月別アーカイブ：2019年3月

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投稿日：2019年3月12日

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英会話　英語　アミック　Glamping or Gramping

A word I came across last year, “glamping”, is becoming more and more popular I believe.

As the weather is warming up, I have already started to think about camping. I absolutely love camping – the traditional way, though. I came across one place in Tokushima with a huge tent, and views that were absolutely stunning. But, it wasn’t for me.

Glamping which is a mixture of ‘glamorous’ and ‘camping’, gives you the advantages of enjoying the great outdoors while being spoiled with modern comforts. I would love to try it someday.

“Gramping” on the other hand is another camping trend. It is when multiple generations (grandparents, parents, and kids) get together at campsites. It is becoming very popular in Australia with families spending quality time together.I would love to try this out someday, too.

Which one would you like to try?

投稿日：2019年3月9日

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英語で記事を読んでみる

「英語で記事を読む」なんていうとハードルが高そう。。と思うかもしれませんが、実際にやってみると楽しくてやめられなくなってしまうかも！

大事なのは、興味のある記事を選ぶこと。

音楽、映画、スポーツ、ファッション、旅行etc.　探せば沢山あります。

全ての単語を辞書で調べてしまうと、読み終わるまでに数日かかってしまい、読み終わっても疲れたという気持ちの方が大きくなってしまうのではないでしょうか

それよりは、全体の内容を把握すればOKと割り切ってしまいましょう！

私はよく日本に関係のある記事を選んで読むことが多いです。自分の国のことを、別の視点から見てみるというのもおもしろいですよ

・The New York Times

・The Guardian

・ Foreign Affairs

↑よく利用するサイト。どれも閲覧制限がありますが、週1回ペースで十分読みごたえあります☆

今回、New York Timesに「日本のワーキングマザー」のタイトルで英語の記事と、日本語でも記事が翻訳されているようですので、是非挑戦してみてください！

（内容ダークですが。。）

投稿日：2019年2月12日

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New Zealand as my home

I lived in New Zealand for a decade and now I am proud to call it my home.

It has been only a few months since I came back to Japan and I still regret coming back to Japan in winter as I do NOT enjoy winter as do most kiwis(People from New Zealand are often referred to as kiwis).

It was just about to go in to a summer in early November when I left New Zealand. Within 12 hours of traveling North, I landed in a winter land. Thankfully the winter in Japan has been treating me nicely and been bearable for me, however I greatly miss my home, New Zealand. What I miss the most about New Zealand is being very close to beautiful local beaches and summer barbeque. Almost every single household owns BBQ and enjoys BBQ meals for dinners in summer! Being an opposite season, there are a lot of different things between Northern and Southern Hemisphere. As you may have seen, Santa Claus wears a pair of shorts and a pair of jandals(sandals are called jandals in NZ). On Christmas day, in Northern hemisphere, people tend to eat hot roast or a stewed meal as it’s winter OR fried chicken in Japan… On the other hand, BBQ meat or cold meat and salad are on a table. It was odd for me to have summer Christmas at first just like how odd I felt to have winter Christmas back last year. Have you spent your Christmas or new years in the Southern hemisphere before?