【DME】今日の学び_20110531

English Method

テスト期間前にやっていた復習から。ん？どこだっけ。。

Lesson128の途中からLesson129の途中まで！

・What’s a reasonable price for a new computer?
  - A reasonable price for a new computer is 50,000 yen.

・How long would it take you to get used to living in another city?
  - It’d take me about two weeks to get to living in another city.

・How hard would it be for you to get used to driving on the right?
  - It would be difficult for me to get used to driving on the right.

・How long daily did you use to watch TV five years ago?
  - I used to wach TV for two hours daily five years ago.
・How long daily are you used to watching it now?
  - I’m used to watching TV for five hours now.

・Did you use to go to school by bus?
  - Yes, I used to go to school by bus.
  - No, I didn’t use to go to school by bus.

・Are you used to going to school by bus?
  - Yes, I’m used to going to school by bus.
  - No, I’m not used to going to school by bus.

・What foods do you have to turn over when cooking?
  - You have to turn over beef when cooking.

・What would I have to do if I wanted to read questions from next page?
  - You’d have to turn over the page if you wanted to read questions from the next one.

・Which company makes a bigger yearly turnover: CNN or BBC?
  - CNN makes a bigger yearly turnover than BBC.

・What may account for a high turnover of employees in a company?
  - Low pay or poor working conditions may account for a high turnover employees in a company.

・What’s one of the best paid proffessions in your country?
  - Being a lawyer’s one of the best paid professions in my country.

・Why do some sportsmen turn professional?
  - Some sportsmen turn professional becauset they want to be on a better salary.

・How much do lawyers charge for professional advice?
  - Lawyers charge too much for professional advice.

・What’s the difference between ‘salary’ and ‘wage’?
  - The difference between ‘salary’ and ‘wage’ is that we recieve a salary every month and we recieve a wage weekly.

・If you were seriously injured in a road accident, how long would you have to be nursed in hospital?
  - If I were seriously injured in a road accident, I’d have to be nursed for two months in hospital.

・Whould you become old, would you prefer to be nursed by your children or would you preger to live in a home for the aged?
  - When I become old, I’d prefer to be nursed by my children rather than live in a for the age.

・What’s a nursery?
  - A nursery’s a place where children between the age of 1 and 3 are taken care of while their parents are at work.

・Give me examples of jobs in which people recieve a salary.
  - Employees in an office, professional people such as teachers or doctors, white-collar workers recieve a salary.

・Give me examples of jobs in which people recieve a wage.
  - People who work in factories, caroebters, plumbers, bricklayers, blue-collar workers recieve a wage.

・What kind of work does a blue-collar worker do?
  - A blue-collar worker does hard physical work usually in a factory.

・What’s the job of a plumber?
  - The job of a plumber is to repair watehr pipes and toilets.

・What kind of skilled workers are in demand nowadays?
  - Bricklayers and capenters are skilled workers in demand nowadays.

・What kind of people choose hostels rather than hotels?
  - Students and young people choose hostels rather than hotels.

・Why do some people choose hostels rather than hotels?
  - Somepeople choose hostels rather than hotels because they’re much cheaper.

・How much do you have to pay for lodging in this city?
  - You have to pay 6,000 yen a night for lodging in this city.

・What was the biggest discount that you’ve ever recieved?
  - The biggest discount that I’ve ever recieved was 50%.
  - I bought a my computer in the sales.

