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San Diego

October 18, 2023

San Diego の宿泊先のAirbnbは、ダウンタウンのど真ん中にありました。

宿泊先のアパート。外見は写真映えのするアンティークな感じで素敵でした。

が、しかし!!!

中が古い!HPの写真と全然違うぞ!!!と文句を言いたかったのですが

それでも、キッチンや冷蔵庫があって、ベッドがあって、ソファーとテレビがあって、バスルームがあるのはありがたかったです。

でも、ちょっと古かった。

歩行者天国になっています。

週末は朝からモーニングを食べる人で賑わいます。

最高気温17度、最低気温9度

カリフォルニアの春、今年は寒かったです!!!

In Life in America, Travel English Tags 英会話, 英会話教室, 福岡市中央区, San Diego
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ZOOM

February 2, 2021

ZOOM、教室での対面式レッスン、ご都合がいい方でご参加いただけます。

大雨の日、仕事が忙しい日、少し体調が良くない日、緊急事態宣言下などなど、ご都合に合わせて、ご自宅からお気軽にZOOMでご参加ください。

In 勉強法, Writing in English, Travel English, Reading, Pronunciation, Listening Comprehension, Business English Tags zoom, English zoom lesson, speak!英会話サロン, 英語福岡市, 英会話教室
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Duolingo

February 25, 2020

英語を勉強する一押しアプリ。子どもたちと毎日欠かさずやっているのが


Duolingo (デュオリンゴ)


子どもたちの英語学習のために使いはじめたのですが、

キャラクターは可愛いし、パソコンだとマウスをクリックするだけで

簡単に操作できるので、子どもでもとても使いやすいです。

ヒアリングはもともと強かったのですが、なかなか文字が読めず

苦戦していました。

Duolingoのおかげで、子どもたちの英語を読む力がだいぶついてきて

ダディはとても嬉しいです。

この調子なら、今年の秋ぐらいには、

4年生の長男が英検5級を受けれそうです!

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アメリカのカーネギーメロン大学教授とその大学院生による研究プロジェクトとして開始。

2014年に日本語話者向け英語コースができ、現在にいたります。


現在のスタッフは元グーグル社員が多いそうです。

さすが元グーグルですね。

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ちなみにぼくは、スペイン語とドイツ語をDuolingoで勉強中です。

Duolingo → duolingo.com

In Pronunciation, Reading, Study Abroad, Travel English, こども英会話, Writing in English Tags duolingo, デュオリンゴ, 英語アプリ, 英会話, speak!英会話サロン
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1st Floor

August 8, 2019

What floor is the first floor? The answer depends on what country you are in.

If you are in the US, the first floor is usually the same as that in Japan, namely, the floor level to the ground. In Europe however, the First Floor is sometimes equivalent to what we Americans and Japanese would call the second floor. There, the first floor is called the “ground floor”.

According to Wikipedia:

This convention can be traced back to Medieval European usage. In countries that use this system, the floor at ground level is usuallyreferred to by a special name, usually translating as "ground floor" or equivalent. For example, Erdgeschoss ("ground floor") in Germany, piano terra (lit. "ground floor") in Italy, begane grond (lit. "troddenground") in the Netherlands, planta baja or planta baixa ("bottom floor") in Spain, beheko solairua in Basque, andar térreo ("ground floor") in Brazil, rés-do-chão ("adjacent to the ground") in Portugal, földszint ("ground level") in Hungary (although in Budapest the "félemelet" or "half floor" is an extra level between the ground and first floors, apparently the result of a tax evasion trick in the 19th century), rez-de-chaussée (from French street level, where "rez" is the old French of "ras", meaning "scraped".[7]) in France, parter in Poland and Romania, prízemie ("by the ground") in Slovakia, and pritličje ("close to the ground") in Slovenia. In some countries that use this scheme, the higher floors may be explicitly qualified as being above the ground level, such as in Slovenian "prvo nadstropje" (literally "first floor above ceiling (of the ground storey)").

In Spain, the level above ground level (the mezzanine) is sometimes called "entresuelo" (entresòl in Catalan, etc., which literally means "interfloor"), and elevators may skip it. The next level is sometimes called "principal". The "first floor" can therefore be three levels above ground level. In Italy, in the ancient palaces the first floor is called piano nobile ("noble floor"), since the noble owners of the palace lived there.

In France, there are two distinct names for storeys in buildings which have two "ground floors" at different levels (on two opposite faces, usually). The lower one is called rez-de-chaussée (lit. "adjacent to the road"), the upper one is rez-de-jardin (lit. "adjacent to the garden"). The same differentiation is used as well in some buildings in Croatia. The lower level is called razizemlje (abbr. RA), and the upper prizemlje (PR). If there's only one ground floor, it's called prizemlje. The latter usage is standard for smaller buildings, such as single-family homes.

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Things to Know Before Going to NYC

May 8, 2019

知り合いが今月の終わりにニューヨークに行きます。うらやましい!

ということで、アメリカに行く前に少し英語のレッスン。

卵の食べ方。ぼくはいつも、エッグベネディクトを注文します。

子どもたちには、スクランブル。パンはホワイト。

チップは日本にはないサービスなので、ぜひ知っておいた方がいいですね。

ちなみにぼくは、アメリカではほとんど現金で支払います。

足りない時はアメリカの銀行からお金をおろします。

なぜ現金で支払うかというと、日本に帰ってから翌月に

ドーンッとカードの請求がくると困るからです(冷汗;

クレジットカードは、ウーバータクシー、wi-fiがないところでの携帯電話の利用料金ぐらいにしています。

In Travel English, Traveling with Kids, Life in America Tags アメリカ旅行, 英会話, 英語
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ANA

April 7, 2019

Last weekend I flew ANA to Tokyo and was impressed by their new in-flight safety video. If you haven’t seen it, have look. It’s one of the most entertaining ones I’ve seen in all my years of travel.

In Travel English Tags ANA, ANA In-Flight Safety Video, Kabuki, 歌舞伎, ANA 歌舞伎, 英会話
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Menus

September 6, 2018


多くの日本人が旅行中に苦労していることの一つ、レストランでの注文。まず、メニューの読み方。日本と違って、写真がありません。ぼくが読んで、クリエイティブに説明されているけれど、実際にはどんなものが出てくるのか、想像しにくいものが書かれています。もちろん、量も載ってない。(一人では絶対に食べきれない、という前提で注文しなくてはいけない)

もし、この店に行ったら、あなたは何を注文しますか?

One of the first challenges many Japanese have when traveling in America or abroad is how to order food at a restaurant. Unlike Japan, menus do not come with pictures, so you really don't know what you are ordering, or how BIG a dish is going to be. And they usually are HUGE!

If you went to this restaurant in Palm Springs California, what would you order?

In Travel English Tags レストラン, レストランの英語, アメリカのメニュー, メニューの読み方, 食べ物の注文のやり方, 福岡市英会話, 英会話スクール
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Wow!

Expect a long
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