Hi David, Hi Everyone!
It's my first time to write here.
I don't really understand about Bridgend, but I know it wasn't a good news for their family, friends and us.

I don't know how to use mixi too.
But I think that is kind of.... MySpace?

はじめまして。英語に伸び悩んでいるAliceです^^;A
昨日このブログを初めて読んだのですが･･･なかなかコメントが書けませんでした。
今もnervousしてます。よければお仲間にいれてください♪

今日のDavidさんのブログ内にもわかんない箇所が10個も！？
こんなみなさんより少しレベルが低い私ですが、優しく教えていただけると嬉しいです☆彡

Nice to meet you!!

•  匿名
• 2008年3月 7日 21:24

Hi Alice. Nice to have you with us. If you write the parts of my entry that you didn't understand, I'm sure the others will translate them for you.

•  David
• 2008年3月 7日 22:21

Hi Alice,
Welcome to the blog! As David said, if you write the parts that you didn't understand, we'll help you. Which parts? Please feel free to write them all;-)

Hi Maki and Anne,
Thanks for your comments. こんな世の中だけど、｢生まれてきて良かった｣って思って欲しいですね。

Hi David,
Are you going to work this weekend too? 頑張って下さい＾＾ I hope you will be able to find some time to have fun with your bike.
Look forward to the cheerful topic!

Have a great weekend and see you soon.

Tomo

•  Tomo
• 2008年3月 7日 23:01

Hi Anne, Maki, Tomo,
Thanks for your warm comments!
I agree with Tomo. The most important thing for our life is "Love". As you know, the Beatles sang "♪All you need is love♪". I love this song.

Hi Alice,
Nice to meet you! Me too, I can't understand perfectly David's comment because I'm not good at English, but there are lots of member who help me on this blog, so I can learn English here. If you have a question, the member of this blog will surely give the answer to you.
一緒に頑張りましょうね！

Hi Everyone,
I have a question.
今回のDavidの文の中に "whose" というのがありましたよね。
見たことはあるんです。（学生のときに習ったはずなので当たり前ですが）でも、これをどう使うのか思い出せません。あと、この "whose" を見て思い出したのが "whom" という単語です。これも思い出したのはいいのですが、どう使うのかわからない…。辞書で調べたら、私の大嫌いな文法用語がズラリで、なんのことやらさっぱりわかりません。どなたか教えてください！

Amica

•  Amica
• 2008年3月 7日 23:35

hi amica

long time no see!!
but I am still here and reading this blog everyday.
about your question "whose" and "whom".
I am sure you know "I-my-me" "you-your-you" "she-her-her" "he-his him"
なので "who(誰が）-whose(誰の）-whom(誰に、誰を）"となります。Davidの "I know a girl whose father committed suicide two years ago." は "I know a girl" と　"her father commited suicide two years ago." の2つの文を関係代名詞（whose)で1つの文にしたものです。
使い方としては、誰の、とか誰にとか知りたい時に例ば、
"Whose book is this?(この本誰の？）"　
"Whom did you meet yesterday?(昨日誰に会ったの？）あとはDavidが使ってたような関係代名詞としての使い方ですかね。

今日は遅いのでこの辺で、

•  amo
• 2008年3月 8日 01:57

hi amica

long time no see!!
but I am still here and reading this blog everyday.
about your question "whose" and "whom".
I am sure you know "I-my-me" "you-your-you" "she-her-her" "he-his-him"
なので "who(誰が）-whose(誰の）-whom(誰に、誰を）"となります。Davidの "I know a girl whose father committed suicide two years ago." は "I know a girl" と　"her father commited suicide two years ago." の2つの文を関係代名詞（whose)で1つの文にしたものです。
使い方としては、誰の、とか誰にとか知りたい時に例ば、
"Whose book is this?(この本誰の？）"　
"Whom did you meet yesterday?(昨日誰に会ったの？）あとはDavidが使ってたような関係代名詞としての使い方ですかね。

今日は遅いのでこの辺で、

•  amo
• 2008年3月 8日 02:00

Good morning!

