2007.10.04
(Mag2) 英語に慣れるには ﾓﾆﾀｰ座談会参加者募集
＿＿＿私の読者さんへのﾒｯｾｰｼﾞ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿
豪華なﾗﾝﾁと謝礼をいただける座談会参加者を募集しています｡
詳しくは､下記にのお知らせで｡（東京近辺で女性の方のみ）
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英語に慣れるには
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● 英語／英会話を自分の物にしたい人のための情報発信 ●
● http://www.mail-marketing.biz/book/paperback-list.htm ●
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● ﾁﾘも積もれば山となる英語力のﾖｼﾀﾞです｡ ●
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●登録の変更･解除
まぐまぐ http://rap.tegami.com/mag2/m/0000000160.htm
Melma 空ﾒｰﾙを送信して解除 us-145185@mc.melma.com
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お知らせ
●ﾓﾆﾀｰ座談会参加者募集（先着10名様､東京近辺の女性の方対象）
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保冷材製造（ｱｲｽﾓｱ製造）と販売企業（ﾆﾁﾓｳ）による
ﾗﾝﾁﾓﾆﾀｰ会にご参加いただける方を募集します｡
ﾃｰﾏ： 保冷材について
日時： 2007年10月19日（金曜日）午前11時～午後13時まで
場所： ﾆﾁﾓｳ（株）会議室
〒140-0002
品川区東品川２－２－２０(天王洲郵船ﾋﾞﾙ)
ﾆﾁﾓｳ株式会社
東京ﾓﾉﾚｰﾙ 天王洲ｱｲﾙ駅下車
http://tinyurl.com/2y4uee
条件：女性
あなたを含む3名のｱﾝｹｰﾄ記入（記入済みのｱﾝｹｰﾄ持参必須）
印鑑持参（領収書への記入）
先着10名限り
特典：無料ﾗﾝﾁ
謝礼（交通費含む）
申し込み：
こちらで申し込みをお願いします｡
http://icemore.jp/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,40/
● Hopes, love and dreams in New York
－NHK CD Book―NHKﾗｼﾞｵ英会話ｽﾄｰﾘｰﾌﾞｯｸ
大杉 正明 (著)
http://tinyurl.com/68ppk
この教材は､一度ＮＨＫﾗｼﾞｵ英会話で放送された物を学習参考書として
まとめた物です｡私は､この教材を今も時々聞いています｡登場する人物
と内容が心に響き､声優の声に恋をしてしまったのです｡
物語に喜怒哀楽があり､最後には感激して涙が出てきてしまうほどの
ﾄﾞﾗﾏが演出されています｡英語学習書を越えた名作英語会話学習書
です｡
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□ 心温まる物語 （自分の意見を英語で表現する訓練）
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Mountains of Laundry
By Veronica Wintermote
After we had been married a couple of years, my husband and I became
foster parents. Our first placement was two little boys, brothers,
who we were thrilled to adopt a year and a half later.
When our sons were two and three, we agreed to take one and
three-year-old sisters into our home. For the following two years
we had our own little in-house, full-time daycare.
After the girls had been with us awhile, I attempted to get involved
in a Bible study group at our church, but one thing or another
always seemed to prevent me from attending.
I was feeling a little discouraged, but I purchased devotional tapes
and a study guide and thought I could keep up with the Bible study
by myself at home.
One afternoon, after I'd put the children down for their naps, I
tackled a mountain of laundry that had piled up on the sofa and
needed folding. As I was folding, I began discussing my plight with
the God.
You know, Lord, I've started attending this Bible study and I'm
trying to find time for You and everything I need to do, but I just
can't seem to find enough time.
I've tried getting up before daylight, but one of the kids always
hears me and gets up wanting my attention, and by bedtime I'm
exhausted.
I guess I could do them during naptime, but that's the only time I
have to get caught up with the housework and laundry. I seem to be
able to keep up with most everything but this laundry! Well, I guess
You know all about it.
You gave me four little kids under three-years-old to care for, and
You know they need clean clothes to wear and You know how much work
this takes. I know You understand.
The following Sunday my husband and I were sitting in Sunday school
class waiting for the teacher to begin, when our family's “adopted
grandmother,” Betty, came and sat down beside me.
Betty was a widow who had raised five children. She was a wonderful
woman who was always helping someone, and had personally blessed our
family on many occasions.
She leaned toward me and said, "I have a proposition for you."
My curiosity was aroused. "Okay. What is it?"
She sweetly and softly replied, "I really think this is the Lord,
but would you let me do your laundry?"
As I sat gaping at her with my mouth hanging open, my mind raced
trying to think who I could have told about my laundry situation.
I knew I hadn't mentioned it to anyone, not even my husband, Rodney.
"Do you know how much laundry I have?" I whispered back as my eyes
started to fill.
"Honey, I've raised five kids. Believe me, I know how much laundry
you have." She continued, "You know, what you and your husband are
doing raising these little children is wonderful, but I know it's
hard work.
