お父さん:My host father, who is often cool, seemed to step back to his boyhood with other fathers during the camp. He became as eager and excited as a young boy. Fathers had a long talk especially about fishing and swimming.
子どもたち:Children can be good examples to other children. (Maybe, parents can be a good example to other parents as well. )My host family goes to camp at least once a year. So, children can take animals for granted like air we breathe. It's good for them~~.
お母さん:Interestingly, mothers' habits of saying look quite similar. My host mother's favorite word is lively. But, I noticed that other mothers often use lively as well. Indeed, their ways of bringing up their kids also similar. I heard the words " That's one" double or triple times . This is the my host parents' way of counting children's mischief and bad behaviors . If three comes, children have to go to room(at that time, they had to go to the tent.lol).
2008年4月15日火曜日
2008年4月14日月曜日
☆☆☆
My whole of host family ( 1 year-old youngest sister also went to camp..) camped out at the Merry beach with other two families for a week and I joined camping during two days. I spent quite relaxed days there .But, just relaxed..? Certainly not! E
verything was so precious ,wonderful and marvelous for me~.In the morning, I was awakened by the sound of waves. After enjoying breakfast with a cup of rich smell coffee, I feed adorable lorikeets with kids。(lorikeets are very colorful Australian birds. ) All children's eyes were shining with excitement as holding feed in their two hands. I enjoyed no less than kids ( ><)! Lorikeets perched on my hand and munch through feed~~.Cute~~. I also took a walk as looking sid
eways at wild Kangaroos(In Australia, there is an island named Kangaroo island. I wanna let people who will go there know we can see kangaroos for one meter around me in NSW lol. ) I wouldn't dream of that I take such a close look at kangaroos without cages. In the afternoon, I swam(floated?) in the sea with my girlfriend, afterwards, I walked on the rocks as seeing magnificent sea view right ahead me~~ and sat down on the rock for a while with nothing special to do.. but!? of course, everything was special~~. It was a lovely sight and just like a postcard. 
At night, I went to the possum hunting with kids who tried to find possums with anxious eyes. After the bedtime for kids, adults enjoyed drinking around a campfire. The weather turned very cold though, the place around us was happy sung ~~. Over our head,we could see stars which seemed to touch on the earth. Fantastic!! The one thing that I might remember more than anything else was the moon. Sometimes, the moon covered with cloud and the cloud around the moon turned pale purple. Just imagine that!! It was a magic moment, wasn't it?
2008年4月13日日曜日
こぶた、たぬき、きつね、ねこ～。
My recent small hobby is Shiritori in English~~. My girlfriend often do Shiritori with me especially on the train. So, I guess other passengers will feel irritate with our overslow Shiritori or they will withhold their laughter .. Sorry~~.
In Japanese Shiritori, the person who say a word which finishs "N" lose. But, how about English Shiritori is...? At first, we draged Shiritori without thinking nothing special but, through practicing Shiritori several times, we gradually realized that "X" in English Shiritori eaquals to "N" in Japanese Shiritori. Besides, a word which finish "E" is effective words, because there are a lot of words which finish "E" in English. Unless we know many vocabrualy , it is difficult to find words quickly which starts "E" many times. Eager, Eagerly, Eagerness..If I can master wide variety of the adverb, the adjective, the noun, the verb etc.. I will be a proffesional of Shiritori!
