そして、頭の中は実際には覗けないんだけど(←この分野のテクノロジー出てくるといいですね!)、日本人は「体系立った論理展開に基づく話法」はかなり苦手。 これ、ベイスポのインタビュー記事でも書いたけど、米人相手に英語喋るときにクリティカルです。(米人は結構露骨に話が分からなくなると眉を寄せる癖があり、そういう時にはよく分かるものですw あぁ、I’m not making myself clear now.. 的な)
We, as a part of Asian, are proud of ourselves. There is no single reason that we should be hated, but even we had, I don’t care because there are so many great Japanese athletes, artists, and business person around the globe. Here is a list of number one Japanese in various areas: (Please note pictures and almost all of the descriptions are cited from Wikipedia to keep the fairness and protect copyrights)
Hideki Matsuyama On 11 April 2021, Matsuyama won the Masters Tournament, becoming both the first Japanese player and the first Asian-born player to win the tournament. Among the four days, the best day was the third when he scored 65, but the most impressive one was the last day when he kept his lead with his great endurance.
Naomi Osaka Not only the US Open 2020 that people in United States well remember, she has won 2018 one and Australian Open 2021 and 2019. At the US Open 2020, Osaka walked onto the court for her seven matches wearing a different black mask, each of which with the name of an African American who had been killed in recent years often without significant repercussions. Note that her name is pronounced as [neiomi] or [neomi] in US, but in Japanese it is [naomi].
Takuma Sato Sato is a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, having won the event in 2017 and 2020. He was the first Asian driver to win the Indy 500. Japanese is known as gentle, mild and kind, but he is really aggressive in the races and known for his motto “no attack, no chance” with regards to racing style.
Shohei Otani Although he is at his early career, there is no doubt that he is the greatest pitcher/batter in MLB at present. Who could imagine that a Japanese player throw a 101 mph fastball and hit his 450 yard homerun in a single game!
Ichiro Suzuki Almost no need to explain Ichiro’s accomplishments since they have been enclaved in people’s memory – MLB’s single-season record for hits with 262, Guinness World record of 4,367 hits in his professional career across Japan and the United States. (I’m proud of being Suzuki thanks to him!)
Yuzuru Hanyu Hanyu, who is called “Yuzu” as a nickname among Japanese, is the first Asian men’s singles skater to win the Olympic gold. Upon winning the 2020 Four Continents Championships, Hanyu became the first and only male singles skater to achieve a Super Slam, having won all major competitions in his senior and junior career. Regarded as among the greatest male figure skaters in history, Hanyu has broken world records nineteen times.
Shinsuke Nakamura Unless you live in the US, you may not know the popularity WWE, but it is huge here. Nakamura won WWE United States Championship twice in 2018 and 2019, respectively. On top of that, WWE Intercontinental Champion in 2019. He abandoned his stardom at New Japan Pro-Wrestling which was unbelievable to fans in Japan back then.
Joji (@88rising) Australian Japanese R&B, trip hop and lo-fi singer releasing songs from 88rising. His debut studio album Ballads 1, which reached number 1 on Billboard‘s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in November 2018 made him the first Asian-born artist to do so.
Steve Aoki He is a Japanese American DJ known for his EDM music and enthusiastic showmanship. He earned the Guinness record for “most traveled musician in one year” 2014. Although he is technically not Japanese, the reason I wanted list him here was that since early in his career Aoki has been involved with various charities, and EDM.com named him No. 1 on their list of the eleven most charitable EDM producers. He is the founder of the Steve Aoki Charitable Fund, which raises money for global humanitarian relief organizations and medical research. Note that his name is pronounced as [eioki] in US, but in Japanese it is [naomi].
Japan Shopping Channel Will deliver Japanese food/goods all across US in two days, first in the country. Enjoy the authentic Japan! [Coming in July] https://japan-shopping-channel.com/
Japan Zinfandel Promotion Association Best Zinfandel wine introductory website in Japanese to promote Californian Zinfandel’s “powerfruitness” to wine lovers in Japan.
The below is the original writing of hers and dad’s correction. Native English speakers, if you have any suggestions, please do let us know!
