2005年12月の記事
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格闘技の試合
◎ Sunday, Dec. 31st.I had three English lessons in the morning and another onein the afternoon. This year I failed to have enough time for house-cleaning.I just cleaned a bathroom, lavatory and kitchen.I am going to clean other rooms in the first weekendof January. I gave up completing the house cleaningby the end of this year.Usually I spend three days in cleaning my wholeapartment. This year I was so busy that I was not able to followthis routine. Anyway, I cleaned the kitchen up to 19:00 or later.Then, I rushed to a local supermarket to buy foods anddaily goods to prepare for New Year's Days. In the evening, I enjoyed watching martial arts matcheson TV. As for Ogawa vs Yoshida, Yoshida took the lead against Ogawafrom the very beginning. At the beginning of the match,Yoshida gave Achilles Tendon Lock (アキレス腱固め）to Ogawa.It really worked. Since then, Ogawa became slow in movingwith his foot heavily damaged.That's why Ogawa failed toavoid 十字固め（Cross Arm Bar Lock）.Achilles Tendon Lock is one of my favorite techniques.It is really good for controlling the opponent's movement.十字固め is also my bag. I love this submission hold(関節技）.十字固め is just like English verb, "HAVE".Most of 格闘家 use 十字固め to control their opponents.It's easy to use and works efficiently and effectively againstan opponent. As for Akebono(64th yokozuna) vs ボビー・オロゴン(a TV talent),As I had expected, ボビー beat Akebono on points.ボビー is not a professional martial artist, but アケボノ wastotally controlled by him. I think アケボノ should quit his career as a pro-martial artist. He's been too overweight for fighting.If he wants to continue to be a professional martial artist,he should lose weight. In the year of 2006, I would like to come back as a (judo) wrestlerand sambist (sambo athlete).I have to lose weight first and then practice hard very much tocompete younger athletes. This is the end of this year.---------------------------------------------------------KEN SUETSUGU
2005年12月31日
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◎2005年 13大ニュース
２００５年、特に前半は、弊社・私にとりましては大ショックの1年でした。ですが、後半は希望を見出す事が出来ましたので、2006年以降、奮闘努力したいと思っています。＜２００５年 末次通訳事務所 １２大ニュース！！＞◎ Bad News in 20051. 元助手が突然仕事を辞め、大損害・大ダメージを受ける！！2. (1)に関連して７月頃まで、精神的な苦痛を味わう3. 長年愛用のパソコンが破損し、使えなくなる。◎Good News in 20051. 弟子・Yさんご結婚！！2. バイト員のCHIEさん入籍＆オメデタ！！◎＜Alternative Top News＞1. 大学生受講者１名を弟子とし、人材育成の対象として積極的に支援・指導開始――――――― ―――――― ――――――（京都英語研修旅行を敢行）――3. 有田焼の開祖・李参平翁碑の英語訳を担当4. 福岡観光外語専門学校講師職に就く ⇒(2006年は通訳仲間にこの職を譲渡します)5. 株式会社NLA様の企業ホームページの英語訳を担当 （各サイトをクリックして下さい） ⇒ http://www.nla.ne.jp/english/index.html6. 豪州・南オーストラリア州・アデレードの教育・留学サイトの和訳を担当 ⇒ http://www.studyadelaide.jp7. 台湾貿易センターの【台湾貿易プラザ】にて台湾企業、製品の和訳担当⇒ http://www.taiwantrade.co.jp8. 飯塚市主催の『高校生スピーチコンテスト』審査員を務める9. 米国人作曲家：ジョージ・ガーシュインの伝記映画に出会い、 すっかりはまる。-------------------------------------------------------------＊2005年前半のトラブルにより筆舌に尽くしがたいショックを味わいまして、 やる気を失っておりました。（このトラブルを引き起こした方への 怒りは、生涯止む事はありません。絶対に許せません） が、後半何とか持ち直しました。 上記の新規弟子の存在で私は精神的に救われました。 とにかく色々とゴタゴタがあり、 通訳業務・翻訳業務に力を注ぎにくい１年でした。 ですが２００６年は挽回したいと思います。＜２００６年＞は、次の事に焦点を当てて営業・通訳活動して参ります：１）通訳業務の拡充（特に、a)商談通訳、 b) スポーツ大会(レスリング大会、柔道大会他)の通訳、 c) 大使館・領事館の通訳を積極的に獲得して参ります）２）企業向け英語研修・日本語研修の実施３）顧客ニーズの再度の掘り起こし４）人材育成（弟子の指導充実、翻訳者の独立を促します） ⇒２００６年は、新しい弟子の為にも、私は有能な通翻訳者として、 力を向上・維持させ、素晴らしい業績を残して参りたいと思います。 私はこの新規の弟子に賭けて今後の一年を送りたいと思います Ken Suetsugu
2005年12月31日
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◎ ひろみちゃん
◎ Friday Dec. 30thIn the evening, I had a dinner with one of my part-timers,named Hiromi-chan at a local pub.She has been working for me for over 4 years.I love her very much, because she's cute, unexpectedly smartand unsophisticated. She and I had a dinner after 9 months or more, and so I was very much delighted to have a dinner with her today. I found that she improved herself very much.She was a little bit selfish before, but I noticed thatshe became more generous, gentle and quickerto take appropriate action while enjoying dinner with her tonight.This is probably because she has experienced job-hunting activities.She's a senior at a local junior college, majoring in Education for infantsand young children. She would like to work at a kindergarten or nursing school. While doing her own job-hunting work, she must have successfullyadjusted herself to the actual severe society. This made me feel very happy about her and allowed her to eat and drinkanything she liked. I want to have a drink with her again.
2005年12月30日
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Dec. 28th & 29th
◎ Dec. 28th & 29thNow I give a winter special English training to my deshiduring this week except for Dec.29th On 29th, I had an English lesson with one of my correspondencestudents. She's originally from Chikuho and now lives in Fukuoka.On her way back to her parents' house for spending this wintervacation, she stopped over my apartment to get an English lesson. I used an English tape and a video of American News Show totrain her in English listening comprehension.She takes other two English courses in Fukuoka City.One of them is by my friend, a fellow interpreter. After the two-hour English training, the student and I, togetherwith the deshi, went to a local restaurant called "Yajirobei" toenjoy dinner. I think all of us had a good time together.
2005年12月29日
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◎直心是道場
＜英語・二刀一流＞通信 Vol. 14 Dec. 20th 2005 発行者：末次通訳事務所『直心是道場』：皆様はこの言葉をご存知でしょうか？これは『維摩経』にある言葉です。【修業（物事を正しく見極めようと）する心が有れば特別な修業の場所は不要である。何故なら、その様な心こそ、まさに修行するに適切な場所である】という意味の言葉です。私の座右の銘です（This is my motto.）。私流に言えば、「トレーニングは畳一枚で出来る」という事です。父親の野球の押し付けに反抗して高校時代から始めた柔道では、筋力トレーニングや投げ技等の練習を一人稽古でしておりました。実際「畳一枚」のスペースがあれば、工夫さえすれば体の色々な部位を鍛える事ができます。例えば「腕立て伏せ」は工夫次第で20通りの腕立てが出来ます。体を鍛える際に、ジムに通う方もいらっしゃいます。これは個人の考えの相違ですから、とやかく言う積りはありませんが、本当に強い志を持って体を鍛える場合は、ジムなどの他力本願に安易に頼るのでなくて、自分で出来る事は工夫を行って練習や運動を行い、自分でトレーニングしていく事が必要ではないでしょうか？◎英語練習も同様です。皆さん、新年の抱負で「さあ、今年は英語を勉強しよう！」と決意します。その後、皆様は何をされますか？英語会話の本を買いますか？英会話学校や留学を検討しますか？人間というものは、本当にやる気があれば自分で、練習方法などを工夫して、積極的に学習を進めて行くものであると思います。英語の学習では、なるべく他力本願式の英語学習方法ではダメだと思います。自分で色々な方法を生み出し、自分に合う練習方法で学習というレールを進む事が求められます。英語は自力本願でないと伸びませんし、向上しません。所詮、日本語も英語も言葉ですから、私たちの日常生活を題材にして、身近な物を使って英語の練習をする方が継続できますし、力がつきます。例）＊掛け算九九を英語で言う。 ＊車のナンバープレート・電話番号を英語で言う。 ＊通勤通学、移動中に目に見える光景を英語で言う ＊スーパーチラシの説明。 ＊電車の中吊広告見出しやテレビのCMなどを英語で言う ＊喫茶店などで、他人の会話を英語にしてみる、等など練習手法は 沢山あります「実力・技術力」は、自分の創意工夫で行う練習の積重ねでのみ培われるものです。たとえ外国人と話せる環境を活してどんどん英語の練習をしたとしても自力で英語力を伸ばせる様に、自分の創意工夫がありませんと、英語は伸びません。『初心の程は無尽に稽古すべきなり』（『正徹』）これも好きな言葉です。【初心者であるうちは、無限に稽古すべきである】との意味合いです。英語でも武道でも実行・実践することにより真の眼が開かれます。身の回りの題材を活用して、日々英語を練習したいものですね。
2005年12月29日
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◎Vending Machine!!
