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I like candies, cookies, chocolates; I like all sweets very much! In particular, I really love cakes. When I was three or four years old, I ate cake for the first time. At that time, my father had to take up a job in another city, leaving my family behind in Shimane. I was a very little child, so I cried a lot and felt lonely without him when he was going to his workplace. Finally, he decided to cheer me up by giving me a cake as a special present. I don’t remember the taste, but I clearly remember I was really happy. The other day, while on holiday, I ate cakes and talked about this with my parents. It was also special time for me. (written by student Miss Tamura; edited by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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Notes:
movie goer よく映画を見に行く人;
dried squid スルメ;
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More movie tickets were sold in Korea than in Japan last year even though Japan has 2.5 times the population of Korea. I asked my Korean teacher why so many people go to the movies, and she said that the movie tickets there are much cheaper and the movie theaters are open longer. Then she asked me about the U.S. She wanted to know if Americans ate and drank anything else besides popcorn and soft drinks. I told her that a lot of people eat candy, too. She said that Korea was different. Many Koreans eat dried squid at the movie theaters. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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