★《デビッド・バーカーの英語と仲直りブログ　セミナー＆パーティー》★

日時：　5月15日（土）
時間：　午後１時～5時（セミナー）　セミナー終了後、パーティー2時間
場所：　東京のホテル（場所はメールでお伝えします）
費用：　セミナー　￥4,440～￥6,080（会場・ドリンク（コーヒー/お茶など）・サービス・税込）
　　　　　パーティー　￥6,500～￥7,500（会場・食事・ドリンク（アルコール含）・サービス・税込）

セミナー会場は、現在、仮予約をしてあります。（参加者定員20名、最少10人からセミナー実施予定）　ミーティング・パーティーセットプランということで、ミーティングルームの料金は3割引になりますが、Davidの交通費・宿泊費（￥30,000）を参加人数で割るので、現時点では金額は確定していません。　パーティーは、15人以上になれば立食スタイルにでき、コース料理より安くなります。

参加希望の方は、下記のメールアドレスにお名前を添えて連絡して下さい(ブログでの名前がある方はそれもお願いします）。　ホテルのホームページのリンクと一緒に、折り返しメールをさせて頂きます。

barkerblog_eventアットyahoo.co.jp

*アドレスを入力する際は、アット を @ に変えて下さい。　このメールはイベント専用のものですが、届くのは私（Tomo）宛です。

会場を本予約する関係で、3月25日（木）までに連絡を頂けるとありがたいです。　当日ホテルに宿泊希望の方は、その旨もメールに書いて連絡して下さい。　イベントを開催する関係で、宿泊料を少し優遇してもらえます（￥11,200→￥10,000）。　その場合は、お名前・ご住所・お電話番号も添えて連絡して下さい。（現在、3部屋押さえてあります）

何か質問などがありましたら、上記のアドレスにメールして下さい。

*イベント主催者はアルクではないので、そちらの方に問い合わせなどをしないで下さいね。

よろしくお願いします。

•  Tomo
• 2010年3月22日 14:11

Hi David,
Are you starting Twitter as an experiment?
To be honest, I'm not sure it's interesting or not, but I'd like to join!
By the way, I'm really looking forward to the seminar and starting in the afternoon sounds nice.
>Ｔｏｍｏ，
またまたお世話かけます。よろしくお願いします。
I'll email you later.

By the way, while I was writing comment, David uploaded new entry, so I left the comment on the previous entry. Can I share it again here?
( I wrote my comment directly on the blog without a rough copy thinking this and that...it took much time to finish,haha.)

Here is my comment I posted on the previous entry:
Hi tusneko,
Glad to see your comment here again!
I read the story you mentioned on the web, but I still don't feel the need to use it at the moment . As amo said, I can email with my friends... I'm not sure I would change my mind though...

Hi Maki,
As Tomo said, I think both 'try to..' and 'try ..ing' make sense.
少し違った言い方をするとすれば、"試そうと思ったことがない",（なぜなら～だから）を加える。
＊I've never tried using Twitter because I was not interested in it / I didn't care...
＊I've never felt the need to try Twitter.
＊I found a reason to try Twitter.
(違うパターンで文章作ってみました。）
個人的にはtry..ing+because..が「試した事がない」ではなく「試そうと思ったことがない」気持ちが表れるかな、と思いました。

Hi Appoh,
I didn't have any idea about the differences you mentioned. What I can say is that you can replace each phrase almost all cases with 'about' and it is used casually.
When you get some more information, please let us know!
Tomo, thanks for detailed information.

Hi Gussan,
As you said,you(Japanese) are not accustomed to use "You too." Anyway, if you visualize the whole sentence, it is easy to understand, right?
Gussan の"You too"　の部分面白いと思いますので、
参考までにご紹介させてください。
Nice to meet you. への返答としてMe too.と、なりがちですがIt's nice to meet you too. になるので省略するとYou too.となる。と言うものです。
You too. なんて使う機会ないので、サラッ、とは、でにくい表現たと思いました。

See you soon,

Anne

•  Anne
• 2010年3月22日 14:32

Hi David,
Yes, it was a very loud noise! I'm glad both drivers didn't get serious injury, but I was really surprised when I heard that bang!
By the way, we are going to use past entries and comments as our learning materials at the seminar? That sounds interesting, but it's difficult for me to choose just one! Anyway, I'll do it by the time of the seminar.

