Activity 43

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 8. Underline the 20 phrases that you used in activities 33 and 38. Use up any remaining time to see how they are used.

• a keen gardener       
• an hour or two later, when he returns home
• and enjoy the scenery
• and it has a very neat garden
• familiar to me   
• he points to the different   
• I greet her sister   
• I look out of the window   
• I meet him for the first time   
• I was nervous       
• It is quite large   
• it's a nice area   
• not home at present       
• she visited us   
• the land is flat   
• the two are twins       
• to drive home   
• trees and bushes, and tells me the name of every vegetable and fruit
• with interesting old houses and with many rice fields too
• works in the garden

HNT Chapter 8
 
From Fukuoka, Mami and I travel to Kumamoto. The best way is by bus, or coach. I look out of the window and enjoy the scenery. This is my fifth visit to Japan. A lot of what I see is very familiar.
 
At Kumamoto, Mami’s mother is there to meet us. I know her, because she visited us in New Zealand. She has come by car to drive us home. The Yamaguchi family lives in Uto, about 15km south of Kumamoto. It’s a nice area with interesting old houses and with many rice fields too. The land is flat, but dotted with mountains. It’s all very pretty.
 
The family home is only about ten years old. It is quite large, and it has very neat grounds. We get out of the car, and I greet Mami’s sister, Rumi. The two are twins. Rumi has been to New Zealand too. I met her before I met her mother. Also living at home are the grandparents (on the father’s side). Mr Yamaguchi is not home at present. He likes to play pachinko.
 
I meet him for the first time an hour or two later, when he returns home. “How do you do?” I say in Japanese. Yamaguchi-san changes his clothes before showing me outside. He is a keen gardener. He works in the garden every day. He points to the different trees and bushes, and tells me the name of every vegetable and fruit.
 
Before I met him I was nervous. You see, I’m 16 years older than Mami. I’m closer to her parents’ age than to hers. Also, I’ve been married once before. I already have three children.