Hi, everyone!
I haven't seen you for a long time,
and is everything alright for you???
I came back from Hokkaido last night and now feel some travel fatigue.
Fortunately, the big typhoon didn't hit Hokkaido directly, so we could enjoy our 4 days trip.
Escaped from Nagoya's hot and sticky summer,
we also had a good time in cool and nice season at Hokkaido.
We rented a car and took a drive from Sapporo to Asahikawa and Hurano.
I was deeply impressed by the greatness of the ground, and the beauties of nature.
My kids were very excited and satisfied all through our trip.
But it was unfortunate for us that a tour of river walking
by a nature guide was cancelled for a long rain.( I was looking forward to do so much...!)
Anyway, I could refresh myself very much!
Plum, I read your comments again and again.
Norika's English diary was very good, but the native speaker's English
seemed a quite different kind for me.
I have to improve my "Japanese English" to "real English,"
but it is still a long way to achievement of my goal.
And thank you very much for your kind proposal, Plum.
I'm very happy to listen your lecture about feminism theory.
I'll try the Victorian Feminism before you coming back.
Dear friends,
good bye and see you tomorrow!
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Hi, Cherry.
Welcome back to Nagoya. I’m very happy to hear that you enjoyed your trip to Hokkaido and refreshed yourself. It is important to take a break and refresh ourselves from time to time. I am sorry that you could not take a river walking tour this time, but probably next time you could try it, I hope.
It is enjoyable to read all your messages, and I am sure that all of you are feeling much more comfortable and happier about writing in this blog in English than before.
I would like to talk about a two-word/phrase set and a three-word/phrase set which are commonly recognized in standard informal English, especially when a speaker or writer would like to draw the attention of her/his listener or reader.
Two-word/phrase set:
I have cereal plus milk in each morning as I told you before. Here is a message printed on a box of Light ‘n’ Tasty produced by Sanitarium.
Sanitarium believes that nutrition and taste are a great combination.
That’s why our range of Whole Grain cereals are minimally refined to ensure a natural balance of nutrition and taste, providing you with lasting goodness and energy.
Since 1898 we have been passionate about providing healthy products and lifestyle advice for your enjoyment and wellbeing.
As you can see in the above, there are some two-word/phrase sets:
nutrition and taste
goodness and energy
healthy products and lifestyle advice
enjoyment and wellbeing
Probably, the first one is, sort of, a dualism style, consisting of two words which have contrasting meanings, such as “body and soul” and “sun and moon”.
But the others are not, although products and advice sounds like it, because the connotation of the word “products” seems to be “materialistic” and that of “advice” “spiritual”.
English speaking people like a two-word/phrase set and it is seen here and there.
The next message is also from a package of cereal, which is produced by another company called Uncle Tobbys.
By listening to you and consulting with leading health professionals, we have developed this range of nutritionally superior cereals which are made with ingredients and nutrients that are supported by research.
We also know that taste is important to you, so they all offer a delicious combination of flakes, whole grains and fruit to make it deliciously easy for you to look after yourself, everyday.
It’s a simple choice, which as part of a balanced diet and lifestyle, can help you pro-actively take care of yourself.
(It is very interesting to read package messages, isn’t it?)
As you can see in the above, there are, again, some two-word/phrase sets:
listening to you and consulting with leading health professionals
ingredients and nutrients
diet and lifestyle
Also, in this message, there are a three-word set:
flakes, whole grains and fruit
Actually a three-word set is also very popular in the English language.
Here is a message printed on a box of Dilmah tea bags.
Dilmah is a very special tea.
Its founder has dedicated his life to tea and he has mastered the art of tea making. He guides his family business with care, pride and passion.
It is very easy to find the three-word set I have mentioned here:
care, pride and passion
CONCLUSION:
Please try to make as many two-word/phrase or three-word/phrase sets as possible in your message!!!
Buy, now, my dear friends.
I will talk to you again tomorrow.
Welcome home, Cherry and hello, my friends!
Cherry, I can tell how you and your family enjoyed driving through a vast land of Hokkaido, escaping from an everyday life to exploring an adventurous one. I’ve been there twice, one was to the eastern part of Hokkaido including the Shiretoko peninsula, Akan and Mashu lake just before graduating from university, and the other was the southern part of Hokkaido such as Sapporo, Noboribetsu, and Lake Tōya for my honeymoon trip.
Magnolia, Adventure World in Shirahama sounds exciting and thrilling. It would be nice to visit there and have fun with my grandson some day when he is two or three. My aunt in Kagawa said to me proudly and joyously, “ I’m planning to make an overnight trip to Shirahama to please my daughter’s family at Adventue World. My sixth grade granddaughter likes me very much.”
Plum, I wonder how I can have access to Norika’s English Diary. I checked the Internet to find several English blogs written but failed to reach hers. And how did you meet with her English diary?
I read plum's message just now.
You’re absolutely right. There is no doubt that I find myself feeling more comfortable, cozier and even amusing about writing, especially after I paid attention to your guideline such as method of informal writing, and two-word/phrase or three-word/phrase sets.
It’ll become a challenging and diverting game for me to use as many two-word/phrase or three-word/phrase sets as possible in my messages.
Thanks a million!
sunflower
Good evening, everyone.
Cherry, welcome back to the place in which a lid of Hell's iron pot could be being opened. Isn't it hot in Nagoya comparing to Hokkaido? Did you go to Goroh's house in Hurano?
My husband and daughter like TV drama ''Kita no Kuni kara'' meaning from north local area.
They are classified into maniac??
Whenever it is in winter holidays, they come to feel like watching the drama. My husband has DVD of Kita no Kuni kara series. Whenever they watch them, they are repeatedly impressed with them.
My daughter's only merit is that she can mimic drama's character including Goro-san, Souta niichan, Jyun. She can mimic other drama's characters such as ''Densya Otoko'' ''Shiroi Kyotou''.
This fact is known by only her family members. I can enjoy her mimic after she watches the drama.
Dear Cherry and friends,
Welcome back, Cherry! Now it's the best season to visit Hokkaido, isn't it?
Like Sunflower, I went to Hokkaido many years ago. Even in July, it was cold. We rented a car and drove to the Mashu lake. Unfortunately, the lake was in the fog. It was dangerous to drive in the deep fog. We were younger and more stupid than now.
Plum, thank you for telling us interesting and useful advice. I'll try two-word/three-word phrases from now on.
Today, I went to Osaka for my research. The destination was old and magnificent St. Andrews University (Momoyama Gakuin Univ.) in Izumi city. The school has a huge library including a collection of CMS annual reports and Gleaner, a kind of newspapers published by CMS. All of these were microfilmed. As you know, I'm going to write about Lucy Payne. I'm searching for her own writings and some reports about her. A few months ago, I consulted the librarian of my school about getting microfilmed materials from the library of St. Andrews University. The librarian said apologetically that it was difficult to get microfilmed information from other libraries. She suggested that I should visit the library to check them by myself and she wrote a letter of introduction for me.
It was a small journey. It took 3 hours and a half from Toyohashi to St. Andrews university. When I reached there, all the microfilms I listed in an e-mail message I sent them beforehand had been already lined beside a microfilm reader. Thanks to their kind preparation, I could print pages from microfilms effectively. I printed 200 pages in total. A cursory look at the materials gave me some findings. I still have to study all the materials that I got today.
Talk to you later. Good night.
P.S. Azalea, is your daughter like you? My imagination brings me only the picture of small Azalea telling jokes as you do. How cute!
August 6, 2007 23:40 JST
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