Hi Chiyo,
You are welcome:) It's exciting, isn't it? I really hope you can join us!

Hi Appoh,
It was good study for me, so thank you, too! As Anne said, please let us know when you figure it out.

Hi Tsuneko,
Nice to hear from you!! I'm looking forward to meeting you at the May seminar.（If you can make it;-)）

Hi Anne,
こちらこそ、よろしくお願いします！ And thanks for sharing your idea on the difference between "try to do" and "try doing". To be honest, I didn't think of the difference when I wrote " I've never tried using them" because I just copied David's sentence, ha ha..

Hi everyone,
As David said, the seminar is open to anyone who reads this blog, so I'm(we're all!) looking forward to meeting a lot of new people!

See you soon,

Tomo

•  Tomo
• 2010年3月22日 21:04

Thanks, Tomo, for the update of the seminar. I’ve already marked the day on my calendar. I can’t wait for meeting you all in May!

•  Lily
• 2010年3月22日 23:45

Hi David and Tomo,

It sounds nice that the seminar will start in the afternoon. I'm really looking forward to it!;-)

Hi Tomo and Anne,

Thank you for your help! My grammar book has almost the same explanations as Tomo's and I wondered whether "try to~" expressed more about "試そうと思ったことがない". However, "try ~ing+because" makes sense, as Anne said. Thanks again!:-)

Hi Appoh,

I didn't take it seriously at all, sorry. I just thought that it was a good opportunity to study it.;-)

Hi tsuneko,

Glad to hear from you!! Everything is going well? Hope you also will attend the seminar in May.

Bye for now,

Maki

•  Maki
• 2010年3月22日 23:51

Hi Lily & Maki,
Lily, me, too! I've already marked the day on my calendar;-)
Maki, you are welcome:)
I'm also looking forward to the May seminar and party! I can't wait!!

Hi David and everyone,
Good morning. How are you? Hope you enjoyed the three-day weekend. There is an orientation for new year students and their parents at my son's high school today, so I have to go there. If you e-mail me to book the seminar, I will reply to you at night.

申し込みの締め切りが早くて申し訳ないのですが、仮予約期間が1週間で、本予約後にキャンセルするとキャンセル料がかかってしまうので、よろしくお願いします。
「参加したいけどまだ予定が分からない」という人も、メールを頂ければ案内を送らせていただきます。（会場を押さえられれば後から人数の変更はできるので）

Talk to you later,

Tomo

PS Amo, I sent you an e-mail with the link of the homepage of the hotel. Did you get it?

•  Tomo
• 2010年3月23日 10:40

Hi Anne,
I say 'You, too' every day.
It goes like:
'Have a good day !' 'You, too!'

Hi Tomo,
I'm sorry I can't go to the seminar.

Hi Maki,
I know. I'll let you know when I get 'in terms of ' things right.

•  Appoh
• 2010年3月23日 12:43

Hi David and Tomo

Thank you for your help.I didn't think a party after the seminar,soI'm very surprised.You have a nice idea.Sounds great.
As I said,I don't know if I have to work on the same day.Maybe it's difficult for me to attend the seminar...I'm really sorry.
会場の予約等があるかと思いますので私の数はいれないで進めてください。よろしくお願いします。もし直近で行けるようになって、その時セミナーに参加するのが可能でしたら是非参加させていただきたいと思っています！大変ご迷惑をおかけします。

Nao

•  Ｎａｏ
• 2010年3月23日 14:58

Hi Green

Koichi played 'Endless shock' 700 times??Amazing!He is great.
Ｇｒｅｅｎさんがせっかく教えてくださったのにコメントを見るのが遅かったため昨日のワイドショーは全く見れませんでした（Ｔ　Ｔ）悲しすぎます。You tubeにその映像がないか探してみます！

Hi team

I'm back.London was wonderful.I had a lovely time.I want to go back soon.

