Dating in English

Author: Hidetaka Nakamura
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Express your emotions in English, pour out your thoughts in English, enhance relationships while learning English, and learn English while deepening emotions. Break free from the "last-minute panic for English conversation"! If you want to communicate with others in English, you need to have a long-term perspective! The author often dives straight into conclusions, and many people find that his impulsive personality hasn’t changed even now. The moment you encounter situations like "traveling abroad, shopping, exchanging money," "writing emails in English," "making international calls," "hosting Westerners," or "using English at work," you sigh, "If only I had learned English earlier." After hastily flipping through a rushed English textbook for emergency use, you quickly forget it all. From a certain perspective, being able to react and handle things instantly is indeed good, but it still feels a bit. True, "Persistence is strength," but to stick with anything, you must also rely on techniques. Although everyone’s techniques are different, in any situation, you need to cultivate the "skill of not getting bored with yourself." For example, you can subscribe to English materials on topics you love, choose favorite movies to practice speaking, or improve your English skills through areas that interest you. The key is to find ways to avoid getting bored and stay persistent. Unfortunately, many people forget to put effort into this. It’s certainly good to be able to shop in English, exchange money in English, or speak in English, but life is short and limited, and what you gain is only scattered knowledge. English is a tool for humans to communicate, and like people, languages are vast and profound. Personally, the author believes that language is a form of "anthropology." The author is very interested in "people," and similarly, the author is deeply interested in "language" (whether it’s English or Japanese)—even to the point of "loving it." Therefore, the author has tried to write seven vignettes (short pieces) related to "love."