英語エッセイ第95話のテーマは、My private English lessons - part 3 (私の英語の個人レッスンーその3)です。私はニューヨークで、素敵な2人の女性の先生に、英語の個人レッスンを受けることが出来ました。そんなレッスンの話、3回目の今日は、ジョーン・ホールさんとのレッスン風景です。もう笑ってしまいますよ。さて、どんなハプニングがありますことやら! 今週も、もちろん実話です。


Oh ! My God Story NO.95


My private English lessons - part 3


One day, when I was having an English lesson,
Joan Hall and I started to talk about ghost.
We were talking about the difference between Japanese ghost and American ghost.

I said to her,
"Joan, a Japanese popular ghost wears a white triangle hood on the forehead."
"An exhausted female ghost with a long hair will appear saying urameshiya...."
.
I pretended as if I were a female ghost.
Joan couldn't stop laughing.
 
Soon, she was surprised at my ghost story.
Joan cried out and asked,
"Oh, no! You mean that the Japanese ghost doesn't have legs!?"
 
The crucial difference between American ghost and Japanese ghost is that whether they have legs or not.
You can even see the cultural difference in how we visualize ghost.

Oh ! My God.



One day,=ある日  ghost=お化け  talking about=〜について話す
difference=違い   between =間  a white triangle hood =白い三角頭巾
forehead=おでこ、額   exhausted=使い尽くす、力ない  

female ghost =女性のお化け  appear=現れる  urameshiya....=うらめしや
pretend=フリをする、かっこうをする
Joan couldn't stop laughing.=ジョーンさんは、大いに笑っていた
Soon, =その内  was surprised =驚いた   cry=叫ぶ
mean=意味、ってこと  legs=足  crucial =決定的な
have legs or not=足があるかないか  even=でさえ
cultural =文化  visualize=思い描く

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