最高の講座 Radio English Programme

Are you having fun for this three-day holiday?

After repeated dull weather it seems to be getting better finally.

Here is a secret for

one of the BEST English exercises.

You may wonder is that it?

Yes, I recommend daily English radio programme.

NHK radio programme has a long history

with an established reputation.

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dull weather: すっきりしない天気

established reputation: 良い評判

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I once had a chance at a lecture

to speak to an interpreter for a national government office.

He mentioned that he had used NHK programme

to brush up his English.

Suprisingly, he didn't push the most high-level course

like "Busuness Conversation",

but daily conversation programme that I could enjoy.

At that time I was suprised by his comment as a student

because I used to think that

the more difficult and challenging, the better the text was!

(what was funny enough,

I was listening to Business Conversation then.)

But it was not true,

and I had difficultiy keeping up with my daily task

and stated to loose interest.

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brush up: (語学などを）磨く

what was funny enough: 笑えることに

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Being a interpreter and English teacher

I always feel a need to be able to speak

fluently and accurately.

Even so, it is difficult to make effort daily

to liten and speak real English.

So, from this February

I decided to start listening again

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fluently and accurately: 流暢かつ正確に

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Join me for this best English programme.

Lesson is only 15 mins long

from Monday through Saturday.

The rainer is Mr. Keinan Iwamura,

a very fun and skilled English teacher.

Training includes

conversation practice,

role play,

overlapping,

dictation,

and

even shadowing

Only every day practice

and

daily effort

can improve your English.

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training includes: 練習に含まれる内容は

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文章中のprogrammeはイギリス式のスペルです。

ハイビスカス Hibiscus

As a child,

I rememember only a limited variety of hibiscuses,

but these days I am often surprised by the range of differences

in shape and color.

a limited variety of : 限られた種類

range of diffrences: 種類の多さ

They were flowering so

gracefully and proudly

in the drizzling rain.

drizzring rain: 小雨

☆*:;;;:Cherry Blossoms *☆*:;;;:* さくら

Hope you all are surviving this cold weather.

Last Sunday, I drove to Nago with my friends

to see the cherry blossoms.

As the trees I saw here in Urasoe

seemed to have started to bloom only recently,

I thought it was the right time to take a day trip to the North.

We were sorry to find out the cherry blossoms season is almost over there,

and some trees even had lost all of the blossoms.

Still, as you can see

we appreciated the beauty of the remainig sign of spring.

( Or to put it more correctly,

I should say cherry blossoms are considered to be

the sign of the coldest time of the year

here on in Okinawa!!)

We had a nice walk

along with the festival shop stand,

and tried "cherry blossom flavoured" ice cream shiveringly.

Note:

appreciated: 鑑賞した

sign of spring: 春のしらせ（ここでは桜のこと）

shiveringly: ふるえながら