◎ Tue. Dec. 27thOne of the dreadful things happened in my mom's store.As you may know, she runs a small shop, about 500 metersaway from my apartment. This day when I dropped in at her shop, I saw two workersfrom a major vending machine company working on a newvending machine. I just thought she was replacing an oldvending machine with a new one, and so I asked her ifshe was doing so. The answer was not what I had thought. Her shop has 5 or 6 vending machines.Two of them are for tobacco.The rest for beverages. One of the beverage vending machines was brokenNOT WHOLLY BUT PARTIALLY.Because someone (one or more thieves) tried to breakthe vending machine to take some money or productsaway from it in the previous night.Fortunately no money or products were deprived.The vending machine was heavy-duty and thief-proof. (頑丈で、簡単に中まで破られない）When I heard this news, I got mad. Since she didn't suffer from any actual damages(money orproducts), she did not report this case to the local police.I wish I had been there in the night when the thief(thieves) tried to break the vending machine. If so, I would've thrown them harshlyon the concrete ground, give them a submission hold named "十字固め" to capture, control and surrender them to the police. Guys, do you come to know why I live close to my parents' house with her shop? This is because I think I have to protect them fromsocial evils. Ken Suetsugu
2005年12月27日
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Still Under Adverse Influence
This is the first day of the last week of this month and this yearYear of 2005 has been passing in a flash to me.（すごく早い一年でした） I started this year with the unexpectedly shocking incident, as you may know.（今年はとても例のショックな事からスタートしました）I have been still shocked and under the adverse influence(悪い影響) of the memory about this incident.（まだショックが続いております）Actually I have been so shocked that I lost my energy to keep my businessthought I would close my businessaround May or June.(5-6月に廃業を考えたほどです)(Some of my friends and students know this and have been encouraging me.) Actually, I still feel upset and shocked mentally even now.This seems to deteriorate my communication skills with young or new people. But I came to think that crying over spilt milk gets me nowhere.(過去の事を思ってもしょうがない) Today, in the morning, I had an argument with one of my customers.The company is a local electronics manufacturer.Every section in this company has a poor system for ordering usdocument translation. They usually give us orders very urgently.So, I criticized it and then advised them how to place an orderin a better manner. But they got upset at me.I don't care I lose this company, because I think I am right in this matter. By the way, I have not been feeling well since this morning.I would like to stop writing now. ------------------------Ken
2005年12月26日
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Buddha / to be Buddha
◎ Sunday. Dec. 25th Today is Christmas which many people around the world must be celebrating.People in Japan also think of this day as a special event religiously or personally or commercially. Especially, young couples, most of them think so.But I dare to say why we celebrate earnestly the birthday of Christ only.I know that one of the main reasons is commercialism. I think we should think of April 8th as highly as Dec. 25th.April 8th is the birthday of Buddha, called "お花祭り".Seems to me that April 8th is now made light of comparing to Dec. 25th. I am insisting this not because I graduated from Bukkyo University. In principle, I don't follow any religion at all.（基本的に、私は無神論者です）If I should be forced to choose one sector of Buddhism to follow,I would follow Zen Buddhism.（但しあえて言うのであれば禅には興味があります）Every person has two sections in its mind: evil mind and good mind. Buddha is not a superman or a symbol of supernatural phenomenon.(お釈迦様は、スーパーマンでも超常現象の象徴でもありません）He trained his mind very hard, developed his good mind only and became completely free from influence of evil mind.So, all we have to do is to train ourselves to develop our owngood-mind-section through our daily lives.This is, I think, that Buddhism preaches us.In fact, if a person has successfully developed his good mind onlyand been free completely from any influence of his bad mind orearthy desires, this person should be qualified to be called Buddha. As you know, I admire Musashi Miyamoto, not because he was just strong, but because he was a man of self-discipline.MIYAMOTO, Musashi tried to be a Buddha in the way of swordsmanship.
2005年12月25日
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◎Diary (Dec.24th) Christmas Party
★ Christmas Message Got up at 7:00, checked e-mails and read a newspaper for any useful information. I found a page of messages between family members,couples and friends who express their gratitude and love to their mates.I will use these messages as a translation drill later. I had two English lessons with two school teachers at 9:00 and 10:00 individually. In the first lesson, we read BUSINESS WEEK together.I love this magazine which contains lots of plain verbs.I am going to send list of useful expression to you all sometime next week. ★Christmas PartyIn the afternoon, I went to my deshi's house to join a Christmas party there.I wore SANTA CLAUSE costume for the first time in my life.Her students, elementary school students, her cousins and her sister joined the party.We enjoyed good taste of cake and sweets, and did several games.I joined the party just to add fun to the party.So, if they thought they had a good time, I don't haveanything to say. As a Santa Clause, I brought so manypresents for the kids and the sisters. I played catch with two of the elementary students.I enjoyed this very much, teaching them how to throwa curve pitch. I have my own method to throw a curve.Usually a pitcher has to twist his wrist when he throwsa curve. This method may hurt his elbow and wrist.But if he follows my method, he doesn't have totwist his wrist. If you are interested in my way ofthrowing a curve, please call me. I will teach you how to throw a curve.My own curve pitch does not just curve. It also drops about 50 cm before a batter.Sometimes it curves and drops. This is what I call ＜末次 ドロップ＞. I do want to teach this curve to my son, when I have himin the future. But I've already given up marriage.So I have to find local baseball players to teach them this curve.------------------------------------------------------★Tutoring and My IntentionBy the way, early this summer, I introduced some children tothis deshi who had wanted to tutor as a part-time job. These kids are children of my adult students.Teaching English is also a good English training.That's why I strongly recommended her to do this.Plus, I had another reason to recommend her to do the tutoring.Their parents run their own businesses.They have a wide variety of connection with peoplein various fields. If the deshi can have a good relationship withthe students and their parents, she can have a good connection with(or have a good opportunity to know) many other people aroundthe parents. Such a wide connection will surely help her in thefuture. This is what I have been aiming at. At this stage, things are going well as I thought.This deshi is a college student and might be a little bit too youngto understand my deeper intention, but I hope that she will be able to understand my intention and goodwill more deeply and clearly as the time goes by. When she understands my goodwill more deeply and clearly, she will appreciate me more highly than she does now. I may have to wait for only a few years to pass until then,but I am strongly hoping that she will become a fine English communicator sometime soon in the future, taking every opportunity she gets from me and others. Today's Christmas Party was a lot of fun and was a good opportunity for me to think how I should be as her sisho(mentor). In addition, I really appreciate her for inspiring me to work harder.So I've decided to work harder for her at any cost. ----------------------------------------------------------KEN SUETSUGU
2005年12月24日
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Divorce
◎ Thursday, Dec. 22nd☆ Divorce of UCHIDA, YukiToday I got surprised at a news that a couple of UCHIDA, Yukiand Mr. Yoshioka got divorced.Uchida-san is my type: cheerful, active, short hair and big round eyes. So when they got married, I envied Mr.Yoshioka. I know him very much because he played "Mitsuo"in a famous movie titled "男はつらいよ".I heard that they got married after only a few years ofdating. They are not an exception. I hear that the number of young couples who get divorced has been increasing in recentyears. One of the possible reasons for this is, I guess, that such ayoung couple hadn't developed much deeper and firmerrelationship and communication before they married.These young couples are too optimistic.I have an impression like this:They marry just because they like or love each other.I think love is not the reason for marriage.Love is surely important for marriage but should be a reasonfor it.Today I was busy in preparing for a Christmas party to beheld on Dec. 24th at my deshi's house.I am really looking forward to this.I received 25 copies of two DVDs: Mocking Bird(アラバマ物語) andAn American Paris(パリのアメリカ人) each.I am going to send a copy of each film to you, correspondencestudents. These are Christmas presents to you all.
