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A NHK TV program ( 未来観測つながるテレビ@ヒューマン ) introduced a hot Internet topic - a man in Okayama Prefecture makes vegetable musical instruments. He uploads lots of short movies of himself and his family playing special instruments made of cattots, pumpkins and Japanese radishes "Daikon". He says," The process of making vegetable instruments is very enjoyable.Deciding where and how many holes I should drill and playing are vibrantly exciting. The tune of the vegetables changes as time goes on, because fresh vegetablse easily wither." He adds ,"The Internet is useful to keep alive memories of short-lived vegetable instruments and to show them to people all over the world." He appeared live in the studio with several wind instruments, such as a carrot ocarina, a sweet potato flute, etc. I was surprised by the tune, which was more beautiful than I had expected. The instruments looked easier to play than the trumpet and the clarinet. He ad libed Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with TV hosts. In the last scene of the TV program, he enjoyed dinner with his family. The menu was curry and rice. The ingredients were the instruments used a couple of hours ago. He says," MOTTAINAI." I worte this from memory. So I apologize for any inaccuracies. written by Eigo no Oni   | |
| 2007/12/15 21:34｜Column in English｜TB：0｜CM：4｜▲ | |
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ライティングの初級クラスで、「オニ」が実際に書いたエッセイを掲載する。 ( 加筆・修正したくなったが、提出時そのままである ) 初級のテーマは、「自分のこと」が中心である。 「好きな映画・食べ物」「自分の性格」など。 「お題」は、確か「好きな年中行事か祝日」だったと思う。 オニは、迷わず「ゴールデン・ウィーク」にした。 GW.に対する「想い」を感じ取って頂ければ、幸いである。 Golden Week Leads Me Outdoors In Japan, we have Golden Week, which is a succession of national holidays from April 29th to May 5th. Many Japanese take a trip or go shopping. However, I have special feeling about Golden Week, because the snow is gone by this time. Golden Week moves my active field from indoors to outdoors. When I was in elementary school, I could ride on a bicycle from the end of April. School put a ban on the use of bicycles untill the snow melted completely, so my friends and I looked forward to the opening of bicycle season. We used to play tag around town by bicycle. We rode bicycles to go hanting for frogs and salamanders in distant pounds and mountains. We used to ride bicycles all day feeling spring breeze. After getting a driver's licence, I used to go driving to the sights. Amusement parks or tourist roads usually open at the beginning of May. I went to Rusutsu resort with my friends to go on a new roller coaster. Watching a night view, I drove to Hakodate with my girlfriend. My family and I took a trip to Kushiro Marsh in east of Hokkaido. We do not need to be careful about snowfall and icyroads. Therefore, we can drive easily and safely. While I was working in Sapporo, I used to go out to see cherry blossoms at Maruyama park with my co-workers. Cherry blossoms are in full boloom at the beginning of Golden Week. We used to cook Genghis-Kham nabe and drink too much. Some people did Karaoke and some people sang songs loudly without Karaoke. Sitting in a circle, we really let our hair down at Hanami party. Cold beer was especially delicious in the warm sunshine. In conclusion, Golden Week brings me a change of seasons from winter to spring. In Japan, new things start in April, so people get accustomed to new life at this time of Golden week. I always become more avtive or positive and feel refreshed after Golden Week. ブログを通して、知り合ったケンさんの「大学願書（英語版） 爆笑ver」に、 オマージュを捧げて。 | |
| 2007/12/14 19:52｜Column in English｜TB：0｜CM：1｜▲ | |
