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