GIRL-SHY
◎ Sunday, Nov. 27th Key Word: English lessons/ CNN/ long johns Every Sunday, I have two or three students.First, I have an English lesson with a local elementary schoolteacher.He's one of the oldest pupils of mine. This sensei hasbeen taking my course for about 6 years or so.At first his goal was to get the semi-first grade of STEP(英検)andhe already achieved this goal. Now he aims to get the first grade. This morning he and I watched CNN news. He kindlytaped the news every time before the lesson at home.Since I don't have any tuners to receive CNN,he kindly videoed the CNN news shows and othershows for me. This morning we watched a news show titled "AmericanMorning". A male anchorman spoke too fast.This class was a hard training to me, too. At 11:00, I had another class with a gentleman.We practiced how to express our opinions in English,learning useful expressions. He asked me several questions about English expressions.One of them was really unique. Do you, guys, happen to know the meaning "long johns"?When I was asked this questions, I was afraid that I did not know this words. "Long johns" means "long winter underwear".I didn't know this expression. This is what we call "パッチ"or "モモヒキ". Usually I have an English lesson with the first senseiat 9:00, which is followed by another lesson with a collegestudent from Fukuoka. She cancelled today's lesson.(This college student wants to become an elementary schoolteacher after school. She says that she also would like toteach English to children, considering English will be a regularsubject sometime soon in the future in elementary schools.) Then, I have the other English lesson with the second sensei. After the two lessons, I spent the rest of the day doing <tensaku>.I had to spend almost eight hours checking all the translations I receivedfrom all of you. It's a really tough work!!!! ----------------------------------------------------◎Alternative Dairy (裏日記) ☆Girl Shy☆ As you may know, I worship or admire several people.Eiji SAWAMURA is one of them.He was an excellent, splendid, and wonderful pitcher of GIANTSbefore world war the second. I like reading a story about him(biography).According to the book, Sawamura was a person of what theycalled "girl-shy". Girl-shy is a man who becomes very shybefore ladies and awkward in handling his romance. When many female fans rushed to his accommodationafter a baseball game, Sawamura used to go into a closetin his room and hide himself. I admit that I am girl-shy, too. I become too nervous before a lady I love to talk to her in a relaxing manner. This is my big problem.I tend to talk to a lady I love best in a clumsy way andexpression and so this state of my mind affects the lady,resulting in failure to have a very good and friendly conversation.(ぎこちなく話してしまい、表情も硬いので、それが相手にうつって 良い会話ができまっしぇん。) On the other hand, I used to try my best to pick up young ladies(ナンパ) at discos or dancing clubs when I was younger.Of course, I usually failed to pick them up!!(even though I used to enjoy dance with them cheek-to-cheekall the time.)Even now, if I find a charming lady or women anywhere,I might do the same thing.But before the lady I love, I suddenly becomesuper-awkward. It's a really big problem which hinders mefrom developing a romantic relationship with a lady I love best.Would you mind my asking what to do get over this symptom? Speaking of discos, I used to enjoy dancingand sharing a good time with ladies in Juliana Tokyoover ten years ago, when that disco became a verypopular. My workplace was near this disco._____________________ Ken Suetsugu