日本を発った時は30度あったのに、LAXに着いたら17度…
ヒンヤリでびっくりです。
アメリカの税関は時間がかかりますねぇ…
優に１時間はかかりました、ふうっ～。
さて、学校のピックアップサービスでビバリーヒルズの学校周辺を案内して頂きながら
ホームステイ先のサンタモニカへ。
だんだんカリフォルニアの青い空になってきました
ビバリーヒルズからサンタモニカへ向かうウィルシャー通りは懐かしいです。
途中、スーパーマーケットでバスの定期を買いながら。
サンタモニカビーチに近い閑静な住宅街です。
鍵１つ目。
ゲートを入ると、こんな感じ。
片側５軒ずつのコンドミニアムで、全てロシアからの移民の方です。
第１ゲートを入ると会話はロシア語 (笑)
どのお宅も庭先にレモンの木があります。
鍵２つ目
鍵３つ目で玄関です。
さて、これからお世話になります。
アメリカ旅行、と言っても今回はいつもの旅行と違います。
プチ留学してきました ^^
サンタモニカにホームステイして、ビバリーヒルズの学校に通いました。
初の一人旅でドキドキ、ワクワク…
久々の大韓航空
そう言えば、初海外旅行でアメリカへ行った時（大学３年の時）も大韓航空だったなぁ…
で、その時以来です。
機内食は、日本の航空会社より、ず～っと美味しいかも
特にビビンバ丼…イイ感じでした。
約９時間のフライトでした。
さぁ、どんな生活になるかなぁ…
と思いながら、きれいなアメリカの朝焼けを見ていました。
It was REALLY a horrifying disaster.....
The magnitude was corrected from 8.8 to 9.0.
This is almost the same Sumatra earthquake in 2000.
Who can believe this reality.
The victims are increased and it seem to be over ten thousand...
An atomic power plant also got some damages and happend an hydrogen explosion in Fukushima.
Some power companies announced the electricity saving will start 4 hours a day tomorrow.
We have to save on that.
I wasn't able to refuel gasoline today cause all of them were sold out here.
At a super market...rice, breads, eggs, noodles were sold out.
Even here, a kind of confusion.
There was a BIG erathquake (Magunitude 8.8) here in Japan.
This is the biggest one all of the world.
Lots of disasters happend...big fire for petrochemical complex, Tsunami, collapsefall, nuclear power plant problems...
And still a lot of aftershock hase been continued...
What a disaster!
Only I could do is praying for the all victims.
GOD BLESS YOU!!
My teacher left for the States.
So I'll be lazy at studying English for almost 1 month!?
NO, NEVER!!!
I'll study much harder OF COURSE!!!
I would keep posting some in English cause he said he'll check my blog in the States.
Ummm....
doubtfull...
I bet 1000 yen that he won't check it out...HAHA
Anyway, this is the revision of "English lesson vol.1"
Learning English is really tough...
In my case, problems are super Shakespeare expressions and Japanglish...LOL
There are two sentences which I posted to my blog the other day.
(1) The day before yesterday, it was like a snow country around here.
Shakespeare expression!
Native English speakers never say "snow country" ... someone like Shkakespeare or only poetry would do that.
So → It's really snowy. It's like Siberia here! (how natural...)
(2) My friend asked me to have a good time together at a nice wine bar after work cause I didn't need to drive.
Let's see, those are some dangerous expressions there. (>_<)
At first, "My friend" is tooooo personal, sounds like "ONLY my friend"
So → A friend of mine"...is natural.
Then next, be careful using "have a good time".
If you use it in the past tense, no problem.
BUT when you use it in the present tense, it could have a sexual meaningl.
When a man is walking down the street at night, a prostitute might come up to him and ask "how about having a good time?"
The woman said "have a good time..." as her business.
That business is an illegal in the States.
So she say indirectly. Of course everbody know what will happen.
Right word is "prostitute" not a "sexual woman" cause there are lot of sexual women actually...
See?
Have to be careful.
So → A friend of mine wanted to have a nice evening at a wine bar (yes, natural...)
I was reminded that I wrote the same kind of expression on my facebook wall..oh what should I do?...LOL
Practice makes perfect!!!