【雑感】5月の振り返りと6月の行動予定

5月の振り返りと6月の行動予定

ちょっと早いけど。メインイベントも終わったことだし、さっさと6月の行動に移ろう。

【5月にやったこと】

・TOEIC：受けた。…くはぁ。。。。。思うことは色々。次は9月！
・調剤事務管理士：受けた。…あぁ。。。とりあず、受けた。
・DME:まだStage8だぁ。いいか。
・国際結婚へ向けて：着々と進んでいる。母親ともディナーができてよかった。
・Volunteer：Facebook活用中。世界に広げよう！

【次の試験予定】

・TOEIC：9月11日（日）4ヵ月後
・行政書士：11月13日（日）6ヶ月後

【6月の行動予定】

・英語：ガッツな英語を身につけよう！
・DME：Stage8終わらす。いける、いける。
・Volunteer：いよいよNGOのイベントへ参加！
・国際結婚へ向けて：6月は向こうの誕生日。どう祝う？
・いま、足りないもの：運動。結婚後の仕事？

→英語を考える。

毎回受けてるTOEIC。しっかし…。
毎度毎度、同じ形式なのに、毎度毎度、つまづくところは一緒。
これってどーゆーこと？
しかも、スコア式で合否がないから、永遠と…。。。。

身近に、ESLのライセンスをもつスーパー彼氏がいるのに、活用していない…。

思うに。近いうちにTOEIC満点とれる…気がする。
もちろん、そのための勉強をするけれど。
というより、「そのために必要な勉強をするだけ」な気がする。

よし、攻略しよう、TOEIC。活用しようENGLISH!!

【DME】今日の学び_20110519

English Method

TOIEC近し。Lesson128のはじめから、途中まで！

・Who occupies the position of Prime Minister in your country?
  - Naoto Kan occupies the position of Prime Minister in my country.

・How long does the president occupy his position in your country?
  - The president occupies his position for four years in my country.

・Whould you like to want to go university after they’ve finised school?
  - If people want to go to university after they’ve finised school, they have to apply to it.

・Where in the world is the level of unemployment the highest?
  - The level of unemployment is the highest in third world countries.

・How high is unemployment in your country?
  - Unemployment in my country is 10%.

・Why do people become unemployed?
  - People become unemployed because they don’t have enough skill to work.

・Should there be special programmes that help the unemployed returen to work?
  - Yes, there shoule be special programmes that help the unemployed return to work.

・How should an unemployed person search for a job?
  - An employed person should search for a job by looking over advertisements in newspapers.

・What did you use to recieve from relatives at Christmas?
  - I used to recieve toys and sweets from relatives at Christmas.

・Can the kind of toys that children play with affect their behaiviour?
  - Yes, the kind of toys that children play with can affect their behaviour.
  - Some toys can help children develop different skills, their thinking and imagination.

・Whould you happy to share to your book with another student if it turned out that he had forgotten to bring his?
  - Yes, I’d happy to share my book with another student if it turned out that he had forgotten to bring his.

・Can some married people still love each other even if they’ve had to share many ups and downs in their marriage?
  - Yes, some married people still love each other even if they’ve had to share many ups and downs in their marriage.

・Do you usually postpone doing things or do you them immediately?
  - I sometimes postpone doing things but I usually do them immediately.

・Why is it sometimes a bad idea to postpone doing things?
  - It’s sometimes a bad idea to postpone doning things, because they may never done.

・Why do some newly married couples postpone having children?
  - Some newly married couples postpone having children because they want to earn some money first.

・If you didn’t have enought money to buy something, would you postpone buying it or would you borrow moeny?
  - If I didn’t have enough money to buy something, I would postpone buying it.

・If I said I saw a couple of men in a pub yesterday, how many men would I mean?
  - If you said you saw a couple of men in a pub yesterday, you’d mean two men.

・Give me one good reason why we all should learn languages.
  - One good reason why we all should learn languages is that we can communicate with people from other countries.

【DME】今日の学び_20110518

English Method

出来る時にコツコツと…。

ということで、今日はLesson127の途中から終わりまで。

・What skills are important in most language exams?
  - Reading, Writing, listening and speaking are skills which are important in most language exams.

・What would you have to to if you were about to start your own business?
  - If I were about to start my own business, I’d borrow money from a bank and find a proper place.

・What would you tell if you were about to change your job?
  - I’d tell my friend if I were about to change my job.

・What do people often do when they are about to get divorced?
  - When people are about to get divorced, they often fight.

・What are you about to do when the teacher point his finger at you?
  - I am about to answer a question when the teacher points his finger at me.