2005年12月22日
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◎Favorite Verbs
◎ Wed. Dec. 21stEvery Wednesday is the day of my English lessonwith the young deshi of mine.Today I taught her how to say things in English usingplain verbs, recommending her to use plain verbs more.For example, 「姉はOLです」.My sister works for a company.「田中さんは高校の先生です」⇒ Tanaka-san teaches at a high school.S＋V＋O is one of the most effective andefficient forms of English sentence, I think when we express ourselves. Besides, this form fits the logic of English.Once we get used to this idea, we will be able to communicatein English more easily.Then, in a section called "Today's Expression",I taught her how to use this verb "fix".I love this verb, since it has lots of uses.Guys, do you have any favorite words, especially verbs?I love the following verbs:"have, give, get, take, turn, inspire, fix, catch drive, back, move, run, send... etc."These are all we learned in our junior high school days.They form the core of English expressions.Guys, let's use them as many times as possibleto give life to your English expressions.Ken Suetsugu
2005年12月21日
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◎Dec.20th
◎ Tue. Dec. 20thWoke up at 4 a.m. and read a book in futon until 7:00 a.m.Just before 7:00, I turned on TV and checked the horoscope-ranking. Libra(てんびん座) is my star.Today Libra was in the second position which made me a littlebit happy. I sometimes check this ranking for fun.This morning I translated an abstract of a medical paperfrom Japanese into English. It took about an hour meto finish it. Then, I went to my fellow translator's house totalk with him about the occupational school.I asked him to call them today or tomorrow.They will have a job interview with him and discusswhat he is asked to do as a new lecturer.I crossed my finger , praying that he could get a teachingjob there.Came home around the noon and started to translateTaiwanese website into Japanese.In the afternoon, I had an English lesson with my deshi andher sister. I think we were able to have a good English trainingtoday. This deshi and her sisters will have a Christmas partywith her students. I'm going to join the party, wearing redclothes just like Santa Clause. I am really looking forwardto this party. This must be one of good opportunities for meto have a good communication with all of them.Comparing to the last Christmas season, I think I will be ableto enjoy this Christmas season much more with them.I have to thank from the bottom of my heart all the people around me. ---------------------------------------Ken
2005年12月20日
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show と accept
昨日は、弊社主催の無償英語練習会を実施しました。場所は、SOHOサポートセンター内です。参加された方は初参加の方ばかりでしたので、昨日は、弊社十八番の硬貨を使っての英語練習をしました。「～～もあれば～～もある」という表現で、例えば、「10円玉もあれば100円玉もある」と英語で言う場合、Some are 10-yen coins and others are 100-yen coins.となりますこの一連の表現で、次の言い方をご紹介します。「ここに色々な種類の硬貨があります。 表を向いているものもあれば、 裏向きのものもあります」 というのはどう言うでしょうか？硬貨の表・裏は、heads と tails ですからHere are many kinds of coins.(We have many kinds of coins here.)Some show heads and others show tails. ですねshow を使えるかがミソになります。このshow は、便利で、使い勝手があります。☆「お前の顔色見たら（嫌がっているのが）わかるよ」などと 言う場合は、Your face shows (you don't want to do this). という風に言えます。☆「あんた、パンツが見えようが！」という場合は、Your underwear is showing. と言います。もう1つ：「自販機に使える硬貨もあれば、使えない硬貨もあります」と言う場合、Some are accepted by a vending machine,and others aren't. ですねここで、 Some can be used--と言う方が多いのですが、それは間違いですね。一円玉であってもこれを自販機に入れる事はできます。（が、すぐに戻されます）ですからここで言いたい表現は、＜自販機に受け入れられるものとそうでないもの＞という事ですから accept を使えば良いですね。ご参照ください。ご質問は何なりとどうぞ。こうした言い方を是非覚えて於いて下さい。日常的にも、或いはビジネス上製品の特性を紹介する際に覚えておくと便利な言い方ですね
2005年12月20日
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Dec.19th Diary
◎ Mon. Dec. 19thGot up around 5:00 in the morning.I was very busy in the morning with lots of things to do.Washing clothes was one of them.（洗濯もその1つです）Since I don't have a washing machine at my apartment,I have to go to my parents' house to wash my clothes allthe time.Now, let me tell you why I don't have a washing machine,car or other large-sized scale electric home appliances.I didn't have an air-conditioner until this summer.This is because these were not necessary for a personlike me who wanted to stay here just for a while until hemoved to Tokyo（上京を前提に生活していた為）.But things have been changing and so I have to preparethem.Today I gave a 120 min.-long seminar at SOHO Support Center in Ten'jin, Fukuoka City. I taught many useful English expressions and how to make a good translation or interpretation to the participants.These participants were not regular members and tookmy seminar for the first time. They said that they hada good time with me.They will join another seminar of minewhich will be held on Jan. 30th.One of the participants was from Kanada Town.She was a very charming and cheerful lady whohad something around her(何かひきつける物がある）.(Speaking of attractiveness, my deshi has also somethingaround her.)After the seminar, I dropped by my occupational schoolto have a meeting with their chief teacher about my teachingnext school year. The school wanted to ask me to be responsible for two or three classes, but I had to turn down their offer, because it was really tough for me to do the translationand the teaching from Iizuka.Instead of turning down their offer, I introduced one of myfellow interpreter who lives in Kotake Town as my successor.（後任として、小竹町の英語通訳仲間を紹介した）I am sure that he will have a good job at this school.This school has a good atmosphere and students are very friendly and keen in studying.Then, I walked to Sony Plaza to buy presents for myfemale students and grandstudents(孫生徒).As many of you might not know this, but I used todeal with 東急ハンズ、ソニープラザ、西武ロフト and otherfancy goods or D.I.Y.good department stores when I workedfor an Osaka-based trading firm.I worked at Planning & Development Division(企画開発部), enjoyingmy right as a member of P & D Division to explore or developany type of new & potential products unlimitedly.（無制限に、可能性のある商材を開発できる権限があった）I found several new products with potential marketability anddistributed them to the above stores.Guys, do you know "TOGGLER", "PERMAGLASS", and "AGIP OIL"? They are just part of products I imported.TOGGLER is very famous and well-known buildingmaterial. （建築金物）PERMA GLASS is a high quality coating liquid for yourcars. It sold very much in those days.AGIP is an exclusively authentic lubricant oil for Ferrari.（フェラーリの純正オイル）---------------------------------------------KEN SUETSUSU
2005年12月19日
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How to Practice English in Our Daily Life?
◎ Saturday Dec.17th Today I joined Iizuka Toastmasters' Club.I was assigned to make a formal speech at the club.The following is the draft of the speech.Please enjoy it.---------------------------------------------------- ＜How to Practice English in Our Daily Life＞KEY WORDS: English command/ everyday material/ multiplication 英語力 身近な題材 九九 １）I am honored to be the first speaker of the last meeting of 2005.Let me start my speech with FOUR questions:1) Please raise your hands if you have been to other countries ONLY for studying English?2) Do any of you want to go to English-speaking countries ONLY for studying English?3) Please raise your hands if you go to or want to go to some English conversation schools to improve your English command. Now I have the last question: Have you all got your own way to develop your English command?―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――２）Whenever I meet new people and they come to know I am a translator, they ask me THIS QUESTION: Ken, you must have been to some English-speaking country for study before you became a translator. I always answer THIS QUESTION with pride. "No. Never."As you may know, I did NOT ever go to other countries for study.I ALWAYS trained myself to develop my English command ONLY HERE in Japan.I think that if you want to learn English, you don’t have to go to English-speaking countries or English conversation schools. Don’t get involved in their commercial competition. I think we can develop our English command up to a professional level here in Japan. If you really want to learn English, just use everyday materials as English training tools. I mean, MAKE THE BEST USE OF THINGS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE AROUND YOURSELVES. This is my motto: Don’t spend lots of money on English learning. Today I will talk about what I have done to develop my English command.Actually I developed myself various types of English training, using everyday materials and DID them all.But you can find one thing which runs through various types of my English training.3)Since this meeting has various levels of English speakers, so please allow me to talk about English training mainly for beginners: I have prepared one type of training for beginners today.―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――Now, I have two boxes in my mind: the size of which is around the same.Japanese Command Box and English Command Box. ＜I have two boxes＞ 1) ＜English Command Box＞２）＜Japanese Command Box＞ When I perform as an English translator, these two boxes are INTERCHANGED on and off automatically depending on who I speak for. Well, I have a question: What language do you use when you think?For example, ＜what should I eat for lunch?＞ ＜what should I do in this situation?＞When you think of these things in your mind, which language do you use? ＜◎人に訊く＞----Exactly! We use our mother tongue when we think.Japanese use Japanese when they think. It’s natural, I THINK-----------------4)How about this case?１、 ７、 ６、 ９ You see numbers on the white board:Kana, would you mind reading out these numbers IN ENGLISH as quickly as possible?You see, guys!!!As soon as she saw these numbers, she was able to read them out IN ENGLSH quickly as possible.AT THIS MOMENT, she recognized each number only in ENGLISH, NOT IN JAPANESE.I mean she thought in English. This principle is important and goes for all of us here.We are able to think in English when we have to read out simple numbers IN ENGLISH.AT THIS MOMENT, we can have an English Command Box in our brain.But the size is tiny, very small. So, if we develop this small English Command Box in our brain into the same size as OUR OWN Japanese Command Box, we are able to think in English and use English.5)So, what should we do to make the English Command Box as large as our Japanese Command Box? It’s very simple.Let’s say numbers in English EVERYDAY!!! This is a very good training.Speaking of numbers, we’ve already got a good material. It’s multiplication, what we call 九九. We all remember 九九. Therefore, we don’t have to spend a penny, even one yen coin on English training. This is called 末次流, which shines all the time in the darkness of the way of English training. Here is a multiplication table.(I must show the table of multiplication) 9 X 4 =9 X 5=9 X 6= Don’t you think it’s a little hard to think in English?So it is a very good training as a step to think in English, get used to English and develop our English command. I have many other types of English training. I will talk about them next time.If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me!
