英会話における物事の説明
Cathy: By the way, Yuji, what's 'Butsudan'?
本番の英会話で突然このように、相手の外国人に日本の風物について尋ねられたら
困りませんか？
このようなものごとの説明は本物の英会話法ではごく簡単であるのに、従来の方法で
しか英会話を学習たことがない方々はほとんど皆、困ったり苦しんだりなさるようです。
なぜか分かりますか？
それは、従来の方法が暗記暗唱法やこれに類する方法であるからです。
それは、将来、いつどれを尋ねられるか分からない日本の風物に関して、多数の英語
の説明文を前もって完璧に覚え、その記憶を維持しておいて、いざというときに問題の
ものをきちんと思い出して言おうとする方法です。
このようなことはほとんど不可能であるし、たとえそうできたとしても、それではその部
分が英語のスピーチにはなってしまいます。
英会話にはなりません。
「スピーチにはなっても会話にはならない。」 この意味は重要なのですが、この解説
は又の機会にします。
が、とにかく、会話中に断りもなくスピーチを始めるとトラブルが起こりますよ。
では、どうしたら良いのか？
その詳しいことは次回です。
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Yuji: It's something.
Cathy: What kind of thing is it?
Yuji: I saw it (/ one) this morning.
Cathy: Where (did you see it)?
Yuji: At home.
Cathy: Where at home?
Yuji: (In the) Livingroom.
Cathy: Is it a piece of furniture?
Yuji: Sorry?
Cathy: (I said,) Is it a piece of furniture?
Yuji: A piece of furniture??
Cathy: I mean, a table, a sofa, a television etc.?
Yuji: No...(About) this big...Ogamu...
Cathy: Ah, I see...you mean a family alter.
Yuji: A family alter?
Cathy: Yes. A family alter. Or you might call it a family temple. Thank you.
You know, on my way here on the bus, some eldery women
were talking about it eagerly.
They were mentioning it a number of times and I was interested.
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Explaining Things in English Conversation (1)
Cathy: By the way, Yuji, what's 'Butsudan'?
Whether they are things Japanese or foreign, explaining things in a real English conver-
sation situation is very easy and even fun by our method.
But even so, almost all the students whom we met were totally at a loss as to what to
do or had a hard time explaining them, most of the times only unsuccessfully.
It seemes to us that almost all students who have learned 'English conversation' only by
traditional methods are in great trouble when they are suddenly asked to explain some-
thing, whether it is a thing Japanese or foreign; old or moden.
Why are they in such trouble?
We think this is because all the traditional methods of explaining things even in English
conversation are either a 'memorization and recitation method' or similar methods to this'.
(To be continued)
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Yuji: It's something.
Cathy: What kind of thing is it?
Yuji: I saw it this morning.
Cathy: Where (did you see it)?
Yuji: At home.
Cathy: Where at home?
Yuji: (In the) Livingroom.
Cathy: Is it a piece of furniture?
Yuji: Sorry?
Cathy: (I said,) Is it a piece of furniture?
Yuji: A piece of furniture??
Cathy: I mean, a table, a sofa, a television etc.?
Yuji: No...(About) this big...Ogamu...
Cathy: Ah, I see... You mean a 'family alter'.
Yuji: A family alter?
Cathy: Yes. A family alter. Or you might call it a family temple. Thank you.
You know, on my way here on the bus, some eldery women
were talking about it eagerly.
They were mentioning it a number of times and I was interested.