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第19課 - Workbook: Honorific Verbs 2

Complete the following problems using honorific expressions.
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IYou are the master of a ceremony (司会しかい) at a school party. This is your speech, introducing your professor, who will sing a song. Rewrite the blanks with honorific expressions.

大川先生おおかわせんせい紹介しょうかいします。大川先生おおかわせんせいは、イリノイ大学だいがく大学院だいがくいん勉強べんきょうしたあと
アメリカで日本語にほんごおしえていましたが、四年前よねんまえにさくら大学だいがくました
最近さいきんはとてもいそがしくて、テレビを時間じかんもない」とっています
このあいだ、ギターをったそうです。今日きょうは「ドナ・ドナ」をうたってくれます
きのうもおたく練習れんしゅうしたそうです。じゃあ、大川先生おおかわせんせい、よろしくおねがいします。

IIHere is the interview with the professor after the performance. Fill in the blanks with appropriate honorific verbs.

司会しかい大川先生おおかわせんせい、ありがとうございました。
   きのうのよるはよくか。
先生せんせい:いいえ、緊張きんちょうしていたので、あまりられませんでした。
司会しかい:そうですか。今晩こんばんなにんですか。
先生せんせい家族かぞくとゆっくりばんはんべるつもりです。
司会しかい:そうですか。おいしいばんはんください。今日きょうはどうもありがとうございました。
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