Lesson Report Advanced June 15, 2026

 Hello, Class! This is Towako from MEL School.

How are you doing?

This time, we looked at how something as ordinary as a book cover changed its role over time—from protecting pages to helping sell books.

We also continued studying the present perfect continuous, one of the most important tenses for describing actions that started in the past and continue into the present.

See you next week.

Towako

＜Lesson review＞

ELST Reading

B1.2 #10 Book Cover

This time, you read a passage about the history of book covers.

The main idea was that book covers were originally used to protect the pages, but gradually became important marketing tools that help sell books.

We studied several advanced words and expressions, including:

• fundamentally = basically, at the most basic level

• emboss = make a design stand out from a surface

• marketing = activities used to sell products

• avid = enthusiastic

• readership = a group of readers

• of limited means = not having much money

We also looked at important grammar patterns such as:

• What S V ...
  What the covers of a book do is ...

• keep A from ~ing
  keep the paper from falling out

• begin to see that ...
  People begin to see that ...

Advanced reading is not only about translating English into Japanese. It is also about understanding how ideas are organized and expressed.

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Bridge Work -3

Chapter 33 Unit 2

I've been waiting for Fred for an hour.

Present Perfect Continuous

This week's key grammar point was the present perfect continuous.

Examples:

• I've been waiting for Fred for an hour.

• She's been studying since this morning.

• They've been working all day.

This tense is used when an action started in the past and is still continuing now.

You practiced completing conversations and talking with a partner while paying close attention to the tense.

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Grammar and Communication-2

Past Perfect

We also began studying the past perfect.

This tense is used to describe an action that happened before another action in the past.

You listened to the target sentences, reproduced them orally, and checked them in the textbook.

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Vocabulary in Use

Words Related to Human Relationships

You practiced pronunciation and learned vocabulary related to relationships and communication.

Afterward, you completed a short text using the target vocabulary.

Building a strong vocabulary network will help you both understand and express more complex ideas.

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Lesson Review