I'm an old woman and I can't watch other people's children anymore,
but I can do your laundry. You just have Rodney drop it off on his
way to work and pick it up on his way home. I'll wash it, dry it,
iron it, fold it; whatever is needed."
Shame on me, because the whole time she was talking, I was thinking,
Oh, Lord, not the underwear! I can't send our underwear to someone
else to do!
Betty was still talking. "Last week I noticed you up on the
platform during praise and worship and you looked very tired. I was
thinking about you all week and then I felt the Lord telling me,
'Ask Ronni if she'll let you do her laundry.'" She finished with,
"Now, don't you rob me of this blessing."
I didn't know how to respond. Not wanting to hurt Betty's feelings,
I said, “I’ll think about it.”
Even though I had poured out my heart about how difficult it was to
keep up and how I missed my devotional time with Him, I was
unprepared for God to actually do something about it.
He had given me the task of caring for these little ones and I was a
little put out that He'd taken me seriously when I said I was having
trouble keeping up. So I thought, If I just get a little more
organized, I can take care of this myself.
A couple weeks later, as I walked in and surveyed the laundry room,
I sagged against the washer. The mountain of laundry hadn't
diminished a bit with my efforts to get better organized.
As a matter of fact, it was now bigger than ever. "Well, Lord," I
said, "I guess I could send everything but the underwear."
Very clearly, I heard that still small voice say, "When I ask you
for your dirty laundry, I want all of it, even the underwear."
That's when I broke. That mountain of laundry now represented the
mountain of pride in my life. Who was I to look disdainfully on a
gift offered in love?
As I picked up the phone, my eyes filled with tears and when I heard
sweet little Betty's voice on the other end, my own voice shook as I
said, "Betty, do you still want to help me with my laundry?"
My tears quickly turned to laughter at her joyful response. "Bring
it on over, Honey, bring it on over!"
Our clothes were never cleaner, brighter, or less wrinkled than
during the two years Betty faithfully and lovingly did our laundry.
Then when our little foster daughters were placed in their "forever
home" through adoption, we both knew it was time for me to resume
the task.
Although she no longer does our laundry, our friendship remains
strong. Betty laughed one day when I told her, “I want to be just
like you when I grow up.”
Reprinted by permission of Veronica L. Wintermote (c) 2000 from
Chicken Soup for the Christian Soul II by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor
Hansen and LeAnn Thieman, L.P.N.
Q1: How do you feel after reading it? Are you moved?
Q2: What does the Lord mean to you?
Q3: Would you like to be just like Betty when you get older?
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□ 編集後記
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今日､この記事と類似の経験というか神からのﾒｯｾｰｼﾞというか｡不思議
な出来事を経験した｡
私は導かれているのでは････と思うような経験だった｡
いつも通る道でこんなﾒｯｾｰｼﾞが目に入ってきた｡いつもは､目をやるこ
とがなかったのだが今日はなぜか目が行ってしまった｡
ﾁｬﾝｽは自分で呼び込むもの
好機､幸運は
意識とやる気の度合いに
応じて訪れます｡
一度は通り過ぎたのですが､なぜか､引き戻って携帯電話で写真を撮りまし
た｡書いてある内容があまりにも今の自分が求めるものであったからです｡
なぜなんだろうか？
今日に限って｡なぜなんだろうか｡
私のﾋﾞｼﾞﾈｽは､営業で始まり営業で終わる｡死んでいるﾎｰﾑﾍﾟｰｼﾞで困っ
ている中小企業のｸﾗｲｱﾝﾄを探して問題を解決するｿﾘｭｰｼｮﾝｻｰ
ﾋﾞｽだ｡そのためには､そのようなお客を探さねばならない｡
この掲示が張り出されていた場所を良く見たら､あるｷﾘｽﾄ教会であった｡
いつも通り過ぎてそこに教会があるとは気づかなかった｡今日に限ってその
掲示が目に入るとは････
このﾒﾙﾏｶﾞを書いている前にﾒｰﾙでｱﾎﾟｲﾝﾄを取っていた｡全てがな
ぜかｽﾑｰｽﾞに行き打合せのｽｹｼﾞｭｰﾙが設定できた｡これも不思議でな
らない｡
日本にも Lord (神）は存在するのでは･･･
Hanji
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◎Ready to Write More: From Paragraph to Essay
Karen Blanchard (著), Christine Root (著)
http://tinyurl.com/4k2ce
米国の大学で初めて英語の授業を受けた｡まず､習った事は､
ﾊﾟﾗｸﾞﾗﾌの書き方だ｡その次が､A4１ﾍﾟｰｼﾞのｴｯｾｰの書き方だ｡
毎回授業がある度に宿題でｴｯｾｰを提出させられた｡そして､添削
された宿題が点数（A, A-, B+, B, B-など）と共に戻ってきた｡
日本で学んだ方法とは､１８０度違っていた｡それが新鮮だった｡
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電子出版： 英語/英会話を自分の物にしたい人のための情報発信
発行者： Norito H.Yoshida
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