But, doing Shiritori is a little bit anoying for us, because we can't do it unless we bring our electric dictionaries. Shiritori looks like an aural spelling test for us.lol
最近、はまっているのが、英語しりとり。友達が、親切にも、ちょくちょく相手をしてくれます。特に、電車の中で。たぶん、他の乗客は超スローのしりとりにいらいらしてるか、または、笑いを堪えてるんじゃないかなと思います。。ごめんなさい..m(_ _)m
日本語の場合、”ん” で終わる言葉を言った人が負けなのですが、、じゃぁ、英語は、、？エンドレスじゃんね～と言いながら、始めは、だらだら続けていたのですが、、だんだん、コツをつかんで来るにつれて、"X"が、たぶん、"ん”の役割を果たすんじゃないかなということに気付きました!!さらに言うと、"Ｅ"終わる単語が、厄介。。"E"で終わる単語が、思った以上にわんさかあって。驚きです（。。；）eagar, eagarly, eagerness..これは、もう、とにかく、沢山の品詞を覚えたもん勝ちですねo('^' )
でも、しりとりをするのは、やや、面倒臭いっていうね。。なぜなら、電子辞書が必須だから。。しりとりは、私にとって、今は、単語テストのような存在です。
In Japanese Shiritori, the person who say a word which finishs "N" lose. But, how about English Shiritori is...? At first, we draged Shiritori without thinking nothing special but, through practicing Shiritori several times, we gradually realized that "X" in English Shiritori eaquals to "N" in Japanese Shiritori. Besides, a word which finish "E" is effective words, because there are a lot of words which finish "E" in English. Unless we know many vocabrualy , it is difficult to find words quickly which starts "E" many times. Eager, Eagerly, Eagerness..If I can master wide variety of the adverb, the adjective, the noun, the verb etc.. I will be a proffesional of Shiritori!
But, doing Shiritori is a little bit anoying for us, because we can't do it unless we bring our electric dictionaries. Shiritori looks like an aural spelling test for us.lol
最近、はまっているのが、英語しりとり。友達が、親切にも、ちょくちょく相手をしてくれます。特に、電車の中で。たぶん、他の乗客は超スローのしりとりにいらいらしてるか、または、笑いを堪えてるんじゃないかなと思います。。ごめんなさい..m(_ _)m
日本語の場合、”ん” で終わる言葉を言った人が負けなのですが、、じゃぁ、英語は、、？エンドレスじゃんね～と言いながら、始めは、だらだら続けていたのですが、、だんだん、コツをつかんで来るにつれて、"X"が、たぶん、"ん”の役割を果たすんじゃないかなということに気付きました!!さらに言うと、"Ｅ"終わる単語が、厄介。。"E"で終わる単語が、思った以上にわんさかあって。驚きです（。。；）eagar, eagarly, eagerness..これは、もう、とにかく、沢山の品詞を覚えたもん勝ちですねo('^' )
でも、しりとりをするのは、やや、面倒臭いっていうね。。なぜなら、電子辞書が必須だから。。しりとりは、私にとって、今は、単語テストのような存在です。
2008年3月13日木曜日
Ambiguous words are useful.
Every Thursday, we,new students, have a kind of party at our university. In this party, we chat to our friends as drinking a cup(glass) of drink for a discounted price, less than $1 . This is a good oppotunity for me to make new friends. In fact,thanks to this party, I got some charming friends. I like chatting! I love drinking coffee! I want to make friends! So, this party is soooo atractive for me:)
Basically, this pary is held for meeting own buddy regularly(maybe..). My buddy is a Chinese experienced boy. Probably, our first convasation's topic was about homesick somehow.lol When we talked about the word ,"homesick ", he gave a difinition of this word as" a feeling of a kind of tiredness."I'm very pleased with this original difinition,because I think his difinition is quite right rather than a general difinition. Furthermore,I'm also intrested in his way of speaking which looks like that of Japanese. He often uses phrases," looks like~" or"seems to~". I am a person who tend to avoid to speak in an assertive tone as well. So, I like such a way of speaking(Japanese way of speaking?)
Above all, his most attractive points for me is... to have amasing ears to catch my poor Japanese accent. lol. Good( >▽)o"
Namely,my buddy is beyound prise. (It's a bit much.lol ?)So ,he draws everybody. In fact, he is often said that he is a buddy for everyone( ^^)(^^ )= I am good at finding attractive persons!?
