century.”

Evaluation Session
TM M. H. presided at Evaluation Session.
Evaluator TM T. U. and TM Y. U. evaluated the speeches by TM K. K. and TM E. M. respectively, stating the points for improvement in a constructive manner.

Table Topics Session
TM T. O. took the role of Table Topics Master.
The theme of his first four questions was  on member’s feelings about the corona virus outbreak: 
Q1:  What is the thing that you have been paying the most careful attention to?
Q2:  How did you get masks for you and your family? How many masks do you have now?
Q3  Please tell us your opinion or idea about the size of the masks which the Central Government is now providing for all the citizens?
Q4:  Please tell us your opinion or idea about ￥100,000 that the Central Government decided to provide for all the citizens?

The second theme for the remaining was on the entrance ceremonies which weren’t held this year due to the corona virus.
Q5:  Please tell us something unforgettable about your entrance ceremony into a school or a university?
Q6:  Please tell us something unforgettable about your entrance ceremony into an organization like a company?

Award presentation
TMOD Award went to TM M. Yano.
Best Table Topics Award went to TM T. U.

by T.O.

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