2005年12月19日
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続・京都英語旅行記
遅れ遅れになっていますが、8月16日～19日に亘りましての京都英語研修旅行の報告を再開します：◎ ２日目 ８月１７日（水曜日）＜途中から＞参加者は １）末次、 ２）受講者 Iさん（大学生英文科） ３）その妹さん（中学生） ４）受講者 Fさん（大学生英語科）二日目は、金閣寺での英語練習、この旅行のメインイベントです。ルートは＜大徳寺→佛教大学（お昼）→金閣寺→竜安寺＞という日程でした。金閣寺では、１６－１７歳くらいの3人の男子と話して、写真をとり、前回はそこまでご紹介しました。＊Fさんが、とにかくその男子の1人が格好いい（COOL）といってキャーキャー言っていました。ちょうど、金閣寺を池を挟んで望む場所でのことでした。ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー１）その後、周回ルートに沿って移動し、カナダ人の姉弟に話し掛けました。最初、お姉さんが1人で歩いていたのですが、受講者のIさんが、Where are you from?などと話し掛けていました。Iさんは、自己紹介で、「自分は大学生」、という事を言ったあとに、その女性は、"What do you want to be after (graduating your school) ?"と訊いている様っでした。この方は大阪ナンバのNOVAの先生とのことでした。そして、その女性を少し追い抜いて歩いていると、外国人の男性が、樹木に止まっているセミをカメラでとっていましたので私が、気軽に "Have you got a nice shot?"と声をかけ、話を始めました。姉と一緒に来ているんだ、と言う事で、先の女性とこの男性は姉弟 と言う事がわかりました。色々と撮影をしている様でしたので、See you later,と言う事で、私たちは先に進みました。このルートの先に、御茶屋がありますが、そこで休憩し、お茶や菓子を食べていると、先ほどの姉弟が通りかかったので、一緒に休憩しましょう、と声をかけ、私たちの席にやってきました。これが、私が今回の旅行で一番作りたかった状況でした。3人の受講者にどんどん英語で話をさせようと思っていた為です。2人は、姉：Tarsha ノバの先生 弟： Andrew 大学生、West Ontario Univ. コンピューターサイエンス専攻 9月から4回生になるとのことでした。 皆、色々と話し掛けていました。私が兼ねてから疑問に思っていた英語表現の質問をしました：1つは、presentです。これを動詞として 普通に、モノをプレゼントする、という風に使っても誤解が生じないか、日本語で言いたい通りに通じるかを確認したかったのです。Ken: I have two questions about English expression: "My grandma presented me this watch when I entered the high school." In this expression, is it correct to use "present" as verb?T: "present" is too formal. You can say "In the graduation ceremony, the clock was presented." But we don't say "present" amongus(family/friends).K: Next question comes from a Quiz show. "Which plays for Yankees, Matsui or Ichiro?" In this expression, "which" is a correct word ? or "who plays for--?" is correct?T: "Who--" is correct. Also, "which player is--?" is OK. but we don't say "which plays--?"つまり、どちらが～ですか？などと尋ねる場合には、which を単独で使わず、which player --? とかwhich one is--? と言う形式になる、と言う事でした。初歩的な内容でしたが、これを確認したかったのです。ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーその後、Ｆさんが、「有名な日本人は誰ですか？」と言う意味合いで、Who is famous Japanese? と2人に尋ねました。でもこれは、通じません。＜カナダでの有名な日本人＞と言わねば成りませんからWho are famous Japanese in your country? となります。ターシャさんは、日本にいますので、色々と知っている様でした。ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー２）その後、2人と別れて、今度はお土産店の並びでオーストラリア人のカップルに出くわしました。おみくじを読んでいる様でしたので、Shall I traslate that intoEnglish? と話し掛け、それを英語に通訳しました。その後、旅行の話になり、オーストラリア人の女性が次の事を言いました：W: I also would like to go to Kumamoto.Ken: Why?W: Because I like Musashi Miyamoto. I want to visit a cave in Kumamoto.これは、我が同志を得たり！という感じでした。熊本を訪ねたいという外国人は多いのですが宮本武蔵先生ゆかりの史跡に行く為です。私の得意分野ですから、短時間ながら色々と紹介がてら話し、名刺を渡しました。☆先のターシャさんも、このオーストラリアの方も 今、電子メールで連絡を取り合っています。春に、再び、同じメンバーで上洛しますので、大阪で、ターシャさんにお会いしたいと思っています。ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー3)その後、竜安寺に向かいました。IさんとFさんがヨーロッパの方と話していました。私は、カメラマンをかってでて、その他数名の外国人と話し、写真をとりました。ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーその後、お土産を買いに、新京極に出かけました。河原町三条で、バスを降りましたが、そこに、竜安寺であった人とまた会いました。市立美術館に行きたいとのことでしたので、次の様に説明しましたK: Cross the street and walk a little along the street backward." ＜道を渡って、進行（今来た）方向とは逆に少し歩いてください＞ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー新京極では、洋服などの女性群はお買い物に熱心で、一方私は音楽ショップに入り、受講者の方向けのお土産を買いました。受講者の中に、ビートルズがお好きな方がいらっしゃいますので貴重な映像のDVDを購入しました。ご飯を食べたあと、Fさんが占いに入りましたので、待っている間、子供連れの外国人と出くわしました。そのお父さんと話しました：おもちゃをお子さんに買いに出てきた様でした。Ken: Do you speak Japanese?F: A little.K: You mean you live in Japan.F: Yes, I married Japanese 5 years ago.と言う流れになりました。 三日目へ）---------------------------------------------また、春に、京都に参ります。★今度は、受講者の方も腕を上げているので、 更に良い練習になる旅行にしたいと思っています。ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーken suetsugu
2005年12月18日
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専門学校
◎Friday, Dec. 16thToday I had to have two English classes at the occupationalschool(専門学校） located at 大名.My school is located near 一風堂, one of the famous ramen restaurant in Japan, just 200 meters away fromthe school.I was supposed to be at the school by around 9:00 inthe morning, because my class was to start at 9:20 a.m.This was a supplementary class(補講).I caught a 7:55 bus at 新飯塚駅前 to go to 天神.Since this bus was supposed to get to at 天神、a 5 min.walkaway from 大名, around 8:50, I though I would be intime for the class. This bus goes through Yakiyama Bypass, an express way through Mt. Yakiyama.But I made one big mistake.This morning, the bus was caught in a heavy traffic jam due to snow fall. It took around over 90 minto get to 天神. So I was late for the class.I did not expect this at all and so I got perplexed.I should've taken a train to go to Fukuoka City.I had another English class in the afternoon.I am in charge of TOEIC Class.There are three teachers who are responsible forthis class, including me. So there are three classunder TOEIC Class. I am in charge of lowest levelof students.Today our class was the last class of this year.So we had a joint Christmas Party.In the Christmas Party, we did some games,watched a movie, Mr. Bean and exchange presentswith each other.I also prepared several presents for students.I think we had a good time together.Came home around 19:00 and had an English lessonwith a high school student.During the lesson, I taught her how to read English as quicklyas possible!!!By the way, I want to stop teaching at an occupational schoolas a guest lecturer. It is very tough for me to do the translation workand teaching. But today, they asked me to do teaching another year.I will have a meeting on Dec. 19th with them and probably I willsay that I will not renew my contract for another year.Instead, I will introduce my fellow interpreter as my substitute.
2005年12月16日
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◎Dec. 15th Diary
Got up around 6:00 in the morning!!Soon after getting up, I powered on my PC to check new emails.These days, I have received a great number of spam e-mails whichalways bother me very much.I had an English lesson with one of my fellow translators at 10in the morning.He went to China last week and so he showed me photos ofhis trip to China.After that, I had to confine myself to my apartment,doing the translation. I translated some information aboutMonde Selection, a famous worldwide quality competition on foods.According to the information, Japan has taken the first place for its widest variety of foods presented and the quality of these foods.I also translated the speech made by the president of theMonde Selection Executive Committee. He said that he enjoyedJapanese sake very much on a daily basis. After several months ofenjoying sake, he noticed that his hair began to grow.It was an interesting or funny story for me.I finished the translation in the evening.Then, I went shopping in a local supermarket named"Aso". Usually, around this time of a year, I make "oden" to eat.But this year, I don't make oden. I don't know why.While I was waiting for rice to be cooked, I prepared for the second-term exam at an occupational college where I teach English now.It was a troublesome work.I drank too much shochu tonight.------------------------------------Ken Suetsugu
2005年12月15日
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A friend from Oita
◎ Wed. Dec.14th Dec. 14th is well-known as the day of Revenge of 47 Samuraisfrom Ako on Kira.(赤穂浪士の仇討ち)I wanted to enjoy a movie of their story today, but I didn't.I had to enjoy my translation work, instead. Today I did the translation work all day long, listening tothe public hearing (証人喚問) of four people allegedly involvedin the false building construction calculation. Seemed to me that the four people and others who weren'tsummoned to the hearing worked together for this cheating. Around 6:00 p.m. the deshi came here to take my Englishlesson. Today we learned how to express things in Englishin a very efficient and effective manner. This deshi shows megreat potentiality to take over my translation method,and so I am very happy about this.(私の流儀を引き継げる高い可能性がありますので嬉しいです） At the end of the lesson, I gave her lots of fancy goods（雑貨）which will be used as presents at her own Christmas Partyshe plans to hold for her own students. ☆ A Friend from Kokonoe-Town, OitaI had received those fancy goods from a friend of minewho lives in Kokonoe Town, Oita. She is also a pupil of mine.The friend works at a local gas station as a part timer and receivesmany sales promotional items or goods（販促品） from its oil suppliers（仕入先）.Sometimes she gives them to me, because I want to usethem as presents when I do story-telling called "Kami-Shibai"in English for local children at local elementary schools orkindergartens sometime in the future. ☆Encounter in SummerOne day in summer, 7 years ago, when I was walking around JR Hakata Station, I met her. We were waiting for the green light at the same side of the street. It was a hot day. She wore in black suits as if she had had to go to a job interview, what we call "リクルートスーツ". So, I talked to her, "It's tough to wear in black on a hot day like today, isn't it ? You MUST have a job interview today." She replied "Yes!". Then, the traffic light turned into green and we walked across the street. I began to walk faster than she did, handing my business card(名刺）to herand saying to her "If you have any trouble, please call me".It was the start of our relationship. We've had lots of things since then.When I tell this story to people, they call it "girl-hunting"(ナンパ).But it is NOT "nampa". Now we are very good friends. It took me at least one year to be able tohave a good communication with her. She's 10 year younger than I am.She is a nice person. It seems that I can have a longer relationship with those who I meton the streets than those who I meet at other places or throughother opportunities. It's a mystery about me. --------------------------KEN SUETSUGU
2005年12月14日
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Dec. 13th
◎ Tue. Dec. 13th ☆ English Lesson with my Deshi:Today I had an English lesson with one of my deshis.Actually she has English lessons for two days of a weekif she is available on Tuesday. Today we focused on pronunciation, intonation andrhythm of English.I introduced her the following information, which is thebeginning of an essay. It goes as follows: ☆ Essay【"Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers" is a nationalproject launched in 1965 to help nation-building in developingcountries by personal contacts.Young volunteers are selected from among those who haveknowledge and skills in particular vocational fields.】 I think this essay has a good structure. I like this essay.That's why I picked out this essay. We practiced reading out this essay again and again,paying careful attention to articulation, pronunciation andintonation. Guys, I recommend you to learn this essay by heart.This essay must be a good model to introduce yourorganization, business etc. We also practiced pronouncing words containing"r-sound". ☆New Goal to AchieveAfter several weeks of consideration,I have found a new goal to me. I would like to employ this deshi, train her very hard so that she will be able to stand on her own as an English translator or communicator, only if she agrees. For this purpose, I have to rearrange my office as a corporateorganization first. I will try my best, I promise.I have decided to train her for as long as ten yearsin the most sincere and honest manner and gentleman.ship. ----------------------------------------------------KEN
2005年12月13日
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◎bullet-proof/fire-proof/foolproof
一昨日、"Mr. & Mrs. Smith"を観て参りました。その中で、次の言い方がありました。It's "bullet-proof."これは、bullet （弾丸）をproofした特性の～（モノ）」という意味合いです。"proof " は、この場合は、"giving or having protectionagainst something harmful or unwanted. という意味合いで＜害を与える事や望ましくない事に対して、 保護を行う、或いは、保護特性をもつ＞と言う意味合いです。つまり、「耐性がある」と言う事です。bullet-proof glass/ vest は、防弾ガラス/防弾チョッキ ですねーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーこの言い方は、製品の特長紹介の際に見かけます。This watch is water-proof. 耐水性This safe is fire-proof. 耐火性 scratch-proof 傷が付きませんThis room is sound-proof. 防音室です。という意味合いですね★同じ様な言い方で、foolproof と言う言い方があります。間違った方向に進まない⇒確実な、という意味合いですねWe finally reached to this foolproof plan after a long discussion.「長い話し合いの末、ようやく、確実な計画にたどり着いた」こうした言い方を是非覚えて於いて下さい。日常的にも、或いはビジネス上製品の特性を紹介する際に覚えておくと便利な言い方ですねken
2005年12月13日
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◎How Should LOVE & SEX be?