Hi Alice,
Welcome to this blog! As Tomo says, please feel free to ask any questions and we will help you.;-)

Hi Everyone,
I'm going to Celine Dion concert tonight! I'm excied!

Amo, thank you for explaining about "whom" and "whose"!

Have a lovely weekend!

Talk to you later,

Maki

•  Maki
• 2008年3月 8日 07:51

Hi David,
Thank you!! I'm glad to join this group!
Yes, I try to come here a lot and be friend with English!!!lol.

HiTomo,
Thank you so much!!
Um, first, I don't understand what mean "infotainment".
あと”mentioned”の使い方がイマイチわかりません。
This is a personal question, how long do you study English?
You are very good at English!
私もいつかそうなりたいです :)

Hi Amica,
Thank you!!
ここには心強い方がたくさんいるみたいですね！
少しホッとしました。I'm happy to be here!!
I know.... I hate grammar too. Cause I think, native speakers also doesn't every time speak perfectly correct sentence.

•  Alice
• 2008年3月 8日 08:05

Good morning Maki,
Thank you for your kindness comment.
Oh my gosh!! You're going to Celine Dion concert!?
You will meet Celine!? You will hear her songs!?
Cool! I wanted to see it but I went other singers concert so I'm not able to go this time. I'm looking forward to hear how was it.

•  Alice
• 2008年3月 8日 08:21

Hi Amica,
'whose' は Amo の説明通り(Thanks, Amo!) who の所有格です。　｢誰の」 とか、「誰のもの｣という意味があります。 Amoが書いてくれた例文はもうひとつ、Whose is this book? という言い方もできます。　両方とも同じ意味なんだけど、英語通りにに訳すと、Whose book is this? 「これは誰の本ですか？」とWhose is this book? 「この本は誰の(もの)ですか？｣となります。（主語を this 「これ」にするか、this ○○ 「この○○」にするかの違いですね。）

'whom' は who の目的格で、Amoの説明通り、「I (主格　～は、～が) / my(所有格　～の) / me(目的格　～を、～に) / mine(所有代名詞　～のもの)」の‘me’当たる単語です。 でも 'whom' はほとんど省略されるし、同じことを言うのでも 'who' や 'that' を使う方が多いので、私も学校で習った以外は使ったことがないです。　一応例を書いてみると・・

・I know the man. ＋ my friend is talking with him.
↓
①I know the man whom(that) my friend is talking with.
②I know the man with whom my friend is talking.
③I know the man my friend talking with.
*前置詞を前に置く場合はthatはダメ、というルールがあります。

いつも 'who' を使ってる文も実は 'whom' で言えたりします。（でも口語的じゃないです。）

・You are going to the party with David.　この文の‘David’の部分を聞きたいとき・・
「誰とパーティーに行くの？」
↓
①Who are you going to the party with?
②Whom are you going to the party with?
③With whom are you going to the party?
*Whoの前に前置詞を置くのはダメ。

ややこしくなってきたかな・・？　混乱しそうだったら、とりあえず 'whom' はスルーしておいていいと思うよ＾＾

Hi Maki,
Are you going to Celine Dion concert tonight? Have fun! 私コンサートって一度も行ったことないのよね～。　今度社会勉強も兼ねて行ってみたいです＾＾　帰ってきたら感想聞かせてね！

Hi Alice,
'infotainment' は informational + entertainment →娯楽情報番組です。　新しい単語なんじゃないかな？
'mention' は、「～について述べる、～を話題にする」という意味だけど、私は「言った」と言い切るよりも、「簡単にそのことに触れる」というイメージで使っています。

英語の勉強は中学・高校の6年間、大人になってからもう一度やり直そうと思って1年間くらい、それからず～～っとブランクがあって、またやり直そうと思って2年間くらいで、今に至ります。　ちなみに海外、英会話スクールには行ったことがなくて、普段の生活でも英語を使う必要は全くなしです。　でも何故か好きなんですよね、英語が。　このブログに参加した頃は全然英語が読めなかったし、自分の思ったことや意見なんて話せませんでした。 ‘好きこそものの上手なれ’、続ければ必ず上達します＾＾　一緒に頑張ろうね！

Tomo

•  Tomo
• 2008年3月 8日 09:46

Hi Everyone,
How nice and helpful everyone here is! なんだか朝から感動しました。ところで、 let me add a little more information on the usage of "whose."

whose が名詞の後に置かれていたら、１）その名詞を訳して、２）あとは「の」を足してやれば、簡単かも!?

