【PV】今日の学び_20101002

Private Lesson

今回のWriting Lesson。テーマは「なぜ、英語を話す国の人間は太ってる人が多いのか」。

…そうなの？なんでだろ。

それについて英語で語るなんて…難しいわぁ。

【News Lesson】

・What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘obese’?
  - It made me remember that I used to be obese when I was a child.
  × I’ve just rememberd that I used to be obese when I was a child.

・Are you surprised about the slimmest countries?
  - No, I was not surprised so much because I live in Japan and I think that most of the Japanese are slimmer than the people living in other countries.
  × No, I’m not surprised so much. Because I live in Japanese and I think most of Japanese are slimmer than people live in other countries.

・Why do you think people in English-speaking countries are so overweight?
  - I think it is because there are many fast food shops there. Of course there are fast food shops also in Japan, but we don’t eat so much and we eat at smaller size fast foods.
  × I think it because there are many fast food shops there. Of course they are also in Japan, but we don’t eat so much and we eat smaller size’s fast foods.

・Are you worried about your weight?
  - I used to be worried about my weight, but I’m no longer worried about it now.
  × I used to be worried about my weight, but I’m not worried about it now.

・What health problem does obesity create?
  - If we are obese, we won’t be able to move smoothly.
  × If we are obesity, we won’t move smoothy.

・What is the relationship between education and weight?
  - If we have health knowledge, we can easily take care of our health. But for the people who don’t have knowledge, it will be hard for them how to take care of their health.
  × If we have knowledges for health, we can take care about our health. But people who don’t have knowledges it, they can’t take care about their health.

・Now we are better educated, why don’t we learn about eating healthily?
  - I think we now know about eating healthily, but some people still like unhealthy foods because most of the time they taste good.
  × I think now we know about eating healthily, but some people like unhealthy foods.

・What’s the best way to lose weight?
  - The best way to lose weight is to do sport and not eat so much.
  × The best way to lose is to do sport and not to eat so much.

・What problems do you think obese people have on a daily basis?
  - I think obese people always like eating so they need to find some hobbies.
  × I think obese people always like eating something so that they need to find some hobbies.

横文字の嵐だー。

「ああ、ここでこの表現がくるかーー！」と唸る。