◎ Mon. Dec. 12th Today I had two appointments: one at my occupational schooland another one at Taiwan Trading Center.I had to give an English class today as a make-up class（補講） in the afternoon today. After that, I had a short meeting with the trade centerabout translation business. On my way home, I found DVDs of good & old movies.I bought two copies of a movie. Speaking of movie, I ordered two kinds of movies for all of you.When I get them, I will send them to you all as a ChristmasPresent from me. PLEASE LOOK FORWARD TO IT. Got home around 6:00 p.m.Talked with my friends on the phone for quite a long time.They are my good advisers. I asked them for assistanceabout my private matters. Suddenly, when I was checking e-mails, I got a new e-mail froma friend of mine. She is around 20. She asked me for money--100,000 yen--urgently. She said that she needed the money for receiving an operationfor abortion（中絶手術）. I got stunned at this news.I am not her boyfriend. Please don't worry or misunderstand. I told her that her boyfriend should be fully responsible for the costs, if he really wants her to get the operation. These days, I hear that many young men tend not to use rubber(コンドーム) when making love with their girl friends. I also hear that if their girl friends become pregnant, many of them discard their girlfriends.I just hope that the boyfriend of this lady will take the full responsibility to take care of her. For young ladies, I just strongly hope that they will take the best care of themselves（自分を大事にして）, they won't easily have a sex even with their beloved boyfriends before confirming the strong, everlasting love and affection which the boyfriends should show to them (彼氏側の強い、不変の愛情をしっかり確かめるまで、容易にセックスしないで欲しい), and they will have a good love. Half of my students are young ladies. So I just hope so.Because young men are usually hungry for sex.(Ｈに飢えている)(I used to be (and might still be) one of them and so I think I know what they want.(自分も他人の事は言われませんが、だからこそ、よく判ります）ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーKen Suetsugu
2005年12月13日
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Mr.&Mrs. Smithほか
★ Mr. & Mrs. Smith I had a good news and a bad news TODAY: The good news was that I enjoyed one of the latestmovies titled, "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" at TOHO CINEMASin AEON Nogata with my students.It was an exciting movie, but its story development was a little bit monotonous（ちょっと単調であった）.It was about 120min. movie, but I felt it was too longer. Comparing to "Rhapsody in Blue", the 140-min. Gershwin's story,which I sent you all as a present, Mr.& Mrs. Smith made me feelthat it was a little bit longer.I feel that Gershwin's story is shorter than Mr.& Mrs. Smith,even though the former is actually longer than the latter,since the development of the story is multiplicate(多面的). I hadn't better describe (言わん方がいい)the story now, since you may watch this movie from now on. Mr. & Mrs. Smith is sort of a typical current Americanmovie, I mean, Shoot'em-Up Movie(撃ち合いの映画), I guess. Starts with sex scene and ends in violence. I like sex scenes of course, because I once was .......OOPS!!!!(I cannot say this now.) But I never like violent scenes. It was at least 7 years' interval for me to watch a movie at a theater , since I usually watch old movies includingStage Coach, Gershwin's story, and Miyamoto Musashi at home. The bad news is that... OOPS AGAIN !!! I cannot tell about it.Let me cut it off!!! I got home around 3:00 p.m., then I did a translation workuntil late at night, eating nothing all day long.When I got home, I was in the blue so that I was not able to eat anything at all. I couldn't sleep a wink, either. (一睡も出来ませんでした）
2005年12月11日
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Plan to Start Shogi Class & SAMBO
◎ Sat. Dec. 10th Today I had five English lessons.Got very tired. In one of the lessons, we sang some songsof Mother Goose. It was a lot of fun.We enjoyed its wonderful English rhythm. I am now planning to start 将棋教室 for children. I love shogi as you all know and love to teach shogi to children.If I start shogi class, I will do this free of charge, of course. One of my students is a junior high schoolgirl. She has a younger brother, 11-year-old boy.This boy likes shogi very much.Whenever we meet, we play shogi (actually I advise himhow to control the opponent while playing).Every time I play shogi with him, he shows improvement.He's become stronger and more tactical.I am very delighted to see his improvement. I am planning to open shogi class for children next month. Speaking of classes other than English,two days ago, I got an inquiry from a man in Kitakyushu.He said in his e-mail that he would like to learn "sambo",which is Russian style of judo, from me. These days I haven't had enough time to exercise anddo grappling martial arts such as judo, sambo and wrestling.But taking this inquiry as a good opportunity, I think I willget back to the martial arts after several years. The following shows the results of my martial arts matchesI had 5 years ago. １）１９９７年の第３回全日本コンバットレスリング選手権 ６９ＫＧ大会の結果 ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー×末次賢治（講道館／アマレス、柔道３段、サンボ）［スリーパーホールド］○久保田健介（和術慧舟會／空手、和術３年）ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー２) ○阿部晋治（チームΩ） 70.0kg (1’09" 三角絞め) ●末次賢治（講道館）70.2kg主催者記事：「ヤー！」という気合と共に講道館柔道家・末次選手が [巻き込み一本背負い]でテイクダウンを奪うものの、阿部選手にスウィープされる。(寝技で逃げられる)寝技の展開になり、末次選手はカメになって押え込ませず縺れ合う間に再び上になるも、阿部選手が冷静に三角絞めを極めて一本勝ち。ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーこの試合は、当時の私の生徒が、彼氏と一緒に見に来てくれました。この試合、開始早々から、必殺技の「末次式背負い投げ」で巻き込んで投げました。で、ポイントをとり、有利に進めてました。が、いかんせん、練習不足（特に寝技の）で頭では判っているものの、相手の動きに体が言うことを利かず、「三角絞め」を下から決められてしまいました。相手ともつれる中で、私は十八番の「アキレス腱固め」を狙ってましたが、首回りを油断していたので下から三角を決められました。情けない終わり方です。背負いで投げた後、立ち技で勝負すべきでしたね。私は寝技は得意で、上手いのですが、練習してないと出来ませんね。 お笑い下さい。If I practice harder, I will get back in shape and be much stronger than I was. Ken Suetsugu ----------------For your reference:Three years ago, I was invited to the following game: ■2002年４・２５ CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF 木口道場 ＜大会プログラム＞１、少年少女レスリング公開練習デモンストレーション ・主なスパーリング参加選手：飯島昌子、宇野薫、五味隆典、山本聖子 ２、会長・来賓挨拶。歴代門下生と特別ゲスト選手（現役／非現役）紹介 ３、複合マッチ：３分２Ｒ制（１Ｒ：サンボ／２Ｒ：コンバットレスリング） ・中山博ｖｓ松本秀彦 ・草柳和宏ｖｓ竹内出 ・梶泰章ｖｓ末次賢治 The result of this is as follows: ◇複合マッチ：3分2R制（1R：サンボ / 2R：コンバットレスリング） ○松本秀彦 ×中山博 2-0 (1R 松本：4-0 / 2R 松本：2-0) ×草柳和宏 ○竹内出 0-2 (1R 竹内：4-2 / 2R 竹内：三角絞め) ○梶泰章 （こちらはプロの格闘家です）×末次賢治 2-0 (1R 梶：腕ひしぎ十字固め / 2R 梶：ヒールホールド) Because of lack of daily practice and aging,I lost the games one after another several years ago. KEN
2005年12月10日
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To Stay or Not to Stay
◎ Fri. Dec. 9thToday I was busy in translating a certain web sitefrom English into Japanese all day long.The web site contains a great number of informationon Taiwanese companies and their products.I translate corporate information and product information now.-------------------------------------------Currently I have to do both sales promotionalactivities and translation work at the same time.It is very tough. So, I am a sales person as well as a translator.Ideally, I would like to focus more on translation workfor the time being until I am able to fully recoverthe loss I suffered this year.But, at the same time, I have to do sales promotion so that I can secure translation orders several months ahead.If I employ one of my deshis I expect to work at my office,I would like to focus more on sales promotional activitiesand get as many orders as possible for the deshiand me.-----------------------------------★Determination:Some of my pupils asked me if I would close my office in Iizuka and leave for Tokyo soon or not.They must have read my diary last week.After several days of worrying over this issue,I decided to stay here for at least several yearsuntil my last deshis will be able to get good andpractical skills enough to work on their own asindependent translators.Besides, I have a good young student who would like tobe a pro-transaltor in the future after school.I have also decided to teach this student all I've got, ranging from translation skills to sales promotionalstrategies, so that the student will be a really great English communicator and business owner sometime in the future.After seeing them standing on their own, I willmove to Tokyo and work there, hopefully as a simultaneousinterpreter for broadcasting stations, for several years.So, ladies and gentlemen, especially those whoare in Chikuho District, please be rested that I willbe with you for several years to come.--------------------------------------------Ken Suetsugu
2005年12月10日
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＜have + 目、耳、鼻＞
今日は、私の十八番の言い回しをご紹介します。それは ＜have + 体の器官＞です １）have an eye for ～： ～を見る目がある と言う事でしたね。I think I have a better eye for paintings.「自分としては、絵画を見る目はあると思います」２） good を poorに変えるとI am afraid that I have a poor eye forpaintings.[悪いばってん、絵画とか判らんと] となります。３）目でなくて 鼻になりますと have a good nose ： 鼻が利く・嗅覚に優れる a poor nose : 嗅覚は良くない となります★have an eye には、上記以外にも、色々な意味合いがあります。4) have an eye to--- ：～に注意をする という意味ですね。You must have an eye to spelling, when you write toyour teachers.「先生方にお手紙を書くときは、綴りに気を付けなさいよ」 となりますね★★ これまで、目、鼻 と来ましたので、次に、耳を取り上げます。4) have a good ear ： 耳が良い となりますね。 have a ear for ～ ： ～（音楽などの）理解がある となります。☆ This boy has a wonderful ear for notes.「この子は、音符を聞き分けられます：音感がよい」となります。☆ I have a very good ear for classical music.「クラシック音楽に詳しい」 という意味ですね☆ I am afraid that I have a poor ear for classicalmusic. 「ごめんなさい、クラシック音楽には疎いんです。」となります。☆ Aminals have a better eye, a better nose and a better ear than humans.「動物は、聴覚、嗅覚、視覚が、人間よりも優れている」 となりますね。上記に有馬須佐間に、聴覚、嗅覚、視覚という意味合い以外にもhave + 器官の表現には、実に色々な使い方と意味があります。次回以降も取り上げます。★★★無償添削問題 ★★★興味のある方は挑戦してみてください→１２月 ９日課題プロ野球選手の昨日のコメントです（新聞記事から） 『年俸の大幅ダウンについて佐々岡は「ダウンはある程度覚悟していた。 来季は年齢も年齢だし、 結果を出さないと辞めるという気持ち。」と引退覚悟で臨む覚悟を口にした』 このセリフ（赤字）を上手く英語に通訳して下さい： 上手く訳せた方（3名）に、名作映画のDVDをお送りします。＜＜弊社英語講座の受講者の方は必須の課題とします＞＞ ------------------------＜兵法・英語二刀一流＞末次通訳事務所 英語通訳 末次 賢治 拝
