Oｈ !　My God Story NO. ６０


I'm a strange guy in Manhattan?


I go to a Japanese video shop M once a week.
I go there to rent Japanese videos.
It is a thirty minutes walk from my apartment.
It takes one hour to get there and back.

I always use that time for studying English.
I will be mumbling my unskillful English while walking.

People would think I'm crazy when they see me.
There are many strange people in New York any way.

So I don't care.
This sixty minutes of studying English is very important for me.
I'll say everything in English, everything I see and everything I hear.

For example,
There are three police men in the city.
Two are white and one is black.
Someone who had a heavy suitcase came out from Hilton Hotel.
I think he is probably sixty years old and French.
He will go to the airport by taxi.
It goes on like this.

I may have become a notorious strange Japanese guy in Manhattan
　　who talks to himself while walking.
Oｈ !　My God.



strange ＝奇妙な、変な　　guy＝奴、男　　 Manhattan＝マンハッタン
（ニューヨークの中心）　　　once a week＝週に一回　　rent＝借りる
take＝かかる　　there and back＝往復　　 always ＝いつも
use＝使う、当てる　　mumble＝口ごもる、もぐもぐ言う
unskillful English ＝下手な英語　　while＝期間、間　　
while walking＝歩きながら、歩行中に　　would＝〜だろう
think＝考える　　crazy＝狂った　　any way＝とにかく
care＝気づかい、心配ごと　　So I don't care＝でも、ナント思われてもいい
important＝重要な　　For example,＝例えば　　white ＝白人　　
black.＝黒人　　Someone＝だれか　　heavy suitcase ＝重いスーツケース
came out ＝出てきた　　Hilton Hotel＝ヒルトンホテル
think＝思う　　 probably＝たぶん　　French＝フランス人
airport＝空港　　taxi.＝タクシー　　It goes on like this＝とかなんとか
may＝〜かもしれない　　notorious＝（あまり好ましくないことで）有名な、悪名高い
talks to himself ＝独り言をいう　　

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