Hi. This is Ray McDonald and Nancy Beardsley with words and phrases from the English USA worksheet for Lesson 28. We begin with some nouns:

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air

空気、大気

guide

ガイド、道案内

bug

昆虫

ocean

海，海洋

forest

森林、山林

Here are some adjectives:

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clean

きれいな、よごれのない
I like clean air.

hot

暑い
I don't like hot places.

fast

速い
We are going to have a fast walk.

This is an adverb and an example of its use:

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too / We won't walk too fast.

あまり速く歩かないようにします。

Here is a preposition:

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near

・・・の近くに
I live near the park.

Finally, some grammar notes:

English sometimes uses an impersonal sentence if the subject is not very important. Compare the following sentences.

[主語がそれほど重要でない場合、英語では非人称のセンテンスが使われることがあります。次のセンテンスを比較してください。]

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There is one person here. = One person is here. 
(there[here]構文)  V + S          S + V

ここにはひとり人がいます。

There are three rivers in the park. = Three rivers are in the park.
(there[here]構文)  V + S                     S + V

公園には川が3つあります。