・What would you thing if you saw someone standing in the window?
  - If I saw someone standing in the window, I would think that he was about to jump out.

・What does a driver do when he’s about to start the car engine?
  - A driver takes the brake off when he’s about to start the car engine.

・What do children like doing best?
  - Children like playing with toys and eating sweets best.

・What kind of toys do little children love most of all?
  - Little children love dolls, teddy bears and toy cars most of all.

・Are there any toys that babies under the age of three shouldn’t play with?
  - Yes, there are some toys that babies under the age of three shouldn’t play with.
  - Toys which contain small elements.

・What was your favourite toy when you were child?
  - My favourite toy when I was a child was a teddy bear.

【DME】今日の学び_20110517

English Method

TOEICの受験票も来たし、間もなくですわー。

take that の曲に乗りながら、Lesson127のはじめから途中まで！

・What can people have a fear of?
  - People can have a fear of flying.

・Why do some people fear dogs?
  - Some people fear dogs perhaps because they’ve been scared seriously by one.

・What’s your greatest fear?
  - My greatest fear’s the unknown.

・Which is safer for the envionment: nuclear power or splar power?
  - Solar power’s safer for the environment then nuclear power.

・How can we all take care of the environment?
  - We can all take care of the environment by using things that can be recycled.

・What can we recycle?
  - We can recycle paper and glass.

・Why do people quit their jobs?
  - People quit their jobs because they earn too little money.

・Which companies usually offer their products for a trial period?
  - Companies which produce softwear usually offer their products for a trial period.

・What kind of person is an optimist?
  - An optimist’s a person who believes that things usually turn out well in the end.

・Which takes less time to pay off: a car loan or a bank mortgage?
  - It usually takes less time to pay off a car loan than a bank mortage.

・What would you do if it turned out you couldn’t pay back a loan to your bank?
  - If it turned out I couldn’t pay back a loan to my bank, I’d ask my family or friends for help.

【DME】今日の学び_20110514

English Method

TOEICまであと２週間。なので、Lesson126のはじめから最後まで！

・What’s the best age to teach children to tidy up their rooms?
  - The best age to teach children to tidy up their rooms is four years.

・How often do they tidy rooms in a hotel?
  - They tidy rooms in a hotel every day or when they’re asked to.

・How long is a university term in this country?
  - A university term in this country is four months long.

・In which term do students usually have exams at university?
  - Students usually have exams at university at the end of the summer term or in the spring term.

・When you stay in a hotel, do they usually expect payment on the day when you arrive or when you leave?
  - When you stay in a hotel, they usually expect payment on the day when you leave.

・Which room in a hotel offers more confort: a single one or a double one?
  - A double room in a hotel offers more confort than a single one.

・When you travel by train, do you buy a single ticket or a returen one?
  - When I travel by train, I sometimes buy a single ticket and sometimes a return one.

・Whould it be easy to go through one’s entire life being single?
  - No, it wouldn’t be easy to go through one’s entire life being single.
  - Because you have no one you can depend on.

・What’s the main disadvantage of mass-production?
  - The main disadvantage of mass production is lower quality / the fact that all products are more or less the same.

・When looking for a job what can give you an advantage over others?
  - I think a university education can five me an advantage over others when looking for a job.

・What are the advantages of public education for the masses?
  - The advantages of public education for the masses are that more people can study.

・What would you think if you saw a mass of people at the entrance of a shop?
  - If I saw a mass of people at the entrance of a shop, I’d think they were selling something cheaply.

・How do schoolchildren sometimes take advantage of a teacher’s absence?
  - Schoolchildren sometimes take advantage of a teacher’s absence by misbehaving or not doing their work properly.

・What do doctors usually forbid people?
  - Doctors usually forbid people smoking / drinking.

・Is drink-driver forbidden?
  - Yes, drink-driver’s forbidden.

・Should smoking in public places be forbidden?
  - Yes, smoking in public places should be forbidden.
  - Because other people are in danger of passive smoking.

