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英語講師→社内翻訳、早期退職して今は日本語と英語を教えているおばさんです。勝手気ままに…

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英語講師→社内翻訳、早期退職して今は日本語と英語を教えているおばさんです。勝手気ままに自分の書きたいことをなるべくシンプルな英語で書いています。

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5/26/24 - Creative scones

One of my students enjoys baking cakes. He is especially interested in eating and baking delicious scones. Today, during the class, he said he had found creative scones on a website, baked by the owner of a tea shop. I googled the shop and

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    • 5/25/24 - Chatting with ChatGPT

      Today, I belatedly installed the ChatGPT app on my smartphone because I was curious about its verbal capabilities. I asked the AI what I could cook with carrots in Japanese because we have many at home. A woman's voice suggested a few dish

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      • 5/24/24 - "Living"（「生きる」）

        Today, I watched a British film titled "Living," adapted from Kurosawa Akira's film "Ikiru" on Amazon Prime Video. Although I found the first 40 minutes boring, I got absorbed in the latter half. I had never seen the original Japanese film,

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        • 5/23/24 - Children playing in the river

          I went for a walk along the river near my house. On the way back, I saw four boys, seemingly 6 or 7 years old, playing in the river. I was surprised because they were half-naked (probably wearing swim trunks), splashing around the water.

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        5/26/24 - Creative scones

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        記事

          5/22/24 - An outdated French expression

          The other day, the teacher in the French radio program mentioned that the phrase "n'est-ce pas?" is no longer used in the conversation. This phrase is used to ask for confirmation or agreement, similar to tag questions (such as "isn't it?,"

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          5/22/24 - An outdated French expression

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          5/21/24 - A plastic bag

          Yesterday, I finished studying a French vocabulary book, reading through each word and phrase. However, I often cannot remember or identify the words and phrases when I listen to the audio without seeing the text. For instance, I realized

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          5/21/24 - A plastic bag

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          5/20/24 - Iced coffee accident

          Although I don't usually drink cold beverages, I was thirsty after walking around the AEON shopping center today, so I bought an iced coffee. I didn't use a straw or a plastic lid to avoid adding plastic garbage. I sipped the coffee direct

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          5/20/24 - Iced coffee accident

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          5/19/24 - My guilty pleasure

          I've been watching my diet and trying to avoid consuming sugar and carbs as much as possible, as my blood sugar and HbAc1 levels tend to be high. Therefore, now I rarely eat sweets such as cake, cookies, and chocolates (except for those con

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          5/19/24 - My guilty pleasure

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          5/18/24 - Feeling relaxed

          Since I started listening to three language radio programs in the morning in April, I've been busy every morning from Monday to Friday. So I feel much more relaxed on Saturday and Sunday mornings when I have no language programs to listen t

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          5/18/24 - Feeling relaxed

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          5/17/24 - 「世界はラテン語でできている」

          A few days ago, when I visited a bookstore in another city, I found a book about Latin. I became curious about the book as I've always been interested in Latin, although I didn't purchase it immediately. Back home, I researched the book on

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          5/17/24 - 「世界はラテン語でできている」

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          5/16/24 - Smart glasses

          I recently heard on the news about an 18-year-old man wearing smart glasses to cheat on an entrance exam. Although he may have been desperate to pass the exam, such an act is inexcusable. However, what surprised me even more was that devic

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          5/16/24 - Smart glasses

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          5/15/24 - The youngest day I'll ever be

          Yesterday, I checked out a May issue of the NHK's Radio Spanish course at the bookstore. To my disappointment, I didn't remember much of what I had listened to on the radio. I realized I needed to purchase the textbook to fully understand a

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          5/15/24 - The youngest day I'll ever be

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          5/14/24 - Language learning books

          Today, I went to another city to do some shopping. Whenever I visit another city, I can't help but drop by a few bookstores, as the one in my town is rather small and doesn't have many books on language learning. Although I visited two boo

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          5/14/24 - Language learning books

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          5/13/24 - Contrary to the weather forecast

          Contrary to the weather forecast, it didn't rain heavily where I live during my working hours, so I could have gone to work as usual. I was surprised when a friend living in the Yokohama area emailed me, saying, "It has been raining so ha

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          5/13/24 - Contrary to the weather forecast

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          5/12/24 - Significance of the process

          The other day, I realized that one of the episodes of my favorite Chinese drama series and one from my favorite Japanese drama series had a common theme about making efforts. In both series, a young character made utmost efforts to succeed

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          5/12/24 - Significance of the process

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          5/11/24 - Typhoon-like weather on Monday??

          Today, I watched the weather forecast on TV, which announced it would rain hard and the wind would be strong, like a typhoon in the Kanto region on Monday. It worried me because I have a class to teach on Monday and I have to walk for about

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          5/11/24 - Typhoon-like weather on Monday??

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