tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58460604983849841912024-03-18T20:18:38.520-07:00Life is Funny !!I am Japanese living in America and an English learner. My blog's title is from my experience because I make a lot of mistakes in my American life. I am so happy for writing about it!Chanshizuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04152635525958982586noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846060498384984191.post-29514863606580767822013-02-27T13:17:00.000-08:002014-03-17T17:55:36.831-07:00Robert De Niro appeared Japanese TV commercial !!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">The guy is god of movie!!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">De Niro asked Ryuhei and he answerd to De Niro "It's impossible!!"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">[This movie said, "You have to fall in Love!"] </span></span><br />
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I was so busy because I had to write some articles for a Japanese web site for women called "Josei no Bigaku". The site is intended for Japanese women 18-50 who are learners of beauty life and has no commercial agenda. I wrote the articles with all Japanese. So I wanted to translate my article from Japanese into English. And I made it! (I am not professional translator!)<br />
From <a href="http://josei-bigaku.jp/lifestyle/neithibeigo3718/">"Josei no Bigaku" </a><br />
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Japanese people respect Japanese women who
can speak English. At the same time many
Japanese companies have become an international business and their official
language has changed from Japanese to English. These companies prefer Japanese
women or as they are called "office ladies ", who can speak English.</div>
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Here is my example. Yes, I go to English
class and I study very hard there. This time I asked my English teacher about
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topics, so I would like to share some of them with readers.My English teacher
is an American woman who is an expert in teaching English to immigrants for
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Ms. Patricia Hatfield is the ESL teacher
who has been teaching English to immigrants for over 20 years. ESL means
English as a second language.</div>
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Now there are many ESL classes in United
States. First time I met Patricia was in her class. She had about 20 to 30
students in the class. There are students from over 10 countries in her class.
She teaches the class by herself without help from anyone else. We can hear
many languages, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, German, French, Italian,
Vietnamese, Thai, and Japanese, of various countries ... sometimes jumbled.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Patricia could set the mood in the class
and made it become kind of an English world for the students. She is trilingual
and can speak Spanish, French and English.
Her experience learning foreign languages helps her understand her students'
situation and how to help them learn English.
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It's time to start to ask Patricia some
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<b>Please tell me about your impression of
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I understood about Japanese women who try
very hard to learn English. They are
very dedicated to education because their writing and reading skill is better
than other counties students. However Japanese women are very shy about speaking
English in the class. I still think Japanese women are the most reserved to
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Which foreigners have been the most
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<span lang="EN-US">Any languages that are related to English,
French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and German, etc. They are able to easily make
sense of English. They speak a lot and they don't mind making mistakes in English
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I think each country's women have many
activities to learn English at a high rate. Women have a proficiency to chat
more than men. I think if you like to talk a lot it is because you are a woman.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In my experience it has been Vietnamese.