・What did your parents forbid you to do when you were a child?
  - My parents forbade me to come home later than 10 o’clock when I was a child.

・What do you do when someone doesn’t get the joke you are trying to make?
  - When someone doesn’t get the joke I’m trying to make, I say ‘never mind’ or ‘forget it’.

・What’s retirement?
  - Retirement’s the time when you retire from work or the time after you’ve retired.

・What’s the retirement age for women?
  - The retirement age for women is 65 in my country.

・What do most people do in their retirement?
  - Most people take care of their grandchildren in their retirement.

【DME】今日の学び_20110514

English Method

Bloggerも回復したところで、ちょっとだけ。Lesson125の途中から最後まで。

・What kind of people can’t usually take care of themselves?
  - The kind of people who can’t usually take care of themselvese are little children, sick people and very old people.

・Who takes care of children if parents want to go out?
  - A babysitter takes care of children if parents want to go out.

・Give me example of things which must be done with great care.
  - Littele babies must be held with great care.
  - Washing up glasses must be done with great care.

・What words can we use when we say goodbye to a friend?
  - We can use the the words ‘Take care!’ when we say goodby to a friend.

【DME】今日の学び_20110513

English Method

ん？blogger メンテナンス？

Lesson124のはじめからLesson125の途中まで。

・What should you do if you smell gas leaking out of a pipe?
  - If you smell gas leaking out of a pipe, you should open the window.

・What should you do if your car leaks oil like a sieve?
  - If my car leaks oil like a sive, I should immediately call my mechanic.

・What will soon happen if you don’t repair the roof immediately it starts leaking?
  - If you don’t repair the roof immediately it starts leaking, it will soon leak a sieve.

・Who’s the most terrible driver you know?
  - My mom is the most terrible driver I know.

・What’s the most terrible news you heard last week?
  - The most terrible news I heard last week was about the flood of Missisippi River.

・Where in the world are the weather conditions the most awful?
  - The weather conditions are the most awful in the North and South Poles.

・Who was the first person to reach the South Pole?
  - Roald Amundsen was the first person to reach the South Pole in 1911.

・Is it a horrible feeling when our friend lies to us?
  - Yes,it’s a horrible feeling when our friend lies to us.

・What had you better do if you don’t want to get lost in a foreign country?
  - If you don’t want to get lost in a foreign country, you had better take a guidebook with you.

・What may happen when you get seriously injured?
  - When you get seriously injured, you may bleed to death.

・How did they use to hunt animals in the old time?
  - They used to hunt animals with bows and arrows in the old times.

・Did animals always die immediately when shot with an arrow?
  - No, animals didn’t always die immediately when shot with an arrow, but sometimes they bled to death.

・If you lost your job, how would you try to organise job-hunting?
  - If I lost my jon, I’d try to organise job-hunting by sendeing e-mails to different companies and looking over advertisements in newspaper.

【DME】今日の学び_20110512

English Method

気づけば、TOEICまでもーちょい！がつがつやろう。

Lesson124のはじめから途中まで！

・Where in the world you like to settle forever?
  - I’d like to settele forever on the coast of an ocean.

・How do you settle your nerves after a very tiring day?
  - I settle my nerves after a very tiring day by relaxing.

・What’s the best thing to do in order to stir children’s imagination?
  - The best thing to do in order to stir children’s imagination is to read books to them.

・How do usually settle your bills: by money transfer, in cash, or by cheque?
  - I usually settle my bills by money transfer.

・If people sometimes can’t settle a problem themselves, where do they go to settle?
  - If people sometimes can’t settle a problem themselvs, they go to court to settle it.

・When do people in your country gather together?
  - People in my country gather together on national holidays or on New Year’s Eve.

・Are most people in this country opposed to their government?
  - Yes, most people in this country are opposed to their government.
  - Because they don’t believe what politicians said.

・What have you achieve today?
  - I’ve achieve a lot today. I got a new contract for my company today.

