Bitesize Writing を始めた！ 躓いても転ぶだけ。

[肚裡]

Oh! mistyped.

What I wanted to write was;

It’ll be gone.

I want the hole that I hide in.

[さかい＠tadoku.org]

I hate the humidity in Tokyo summer.

I hate the heat too.

Forget whatever Trump says.

Global warming is here.

It's in Tokyo weather.

It's in Tokyo humidity.

It's in Tokyo heat.

Over 30 degrees C was welcome sixty years ago.

I used to watch thermometer everyday.

My mother used to buy us アイスキャンディー if it went above 30 degrees C.

Such days weren't very often.

That was why over 30 degrees C was so welcome.

I'm a living witness to global warming.

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I started to tweet in bitesize English.

Some of you may know.

If you don't, look for @sakaibitesize1.

Nothing much.

But you will be getting tweets in English.

By and by I hope you will get used to reading them.

And by and by and by, you may even want to tweet in English yourself.

Good luck.

We all need it.

[さかい＠tadoku.org]

Bitesize や 「借りる・盗む・真似する」 と直接関係のある話題です・・・

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英語を「決まり文句」から見直してみようと考えています。

決まり文句って？
ことばは決まり文句でできている！（？）
たとえば、ドラマ・映画で I love you. と言ったら、返事はほとんどかならず･･･？
逆に パートナーから I met someone. と言われたら、どういう顔をしたらいい？

いままでに聞いたことのない切り口だと思いますが、
実は重要ではないかと、ぼくは考えています。
たとえば45分のドラマには100くらいも決まり文句が入っている！
そこで、関心のある人といっしょに掘り下げようというわけです。
その第1回の集まりを　9月3日午後3時から5時か6時まで？
NPO多言語多読事務局で開きます。

参加申し込みはとくにありません。
ただ事務所に来てください。

なお、NPO多言語多読のファンドレイジング企画として、参加費を500円いただきます！
よろしくお願いします。

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Skype参加もありえるかなあ？　どうだろう・・・？

[さかい＠tadoku.org]

Bitesize や 「借りる・盗む・真似する」 と直接関係のある話題です・・・

＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊

英語を「決まり文句」から見直してみようと考えています。

決まり文句って？
ことばは決まり文句でできている！（？）
たとえば、ドラマ・映画で I love you. と言ったら、返事はほとんどかならず･･･？
逆に パートナーから I met someone. と言われたら、どういう顔をしたらいい？

いままでに聞いたことのない切り口だと思いますが、
実は重要ではないかと、ぼくは考えています。
たとえば45分のドラマには100くらいも決まり文句が入っている！
そこで、関心のある人といっしょに掘り下げようというわけです。
その第1回の集まりを　9月3日午後3時から5時か6時まで？
NPO多言語多読事務局で開きます。

参加申し込みはとくにありません。
ただ事務所に来てください。

なお、NPO多言語多読のファンドレイジング企画として、参加費を500円いただきます！
よろしくお願いします。

＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊

Skype参加もありえるかなあ？　どうだろう・・・？

[さかい＠tadoku.org]

「決まり文句を探せ」meeting went quite well.

There were three of us and we enjoyed the talk very much.

We came across around seventy 決まり文句.

This was in a way amazing.

They were in a tv drama for kids.

Its name was Just Add Magic.

Only 25 minutes long!

That means roughly three 決まり文句 every minute.

I'll put all of 決まり文句 we found on my blog.

Hope you will find them fun and eye-opening.

The second meeting has not been planned as yet.

I'll let you know when it's fixed.

Thanks I-san and O-san.

[さかい＠tadoku.org]

Twenty-five people kindly gave me いいね！ to my Facebook post.

My いいね！ count has always been two or three, if any.

So why did I get twenty-five?

I don't know how to link the post.

So here's what I wrote in it.

"突然、あした28日金曜日午後4時から国立スタバ会をやります！

真っ白な頭で、大きな声で話しているのがさかいです。

どなたも歓迎！"

Isn't it surprising this simple notice got so many いいね！.

Some of いいね！ was from people outside Tokyo.

Does it mean スタバ会 is being expected in many places in Japan?

Could one say that some kind of meetup is in demand?

whether offline or online?

I'm thinking of possibilities.

So please be patient and wait for an annoucement.

I can't say when, but it will come.

[さかい＠tadoku.org]

I have just announced it on Twitter and Facebook.

Time: 14:00 to 16:00, 1st October
That's tomorrow!

Place: スターバックスコーヒー 新宿サザンテラス店

You can spot me because my hair is almost totally silver and
will have a paperback upright on the table.

Hope someone has time to drop by and chat.

[さかい＠tadoku.org]

One person showed up at 新宿スタバ会 yesterday.

It wasn't done in the best of ways.

The shop was crowded.

I was late arriving at the coffee shop by an hour.

I'll be more careful about arrangement next time.

The weather was fine, though.

The air was just right for outside tables.

I a looking forward to next スタバ会 wherever and wheneveer it may be.

Hope you can join me somewhere, some time.

[さかい＠tadoku.org]

Last friday, October 5, I went up a mountain in Yamanasi Prefecture.

At the top was ほったらかし温泉。

Its website says it's 源泉掛け流し.

That's why I climbed the rather steep hill.

Frankly, I don't know its 源泉掛け流し was so good or not.

源泉 made me curious for the first at 須川高原温泉 in 岩手県。

onsen water felt somehow different there.

That was three years ago.

Since then I have been visiting several onsen.

To find out if 源泉 feels different in any way.

To no avail, though.

I'd like to go back to 須川高原温泉.

I want to find out if its onsen water feels different still or not.

[ms.mikan]

Hearing 源泉, I can't help posting here.
I'm particular about the quality of water.
Can you accept recycled hot water?
Can you put up with smell of カルキ?
However, I don't think all of 源泉かけ流し are good.
As for me, a lot of elements ; food, scenery, atmosphere, service, cleanness and so on, are important when I judge if that hot springs is good or not.
My husband loves 須川高原温泉, but I don't want to go there, because it is too inconvenient.
To each to his own.（だっけ？）
Let's enjoy 温泉!

Actually, I am going to 木曽駒ケ岳・千畳敷カール next week.
It has not ♨but stunning scenery of gorgeous autumn leaves!!
(つまり、温泉にもあまりこだわらず、遊びにこだわってるだけ？）
There is the hotel that stands in the highest place in Japan.
Don't be jealous of me!

ms.mikan