Vietnamese speakers have a harder time with pronunciation. I had a Vietnamese
student like that but she made it!!</span></div>
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Sorry to say this but if you are too shy to
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that is a native speaker. You will want to have communication with him because
you want to try to learn for him, don't you? A very good way to learn is by
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For example, you can sing or memorize a
song in English. If you like cooking you can learn about American food with
recipes in English. You want to do something in English on a daily basis.</div>
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English. English learners are usually motivated because they came from another
country to the US. Japanese women work
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<span lang="EN-US">I think there are many different ways to
study, and you can be successful if you take it seriously. However, I feel like
I have become less talkative because I feel like I am on a stage when speaking
English and if I make a mistake that everyone will be critical of my
performance. You can learn from your mistakes to improve your English skill and
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<span lang="EN-US">For my last advice to you let me say,
<span style="color: red;">"Just open your mouth and speak!"</span></span></div>
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“What can I call my husband?” It was my first question for international marriage.<br />
My husband’s name is Jeff. I live in America, so I should call to my husband with some cute name like the American way? After a lot of hair pulling, I decided to keep calling just his name.<br />
My husband calls me Shizu chan or chanshizu… sometimes Hime sama (It is Japanese, Hime means Princess)<br />
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Today I read news from a Japanese site. Recently many Japanese couples call each other with their first name or nickname and they are having good relationships.<br />
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Here are the most popular partner: names from a survey:<br />
1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Nickname or first name<br />
2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mother, Father, Mama, Papa, or Grandmother, Grandfather<br />
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I remember my mother, when she called her husband “Otousama - Father” after they had grandchild “ojiichan - Grandpa” I think she called his name when she was young. My father also called my mother by her first name.<br />
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That news said this.<br />
Young couples are calling each other nickname or first name.<br />
Middle couples are calling each other father, mother.<br />
Elder couples are calling each other nothing. They are just calling "Hey!"<br />
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Today's wisdom word<br />
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.<br />
- Benjamin Franklin<br />
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</div>Chanshizuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04152635525958982586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846060498384984191.post-24158533589388633902011-08-04T23:55:00.000-07:002012-11-26T01:17:05.866-08:00You are not late for getting education. He was 84 years old!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Meiryo UI'; font-size: 11pt;">I got an email from my friend, <a href="http://www.cinemaderinrin.com/pages/adviser/uekusafutai.htm">Mr.Futai</a>. He is a professional movie writer in Japan. He wrote about movie <a href="http://movies.nationalgeographic.com/movies/the-first-grader/">“The First Grader”</a>. That picture is on now in Japan. I did not know about this movie. This is the true story about an 84 years old guy who got education from a elementary school. He went through with his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford. When I saw that trailer I think about education. If you was child, you didn’t have to think about education, because you have natural right that get education. Same time maybe you didn’t want to study. You just wanted to play...me too!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Meiryo UI'; font-size: 11pt;">I couldn’t realize about education is very important for whole my life. Now I wanted to study a lot when I was teenager. My parents didn’t have enough money so I couldn't go to University. I went to vocational school after high school and then I had to work soon for my parents. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Meiryo UI'; font-size: 11pt;">And right now I think, I am not too late for studying. I will try to study again and again. I hope my daughter realizes about her chance. She can study hard because she has time and good environment. Life is like studying!! </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Meiryo UI'; font-size: 11pt;">- To me, liberaty means going to school and learning. I want to learn more and more. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Meiryo UI'; font-size: 11pt;"> Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge </span><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/mD1bYbcxkrM?rel=0" width="560"></iframe>Chanshizuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04152635525958982586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846060498384984191.post-8988345349768646762011-07-14T18:50:00.002-07:002011-07-16T21:02:14.191-07:00A dinner with my friends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0mm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0mm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4EwMGiw3mt6acIQM8hvEEp56aXTroPSOeGFEZj77pX1CQGy2jMokmkKRBltA3vEvDSSTpT_eJ4oys3zugnLWW77UeJpMkhXzzgMkAa1ad1p8rmom9J2Jbft93w0B4hpTSFYOb3WrGR_I/s1600/sch004.