My trip was nice,but I had some trouble.For example,the subway to the airport was suddenly shut down.I almost missed a flight,so I was very upset.I repeated a word of Heathrow Airport many times!I think Heathrow Airport is a word I used the best in London.Thanks to kind station staff,I could go to the airport.
By the way,I thought most British people are very kind.I had a good time thanks to them.
This trip helped my studing English because I spoke English many times.
Anyway I enjoyed it!

Nao

•  Nao
• 2010年3月23日 15:51

Hi David, Tomo and everyone,

Thank you for your arrangement for the seminar.
Sounds perfect! I usually don't feel much Tokyo is far from Kobe, but it sure is. My mom in law has been hospitalized in an ICU recently, and I can't get to know how the situation would be in May.

I really want to make it. I've just read Nao's article that gave me a hint (Thanks, Nao!): Can I also ask you not to count me in at the moment, and if the situation allows me, can you let me join at the last minute? Or counting me in fisrt, and then canceling if need arises, would be easier for you? Anyway, I know both the cases would be troublesome for the organaizers. Really sorry for it. Tonight, I'm talking to Fusae, too on the phone.

Bye for now.

p.s. I'm happy I'm back. While I was away, I realized keeping on posting constantly was really tough, so all of regulars are fantastic.

Maki, thanks for your comment! I'm still concentrating on my job, so I'll try to post comments at least once a week.

Anne, also thanks for the comment. As for Twitter, you've changed your mind so fast that showed you're young enough to try new things. So good!

Nao, welcome back! You seem to have had a wonderful time in London as well. I'm happy for you.

•  tsuneko
• 2010年3月23日 16:11

Hi team,

I got the new books today. The red one looks really good, but I was very nervous when I looked at it for the first time!

Anyway, if you are one of the people who helped me with the proofreading, please email me your postal address so that I can send you a copy of the book.

Thanks again for all your help.

•  David
• 2010年3月23日 18:21

Hi David,
You got the new book today? I hope you feel happy now!
Anyway, I'll email you my postal address later.

Hi Nao,
Welcome back! You seems to have had a great time in London. Glad to hear that you didn't miss the flight.

Hi tsuneko,
Sorry to hear about your mother-in-law.
As for Twitter, it's not because I'm young but because I just want to read David's twitter,haha...

Hi Appoh,
You say 'You too' everyday? なるほど！ If I have a chance, I'll say that.

Hi Maki,
You are welcome. By the way, I made a mistake.
I found a reason→I didn't find a reason..
Thanks to you question, it was good for me to think about "try to.." and "try..ing."

Good night,

Anne

•  Anne
• 2010年3月23日 23:05

Hi David

Thank you for booking. A program of seminar sounds good. And a party after seminar sounds good also! And congratulations for completion of printing your new book!

You start twitter, don't you? It's nice! I'm on twitter and looking forward to see your tweet (comments posted on twitter are called that). I'm enjoying twitter because there are many famous people and they post their comments their own. I'm enjoying read their comments rather than posting my comments.

Hi Tomo

Thank you for information. I want to join the seminar. But I must work on some certain Saturday in year. Tomorrow, I check whether the seminar day is the day I must work. Do you mind if I send a mail late at night?

Hi tsuneko

I'm glad to hear you again. Please post comments on your own pace :-)
I hope your mother in law become well.

Hi Nao

Welcome back! You had a horrible experience! I think it will change to a good memory. I'm happy for you that you had a good time in London.

trmr

•  trmr
• 2010年3月23日 23:17

Hi David

You got the new books today!! That's exciting!
I can't wait to see it.