2005年12月09日
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FALCON
◎ Thu. Dec. 8th:★ Yabusame Performer:Yesterday(Dec.7th), I got a call from a local resident. He's one of my individual customers.This gentleman is a famous person in Chikuho District(筑豊地区)and probably a little bit famous in the world.He runs his own horse-riding club in Shonai Town,15min. away from Namazuta where I live, and he is a yabusame(流鏑馬) performer. Yabusame is a form of Japanese traditional martial performance, that is to say, archery on horseback. This gentleman is sometimes invited to other countries to show his performance there.★FalconHe asked me to translate an English video tapeinto Japanese.At first, I thought it would be a video introducing yabusame.But it wasn't. The vide was about falcon.Falcon??? I wondered why it was about falcon.He said to me, "I keep a falcon(ハヤブサ）, which suffers from a certain disease now. This is the second time thatthe falcon has suffered from a disease. Last time the birdwas sick, I took the bird to a local veterinary surgeon(vet:獣医）but the vet had difficulty in identifyinｇ what disease the birdsuffered from (病気の特定におうじょうした).Seems to me that even a local vet cannotdeal with a falcon, so recently I bought an English videotape which introduces us the types of diseases a falconeasily suffers from and how to protect the bird from such diseases. This time, the falcon has some spots on its legsand looks to be sick, and the video tape shows how todeal with the very similar symptoms to the ones my falcon has.So, would you translate that scene from English to Japanese firstand later please translate the whole explanation into Japanese for my reference?"Hearing his request, I said to him,"All right. Thanks for your inquiry.Anyway I need to check the scene you mentioned."He said that he would show up here in the afternoon tomorrow."That was what we talked yesterday (Dec.8th).-------------------------------------------In the morning when I was doing my translation work, I receiveda phone call from the customer who was supposed to be herein the afternoon today.He seemed to be in a hurry, saying that the falcon began tovomit (もどす) what it ate this morning and so he took an appointmentwith a local vet for his urgent inspection just ago.He said that he would like to drop in on me right now on his way tothe vet, asking me to orally translate the scene of the video from English into Japanese. Then, he would like to see the vet after understanding what the video explained.He added that the video also had a scene which showed a falconthrew up after eating.I said "All right, sir. I am waiting for you."The gentleman came here a while later, handing methe video.He and I started to watch the scene.This was the first time for me to watch a video about falcon.The video was shot in Dubai. This country is one of the leading growers of falcons. I didn't know this. According to the gentleman,lots of wealthy men keep falcons to show their own statusto others. He told me that the price of a falcon rangedfrom some million yen to hundred million yen. His own falcon was worth a luxury car(高級車一台分) and so he could not make the bird pass away easily.Despite some special terms I failed to understand,(because theywere names of viruses) I translated orally the scene from English into Japanese for him.After listening to my translation, he understood what was happeningto his falcon. He left here for the vet in Nakama City, 20 min away from here. He also asked me to translate the whole video for himand the vet.I have to translate the video by the end of this month.It might be a tough work for me, because I am not familiarwith falcon at all.－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－★ Negotiation for my deshi.In the evening, I visited a family. I once taught Englishto their 6-year-old dither two years ago.Only one time as a trial lesson.The girl was so clever and wrote down her name neatlywhen I had the class. Her mother was also smart and intelligent. So I remember them very well.But since then I 've had no chance toteach her English due to several reasons.In principle, I don't teach English to children.One of my deshis now tutors some children.She teaches them individually.One day she said that she would like to have one or two more students and I have wanted to introduce this girl to the deshi since early this summer They live close to each other and so it must be convenient for both of them to have English lessons.Plus, I think the girl must be an ideal student forthe deshi who is also smart and clever,too.Usually, in this case, I try to get in touch with them just by calling them,but I lost their phone number. I slightly remember where they live.(In fact, the deshi and I searched for their apartment in September)So I visited them again and talked directly to the mother.She remembers me very well. The mother seems to be still interestedin English education to her daughter.I talked to her about the deshi as a possible ideal teacher for her daughter.She asked me to make the deshi call her to have a meetingwith each other someday when the deshi has a time.I think this matter will go smoothly.------------------------------------------Ken
2005年12月08日
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touch で傷つく
ラグビーのシーズンになりましたが、touchdown の touch を取り上げます："touch" は、使い道の多い言葉ですね TOUCHは、根本の意味は、「接触する」 ということですが、それから意味が転じて、「接触して⇒モノを傷つける」 という意味があります。 ★英語の動詞は、＜動作の因果関係＞を表します： どうも英語の動詞は＜単に動作を意味する＞だけではなくて、＜動作を起こして、その結果どうなるのか＞という因果関係まで意味に含んでいる様な気がします。 今回は、まさにその好例で、接触する→そして、その結果傷つける という意味がTOUCHには、あります： ★霜で痛むThe frost touched flowers.「花が霜でやられた」となりますね ★プライドが傷つくMozart played the tune better than his rival. The rival's pride was touched.「モーツアルトは、ライバル以上に上手く演奏したので ライバルのプライドは傷ついた」となりますね ★貴重品が火事から逃れたThe scores were not touched by the fire.「楽譜は、焼かれずにすんだ」となります。 以上の様な使い方を覚えておかれて損はないでしょう。 ◎以下、お知らせです：★年末セールスキャンペーンを実施中です。 詳細は、以下のURLをご参照下さい↓ http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/niten/28001 ■□ 各種英語講義の配信サ―ビスのご案内 □■ ￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣ ★弊社講義を、営業（新規開拓、先方担当者掌握）の ツールにお使いください。 弊社・通信講座での各種講義を希望者に配信します。 月0円（無償）のみです：月ぎめで更新できます（年内にお申し込みいただきました方のみ永続無償(以降、2千円）） 末次通訳事務所では、ご存知の通り、英語の通信講座もしております。 通信講座では、色々な種類の講義と、添削用の課題を受講者に配信しております。これは、通信講座の月謝は5000円です。 が忙しくて、＜課題＆添削＞は手が回らないけれども、講義を読むくらいであれば、希望したいという方には上記の配信を行います。 先ずは、一週間お試しに無償配信し、宜しければ有償配信になります。 ★ 主に次の講義が配信されます ◎日替わり講義： ・発音講座 ・今日の通訳表現(日本語を上手く英語で表現する方法) ・単語講義 ・英語の読み方講義 ・簡単動詞の使い方 ・ほか定期に役に立つ事を配信します ◎毎日の配信講義・KenのDiary（英文日記）日記のサンプルをご覧になりたい方には、配信しますので、下記のメールにてご連絡ください。 平均しまして、毎月最低６0本の講義をお送りいたします。無償での配信申込は、今月一杯です。それ以降でのお申し込みは、１０００～２０００円にします。（その金額でもお得と思いますが） お気軽にご検討くださいませ。 ------------------------＜兵法・英語二刀一流＞末次通訳事務所 英語通訳 末次 賢治 拝
2005年12月08日
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◎Dec. 7th Diary 弟子と受講者
◎Wed. Dec. 7th★Definition (定義) of Deshi and Student 毎週水曜日は、私にとり実に楽しみな日です。弟子の１人との授業があるからです。この方は、私の「生徒」でなく、「弟子」です。Every Wednesday is a real pleasure for me.I have a regular English lesson to one of mydeshis. This pupil is my deshi, not student.I see "deshi" and "student" differently all the time.では、「弟子」と「受講者」の相違は何でしょうか？What does "student" set apart from "deshi"?思うに、「弟子」とは、私の生徒や見込みのある方で将来、プロの通訳翻訳者や英語を使うお仕事に就きたいと熱心な人である、と思っております。I define "deshi" as a student or a pupil of mine or a hopeful who wants eagerly to become a pro-translator or do work using English professionally in the future.一方、「受講者」とは、お仕事やその他の目的で、或いは、趣味として英語力を高めたいと思っておられる方を指します。On the other hand, I define "student" as a person whowants to improve his/her English command for their owncareer or for any other purposes , or even for fun.自分の弟子には、色々な英語関連の実利的なチャンスを与える事を旨としております。ご存知でしょうが。それは、仕事の面で自立を促す為ですI usually introduce as many practical opportunities related toEnglish or English conversation as possible to my deshis,as you may know, in order to make them stand on their own. 弊所の事業理念の１つは「通翻訳・志望者を育成し、就職や独立を支援する」事であります。One of the corporate purposes of my own office is totrain those who would like to be pro-translators or pro-English communicators and help them get employment orbecome independent translators in the future.私は教える事を通して、利益を得たり、金銭的な報酬を頂こうとは全く思っておりません。その代わり、私の指導により皆さんが得られるであろう喜びが私の目的となります。この事は私の理念であり、通信講座の皆様に対しても当てはまります。I am not after any profits or financial reward through my classes at all, but I am after the happiness they will get as the result of myinstruction. This is my firm principle and this also goes forcorrespondence students.-----------------------------------------------今日の授業では、先ず、英語の歌を２つ歌いました。発音やイントネーション練習にプラスになるものです。Today the deshi and I started our lesson with two English songs.These songs are useful for us to improve our pronunciationand intonation.そして、一息英語の発音練習をしました。After that, we practiced pronouncing short expressionssuch as "Give me a sec!" "Give me a five.", etc.次に、通翻訳練習をしました。本日は、短い通信文を日本語から英語に訳する練習をしました。効果的に英語に変換したり、英語で手紙を書く練習をしました。その際に、このお手紙原文に見える日本語の独特の論理性を取り上げて、これを如何に論理的に変換するかを教えました。このお手紙は私文書ですので、皆さんにはお見せ出来ませんが。Then, we moved on to the next training: Translation practice.Today we translated a short letter from Japanese intoEnglish. I introduced her how to translate or write the letter in English more effectively by use of logical thinking, introducing her typical patterns of Japanese logic shownin the original letter and how to change the Japanese logicinto English logic. I cannot show this letter to you, sinceit's a private letter.今日のお弟子さんですが、私が教えた事を理解した上で、今日の授業が楽しいものであれば、それで良いです。I hope that the deshi enjoyed our today's regular lessonwith me, understating deeply what I told to her.ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー以上です。ご参照ください。ご質問は何なりとどうぞ。
