フランス語検定１級

In English grammar, the term "emphasis" is used very often without much explanation of what it actually means to emphasize something. That's what I want to tell you about today.

ベートーベンや彼の音楽ついて、書いた本を見つけたのが「La Vie de Beethoven」 フランスの小説家、Romain Rollandの書いた短い評論。「Project Gutenberg」という著作権切れの古典等が各言語で無料で利用できるサイト。

One day, I climbed a 200-meter hill. At the top, I was ready to eat lunch. Then, something amazing happened. I heard Beethoven's 9th Symphony in my head. It seemed to play along with the sounds of nature around me. It was strange but beautiful!

ディズニ―氏本人についての伝記ビデオを近所の図書館で偶然みつけました。私も幼少期からディズニ―映画は結構見ました。ディズニーアニメは憧れの「アメリカ」。本物みたいな滑らかな動きも衝撃でした。ところがディズニー作品を生み出した本人については意外に知りません。

Have you seen Disney movies like Aladdin or Frozen? Did you know there's a Disney movie that very few people watch? It's a documentary about Walt Disney himself! I watched this movie and found two interesting things:

脳卒中になったある人が、日本語でなく英語が口から出たと聞いたら、あなたは「えっ？」と思いませんか？その方は脳梗塞で10年間、半身不随。10年前の脳梗塞の日、日本語は出てこなくなったのに「Good morning」等、英語は口から出てきたという

Today, I want to talk about something interesting: how learning a foreign language might help if you have a brain problem. I heard about a man who had a brain issue. He couldn't speak Japanese well, but he could speak English! This made me curious, so I did some research.