毎週木曜日に、New studentのために、ちょっとしたパーティみたいなものがあります。コーヒー等々をのみながら、友達とおしゃべりするという感じの会です。しかも、飲み物は全部＄１以下。安っ(☆o☆)! このパーティーは、友達作りをするのに、本当に良い環境です。実際、この会を通して、本当に素敵な友達にたくさん出会いました。しゃべるの好きで、コーヒー好きで、友達100人出来るかな～♪な私には、本当に、本当に、素敵過ぎる会です( o>▽)o!!
基本的なコンセプトは、Buddyに定期的に会うこと、たぶん。私のBuddyは、中国人の学生。その子の考え方(?)が、なかなか面白い!初っ端の会話のテーマが、確か、なぜか、"ホームシック"についてだったような。彼の定義によると、ホームシックは”ちょっと疲れちゃったかなぁ～って感じ"とのこと。お～。と感銘を受けました（笑）確かに!辞書的な意味より、言葉の芯を言い当ててる気がする!、、のは私だけかな(' ';)?
さらに言うと、話し方も面白いな～と思います。"～な感じ"というような言い方を良くします。自分が、断定的な言い方を避けるタイプなので、この物言い、良いです。
特に、私にとって助かるポイントは、日本人の英語（日本語英語？）を聞きとる力が相当長けてること。これは、もう、素晴らしい限り。
という感じで、完璧と言っていんじゃないかな的なBuddyです。だから、みんなを引きつけ、実際、彼に対して、”みんなのBuddy”と言う言葉が出来つつあります。まぁ、つまり、私は、私の素敵な人たちを発見できる力を自慢して良いのかな（笑）
Basically, this pary is held for meeting own buddy regularly(maybe..). My buddy is a Chinese experienced boy. Probably, our first convasation's topic was about homesick somehow.lol When we talked about the word ,"homesick ", he gave a difinition of this word as" a feeling of a kind of tiredness."I'm very pleased with this original difinition,because I think his difinition is quite right rather than a general difinition. Furthermore,I'm also intrested in his way of speaking which looks like that of Japanese. He often uses phrases," looks like~" or"seems to~". I am a person who tend to avoid to speak in an assertive tone as well. So, I like such a way of speaking(Japanese way of speaking?)
Above all, his most attractive points for me is... to have amasing ears to catch my poor Japanese accent. lol. Good( >▽)o"
Namely,my buddy is beyound prise. (It's a bit much.lol ?)So ,he draws everybody. In fact, he is often said that he is a buddy for everyone( ^^)(^^ )= I am good at finding attractive persons!?
毎週木曜日に、New studentのために、ちょっとしたパーティみたいなものがあります。コーヒー等々をのみながら、友達とおしゃべりするという感じの会です。しかも、飲み物は全部＄１以下。安っ(☆o☆)! このパーティーは、友達作りをするのに、本当に良い環境です。実際、この会を通して、本当に素敵な友達にたくさん出会いました。しゃべるの好きで、コーヒー好きで、友達100人出来るかな～♪な私には、本当に、本当に、素敵過ぎる会です( o>▽)o!!
基本的なコンセプトは、Buddyに定期的に会うこと、たぶん。私のBuddyは、中国人の学生。その子の考え方(?)が、なかなか面白い!初っ端の会話のテーマが、確か、なぜか、"ホームシック"についてだったような。彼の定義によると、ホームシックは”ちょっと疲れちゃったかなぁ～って感じ"とのこと。お～。と感銘を受けました（笑）確かに!辞書的な意味より、言葉の芯を言い当ててる気がする!、、のは私だけかな(' ';)?