条件/Conditions:
Write an essay on the given TOPIC
Use TWO of the POINTS below to support your answer
Structure: introduction, main body, and conclusion
TOPIC/お題: Agree or disagree: High school education in Japan needs to be approved
POINTS:
Curriculum
Globalization
Pressure on students
Quality of teaching
回答および修正案
Despite the effort put into high school education, I think it needs to be improved for two reasons. One is globalization and the other is the quality of teaching.
Despite the significant (このような副詞を効果的に入れることで、言いたいことの方向性が分かりやすくなる。前に冠詞を入れたのはgood!)effort put into high school education in Japan for a long time(これも同様の理由で追記です), I think it needs to be improved for two reasons. One is globalization and the other is the quality of teaching.
First of all, globalization of students in Japan is important. Japanese high schoolers are not use to speaking English at this moment and that is not a very good thing. Nowadays, speaking English is becoming almost essential in businesses, and it’s much easier to learn foreign languages from a young age, so high school should teach to speak English more.
First of all, globalization of students in Japan is critical considering the changes in global market.(少し「洒落た」単語 (=critical) を使った方が「賢く」聞こえるのと、常に「どうしてなのか?」という観点を加えて書くと、理論的に聞こえる) Japanese high schoolers are not used to speaking English now(at this moment、と言うと「今この瞬間」という感じで文脈にそぐわない) after over six years of learning (背景を補足し、論理を補完することで理論的に聞こえる)and it is disadvantageous (not a very good thingというのは口語体に過ぎる)in this world (同上の理由で追記). Nowadays, speaking English is becoming almost essential in businesses, and it’s much easier to learn foreign languages from a young age (ここに冠詞を入れるかは日本人には判断難しいところ。ネイティブのディスカッションによると貴回答の通りで正しいようです。Which is correct, “from a young age” or “from young age”? [closed]), therefore(この手の作文ではsoよりよりフォーマルなthereforeが望ましい) high schools should teach English speaking (英会話を教えた方がいい、ということであれば添削案かspoken Englishの方が良いでしょう。「もっと喋るように促した方がいい」というニュアンスでしたら lead students to speak English more なんていうのも少し洒落た言い回しでしょう)more to students(これは入れても入れなくても、というレベルではあります).
Second of all, quality of teaching in Japan is doubtful. Even top Japanese University, Tokyo University is not in top 10 of best asian universities. If Universities aren’t good, that means quality of high schools aren’t good either.
Second of all, the (2回目なので)quality of English (英語で書く時に、このように「言っていることが明確になるような語を足していくこと」を意識しましょう。日本語・日本人というのは文章において「普通分かるよね?」という部分と意識が大きい。ただし米人・英語ではあまりそれは望ましくなく、常に「理論的に考えて理論的に作文して理論的に発話する」ことを考えていきましょう。おとなになって大きな差がつくはずです。(親父はそこらへんは苦しんでいるところあります))teaching in Japan is skeptical. (doubtful, でも悪くないです。skeptical の方が要は強いニュアンスです。ネイティブによるニュアンスの議論はこちらを参照のほど。skeptical vs. doubtful) Even the (特定して書く場合にtheを付ける)top Japanese university (ここでは一般名詞), Tokyo University, (カンマで区切って特定し、特定を終わる) is not listed (語感として「入っていない」となるのでベター)in the (前述の通り)top 10 ofbest(topとbest では意味が重複する) Asian universities. If those (東京大学みたいな、となりますね)universities aren’t good, that means the (前に言ったけど、みたいな冠詞の使い方になります)quality of high schools aren’t good either.(最後の部分は英語としては間違っていないものの、理論展開としては繋がりが薄い。高校が弱いということは大学が弱いというロジックですが、高校は強い/高校生はしっかり勉強する、だけど大学は何かの理由でしっかりした教育を提供できていない、日本の大学生はおそらく理由を知っていると思うけどちゃんと勉強できていない、ということはあり得る。 テストなので、そこまで考える必要はないかもしれないけれど、テスト受ける目的って一体なんだろう。 パパからすると、理論的に考えれるようになって、理論的に書けて、最後は理論的に英語で喋れるようになること、だと思うんだよね。だから脳みそから汗が出るほど考えてみよう)
For these two reasons, globalization of high school student and quality of teaching, I think high school education should be improved.
For these two reasons, the necessity of (理論的な文章になるように補完。同上)globalization of the high school students and enhancing (同様)the quality of teaching, I think the high school education in Japan should be improved.
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