たとえば、

a girl whose father is a doctor なら、
(ある女の子がいて、[その女の子の」お父さんが医者なんです。）

the house whose roof is red なら、（その家―「その家の」屋根は赤です。）

という風に。　

英語はhead fastですが、日本語はhead lastなので(このブログの最初のほうにかいてありました！）、上の２文を日本語訳しなさい、といわれたら、head (=今回は、a girl とthe house)を後ろにもってくる訳に日本語の語順をかえてやればＯＫ。

a girl whose father is a doctor なら、
「ある女の子がいて、その女の子のお父さんが医者なんです。」
⇒お父さんが医者の女の子

the house whose roof is red なら、「その家―その家の屋根は赤です。」⇒屋根が赤い家

OK, I've got to run now. I'm not sure if this information is useful to you or not, but I wrote it anyway.

Have a good weekend!

•  White green
• 2008年3月 8日 11:44

Hi everyone,
How is your weekend?
Alice, welcome to the blog! About your question, Tomo has already answered nicely, but can I join a little?
Infotainment→Information+entertainment
combination of ' hard news' and interviews and other topics such as health problems, interviews ,soft news and so on. 最近この形式の番組が多いですね。さらに、ここから派生して、娯楽情報の意味合いでかなり広い範囲で使われているようです。

mention: Tomoさんと同じく｢言及する｣の意味で、refer to briefly, especially incidentallyでかつ、ほかの人に注意を向けてもらおうという言外の意を含んでいると思います。
（他にも意味はありますが、sayとの比較してみると、こうなるのでは....)
ですから、Davidの、" I think I mentioned some time ago that I do not watch the TV news anymore because it has become too much like 'infotainment' for my liking.は、｢テレビのニュースは私の(僕の)好みからすればあまりに娯楽情報番組てきになっているのでもう見ない、とまえに言ったと思うけど．．（思います）。｣という意味になると思います。

Hi Amica,
whom,whose...ややこしい(方言かな？）ですよね。
Thanks members for explaining the usage.
少しだけ、amoとTomoの説明に追加するとすれば、説明の前半は、関係代名詞、後半は、疑問代名詞です。
いまさらながら、言う必要もないのかもしれませんが...

関係代名詞→二つの文を一つの英文にまとめるのに使われる。－－代名詞と接続詞の働きを兼ねる。

疑問代名詞→物をたずねる時用いる語。

＊昨日のコメントの少し訂正
　　being live→being alive
a tetephone, a frog( add 'a')(March 5)

Hi　Maki,
Celine Dion!! あ～うらやましい.Enjoy the concert!

Bye for now,

Anne

•  Anne
• 2008年3月 8日 16:40

Thank you. You should all be English teachers!

•  David
• 2008年3月 8日 19:16

Hi amo, Tomo, White green, Anne,
Thanks for explaining!
"whose"なら使えそう！でも"whom"はややこしそうなので、今のところはTomoの言うとおりスルーしておきます（笑）

Hi Everyone,
Next week we have "White Day". As you know, I got lots of "友チョコ" from my students on Valentine's Day, so I have to give them a present in return on White Day. Most of "友チョコ" I got were handmade, so they say "I want cake you made", and they expect it. Today, I bought ingredient for making cake. Next week, I'm going to make cupcakes for them. That's a bother....

