Oh ! my
God story NO．１９
Yasuto Nishitani
Everything is expensive in New York
Recently, I feel everything has become
expensive in New York.
For example,
the price for my
apartment went up two hundred dollars in two years.
My apartment is never so big.
But the price will go up two hundred in one
year.
The other day, one of my woman friend moved
from a two thousand five hundred
dollar room
to a one thousand five
hundred dollar room.
My other friend who went to see her new room
said,
"It's unbelievably small."
Japan is deflation.
So the prices are falling down.
But New York is inflation.
So the prices are going up.
She talks about the sandwich that she always
gets.
She pays the same price but the contents are
getting smaller.
She also talks about the cafe she often
goes.
The place was good
because it was not expensive and the food was
delicious.
But recently she was surprised because she
saw the small dish.
She kept talking.
"I have lived in New York for a long
time.
But this is the first time."
"Everything was big in America and I
always loved that."
Oh ! my God.
Many people are losing heart because the New York price is too high.
expensive＝高価な Recently＝最近 For example＝例えば
two hundred dollars ＝２００ドル（約２万４千円） move＝引越しする
a two thousand five hundred dollar room＝２５００ドルの部屋
went＝goの過去、行った unbelievably＝信じられない
deflation＝デフレ inflation＝インフレ content＝中身
also ＝〜もまた kept talking.＝続けて言った the first time＝はじめて l
osing heart ＝ガッカリする