・Can we achieve anything by punishing children?
  - Yes, we can achieve something by punishing children.
  - We can teach them how to behave properly.

・Who controls Microsoft?
  - Bill Gates controls Microsoft.

・What do you use to control your TV?
  - I use a remote control to control my TV.

・When can it be difficult to control one’s feelings?
  - It can be difficult to control one’s feelings when something very unpleasant happens to us or when somebody we know well dies.

・Which countries were under Russian control forty years ago?
  - Poland, East Germany, and Romania were under Russian control forty years ago.

・What would you do if hardly anyone came to your wedding party?
  - If hardly anyone came to my wedding party, I’d be really sad.

・What’s the different between: ‘He works hard’ and ‘He hardly works’?
  - ‘He works hard’ means that he works a lot and ‘He hardly works’ means that he almost never works.

・What do you do with the heating in your car when it gets warmer outside?
  - I turn the heating lower in my car when it gets warmer outside.

・His recommendation was strong.
  - He recommended the film very strongly.

・He is a careful cleaner.
  - He cleans the flat carefuly.

・What’s the freedom of the press?
  - The freedom of the press is the freedom to write anything they want and to express any opinion they want.

・Which part of the media has the most influence on people?
  - The press and television are the parts of the media that have the most influence on people.

・Do governments want to control the media?
  - Yes, government want to control the media.
  - Because if they control the media, they can have influence on people.

・What may sometimes happen if certain information is leaked to the media?
  - A scandal may sometimes break if certain information is leaked to the media.

【DME】今日の学び_20110509

English Method

連休明け！ということで、New Teacherで元気よく。

Lesson122の途中からLesson123の途中まで。

・What’s the singular of scissors?
  - Scissors have no singular. They’re always plural.

・What’s the plural of coffee?
  - Coffee has no plural. It’s always singular.

・Can we count water?
  - No, we can’t count water. Because it’s a liquid.
  - But we can count bottles of water.

・Can we count bread?
  - No, we can’t count bread. Because it’s a substance.

・What can we use if we want to count furniture?
  - We can use ‘a piece’ / ‘pieces’ if we want to count furniture.

・Why do we say ‘the police are’ and not ‘the police is’?
  - We say ‘the police are’ and not ‘the police is’ because the noun ‘police’ is always plural.

・Why do you think a theater audience may sometimes feel fed up?
  - A theater audience may sometimes feel fed up when the actors don’t act well.

・During a stay in a hotel what do they usually ask people to do with the towels?
  - During a stay in a hotel they usually ask people to put dirty towels on the floor and hang clean towels on a hook.

・What can we hang on a hanger and on a hook?
  - We can hang clothes on a hanger and towels on a hook.

・What did they do with murderers in the old times?
  - In the old times they usually hanged murderes in public.

・What are the verb forms of ‘hang’?
  - The verb form of ‘hang’ are ‘hang, hung, hung’ or ‘hang, hanged, hanged’.

・If someone rings you up but don’t want to have a conversation, what do you do?
  - If someone rings me up but I don’t want to have a conversation, I hang up.

・What can you ask people to do if you want them to wait for you?
  - I can ask people to hang on if I want them to wait for me.

・What do you do with your mobile phone when it rings on a bus?
  - When my mobile phone rings on a bus, I switch it off.

・When a person’s name rings a bell, does it mean that you remember the person well?
  - When a person’s name rings a bell, it doesn’t mean that I remember the person well.

・What do some people do with their clothes when they come home tired?
  - Some people lay their clothes just anywhere when they come home tired.

・Why do builders have to be very careful when they lay a gas pipe below the surface of a road?
  - Builders have to be very careful when they lay a gas pipe below the surface of a road because gas may explode if the pipe gets broken.

・When do birds usually lay their eggs?
  - Birds usually lay their eggs in spring.

・When we lay the table, what do we put on it?
  - When we lay the table, we put forks, knives, spoons and plates on it.

・Give me a sentence with one by one.
  - When he cooks, he put seasoning into the pot one by one.