Hi Tomo

thank you for sending me an email.
I tried to reply to you, but I failed, so I will email you using another email address.
bye the way, I will coming the seminar.

Hi everyone,

sorry, but I am very busy at work. I do not have time to read all comment.

good night

P. S.

Hi Tsuneko,
welcome back, I am glad to see your name.

•  amo
• 2010年3月23日 23:33

Hi Nao,
Glad to hear you had a wonderful time in London! You almost missed your flight? That must have been a terrible feeling, but I'm glad you didn't:) I enjoyed reading your trip report. Thanks for sharing!

Hi Tsuneko,
I'm sorry to hear about your mother-in-law. I understand your situation. I hope she gets better soon.

Nao & Tsuneko,
セミナー＆パーティーですが、ホテルに確認してみないと分かりませんが、前回の例を見ると、1ヶ月前、ギリギリで3週間位前までに人数を確定して連絡しないとなのです。　パーティープランと料理内容の相談があるので、その後の人数変更は難しいです。。
それから、現在押さえてある宿泊用のお部屋も仮予約期間が終わってしまうので、直前だと取れないかもしれません。（すでに普通のシングルルームは満室なので）　お2人にもぜひぜひ参加してもらいたいです！

Hi trmr,
Of course, I don't mind at all:) I hope you can make it!

Hi amo,
I thought there was something wrong with your e-mail, so that's why I left you the message here. Anyway, I'm glad to hear you are coming!

I'm very tired today, so I'm going bed now. Good night, everyone zzz...

Tomo

•  Tomo
• 2010年3月24日 00:07

Hi Nao,

Welcome back!
And I'm glad you had a great time in London and you were in time for the flight!
I think your English have been improve.

I watched 'Endless SHOCK' March 16th,17th and 22th.
Especially Koich was good in mood on 22th I think.
His smilling face makes us happy,isn't it!

Hi tsuneko,

Welcome back!

Hi Tomo,

I'm going to access your e-mail address later!

Green

•  Green
• 2010年3月24日 12:38

Hi Tomo,

Thank you for explanation. I'll email you at the above address tomorrow, anyway. Please wait for a while.

Hi amo,

Thank you! I was missing hearing you saying you are very busy.:# Take a good care not to catch a cold.

Hi trmr,

Thank you! Yes, I will keep it on my own pace.;) I've changed my mind. I'm going to post as often as possible, but each comment will be shorter than before.

Hi Anne,

You#we) are young@heart forever.;) right?

Hi Green,

Thank you! You seem to have been enjoying yourself very much.:)

Bye for now.

•  tsuneko
• 2010年3月24日 13:05

Hi team,
I went to see NBA game after work today.
It was a really close game but finally DC's home team lost after an overtime. This is my first time to see a professional basketball game. I don't know this sport very much but I enjoyed it because there were a lot of interesting attractions in every time-out.
I'm thinking I will see baseball and ice hockey.
I'm happy because spring has come.
Bye for now.

•  Appoh
• 2010年3月24日 13:51

Hi tsuneko

Long time no see!I'm glad to know your back,but I'm sorry about your mother-in-low.
I hope she get better soon.

Hi Anne,trmr,Tomo and Green

Thank you:)I somehow got to Japan.I was very relieved when I took a flight.
Anyway I had a lovely time.I often see many photos of London every day.They make me happay.
London trip became a big memory for me.

Nao

•  Nao
• 2010年3月24日 14:00

Hi Green

As you said,Koichi's smile makes us happy!私は光一が笑って目を細める姿がとても好きです：）
You saw him three times as you said!Wonderful!I really envy you!!Jealous!!
私は去年のソロコン以来彼を見ていないのでもう会いたくて仕方ありません。

Nao

•  Nao
• 2010年3月24日 14:10

Hi Nao,

Did you go his solo concert last year?
Great!
I missed it!
I went to watch Kanjyani∞　concert at that time.
I heard he is going to hold solo concert and sell solo album in this year,too.
I realy want to go and watch him！

Green

•  Green
• 2010年3月24日 14:33

Hi Green

Koichi's concert will be held??Really!?I'm very happy to hear that!Thank you for telling me.Good news:)
I also want to go to his concert this year.I think it is wonderful.I can't forget his play last year.He was great.
I hope we will get the ticket!