2005年12月07日
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◎Dec. 6th Diary 【入籍】
★Key Word： Entering into the spouse's family register(入籍) （配偶者（妻・夫））What a HAPPPY feeling I have today!!!!In the afternoon, when I checked for new e-mails,a happy message came to my address.It was from Chie, a part-timer of mine from Shimonoseki.This young lady is expecting now(おめでた).Please refer to my Nov.24 & 25th diaries about her.She said in her e-mail that she and her husband just returnedfrom their trip to the city hall to get herself into the familyregister of her husband. I mean that Chie entered into herhusband' family register （入籍した）.I am very happy to hear this news.She says that they have no intention to have their weddingceremony, because they want to spend money on their new lifenot on the event. But today is the day one for them as the legallymarried couple.I already sent them a set of small luck inviting Hakata dolls as a present the other day. But afar hearing this news,I would like to send something to them again to celebrate theirmarriage.I do love Chie as a precious friend of mine:Why???--- It's simple!I love this young lady; because 1) She's a lady of originality and uniqueness:(独自性がある) She has her own strong policy. She does not like to copy others. Neither do I.2) She is really creative: She designs and makes clothes like shirts. She knits many clothes to sell at a local shop. She is also going to apply her creativety to music management. I think she will manage or explore or develop some punk musicians in the future.2) She always improves herself. Chie was a little bit shy when she met new people several years ago. So, she did not show her smile to them, but I noticed that she became able to smile to new people she met year by year. When someone asked her to do some complicated work, she came to respond to the request with smile later. I am sure that she tried her best to improve herself. Now she is very cheerful and has got a good skill on how to enjoy social mingling.(社交術を身につけた).Some of my students know her and they are all surprisedhow nice she is and wonder how I did come to know her.Hopefully, I would like to introduce this young lady as myright-hand part-timer to you all someday in the future.This year, several pupils of mine and part-timers gotmarried. Hope that they will be happy forever.How about myself?I almost give it up, considering my age!!! What a life!------------------------------------Ken
2005年12月06日
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Dec.5th Diary!!!
◎ Mon. Dec. 5th.★ WeatherLast night, I went to bed, worrying a little bit aboutthe weather next morning.Woke up around 5:00. Then, I turned on TV to checkany weather report, wishing that it would be fineor free from rain or snow today.I had a dynamic schedule today.I had to go to two schools to have four English lessons:The first school was Yakiyama Elementary（八木山小）where I was supposed to have two classes just like I didback on Nov. 29th.The second school was an occupational schoolnamed, 福岡観光外語専門学校, Fukuoka Instituteof Tourism and Foreign Languages, where I had tohave two supplementary classes(補講）.----------------------------------------★Yakiyama Elementary SchoolThe weather news said that it would be snowing and coldall day long in Chikuho District. I looked the outsidethrough the window, but it was still dark.Two hours later, the sky was still dark and it was windy andsnowing. so I decided to take a bus to go to the elementary.Last week when I went to the same school, one of my friend & pupils, Nobuko, drove me there. But today I was alone.For your reference, Yakiyama Elementary is on the topof Mr. Yakiyama, an about 800m tall mountain and alongthe Yakiyama Mountain Pass. In the downtown ofIizuka we had little snow on the ground.I took a bus for the bus terminal at a nearby bus stop,which stands in front of my apartmnt, and changed the buses at the terminal.At the bus terminal, I found several high school boys and girlswere sitting on the ground, smoking in their school uniform.I got mad at this situation and shouted against them,telling them to stop smoking and go to school quickly. I got on a 8:50 bus to Yakiyama Elementary.It was an about 20-min. ride from the bus terminal.Streets, woods and rice fields in the top area of Yakiyama werecovered snow. This was the first snow piled un on the ground for methis year.----------------------------------------★Shopping in English Today I did a shopping game with the 34 students.First, I had a 45-min class of 17 students.They are made up of the first three grades of students, that is(つまりは） 低学年.1) At the beginning of the class, I, together with the students, sang the song of Row, Row, Row Your Boat, dancing. We did this four times.2) Second, I gave them a test. I had them sing "ABC♪" in English. As I had expected, they sang, H, I, J, K, エル, エム, エヌ, オウ、ピー. Then, I taught how to say this above part. H, I, J, K, L M, N, O, P, ＜エレムノーピー＞These 6 letters should be pronounced in liaison. （連続音） 3) Then, I divided them into two groups: Shopkeeper and CustomerI had prepared paper-made money and items which are used in curry & rice.I demonstrated what a shopkeeper and a customer should sayto each other when they sell and buy vegetables.Since the students are too young or little bit youngto understand shopping, I used simple expressions.ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーお店 お客Hi ! →→→→ Hi! I want carrots.Carrots?→→→Yes.How many? → 4 carrots.4 carrots? → Yes.OK, here you are. →→ Thanks, How much?20 yen. →→ 20 yen?Yes. ←←← ←←← Here you are.Thanks.We practiced this sample of conversation between the shopkeeperand the customer. 1st & 2nd grade students sometimes were outof control, handling pretty paper-made money and vegetables.One of the teacher helped me.After several times of practice, I appointed somepairs of students and had each pair do their role-playing.All the students were very active. Girls seemed to like the paper-made money which one of my part-timer made.-------------------------------------------------------★ At a hamburger shop:In the next class, I was responsible for studentsof 4th, 5th and 6th grades:1) I started this class with ABC song.2)Then, we practiced the pronunciation of hot, dog, and coffee. I showed them the differences between American sound and British one of these words. I did this comically and the students burst into laugh.3) Then, I introduced them how to buy foods or beverages at a fast food restaurant, say Macdonald. I showed how to say each item in English. For example, フライドポテト should be French fries, etc. At that time, I showed them two different ways of pronunciation: British accent and American accent. It was just to make the students feel funny and laugh!! 3) Then, I divided the students into two: Shopkeeper and Customer.ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーお店 お客Hi ! →→→→ Hi! I want two hamburgers, French fries and a cola.Here or to go? →→ Here.2 hamburgers, French fries and a cola? → Yes.What size (of cola)?→→ Small.Small? →→→→ Yes. How much?400yen →→→ 400 yen?Yes. Here you are. → Thanks. Here you are.Thanks. This is 500 yen.Here is change, 100 yen.→Thanks.-----------------------------------------------We practiced this conversation so many times that the studentswould be able to learn this by heart.After the classes, the principal kindly drove me to SasaguriBus Stop and I took a bus for Tenjin.-ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーI had another two classes at the occupational school(専門学校). I, together with my students, practiced pronunciation ofb, v, l,and r sounds first. Then, I also taught useful expressionsusing coins.---------------------------------------------------★ Important Appointment with A familyAfter the classes, I rushed back to Tenjin Bus Terminal to catcha 17:00 bus to go back to Iizuka.I had a very important appointment with my students andtheir parents this evening. Today they invited me to their dinner to celebrate their second daughter's success in the entranceexam to a local university in Fukuoka. Their first daughter isa deshi of mine and the second daughter is one of my students.I was supposed to be at the designated restaurant at 18:30.(約束の場所に6時半に到着する事になっていた)I was really looking forward to this great opportunity, feeling myselfexcited so much.I met their father for the time time. He really looks to be a verygentle and calm father. I thought he must be a very good father tohis three daughters. I was wondering what their father was like allthe time, because I found out that his daughters are very charming,smart and nice.I talked mainly to the parents with a wide variety of topicsranging from the future employment situation expectedin coming years to professional wrestling(プロレス).To my great surprise, their mother is familiar with professionalwrestling. She is a really smart mother with lots of knowledgeand intelligence.I drank a little too much while enjoying talking with them.I envy this family, because the parents have three wonderfuldaughters who have a bright future ahead of them each!!All the three daughters are beautiful and cute.They will surely become popular in the world and attract a number of people around them who will bring them a greathappiness sometime in the future.I am really proud of these students, and I hope thatthey feel the same way as I do.（向こうも同じ気持ちなら良かばってんね）--------------------------------Ken Suetsugu