・What things often seem to happen one after another?
  - Bills often seem to come in one after another at the end of each month.

・Do some people prefer to live in the suburbs?
  - Yes, soem people prefer to live in the suburbs.

・Why are flats and houses more expensive in the city center then in the suburbs?
  - Flats and houses are more expensive in the city center because it takes less time to get to work or school if you live in the city center than in the suburbs.

・Why do some people living in the suburbs want to return to the city center?
  - Some people living in the suburbs want to return to the city center because they’re tired of traffic jams.

・Why must students pay attention during the lesson?
  - Students must pay attention during the lesson, because otherwise they won’t learn much.

・How can teacher punish students who are not attending?
  - A teacher can punish students who are not attending by giving them more homework.

・When you enter a shop, do you like it when they attend to you immediately or do you like to have time to look around.
- When I enter a shop, I like it when they don’t attend to me immediately but I have some time to look around.

・What do we use to express a general ability in the past?
  - We use ‘could’ to express a general ability in the past.

・Do we use ‘could’ to express the meaning og ‘to manage’?
  - No, we don’t use ‘could’ to express the meaning of ‘to manage’, but we use ‘was able to’.

・What can we use when the sentence is in the negative?
  - We can use both ‘couldn’t’ and ‘wasn’t able to’ when the sentence in the negative.

・Could you speak English well when you were seven?
  - No, I couldn’t speak English well when I was seven.
  - This sentence expresses a general ability in the past.

・What was the fastest you were able to run the 100 meters?
  - The fastest I was able to run the 100 meters was 30 secounds.
  - It express a particular action in the past.

【DME】今日の学び_20110508

English Method

ゴールデンウィークも最終日。

Lesson122のはじめから、途中まで。

・Give me a sentence with ‘as a matter of fact’.
  - No, he didn’t call. As a matter of fact, he didn’t even send e-mail.

・Someone claims you were quite sad when he last saw you at the party.
  - No, I wasn’t sad. As a matter of fact, I really enjoyed the party.

・Susan wants to know if you had a good time on holiday last week.
  - No, I didn’t. As a matter of fact, it rained all the time and we had to stay inside.

・If a pigheaded person says something wrong, is it easy for them to take it back?
  - No, if a pigheaded person says something wrong, it isn’t easy for them to take it back.

・What could you do if you bought clothes that didn’t fit you?
  - If I bought clothes that didn’t fit me, I could take them back to the shop.

・What happenes if someone breaks the traffic rules and the police catch them?
  - If someone breaks the traffic rules and the police catch them, they must pay a fine.

・What’s the rule in English grammar that you’re always forgetting?
  - The rule in English grammer that I’m always forgetting is the use of pronouns.

・What’s the weather forcast for the next three days?
  - The weather forcast for the next three days is heat and light winds.

・what do you do if you can’t stand the heat in summer?
  - If I can’t stand the heat in summer, I take a cold shower and drink beer.

・What do people often keep hidden from others?
  - People often keep their bad habits or person things hidden from others.

・What does ‘I have nothing to hide’ mean?
  - ‘I have nothing to hide’ means that I can tell you everithing because I’ve done nothing wrong or dishonest.

・Where can you hide valuable things?
  - You can hide valuable things in a safe.

・What’s hide-and-seek?
  - Hide-and-seek is a game in which one child tries to find others that hide.

・Where do people go when they seek justice?
  - People go to a court of law when they seek justice.

・When it rains, do people usually seek for somewhere to hide?
  - Yes, when it rains, people usually seek for somewhere to hide.

・What are the verb form of ‘seek’?
  - The verb forms of ‘seek’ are ‘seek, sought, sought’.

【DME】今日の学び_20110505

English Method

すっかりスローペースになってしまったDME。

うーん、ま、いいか。Lesson121の途中から途中まで。

・Why do people usually go broke?
  - People usually go broke if they spend more than earn.

