英語の記事を毎週読むのが英語上達に役立つvol.855 本の匂いを嗅ぐ癖!?

英語の上達には勉強ではなく、日々英語を使うこと。

これが一番です。

多くのラーナーさんの悩みがボキャブラリーをなかなか覚えられないということですが、

でも単語を単語帳を作って覚えるというのはめちゃくちゃ大変な割に効果は限られています。

では、ボキャブラリーを増やすには、どうしたらいいのでしょうか？

それは簡単です。

毎日に英語を使い、慣れるのが一番です。

DCECのブログを活用して英語に触れてください。

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■Is That Weird?

J - Janice, M - Mina

A GV and a learner talk about strange habits.

M: Do you have any strange habits?

J: Oh, I have a long list. Shall I enumerate?

M: Eh? That many? (laughs)

J: I’m afraid so! My friends say that I’m a very weird person.

　 But why do you ask?

M: I’m just curious. This morning, my neighbor was talking

　 to his plant. He seemed pretty embarrassed when he realized

　 that I was standing nearby.

J (jokingly): You shouldn’t eavesdrop. Maybe it was

a private conversation.

M: It’s strange, right? But I did some research,

and it turns out that talking to your plants can actually

make them grow faster. It’s still an odd thing to do, though.

J: I didn’t know that! Maybe I should start talking

to my plants from now on...

M: Add that to your list of weird habits. What else is

on that list, anyway?

J: Hmm...well, I love the smell of books, so I have a tendency

to sniff the pages when I’m reading. Sometimes,

people stare at me when I browse in bookstores.

M (laughs): I can imagine.

J: How about you?

M: Ah, well...I have a habit of dancing.

J: That’s not very strange. You’re a dancer, right?

M: Yeah, but I dance in public places.

J: Oh. Like in a flash mob?

M: Nope. I get antsy if I stay in one place for too long.

I start to fidget, and the next thing I know,

I’m doing some hip-hop moves while waiting in line for

a cheeseburger. Is that weird?

J: Kind of. But it’s also cute.

M (teasingly): At least I’m not addicted to sniffing books.

J: Hey!

Both women laugh.

Vocabulary

Habits　　　　　　　　　習慣、癖