さらに言うと、話し方も面白いな～と思います。"～な感じ"というような言い方を良くします。自分が、断定的な言い方を避けるタイプなので、この物言い、良いです。
特に、私にとって助かるポイントは、日本人の英語（日本語英語？）を聞きとる力が相当長けてること。これは、もう、素晴らしい限り。
という感じで、完璧と言っていんじゃないかな的なBuddyです。だから、みんなを引きつけ、実際、彼に対して、”みんなのBuddy”と言う言葉が出来つつあります。まぁ、つまり、私は、私の素敵な人たちを発見できる力を自慢して良いのかな（笑）
2008年3月10日月曜日
The busiest men find the most time
Today, I ate lunch with my local friend whose major is law. As well as law study, he does karate, works part-time job and helps new students voluntalily. Busy..(。。 ；)ノ!! When he asked me if I am busy now, of couse,i couldn't say yes. Everyday I have a lot of things i want to do though, but they are not things have to do. Actually, for last two months, I have enjoyed my slow life thanks to time and to spare(- - ).zzZ In Japan, I always had at least one part-time job. I pretty liked these part-time jobs though, part-time jobs also gave me a little bit tight schedule. So, Australia is paradise for me~~,lol Maybe, I have to try not to be lazy...
Anyway, since I come here, I met many respectable persons like him. For example, I met many students who can speak Japanese very well even though they have their own specific major. My major is English literature and I have studied English for so many years though, I can't speak English well. So,I feel ashemed to answer to the question how many years I have study English... Umm, I don't want to count(><) Many students have big motivation and dreams and manage their time well and set aside their time for us. Their attitudes that put as much effort in as they can to achieve dreams and goals inspire me a lot. The biggest purpose why I came here is,of course, to study English, but there are also many other things I want to learn from them. Many wonderful surprises already came to me so far and new surprises will await me from now. There is no time to lose~~, so, I open my eyes so that I assimilate many things!
Anyway, since I come here, I met many respectable persons like him. For example, I met many students who can speak Japanese very well even though they have their own specific major. My major is English literature and I have studied English for so many years though, I can't speak English well. So,I feel ashemed to answer to the question how many years I have study English... Umm, I don't want to count(><) Many students have big motivation and dreams and manage their time well and set aside their time for us. Their attitudes that put as much effort in as they can to achieve dreams and goals inspire me a lot. The biggest purpose why I came here is,of course, to study English, but there are also many other things I want to learn from them. Many wonderful surprises already came to me so far and new surprises will await me from now. There is no time to lose~~, so, I open my eyes so that I assimilate many things!
2008年3月9日日曜日
My name is....
ホストファザーは今週何をしていたかと言うと、、、旅行を満喫されてました（笑）。今年は、40歳というちょっとした節目ということで、学生時代の友達と西の方に 1週間ドライブ旅行。つまり、その間、うちは、女だらけ。女の園。そして、今日はこれでもか!ってくらい、女の人いっぱいいました、、ホストマザー、ホストシスターの３姉妹、一緒の家でホームステイしているお姉さん。ホストグランドマザー、そこでホームステイをしてるお姉さん。お隣さん。私の友達。そして、私。ん～、この状況を男臭いならぬ、女くさいと表現するのかな（笑）
そして、夕食の時に、ホストグランマから、英語名をいただきました。ミッシェル。なぜ、この名前を選んでくれたのかは、、ホストグランマにしか分かりません。ちなみに、友達は、マチルダ。理由はやっぱり不明です。命名した瞬間から、かなりナチュラルにミシェル～,ミシェル～と呼んでくれるので、その適応力に付いていくのが一苦労。お礼に、私たちからも、日本名をプレゼント。ホストマザーは、幸子さん。ホストグランマは、、、何だっけ（笑）？お隣さんは恵子さん。ん～、ホストファザーには申し訳ないですが、、めっちゃ楽しかったです。
In this week, my host father went to his 40th birthday anniversary trip. That means, in my house, there are only female. Especially today, there were many girls and women,my host mother, my three host sisters,a Japanese girl who stay with the same host family as me,host grand mother, a Japanese girl who lives at host grand mother's house, my friend who lives next door,my friend's host mother and me. lol Too many girls!!