Hi Maki,
How was the concert? うらやましい～！！

See you soon,

Amica

•  Amica
• 2008年3月 8日 23:07

Thank you Tomo!
”infotainment”.....どおりで辞書に載ってないわけね＾＾
私もイメージの方がわかりやすいです。
学校みたいにコレはこの意味！みたいに縛られたらそれこそ表現の幅が狭くなりそうで。

すごすぎです！私は英会話教室に行ってるんですが、ここ最近月謝とかがもったいなくない！？と感じてきてしまいまして･･･でも独学だと「続ける」ことができないので。ってところなんです。「I don't have enough time!!」な～んて自分のせいにしないで。でもこのブログは楽しいです！いつでも優しく教えてくれる人がいるし。これで会話の練習が出来たらいいんですが；；

Hi Anne!
Thank you so much for teaching me an English.
Sometimes I watch "infotainment" on TV.　
私もたまにそのような番組を見かけますよ！
あんな感じかな?ってイメージわきました。ありがとうございます。
1つ聞いていいですか？
「refer to briefly, especially incidentallyでかつ他の人に注意を向けてもらう」とありますが、この中の1つでもかけたら、また違ったwordの方が適しているなどがあるんでしょうか？

Hi Amica,
How are you doing?
Yeah, White Day!! But maybe I'm not able to get or give 友チョコ to friends cause we had a exams on Valentines Day at school. That was so sad.
Okay, I'm gonna make a huge chocolate cake!! I just decided!lol.

Hey Everybody!
I'm going to go to California Disneyland this spring vacation!!!　だから英語をいっぱい喋るぞ～って張り切ってます☆彡　ただ恥ずかしがりだから喋りかけるまでが大変そう（笑）でもそういう【ちっぽけ目標】があるからこそ今、英語に燃えてます！　Do you have any plans on this spring？

•  Alice
• 2008年3月 9日 11:38

Hi Everyone,
I came back from Tokyo tonight. Celine Dion concert was the greatest! Her singing, producing a show and everything was perfect. I enjoyed it very much. One thing about it I would say is that I wanted to listen her singing at a concert hall. It was in Tokyo Dome, so sound quality there wasn't good, you know. Even so, her performance was wonderful.

Thank you, everyone, for explaining about some grammer questions! みんな文法よく知っていて、説明もわかりやすいです。ありがとう！

I'm getting sleepy. I was excited after the concert and I couldn't sleep well last night. Her songs had been playing in my head for a long time!

Good night.

Maki

•  Maki
• 2008年3月 9日 22:59

Hi Everyone,
I came back from Tokyo tonight. Celine Dion concert was the greatest! Her singing, producing a show and everything was perfect. I enjoyed it very much. One thing about it I would say is that I wanted to listen her singing at a concert hall. It was in Tokyo Dome, so sound quality there wasn't good, you know. Even so, her performance was wonderful.

Thank you, everyone, for explaining about some grammer questions! みんな文法よく知っていて、説明もわかりやすいです。ありがとう！

I'm getting sleepy. I was excited after the concert and I couldn't sleep well last night. Her songs had been playing in my head for a long time!

Good night.

Maki

•  Maki
• 2008年3月 9日 23:04

Sorry to post the same commnet twice!

•  Maki
• 2008年3月 9日 23:07

Hi everyone,
Did you have a nice weekend?

Hi Alice,
mention　についてですが、いくつかの英英辞典で調べたものから私なりに書きました。「上記のもの＝答え」と言うわけではないと思いますので、即別の単語、と言う事にはならないと思います。
＊Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary:
1. to speak about something briefly, giving little
detail or using few words.
2. to refer to something or someone
＊Dictionary com:
1. to refer briefly
＊Oxford 現代英英辞典
　　１．to write or speak about sth/sb, especially
without giving much information

少し辞書で調べたものを挙げてみました。　
基本はこれだと思います。ただし、状況に応じて、say(言う）,refer to(言及する）, indicate(示す）, raise（挙げる）など
日本語訳は変わってくると思いますが。あくまでも私の理解ですので正確か？と自信がありません。
参考にしてください。かえってわかりにくくなっているかもしれませんね。Members, do you have any ideas?

Hi Maki,
You seemed to enjoy the concert, and it's good for you!

