In the lesson of the English conversation school of today the attendants were a student of Department of Medicine and me. The theme of the lesson was "Expressing concerns about society." In the beginning, the instructr told us to have a discussion about concerns about society, and I spoke of the declining birthrate and a growing proportion of elderly people of Japan. Japan is advancing in declining birthrate and a growing proportion of elderly people in the world according to the newspaper that I read today. I think that the cause might exist also in a Japanese lifestyle. So I said that the Japanese working style like so-called workaholic might be related to the falling birthrate, though it is certain that the woman's social advancement is in the basis. I think that I was able to speak considerably in English even leaving aside the truth of saying. Confidence occurred to me a little bit.