・Have any small shops in your neigbourhood gone broke?
  - Yes, some small shops in my neighbourhood have gone broke.
  - Because a large supermarket has opened in my neighbourhood.

・Who’s one of the best known conquerours in history?
  - Napoleon’s one of the best known conquerors in history.

・By whom was Napoleon defeated in the battle of Waterloo?
  - Napoleon was defeated by Wellington in the battle of Waterloo.

・Which political party suffered defeat in the last election in your country?
  - Democlatic Party suffered defeat in the last election in my country.

・What’s the best way to conquer a woman’s heart?
  - The best way to conquer a woman’s heart is to invite her for dinner.
  - The best way to conquer a man’s heart is to cook him dinner.

・Has your country ever been conquered in history?
  - No, my country has never been conquered in history.

・Do you know a politician of whom you could say that he has really conquered the people’s hearts?
  - No, I don’t know a politician of whom I could say that he has really conquered the people’s hearts.

・Who has the fiercest conqueror in history?
  - Genghis Khan was the fiercest conqueror in history.

・Why do some people keep fierce dogs at home?
  - Some people keep firece dogs at home to protect themselves.

・How long did the Eoman empire last?
  - The Roman empire lasted about 1,200 years.

・When and by whom was the last empire defeated?
  - The empire was defeated around 500 AD by fierce nations from the east.

・Why do you think empires don’t last forever?
  - I think empires don’t last forever because they are too large to be governed properly.

・Who owns the biggest business empire in the world?
  - Bill Gates owns the biggest business empire in the world.

・Why does wood float on water?
  - Wood floats on water because it’s light.

・Does metal float on water?
  - No, metal doesn’t float on water but it sinks.

・Do you ever stop to watch clouds floating accross the sky?
  - Yes, I sometimes stop to watch clouds floating across the sky.

・What may happen if you stay on the seashore at high tide?
  - If you stay on the seashore at high tide, you may get wet or even drown, if you can’t swim well.

・What’s the best time to look for shells on the seashore: high tide or low tide?
  - The best time to look for shells on the seashore is low tide.

・Does the future of the world look bright?
  - Yes, the future of the world looks bright.

・Do you always try to look on the bright side of things?
  - Yes, I always try to look on the bright side of things.

・What colours do you usually choose for your clothes?
  - I usually choose bright colours for my clothes.

・Is factory work dull?
  - Yes, factory work’s quite dull.

・Are soap operas dull?
  - Yes, soap operas are dull.

・Who, in your opinion, is the brightest politician in your country?
  - I think Shintaro Ishihara is the brightest politician in my country.
  - Because his speech is always strong.

・Who, in your opinion, is the dullest politician in your country?
  - I think Naoto Kan is the dullest politician in my country.
  - Because we can’t understand his policy.

【雑感】4月の振り返りと5月の行動予定

4月の振り返りと5月の行動予定

色々あって、45度くらい、人生の方向性が変わった日々。

ちょっと落ち着いたところで、これからの行動計画を考えてみよう。

【今の現状】

・TOEIC：いま、685点。
・調剤薬局事務士：勉強始める。レセプトむずいー！
・FP:AFPの資格ゲット！
・DME：Stage8
・健康：何もしてない。。コアリズムのみ。
・英語：リアルな英語を身につけたい…。友達つくり。
・Volunteer：釜石。釜石。釜石。
・国際結婚：問題山積み。6月から、がっつり勉強。

【5月にやること】

・TOEIC：29日（日）、試験！目指せ、720点！
・調剤薬局事務士：28日（土）、試験！目指せ、合格！！
・DME：あせらず、じっくり。Stage8でもよしとする。
・健康：アメリカ的食事が続いたあとは、運動で。
・英語：彼の周りからの人と友達になる。リアル英会話したい…。
・Volunteer：チャリティー●●に参加！
・国際結婚：うーん、どこからいこうか。

今週末といえば、Mother’s Day。

母親が疎開してきたが、はて、さて、これからどうしたものか…。

復興までの道のりは、長く、険しい。