The Notebook:きみに読む物語
Nicholas Sparksのこの物語は、以前洋書で読んだことがあったのですが、英語を必死で勉強中のtani*Cさんにお勧めしたからには自分も復習しておこうということで、映画版を見てみました。以下、ネタバレありなので、tani*Cさんにはわからないように英語で書きます(^^; 多分読み飛ばすでしょうから~(笑)一応、本を読み終わるまでは絶対にDVDは見るなと言ってあります(笑)。First, I watched a movie called "The Notebook". I read the book in English a few years ago, and I was impressed with the story. But the books written by Nicholas Sparks are always too sweet for me. When I read his second book, I was almost throwing up. :D That's enough, I thought. :DBut this book is very easy to read, so I recommended the book to tani*C, who started to study English very hard since she fell in love with Tico Torres, a drummer of Bon Jovi, after I invited her to their concert. When I saw her reading the book very hard, I decided to watch the DVD. And... I was impressed with the story again. The story is...Ally and Noah were teenagers and they met each other one summer. They fell in love, but Ally, the rich girl, had to leave the town to go to college. Noah wrote letters every day, but Ally's parents hide them, because they decided Noah was not suitable for Ally. Several years passed and Ally got engaged. Before she got married, she decided to see Noah, and then they fell in love again....An old man tells this story to an old woman, who is his wife, but the woman has dementia and she can't even remember who the old man is... As the story goes, she finally remember who they are! They are Ally and Noah, who loved each other so deep.What a beautiful story!! Still the book is much better than the movie though....Now I am in the mood of..."I want to love someone like this!" :D******************今日は授業がキャンセルということで、空いた時間にいろんなことをしました。Wii Fitにブートキャンプ。骨粗しょう症の患者さんで、ご主人を亡くしてから生活にゆとりがないとのことで薬を飲まずにいたら、転んで骨折をしてしまい大変なことになった方が去年来院されたのですが、それを見て自分の老後について考えるようになり、やはり健康で豊かな暮らしをするためには体を鍛えておくしかない!ということで、毎日お昼休みに職場の仲間とウォーキングをしています。今日はずっと机に向かっていたので、ウォーキングの代わりにWii Fitとブートキャンプをしました♪12月に始めたWii Fitですが、全然減らなかった体重がウォーキングとの相乗効果からか、2キロ減!って言っても、2キロ減ったぐらいでは何も変わりません(^^; まだまだ頑張らなくては~!