英語でおしゃべり　MIFA Chat Salon(守谷市）: ２０１５年２月７日活動報告

　英語でおしゃべり　（守谷市）

MIFA　Chat　Salon

（守谷市国際交流協会　主催）

２０１５年２月７日（土）　活動報告

２０１５年初回の英語サロンです。

本日のショートスピーチは、アメリカよりAlexさんです。

A New Year　resolution

This time, I'm going to talk about new year's resolutions. I think there are five main types of resolutions: health and fitness, work-related, travel, entertainment, and life skills.

First I'm going to talk about one of my new year's resolutions. My new year's resolutions related to technology. It has to do with cell phones, specifically how I use my cell phone. Before I came to Japan I did not have a smartphone. At one point I had a simple flip phone, one that opens and closes by folding it. I'm sure many of you have phones like these. Then another phone that was not a smart phone, it didn't flip but it could not use internet. My family did not have a data plan so I never surfed the web on this phone. But now that I'm in Japan, I have a phone that has almost limitless data. Whenever I want, I can search the internet, check my email, listen to internet radio, or watch videos. But with that privilege comes a lot of responsibility. I have to decide when it is appropriate to use my phone and when it is not. Before now I did not give a lot of thought to this. But starting this year it is my new years resolution that when I am in a conversation with friends I will not use my phone. Hopefully, I can put it down on the table or put it back in my pocket. I've gotten used to using it whenever I want to and now I think the habit will be difficult to change but I'm going to try my best so I can enjoy the company of my friends.

This week i asked a few of my friends to tell me their resolutions so now is it alright if i read a few of them to you?

"last year my resolutions were to learn to express my feelings to people better. and to memorize a new poem each month"

"this year I resolved to exercise 4 times a week and to eat healthier. I want to eat less red meats at least two fruits a day"

"But I've been trying to do more cardio so I don't gain weight"

"My New Years resolution was to make the choice to eat green vegetables as part of my meals whenever possible. I've been doing okay at it so far."

"The more practical goal is learning to make 兰州拉面 (lan zhou la mien). The resolution is important to me because I think it necessary to better connect myself with my ancestry. I cook a lot, however Chinese cuisine has been a weak spot for me."

I hope that this year you all find ways to make sure you succeed at your resolutions!

Thank you,

Alex Webster