Mr. Maple is a junior high school teacher from British Columbia, Canada. He is visiting Japan for the first time this summer. He will stay at the AJA Hotel near Tokyo Station and tour the Tokyo area for one week. Then he will stay with the Nakata family. Mr. Nakata stayed with Mr. Maple's family in Canada last summer.

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Asking for directions

2.

Asking for location-1

Where is Tokyo Station?

3.

Asking for location-2

Is this the stop for the AJA Hotel?

4.

Checking in

5.

Asking for information

6.

Taking a taxi

7.

Buying a subway ticket

How much is the fare to Roppongi?

8.

Taking the subway

Does this go to Roppongi?

9.

Shopping-1

How much is this?

10.

Shopping-2

What is this?

11.

Shopping-3

What is that?

12.

Ordering-1

13.

Ordering-2

Two soba, please.

14.

Ordering-3

15.

Asking for permission-1

May I?

16.

Asking for permission-2

17.

Asking for help-1

18.

Asking for help-2

1.

Self introduction

2.

Talking about yourself

I'm a high school teacher.

3.

Talking about your family

4.

Giving gifts

5.

Asking about one's itinerary-1

6.

Asking about one's itinerary-2

7.

Asking about one's itinerary-3

What did you do?

8.

Giving and accepting invitations-1

Would you like to eat something?

9.

Giving and accepting invitations-2

I'm going out drinking.

10.

Making a request-1

11.

Making a request-2

Do you have an iron?

12.

Making a negative request

13.

Taking about hobbies

14.

Talking about your impressions

15.

Talking about your town-1

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Talking about your town-2