Good night,

Anne

•  Anne
• 2008年3月 9日 23:19

Hi David,
Thanks for your comment on our explanations. DavidのOKも出たので私たちも安心です＾＾ How was your weekend? Have you already gone over another mountain?(←I'm talking about your work.)
By the way, I have no idea what social networking sites are.

Hi Amica,
Can I comment on 'whose' one more thing?
'whose' は who の所有格だと説明したけど、White green が最後に書いてくれた例を見ると分かるように(Thanks White green!)、人以外(物・動物）にも使えるので、 which の所有格でもあります。 例えば・・

・There is a house whose window is broken.
・I have a dog whose nose is pink.

こんな風に使えるけど、でも私の感覚では‘a house with a broken window’、‘a dog with a pink nose’の方がよく使われるような気がします。(Team, what do you think?)　with の後ろにおまけをくっ付ける形はよく使われるし、便利なので覚える価値はありますよ＾＾

a girl with a lovely smile (= a girl whose smile is lovely)
a woman with long hair (= a woman whose hair is long)
a cat with blue eyes(= a cat whose eyes are blue)

By the way, are you going to make cupcakes for your students? You are so sweet, I want to be your student! Actually, I used to take piano lessons when I was a child. I had a piano in my father's house, but my father threw it away when he rebuilt his house. I almost forgot how to play the piano.. I love the sound of a piano.

Hi Alice,
I didn't think reading and writing had an effect on speaking skills before I joined this blog, but surely they have. Before I joined the blog, I couldn't speak English like this. Of course, it is important to practice speaking English as much as you can in your every day life. You can practice with anyone or anything. Someone on the blog said a long time ago that he was practicing with a poster in his room! There are a lot of different ways to practice, and all ways work for you if you keep going;-)
Are you going to California Disneyland on your spring vacation?(Are you a university student?) It's exciting, isn't it? I think that having a goal is a very good thing because it motivates you to study more, right? Let's keep going and enjoy the blog!
My plans for this spring, I am planning some things because I will have more free time from this spring, but I haven't decided yet. I'm still thinking about it, but I want to challenge something new;-)

Hi Maki,
お帰り～♪ Glad to hear you had a great time at the concert! 頭の中で歌がぐるぐる回ってるんだね、興奮が伝わってくる感じ！今日はゆっくり休んでね＾＾

Hi Anne,
About the question you got from Alice, hmm.., I don't have any good ideas, sorry. I haven't used 'refer to' and 'indicate'. I use 'say', 'tell', or 'mention' when I want to say ‘言う’. I'm not sure about when and how to use those words. なじみのない単語なので、私にとっては硬い表現に聞こえるんだけど、どうなんだろう・・？

See you all tomorrow,

Tomo

•  Tomo
• 2008年3月10日 00:18

Hi Tomo,
About the usage of "whose", I agree with your idea.
物の所有格→with の用法、「おまけをくっつけるような形」とは、まさしくぴったりの感覚ですね。ここでのwith=havingですから、しっくりくる感覚だと思います。
About how each studies effect　with each other, I have a same feeling as Tomo said. I also don't have a chance to use( speak) English in my daily life, since I joined this blog last spring, it has become easier to speak and write in English a little bit. Input works( reading, listening) and output works(writing , speaking) seem to move like a circle and give us synergistic effect, I think. Alice, attending ”英会話学校”will be more effective by posting on this blog!

Hi David and everyone,
About social networking, to tell the truth, I joined a few weeks a couple of years ago; one of my young friend who was going to go to some foreign country and marry asked me to join Mixi to keep in touch with me, and I did. But after joining, I thought it was not the place for me, so I quit .Instead, I do by e-mailing. By registering , we can open the site, share ideas, and it would be fun, but I might be old to join there. I don't know about networking sites so well, but a few years ago some one in high school spoke ill of his/her friend falsely and anonymously, and that posting became a big problem and topic those days. Social networking would be fun and good for tighten their relationship in some way, but at the same time could be very dangerous and harmful ones, I think.

I'm looking forward to new topics!

