English Essay by Brian Southwick

 1 An ALT in Niigata City  ネイティブスピーカー(ALT)によるREADING     

  Hello. My name is Brian Southwick. I am from the United States, and my hometown is Baton Rouge,Louisiana. Do you know anything about Louisiana? It is in the south of the U.S, and it is famous for New Orleans jazz music and Tabasco sauce. Niigata and Louisiana are very different, because Louisiana has no mountains, and in winter there is no snow. Did you hear about Hurricane Katrina last year? If you watched the news, you saw many pictures of Louisiana.
  I came to Niigata seven years ago, and I like it very much. I enjoy the mountains and the sea, and the food here is very good, too. My wife is from Niigata City, and we have three children: two boys, Thomas and Laurence, and a girl, Emma. Emma is three years old, and she likes “Pretty Cure” very much. Thomas is eight and Laurence six, and they both like playing baseball. We often play baseball near our house, at Nishi Ohata Park. If you like baseball, why don’t you join us someday?
  Good luck in English class this year. Studying a foreign language is difficult, but it is also a lot of fun. So study hard, and you will be able to communicate with people all over the world.



[注]Baton Rouge, Louisiana(ルイジアナ州,バトゥン・ルージュ市)
   New Orleans(ニューオーリンズ市),
   Tabasco sauce(タバスコ ソース,パスタ等にかける辛い調味料)
   Hurricane Katrina(ハリケーン カトリーナ)
   Thomas,Laurence(トーマス,ローレンス:男の名前),Emma(エマ:女の名前),
   be able to(〜できる),communicate with〜(〜と意思疎通する)
   all over the world(世界中の/で)
  

Did you enjoy my self-introduction? Did you learn about Louisiana and about my life in Niigata City? Let’s see if you can answer a few questions.






Questions and Answers: Please answer in English, with a subject and a verb.




Q1. Where is Brian from?

A1.

Q2. Do people in Louisiana have snow in winter?

A2.

Q3. (third graders) How long has Brian lived in Niigata?

A3.

Q3. (second graders) When did Brian come to Niigata?

A3.

Q4. How many children does Brian have?

A4.

Q5. What do Brian and his sons do at Nishi Ohata Park?

A5.







解答例

A1. He is from (Baton Rouge, Louisiana,) the United States.

A2. No, they don’t. (They don’t have snow in winter.)

A3. (third graders) He has lived in Niigata for seven years.
                      =here

   (second graders) He came to Niigata seven years ago.
                      =here

A4. He has three (children).

A5. They play baseball.