Today’s guest is Misato. She spent a year in Toronto, in Canada and she’s now a student at Hokusei Gakuen University in Sapporo, Japan. I met her at this year’s JALT conference in Sapporo and I asked her why she came to the conference.
I joined, ah, volunteer in Toyako summit, G8 summit volunteer. So … and it was fun so I joined this too.
ボランティアで参加したG8洞爺湖サミットが楽しかったので、この会議にも参加してみようと思いました。
STICK NEWS
Kia Ora, in Stick News today a girl’s eardrum was ruptured due to an excessively passionate kiss.
Reuters has reported a girl in her twenties went to a hospital in southern China completely deaf in her left ear.Doctors said the damage was caused by a passionate kiss with her boyfriend. A doctor said the kiss reduced pressure in the mouth, pulled the eardrum out and caused the breakdown of the ear.They said the woman’s hearing would likely return to normal after about two months.A report in a Chinese newspaper said: while kissing is normally very safe, doctors advise people to proceed with caution.
And that was Stick News for Monday the 8th of December. Kia Ora.
Misato I like English and enjoyed many English movies and music. And first time I studied English at junior high school my teacher was very nice. She taught us Beatles songs and so that’s why I got interested in English. 英語の映画や音楽が好きだからです。 英語を学び始めた中学の時の先生がとてもよかったです。 先生は授業でビートルズの歌を教えてくれて、それから英語が好きになりました。
Sarah What were you doing in Canada? カナダでは何をしていましたか?
Misato I was studying at ESL for about four month. And I had work permit so I was working there. ESLコースに4ヶ月通いました。 働く資格もあったので仕事もしました。
Sarah What was your job? 何の仕事をしましたか?
Misato I was working at vintage store in, kind of, Kensington Market. ケンシントン・マーケットのヴィンテージ・ストアで働きました。
Sarah Was that a good experience? 良い経験でしたか?
Misato My co-worker was very nice and there are many foreigners and immigrants in Toronto. So, they are very friendly. Even though my English wasn’t perfect, they tried to understand my thoughts and feelings. 同僚はとてもいい人でした。 トロントには多くの外国人と移民がいます。 みんなとてもフレンドリーです。 完璧ではない私の英語と私の気持ちを理解しようとしてくれました。
Sarah Do you have any advice for people who are learning English? 英語を学ぶ人たちにアドバイスはありますか?
Misato I say just enjoy because I studied English mostly from movies and music and magazines. 楽しむことです。 私は英語をほとんど映画と音楽と雑誌から学びました。
Sarah What movies do you recommend? どの映画がお勧めですか?
Misato My favourite movie is Eternal Sunshine. 私のお気に入りは『エターナル・サンシャイン』です。
Sarah How do you study with movies? 映画でどのように英語を学ぶのですか?
Misato First I watch with Japanese subtitles and later I watched with English subtitles. And if I find some interesting phrase or idioms, I try to take notes. 初めは日本語字幕で視聴して次に英語字幕で観ます。 何か面白いフレーズや熟語を見つけたらノートを取ります。