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4EwMGiw3mt6acIQM8hvEEp56aXTroPSOeGFEZj77pX1CQGy2jMokmkKRBltA3vEvDSSTpT_eJ4oys3zugnLWW77UeJpMkhXzzgMkAa1ad1p8rmom9J2Jbft93w0B4hpTSFYOb3WrGR_I/s1600/sch004.gif" style="cursor: move;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Yesterday I had a great time with my friends. First, one of my friends<b> </b>emailed me. She had said the day before yesterday, "Let's have a dinner because our friend is visiting San Diego now. If you want to join us please let me know." </span> I wanted to join them so I asked my family; of course they accepted that I go to meet my friends. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0mm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0mm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">In fact my friend and I were classmates from a Qigong class. She moved to Yokohama, Japan, 2 years ago. She came back here in her traveling.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0mm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0mm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">In Japan we learned a lot of sayings (of Confucius) from China<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">;</b> we had that skill in our life naturally.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0mm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0mm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">I was thinking about one of these sayings:</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0mm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiENs4iVznWadDQki1u1d_9aWT6T-3fxNSA1HpxEaS1iSQHP1sZGOjAmQ2K4mNwKy1HLFfjOisY6CeTUKgSfabzwvoT56jxYd3_CgIojSq0AN0M5mgBNUAnI-owiSzLVNpquqdzwl_Trkc/s1600/confucius1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiENs4iVznWadDQki1u1d_9aWT6T-3fxNSA1HpxEaS1iSQHP1sZGOjAmQ2K4mNwKy1HLFfjOisY6CeTUKgSfabzwvoT56jxYd3_CgIojSq0AN0M5mgBNUAnI-owiSzLVNpquqdzwl_Trkc/s200/confucius1.jpg" width="177" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0mm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Confucius said,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0mm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">To learn and then practice what you have learned time and again is a good pleasure, is it not?</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0mm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">To have friends come from afar to share each others’ learning is a pleasure, is it not?</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0mm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">To be unperturbed when not appreciated by others is gentlemanly, is it not?" </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0mm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0mm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">I could meet my friend who was coming from a distant place. </span>I was so happy to have had the time with great friends!!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0mm;"><br />
</div>Chanshizuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04152635525958982586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846060498384984191.post-8220270979005964362011-07-13T13:16:00.001-07:002011-07-16T21:00:10.391-07:00Life is Funny !!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBhB-6dggdFsCrG56i0mAcP1eF3wssNUE5N70C9yKQHiadEk39C_XLkBu5r8Ys5wsxlZs9DQNPelnxpiKji6vu3bQTcpHnza4C3vmzSN0zyCopD9n1dHH217c3vy-QTKlafAhgPa-G3XI/s1600/02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBhB-6dggdFsCrG56i0mAcP1eF3wssNUE5N70C9yKQHiadEk39C_XLkBu5r8Ys5wsxlZs9DQNPelnxpiKji6vu3bQTcpHnza4C3vmzSN0zyCopD9n1dHH217c3vy-QTKlafAhgPa-G3XI/s200/02.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0mm;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would like to start this blog with English. Nice to meet you reader, I am Japanese and an English learner. If I make a mistake in my blog, please correct it. :-) </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love to try to new things but I don't know yet how I will keep this blog. This is my English blog! ha ha ha...</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0mm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHkRFcESevh3b4MXGBYFPoaYEwsuZsCAPzEN3tQbPd6P_MLMoahTvZDC4wT9B4cUYHc6Vcw_26FHuHdsSLCcmxbomkhA7TNFTvSSYjHvKkoG8HQG3akVugkKvFfoDgyRL-9f2gQGuZrc/s1600/k1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHkRFcESevh3b4MXGBYFPoaYEwsuZsCAPzEN3tQbPd6P_MLMoahTvZDC4wT9B4cUYHc6Vcw_26FHuHdsSLCcmxbomkhA7TNFTvSSYjHvKkoG8HQG3akVugkKvFfoDgyRL-9f2gQGuZrc/s200/k1.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0mm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">Yesterday when I went to ESL class (English cafe), my English Teacher Cathy gave me some advice. Then I decided to start this blog in English. I am so happy about this idea. My blog's title is about my experience because I make a lot of mistakes in my American life. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0mm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHdLX4mCfTPXwC8hWcXGsO_jCoV5-JVDgQuNsy4IA7K0g-Jxl7N_xUNIxTyiOHwM5MHFGMLN7aPtPEEat-kCU77ZkvgZHfWIDV5chvhLW-VUTslQBeURr9Jwjp94qSH2CMbzyHeIVko40/s1600/01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHdLX4mCfTPXwC8hWcXGsO_jCoV5-JVDgQuNsy4IA7K0g-Jxl7N_xUNIxTyiOHwM5MHFGMLN7aPtPEEat-kCU77ZkvgZHfWIDV5chvhLW-VUTslQBeURr9Jwjp94qSH2CMbzyHeIVko40/s200/01.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0mm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">Today's pick up word of wisdom.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0mm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">―</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"> Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -Helen Keller</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Chanshizuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04152635525958982586noreply@blogger.com6