Activity 57

ざっと読みするために文章を読むときは同時にリスニングを行う。音声を途中で止めたりせずに、話されるスピードについていこう。これはあなたにいくつかの単語をスキップさせることになるだろう。それは実は大事なスキルだ。章は短いので、１０分費やすために何度も同じ章を繰り返しざっと読みすることになるだろう。

Listen to HNT Chapter 10 on YouTube (download it, or open another window) and follow along with the text below (you'll listen as you read).
 
Don't pause. Just allow the audio to continue smoothly.
 
Repeat until the 10 minutes are up.  Your job is simply to spend the time, not to understand every word.

Listen softly, lightly.


HNT Chapter 10
 
Over the years, I have been in the newspaper many times, and also on TV and the radio. People are interested in what I do. You see, I don’t just walk; I walk barefoot, without shoes. That’s why people—Japanese people—call me ‘Hadashi’. I’m not yet famous. I don’t think that I want to become famous. But it can be useful, if people have heard about you.
 
Mami’s first job was at a television company. However, she didn’t like it very much, and she stopped working there. At the TV company, Mami had a friend called Asaki. Asaki continued with television work. Now, she produces a program. And she would like to film us for that program. We are going to be on Japanese TV.
 
Four days before our trip starts, a television crew arrives at our address. We plan what to film. We rehearse before filming. The morning passes in a rush. Everyone is busy. We are interviewed at the local park. We are even filmed while eating lunch.
 
In the afternoon, Asaki’s boss arrives. He tells us his plan.
 
“We will loan you a cell phone. It can take moving pictures. We will also loan you this camera. Please take many pictures during your trip. We will ring you up every two weeks. You will appear live on TV. We will drive you Satamisaki, where you start. We will fly up to Soyamisaki, where you finish.”
 
It all sounds very organized and exciting.