Activity 37

文章スキャンは言葉探しのようなものだ。下記の文章（Hadashi no Tabiからの抜粋）の中からアクティビティXとYで使った２０のフレーズを探してみる。見つけたら下線を引こう。大切なのは全てのフレーズを見つけることではない。１０分間文章スキャンに費やしてみよう。もし時間が余ったら、続きの文章に目を通してみよう。

Scan HNT Chapter 7. Underline the 20 phrases that you used in activities 27 and 32. Use up any remaining time to see how they are used.

• a one-year holiday       
• an electric razor   
• before we were living together and got married
• being apart
• catch a coach   
• it has been four months   
• it wasn't long   
• not as a tourist       
• one day she came to the language school   
• pass through   
• put on weight   
• she decided to         
• she traveled to the South Island, to Dunedin
• since I saw her
• spread on the floor   
• then, after a month or two   
• to live overseas       
• to talk about
• we have a lot   
• where I worked

HNT Chapter 7
 
Finally, I’m here. I’ve made it to Fukuoka airport. As soon as I pass through customs, I see Mami waiting. It has been four months since I saw her. She looks more Japanese than I remember. Her skin seems smoother.
 
But Mami doesn’t like my beard. She asks me, “Did you put on weight?”
 
Outside, we catch a coach into the city. Tonight, we’ll stay at a businessmen’s hotel. We have a lot to talk about. Also, Mami wants to cut my hair. For that, she has brought an electric razor, scissors, a comb, and even a newspaper to spread on the floor. She’s well-prepared!
 
We had met in New Zealand in April, 1999. Mami had come to New Zealand on a one-year working-holiday visa. First, she stayed in Auckland, in the North Island. Then, after a month or two, she traveled to the South Island, to Dunedin.
 
Mami wanted to live overseas as a resident, not just as a tourist. However, her English wasn’t good enough, so she decided to improve it. One day, she came to the language school where I worked. And the rest, as they say, is history.
 
I showed Mami the sights of Dunedin. It’s quite an attractive town. It has old stone buildings built with the profits from gold.
 
During the weeks we talked. We walked. We shared food and became good friends. Being together soon felt more natural than being apart. We decided to do the deed. It wasn’t long before we were living together and got married.