⑤ One Per Day
Keep your Empacards (Ei pra Theme Cards) in the same place. Sit quietly and pick up the card for the day; they are all palm-sized. Keeping it simple makes a place and posture for practice.
Empatheme Connects Us
Empatheme cultivates your senses. It is a new concept of Practice to cultivate one’s self and connect with others. Nurture habits and Inspire Imagination.
Creat an Empatheme
Sit and relax.
Put your smartphone flat on the table.
Open Empatheme.
Small bubbles in the center.
Be Open. First Empatheme in yellow.
Just Be with the flow.
Wait for a moment and slowly trace the second Empatheme in light green.
Third Empatheme in light yellow. Touch.
Smile, and vocalize a word of greeting. Fourth Empatheme in pink.
Tip ① Practice With Your Body
Learning a language is physical exercise. To speak is to change sounds by breathing out. It’s very much like sports or musical performance; you must acquire how to breathe, keep posture, and move muscles.
Begin with a smile.
始まる（始める)、とまる(とめる)、終わる(終える)と いった、ものごとの動き、状況を表現することば。
When did you start playing soccer? いつサッカーをはじめたの?
I started when I was five. 5才の時です。
When can I start the English lesson? 英語のレッスンは、いつからはじめられますか?
Any time if you’ve already signed up. 登録がおすみでしたら、いつからでも。
Practice Counting
Count your blessings.
From a conversation with Art:
Art：This phrase hold true.
me：Tell me more about it. How do you count your blessings?
Art：Right.You act as if you count them.
Practice “Ask” Using Voice Input
エンパノートの「き」、「く」に文字を入力する際に、スマートフォンの音声入力を使ってみましょう。毎日のプラクティスの成果が現れるとうれしいものです。
34. I care about it.
careは、気にかける、大切に思う、手間ひまをかけること。shareは、わかちあう、共有すること。
So you don’t care anymore? もういいの?
No. It’s already over. もうおわったこと。
Why did you stop me? なぜ私をとめたの?
Because I care about you. 君が大切だからさ。
33. Stay focused.
stayは、同じ状態にとどまること。leaveは、そのままの状態にしたままで、その場を去ること。放っておくこ と、残すこと。remainもstayのかわりに使えます。
Where are you staying? 滞在はどちら?
I’m staying at a hotel. ホテルです。
I feel like I caught a cold.
かぜをひいたみたい。
Stay home and get some rest. 家で休みな。
32. I could be wrong.
could、wouldも、依頼のことば。couldは、よりていねいで、いつでも使えます。
Could you take a picture of us? 写真を撮っていただけますか?
Sure, no problem. はい、いいですよ。
Could you pick me up at my house? わたしの家でひろってもらえますか?
Of course. I’ll be there a little before seven. もちろん。7時ちょっと前に行きますね。