杉田敏の現代ビジネス英語：学習記録ディクテーション

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日本のあれこれ

ディクテーションしてみた。

Hello, Frank.

Welcome back from your vacation in Japan.

Did you and your family enjoy the trip?

Absolutely, it was out of this  world,

My kids are absessed obsessed with Anime and Manga.

スペルがダメダメですね。

この単語をイメージできてましたが。

so They loved every minute of it.

They've been  (?pastly pestering   me for years to see the real Japan,

知らなかった、しつこく、悩ますという意味だったのね。

and we finaly made it happen.

You mentioned you wanted to stay at the  a Ryokan to get in  an arthentic authentic experience.

冠詞は思い込みで、聞いているようです。

authentic

この単語は、発音と意味は分かるけど、いつも、私のスペルが適当過ぎます。

Were you able to do that?

Yes.

We stayed at one in Kyoto.

We started with the classic tour throught. tourist route,

なるほど。。。

traveling by Shinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka.

we throughlly thoroughly enjoyed Osaka.

これもスペルが適当すぎた。。。

My kids just loved eating Takoyaki and Yakiniku there.

文脈から、過去形だね。

Great!

Did you visit the country side? countryside

カントリーサイドはくっつけるのね。

We did.

After Kyoto, we headed north the  to Hokkaido 

and stayed at in an abandant  abandoned school building 

スペルミス

that have had been converted into a guest house.guesthouse

ゲストハウスはくっつける

Most of the rooms were former classrooms.

and some of the meals were served in traditional Kyusyoku bouls.bowls

There was even an Onsen near by.

We were luckey enough to stay in what used to be the principal 's office.

Wow! 

That sounds fascinating!

facinating!

よくでてくるのに、ｓと間違えた。

Are there many places like that in Japan?

appearently  Apparently so.

スペルミス

We were told that around 450 schools closed every year in Japan.

Many are being repurpus does  repurposed as lodging loseing facilities.

be repurposed as　　 再利用される

lodging facilities　　　宿泊施設

Cafes or local government offices.

It's a wait way to keep the buildings from 

falling into this repair　disrepair

fall into disrepair  荒れ果てる

were while preserving the aqutectureal culture 

their architectural and cultural  value.

音が聞き取れてるつもりでも

意味がわかってないから、こんなことになる。。。