See you soon,

Anne

•  Anne
• 2008年3月10日 14:32

Hi Tomo!!
I see. Anyway, I have to make an effort and continue if I want to speak or understand English, right? I know... but that is the best difficult thing :( I'll try!! Will you help me?
I'm going to go there with my mom as a sightseeing. So (?) I'm not a university student. Yep! I'm sooo exciting!! I can't wait!! But after spring, I will be a candidate for examination.Aww...
What do you want to challenge for?

Hi Anne!!
How can I thank you? わざわざありがとうございます。単語調べは本来わたしがするべきことなのに＾＾；A　'mention'の使い方はきっと慣れてくれるだろうと思います。little by littleで！

•  Alice
• 2008年3月10日 18:56

Hi Everyone,

I had a very busy day today, so I had no time to write an entry. I will write something tomorrow.

See you soon.

•  David
• 2008年3月10日 21:26

Hi Tomo and Anne,
About the usage of whose, I agree with both of you. I hardly use "whose", and honestly say, I almost forget this word. （・・；）
About "言う", 私の場合、"indicate"は「暗示している」意味を含んでいる時の「言う」で使うことが多いです。"mention"は過去形でI mentioned it before.「前にそのようなこと言ったと思うけど」くらいの「軽く言った」時に使いますね。Sorry, I can't explain about them well grammatically, as you both did.

Hi Everyone,
I didn't know about social networking at all. It is like "チャット"? After reading Anne's commnet, it seems not to be like "チャット" but also not to be a blog...???

Hi Alice,
You are going to Disneyland in California?! Wow! Sounds great! You will have a chance to speak English as well. Good to you. But after that, you will be a candidate for examination? Hummm, I'm confused....

Hi David,
I'm looking forward to your new entry!

By for now,

Maki

•  Maki
• 2008年3月10日 21:45

Hi Tomo,
なるほど！"with"はそういう時にも使えるんですね！"whose"で考えるよりもわかりやすいです。ありがとう！

Hi Maki,
I'm glad to hear you enjoyed that concert. I like Celine Dion, and I like the song "The prayer". Did she sing the song at the concert?

Hi Anne,
I know "Mixi". Some of my friends join it, and they invite me to join it, but I don't join it. Actually, before I join on this blog, I had no intention of joining any internet site because I don't have good image about it. In the fact, there are many trouble on there. But I was surprised when I read this blog. People who join here are helping each other to learn English! and there are no slander here. So I decided to join here.

Hi Alice,
Disneyland in California!? いいな～♪ I want to go there!

Hi Everyone,
The other day, I bought "DSの英単語のソフト" because the English words I know are too few. I did it, but I realized that it was not good for me because 生きた英語として頭に入ってこない. I realized that the most good way to memorize English words is using as my words, so I keep to write in English!

Good Night

Amica

•  Amica
• 2008年3月10日 23:08

Hi David,
It seems like that you haven't gone over 'the mountain' yet. Are you all right? Aren't you tired? Have a good sleep!

Hi Anne,
Social networking sites are to interact with others? I didn't know that! I had no idea what they were. 日本語にすると‘社会的なネットワークのサイト’ですよね？(違うのかな。。)　一体それは何？？って思ってたので。　でも Maki の言う通り、チャットでもブログでもないような気がするし。。

Hi Alice,
Of course I(we) will help you;-) About my plans for the spring, I'll tell you when I have decided. まぁ、そんなに大した事ではないです。。
By the way, are you a high school student?

Hi Maki,
やっぱり？ 私も 'whose' はめったに使わないな～。　くっつけるおまけが「人」の時くらいかな・・。 To be honest, I had forgot about 'whom', and I checked my grammar book!(笑)

Hi Amica,
‘生きた英語として頭に入ってこない’, I understand what you want to say. 単語とだけ出会っても、使える気が全然しない。。　新しい単語は、誰かが実際に使ってるのを見ないとなかなか手が出ないです。

Goodnight,

Tomo

PS David, look forward to your new entry!

•  Tomo
• 2008年3月11日 00:00

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•  zfectd tpufhnzm
• 2008年9月 5日 13:48

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•  zfectd tpufhnzm
• 2008年9月 5日 13:49