
【へっぽこ英会話1年0ヶ月④】昨年の夏、LA留学するときの話を投稿してみる
先月、復職した。
1年と少し、育児休業を取っていたので、その時に比べてできないことが増えていった。
家事もできない。
趣味であるオンライン英会話も今日、レッスンをすっ飛ばした。
(息子の夜泣きが酷くて、起きられなかったから)
なんなら、仕事も溜まっている。
どんなに頑張って出社しても、まだ慣れない業務なので進捗が遅い。
そして、noteの下書きも溜まっている。
過去を遡って投稿しようとしたところ、去年の夏の話を見つけたので、今さらながら投稿してみようと思う。
留学に行く前、私はこんなことを考えていたのだな~。懐かしい。
いま、LAで私が住んでいた場所から近い所で山火事が起きている。
すごく心がざわざわする。
ひとりでも多くの人が安心して暮らせる場所に、1日でも早く戻ってほしいと願う。
講師
I live in Ohio in the United States. Have you heard of it?
うさぎ
Yes, I have. But I've never visited there.
講師
Have you visited the United States?
うさぎ
No, I haven't. But in August, I'm going to go to Los Angeles for the first time.
講師
OK. Why? Why are you going to Los Angeles?
うさぎ
For study. I plan to go to English language school in Los Angeles. Because my friend lives there. but she works hard weekday. I'll go to language school and I plan to meet her on the weekend.
講師
OK. So will you live with her? Or will you live in an apartment?
うさぎ
I will live in a dorm.
講師
OK. Yes. So there will be a lot of students at the language school?
うさぎ
Maybe five people in my class room.
講師
that's small. You will get a lot of attention. You can't hide. You will have to talk. So what will your children do when you go to Los Angeles?
うさぎ
My family will take care of my baby and my daughter.
講師
OK. All right. They will miss you, though. And why do you want to study English? Is it for your job? Or you just are interested in it?
うさぎ
Just a hobby. I want to speak English fluently. When I was a student, I had studied for six years or seven years. But I'm not good at speaking English. Someday, I'll be able to speak English well. And I'll make friends all over the world. Then, I want to live in an English country someday.
講師
Oh, OK. Which country? It's OK if you don't say the United States. I will not be hurt.
うさぎ
It's a very difficult question. What do you think about the United States?
講師
Well, I love it because it's my country.
I wouldn't like to live in a big city like Los Angeles. But I live in a very small town. And so it's very safe.
The people are nice. So after you go to Los Angeles, then you will know what you think about a big city.
But you know, there's so much of America in the middle. On the East Coast and the West Coast are the big cities. And in the middle are a lot of just nice, normal people.
Have you visited any English -speaking country like Australia, Canada?
うさぎ
Yes, I have. Australia and Hawaii.
講師
Hawaii, yeah. Hawaii is part of the United States, though. I've talked to a lot of Japanese students who have gone to Hawaii. I have never gone to Hawaii. But a lot of Japanese people have been to Hawaii.
講師
When will he start attending nursery school?
うさぎ
Maybe in two months. the Japanese school year starts in April. And the American school year starts in September or August. So, I take care of my son until next April.
講師
Enjoy that time. so fast. I want to hold them. My children are adults now. That would be nice to have a little baby. Yeah, someday you'll feel that way. I hope you have a great night. And I think your English is doing very well.
うさぎ
Thank you.
HAVE A GOOD DAY!
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