2005年12月05日
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Piano Conerto in F
◎ Sun. Dec. 4thI got up at 7:00 in the morning.I had three English lessons at 8:00, 9:00and 11:00 in the morning.In the lesson with a local elementary schoolteacher, we read the cover story of an English magazine titled "Business Week"It was a very interesting story and full ofplain expressions. I will introduce you allthe expressions.In the afternoon, I talked with one of my friendsover the phone. She lives in Kokonoe Town, Oita.She said that it began to snow there.I hear that her town has lots of snow in winter sothat local residents can make kamakura(snow dome)just like in the northern part of Japan.Her town is one of the famous onsen resorts and hasso many onsens.Kabeyu (壁湯) is one of them.It is an onsen in a cave. I want to visit there againhopefully around お正月.This day I was feeling blue all day long, warring aboutmy love. In spite of feeling blue, however, I had todo some translation work in the afternoon.In the night, at 9:00, I watched a music show which wasbroadcasted on NHK. I enjoyed the splendid performanceby NHK' Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa.They played Beethoven's Symphony #5 and Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F.This concerto is the one all my student probably know,because this concerto is recorded in his biographical movie.One of the guest in the show mentioned about thismovie in the show, saying that he recently watched it.I love Gershwin's music. His music is full innovative sounds,combining jazz and classical music.My gloom was gone while listening to these two pieces of music.--------------------------------------Ken
2005年12月04日
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Dec.3rd
◎ Sat. Dec. 3rdWoke up at 5 in the morning and watched TV showslying in my futon. It was a very cold morning so I hesitatedto get out of my futon. I wish I had a cat with me now whilelying in my futon. It would be much warmer.My parents have a cat named Mimmy.She is now 17 years old in light of human age.I am not sure how old she is in terms of cat age.People say that she is as old as a 90-year-oldwoman or older.Every Saturday is packed with face-to-face English lessons. I had five English lessons today.I failed to have an enough time to get my translationwork done today.I had an English lesson with a high school student at 6:00 in the evening. She's the one who passed theentrance exam this week.She's going to become a certified nutritionist(栄養士)and so take a course related to nutrition in her univ.According to her, when she got a certificate(合格通知) from the univ, she noticed an instruction fromthe college that those who passed the exam should be able to fillet a fish(三枚に下ろす) and do other types of processing and cooking by the time of her actual entrance.She also found a notice that those who passed the examshould learn English harder. The university sendsits students to overseas organizations to letthem learn cooking and other professional knowledge.So, I am going to teach her English in the field ofcooking, aiming to enable her to explain how to cook dishes in English.
2005年12月03日
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Dec. 2nd Diary
Keyword: Entrance Exam Recommended move to TokyoEvery beginning of December reminds me that I stayedin Kyoto and took the entrance examination for BukkyoUniversity when I was 18, a third-year student atKaho-Higashi High School.I took two tests for English Literature Course on Dec.1stand Education Course on Dec. 3rd in 1984.It was 21 years ago. It was my first trip and stay in Kyoto.I remember that it was terribly cold in Kyoto.I got astonished how cold it was after getting out ofshinkansen at Kyoto Sta.I remember that I assured myself（確信した） that I would pass theexam for English Literature Course while I was taking the test.Because I was able to finish the 60-min English just within 30 min,even though other examinees were busy in solving theproblems. At that time, I did not expect that I would studyat the college for 5 years, not for 4 years.********************************************************Today I got a strong offer from one of my customers based in Tokyo.They recommended me to move to and work in Tokyo as soon as possible. After receiving this offer, I went to my parents' houseand discussed this matter with my parents.I cannot say the details of the discussion, but I would like totake a chance to move to Tokyo much earlier than I have expected.But I would like to teach the translation skills to my deshis to makethem stand on their own as professional translators.Since this moment, I have been swaying about betweenmoving to Tokyo soon and staying here in Iizuka.(Honestly speaking, I want to leave here for Tokyo ASAP,since I have come across bitter events recently.)I would like to know what my pupils, especially those whohave face-to-face English lessons comment about this matter.-------------------------------------------------Ken Suetsugu
2005年12月02日
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Entrance Exam
◎ Thu. Dec. 1stKey Word: Entrance ExamOne of my students has the last English lesson today.She will be back here again next spring after her entrance exam, though. She's a junior high school student. A third-year student.She is going to take an entrance exam for a localhigh school named "Kaho High School" next spring.From this day on, according to her mother,she has to focus more on studying all the subjectsnot only English.That's why she has the last lesson todaywith me and will have a temporary absence for a whiletill this coming spring.Last year I experienced a similar case to this.One of my students said to me that she wouldlike to have a long but temporary absence because of her preparation for an entrance exam for universities.At that time, I did not think that she would come backto my class, but actually she did.The above junior high school student seeminglyis a good student so that I think she will pass the entranceexam for the school.At the end of the class, I gave her a luck charm as a present, praying good luck for her entrance exam.----------------------------------------------------Today is the first day of the last month of a year.Time really flies!!! I cannot believe this. How fastthe time is passing!!At the beginning of this year, as many of you may know,a heartbreaking event happened to me. It was related toa former assistant or fellow translator.She suddenly turned around on me and quit the job,(突然態度が変わり私を攻撃した)giving up the translation work she was responsible for.I have still been shocked by this incident, which has mademe very sensitive to ladies.--------------------------------------------------Ken
2005年12月01日
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◎「自宅で預かっています」の英語表現
弊社の号は『英語二刀一流』です。詳しく申しますと、【日⇔英・二刀一流】です。理念は、「道根二刀・ニ曜麗天」です。これは、宮本武蔵先生著『五方乃太刀乃道・序』から取りました言葉です。内容の書き下しは下のURLをどうぞ『五方乃太刀乃道・序』読み下し日本語と英語がどちらも等しく扱えなければ成らない、と言う事です。弊社にとりましては、道の根本に二刀（日本語と英語）があります。ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーさて、講義です：◎状況：今日は来客がありました。そして、そのお客さまが帰り際に忘れ物をしていました。後にその忘れ物に気付いて、電話を入れます。皆さん：「資料をお忘れです。こちらで預かってますので」と言う事を英語で言う場合、皆様はどう仰いますか？無論、たくさん言い方があります。今回の表現は、「自宅で預かってます」です。これは、have を使えば平易に言えます：I have it now at home. ですね (itは忘れ物を指します）「資料をお忘れです」ですが、「忘れ物をする」、という意味合いでの「忘れる」は、leave behind ですから、You left behind your documents. でも良いですが、相手は、忘れ物をした事に気付いていないかもしれませんので、発話状況によっては、I found your documents on the sofa after you left here.などと言いましょう。単に「資料お忘れですよ」というよりは、「お帰りになられた後、資料がソファにありましたよ」と言う方が具体的で良いかと思います。英語では、なるべく具体的に言う方が良いです。以上、拙い内容でしょうが、ご参照下さい。KEN
2005年12月01日
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◎～するのも無理がない と blame
今、耐震設計偽造問題で、対象マンションの住民が関連企業の社長などに非難を浴びせています。これは＜仕方がない＞ですね この「仕方がない」というのを英語でどう仰いますか？ It is natural for the tenants to get mad at the companies. という風に英語で仰る方が多いと思います。 しかし、他に斬れのある言い方がありますのでご紹介します。I don't blame them for getting mad at the companies.これは、「当該企業に怒るのを責めない」と言う表現形式ですがつまり、「怒るのも無理ないよ」、という意味です。ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーblame ～は、～を責める、非難する という意味合いです 例）Bad workmen blame their tools.(下手な職人は道具のせいにする）弘法筆を選ばず(名人に定跡なし）ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーit is natural for 人 to do --でも良いですがI don't blame 人 for --ing という形式を、末次流ではお勧めます。 上の発話状況では、実際にはNobody blames the tenants for getting mad at the companies. と言う風にしても良いです。住民の方の怒りが公然として認められる(様な）場合には、Nobody blames--という言い方も出来るでしょう。そのあたりは状況に応じて工夫して下さい。 人がやむなく怒ったり、何か行動するのを「無理ないよ、しょうがないよ」と評価する場合には、I don't blame 人 for --ing の表現形式をお勧めします： 以上、ご参照下さい：ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー★年末セールスキャンペーンを実施中です。 詳細は、以下のURLをご参照下さい↓★年末セールスキャンペーン：コレポン特価翻訳キャンペーン＆名作DVDプレゼントキャンペーン★ ★弊所では、企業向けの日本語研修と英語研修を始めました。お気軽にご検討、お申込下さい：２）★企業向け英語研修のご案内★３）★企業向け論理的日本語(ビジネス日本語）研修のご案内★
2005年12月01日
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