Nao

•  匿名
• 2010年3月24日 15:35

Hi Appoh,
Sorry, I forgot to write you a message last night. I'm looking forward to seeing you again when you come back to Japan!

Hi Nao,
Thanks for your e-mail. I'm sorry to hear that you can't make it this time, but I hope we will have another chance to meet sometime in the near future;-)

Hi Green,
I just e-mailed you, so please check it later. I'm looking forward to meeting you in May!

Hi Tsuneko,
No problem! I'll be waiting for you e-mail. By the way, I'm glad to hear that you have changed your mind and you are going to post as often as possible:)

Tomo

•  Tomo
• 2010年3月24日 21:07

Hi David,

Now you are happy about the new book? I'm looking forward to it!;-)

Hi Nao,

Welcome back! I'm relieved to hear that you managed to catch the flight! Apart from it, you seem to have had a wonderful time in London.

Hi tsuneko,

I'm sorry to hear about your mother-in-law. I hope she will get better soon.

Bye for now,

Maki

•  Maki
• 2010年3月24日 23:23

Morning, David and everyone!

Hi Nao and Maki,

Thank you for your words! My mom in law has so great guts that I'm sure she gets better once again and gets rid of the ICU. If she can make it before May Seminar, I'd fly to Tokyo to see you all. Until I can see you,

Have a nice day.

•  tsuneko
• 2010年3月25日 08:40

Hi trmr and tsuneko,

I sent you the details of the hotel, so please check it later.

trmr, I'm looking forward to meeting you at the May seminar!

tsuneko, I hope your mother-in-low gets out of the ICU soon and we can get together in May!

•  Tomo
• 2010年3月25日 14:32

Hi everyone!

I couldn't meke time to join your seminar..
Because I have to go work by 3pm,I don't think I can
stay there even for one hour.
You all who can meet together are so lucky!!
Have a great seminar,and I hope I can make time for next one.

Also,to Tsuneko san

I hope your mother in law get well soon,too!
When my father had got in ICU,the docter said
You can be relax because ICU is the special room to care
people,so we can save him as soon as he hats mad.

上手く言えたかな？
ICUは特別厳重なお部屋なのだから、普通病棟にいるより
ずっと安心だって言ってました！
いつも病状を監視しているし、悪くなったらすぐ見つけてくれるから。

•  Chiyo
• 2010年3月25日 16:24

Hi Tomo

Thank you for your warm comment!I also hope I'll attend the next seminar.
そのときはよろしくお願いします！

Hi Maki

Thank you!I felt happy when I arrived at the airport.
I was worried about my English,weather and food when I was in Japan,but everything is no ploblem apart from the troble,so I want to go there again:)

Nao

•  Nao
• 2010年3月25日 16:39

Hi Tomo,

I got the mail and the venue is perfect with me.:)

Hi Chiyo,

Thank you for your powerful encouragement and you expressed it very well! Please call me just tsuneko next time that would make me happy.;)
p.s. My mom's name is same as yours.

•  tsuneko
• 2010年3月25日 20:39

Hi Chiyo,

Me again. I read your comment again and I noticed the phrase of "he hats mad" was new to me. I guess it meant "悪くなる", right?

•  tsuneko
• 2010年3月25日 20:54

Hi Tsuneko

I mistook the spell..
"He gets mad"I wanted to write!
I'm sorry.

My name is same as your mother's!?
Well I know my name is very old one:)
So I didn't like mine before,but now,I love it!

•  Chiyo
• 2010年3月26日 02:35

Hi Chiyo,

I got it. I like your name too because it sounds fresh and new again in the young generation.

•  tsuneko
• 2010年3月26日 04:13