At dinner time, I got a English name from my host grand mother. My new name is Michel. I don't know why my name is Michel, unless I get a skill to see my host grand mother's brain. My friend also got a new name, Matilda. Once she gave us names, she called us our new names naturally. I have to get accustomed to my new name quickly!! In return, we also gave our host families their Japanese name. My host mother is Sachiko, friend's host mother is Keiko and my host grandmother is...something..even though I forgot.. I felt sorry for my host father because I was really enjoyed last few days without him.lol
そして、夕食の時に、ホストグランマから、英語名をいただきました。ミッシェル。なぜ、この名前を選んでくれたのかは、、ホストグランマにしか分かりません。ちなみに、友達は、マチルダ。理由はやっぱり不明です。命名した瞬間から、かなりナチュラルにミシェル～,ミシェル～と呼んでくれるので、その適応力に付いていくのが一苦労。お礼に、私たちからも、日本名をプレゼント。ホストマザーは、幸子さん。ホストグランマは、、、何だっけ（笑）？お隣さんは恵子さん。ん～、ホストファザーには申し訳ないですが、、めっちゃ楽しかったです。
In this week, my host father went to his 40th birthday anniversary trip. That means, in my house, there are only female. Especially today, there were many girls and women,my host mother, my three host sisters,a Japanese girl who stay with the same host family as me,host grand mother, a Japanese girl who lives at host grand mother's house, my friend who lives next door,my friend's host mother and me. lol Too many girls!!
At dinner time, I got a English name from my host grand mother. My new name is Michel. I don't know why my name is Michel, unless I get a skill to see my host grand mother's brain. My friend also got a new name, Matilda. Once she gave us names, she called us our new names naturally. I have to get accustomed to my new name quickly!! In return, we also gave our host families their Japanese name. My host mother is Sachiko, friend's host mother is Keiko and my host grandmother is...something..even though I forgot.. I felt sorry for my host father because I was really enjoyed last few days without him.lol
2008年3月8日土曜日
Congraturations(祝^ー^)人(^ー^祝)
I went to a birthday party of my friend who is my spanish classmate. In my class, all of them are Japanese except 4 students include him. That means he has to learn not only English but also Japanese.lol Actually, he already masterd "I love you" and " I'm hugury" in Japanese. Indeed, he is good at expressind surprising feeling in Japanese way, Oh~~. lol He held a party at a bar in our uni. We, Japanese students, gave him a rice bowl as a birthday present, i don't know he can find any oppotunities to use it though:P After that, we went to another bar restrant to eat dinner. But,unfortunately,I didn't bring my passport, so I didn't enter the restaurant... (><;)I was so sorry for him not to celebrate at the restaurant.. Anyway, I hope he could have a nice day . 
I also joined another friend's birthday party the very next day. I met him at a club activity and he invited me to his 18th birthday party. 18 years old is an important age in Australia because this is the age which people are regarded as an adult and allowed to drink alcohol. I was pleased that I could celebrated such a special day.
Surpringly, my friend himself organized his own birthday party and entertained us. So, even though such a special day,he couldn't get drunk, in fact, he didn't drink so much, (he kindly tried to one bottle of Japanese Japanese beer,kirin, which I bought for him though). During this party, his friends were dancing,singing, chatting etc.. so cheerful!! it is very different from Japanese birthday parties, but I like this atmosphere~~. As a kick-on effect(?) of party atmosphere, his friends dived into a pool at his house. I had no idea that guests would swim in a pool at a birthday party. Is it common here..? Interesting!! He also entered into a pool, so his hair was wet in this picture. lol He not only invite me but also worried about I might feel lonely in his friends and suggested me to take my friend to his party. Furthermore,he already told his parents about that we would go to his party,so I didn't need to introduce myself to his parents and they welcomed us warmly. Mmm..I can't help suspecting this party is a really 18th birthday party. lol
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