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「主婦」という、一見なんの変哲もない言葉が、実は、結構やっかいだったりする。 最近、テレビ視聴率に関するWEBサイトの、「主婦層にアピールしたいスポンサー企業と属性質問に主婦と回答しない"主婦層"とにギャップがあり、アンケート( 統計 ) の正確性・整合性を保つのは、本当に大変だ」という記事を目にした。主婦と思われる人々が、自分では、自分を主婦と思っていなかったり意外な人々が、"シュフ"になっているのが現代なのである。 そんなことを、ちょっと考えて書き下ろした「英語のオニ」オリジナル・ミニエッセイに目を通して頂ければ、幸いです。 Who are Housewives ? When you fill out an application form, you usually have to to answer a question:What is your occupation? Can you guess the answer of housewives who have their own job? Most of them do not check the blank box for housewives. These days, " housewives" is oneof the hardest words to define. The wemen like those above tend to say that they are office workers. Of course, many of them deal with household chores, such as shopping, washing and cleaning. They play the role of housewife at home undoutbtedly, they, however, want to give precedence to social status. Generally speaking, the image of housewives is women in their twenties to fifties. Actually, women beyond their fifties sometimes say, "I am a housewife." It is those who are parents of Dink or Dewks couples. In their households, many young women and young mothers leave the role of housewifeto thier mothers or grandmothers ( mather in law ) and concentrate on working. In addition, the appearance of men who are full-time househasbands has made the definition more complicated. They do not use the word of "househusband" as much as women having full-time jobs. They have a tendency to hide the fact that they are full-time househasbands,because they may have guilty consciences. Finally, modern society has created various types of hosewives. Therefore,it is very difficult to drew a clear line between housewives and non-housewives. Let me ask you one more question : What kind of people should be categorized to housewives? Dink : Double [ Dual ] income no kids 日本語では、DINKS,Dinks (ディンクス)というが、英語表記は Dink Dewks : Dual-employed with kids / Dually employed with kids 英語では、あまり一般的ではないみたい。 | |
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A conbined health and sightseeing tour was held in Yubari city, Hokkaido Prefecture from October 8th to 10th, which was called "Metabo Beat Camp in Yubari". Tobu Travel Agency in Tokyo organized the tour in order to cheer up the municipality under rehabilitation. Fourteen people joined the tour. On the first day, tourists took physical checkups and learned metabolism. They walked around a cool mine museum and the location used for the movie of"Year One in the North". During their walk, they had ski stocks. Ski stock walking made their arms swing wider, which can burn internal body fat effectively. On the second day, the beat camp members went digging for coal. They picked up the ground with pickaxes under the open sky. And then they cooked a mushroom hot pot with fresh local vegetables, using the coal that they had mined as fuel. On the last day, the paticipants got personal counseling about training programsto follow at home. A woman from Saitama Prefecture said," I had a great time here.I want the travel agency to organize more events like this". Nice ideas like Metabo Beat Camp will really help Yubari beat its financial problems. I hope the city will returu to full strength as soon as possible. written by Eigo no Oni | |
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People と can't の間に、関係代名詞を補い、
they をカットして考えた方がいいでしょうね。
これからも、ご指摘よろしくお願いします。えいごのオニ映画 "The Pursuit of Happyness"( 幸せのちから) 語録 5はじめまして検索サイトからたどり着きました。
いきなり質問で申し訳ないのですが、
People can't do something themselves,
they want to tell you you can't do it
って
People講座米TVドラマ "The West Wing" (ザ・ホワイトハウス) 語録 20Nemo様、コメントありがとうございます"The West Wing" は政治ドラマということもあってか、
比喩的で、ウィットに富んだヒネッタ表現がいっぱい出てくるので大好きです。
(悪く言えば、相手をやりえいごのオニ米TVドラマ "The West Wing" (ザ・ホワイトハウス) 語録 20オニさん、こんにちは。いつも、オニさんの幅広い英語の知識に感心しています。
"It's not in cement."
へぇ、こんな表現があるんですねぇ〜。
前記事の“The Pursuit of HappyneNemo本日のトリビア 「日本最初のアイスクリームは‥」はっぴぃまん様、コメントありがとうございますそうですね。
寒い時に、暖かい部屋でたべるアイスは格別ですね。えいごのオニ本日のトリビア 「日本最初のアイスクリームは‥」冬にはけっこうアイスクリームを食べてたのですが夏になってからまだ食べてません。変ですね＞＜はっぴぃまんバッテリー( 邦画) は秀作、「battery」 の語源は‥Nemo様、コメントありがとうございますそうですね。好きな映画です。
NHKドラマは観ていなかったので、分からないですが、
原作はじっくり読んでみたいです。
キューバ戦、最初から最後まで"正座"えいごのオニバッテリー( 邦画) は秀作、「battery」 の語源は‥同感ですこんにちは。オニさん。
いい映画ですよね。NHKでドラマ化されたバッテリーもよかったですが、
豪君役は映画版の子がピッタリ！と思いました。
ジャニーズJrも頑張ってNemo「平和」 についての Cool なフレーズ その1はっぴぃまん様、コメントありがとうございますおっしゃる通りです。
平和へ向かっていく過程そのものが、「平和」なのでしょう。
現況は、"平和へ向かっているとは" 言いがたいですから。えいごのオニ「平和」 についての Cool なフレーズ その1There is no way to peace, peace is the way.
当たり前のような言葉だけど、すごく考えさせられる言葉ですね。はっぴぃまん