When does English become from noise to words in my mind?
Dec 12th 2010 01:43
I went to a Indian temple with two Americans today. It is a Ganesha Temple along Ceylon Road. There were many Indians praying to a big Indian alter. I found a strange huge box at the entrance of the temple, it looked like a post. I was told that it was not a post but a donation box. In india, when a man become successful, this guy is going to donate a lot of money to a temple. This habit seem to be very common in India, so most temples in India are very rich and these temples supplying poor people with food every day.
I also saw a big sign which was in front of the big alter. The big sigh said "If you donate a lot to a temple, it means you can help poor people, and God will give you more money." I was impressed, because nobody says and does such good things in Japan.
We went to in front of a big statue which is made of stones. The one of American friends talked to me "Hey Tomo, that is a 30 kilogram of GIRL." So, I thought "Where is the skinny girl? why is she so famous here? Is she starved?" in my mind. But I did not ask my friend about it and I pretended to understand what he said. 3 seconds later, somehow I looked up, so there was a big golden ornament on the top of the big statue. So I finally noticed what the Amrican friend said to me.
He said to me "That is 30 kilogram of GOLD."
English is still just noise for me.
I also saw a big sign which was in front of the big alter. The big sigh said "If you donate a lot to a temple, it means you can help poor people, and God will give you more money." I was impressed, because nobody says and does such good things in Japan.
We went to in front of a big statue which is made of stones. The one of American friends talked to me "Hey Tomo, that is a 30 kilogram of GIRL." So, I thought "Where is the skinny girl? why is she so famous here? Is she starved?" in my mind. But I did not ask my friend about it and I pretended to understand what he said. 3 seconds later, somehow I looked up, so there was a big golden ornament on the top of the big statue. So I finally noticed what the Amrican friend said to me.
He said to me "That is 30 kilogram of GOLD."
English is still just noise for me.
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When does English change from noise to words in my mind?
There were many Indians praying to a big Indian altar.
In India, when a man becomes successful, he typically donates a lot of money to a temple.
This habit seem to be very common in India, so most temples in India are very rich and these temples supply poor people with food every day.
I also saw a big sign which was in front of the big altar.
The big sign said "If you donate a lot to a temple, it means you're helping poor people, and God will give you more money in return." I was impressed, because nobody says and does such good things in Japan.
We went to in front of a big statue which was made of stone.
Then one of my American friends said to me "Hey Tomo, that is a 30 kilograms of GIRL." So, I thought "Where is the skinny girl?
Why is she so famous here?
Is she starving?" in my mind.
3 seconds later, somehow I looked up, and there was a big golden ornament on the top of the big statue.
So I finally realized what the American my friend said to me.
He said to me "That is 30 kilograms of GOLD."
At the moment, my Japanese vocabulary is only around 3000 words. If what I'm listening to is simple, and if I concentrate, I can understand a lot of it, but if I watch the news or a drama, I can understand words here and there, but fail to recognize a lot of what is being said. I aim to increase my comprehension by increasing my vocabulary.
When does English become coherrent words in my mind?
It was the Ganesha Temple along Ceylon Road.
There were many Indians praying to a big altar.
I found a strange huge box at the entrance of the temple, it looked like a post box.
I was told that it was not meant for mail but meant for donations.
In India, when a man becomes successful, it is expected that he donates a lot of money to a temple.
This habit seem to be very common in India, as a result temples in India are very rich and supply poor people with food every day.
I also saw a big sign which was in front of the big altar.
The big sign said "If you donate a lot to the temple, your donations will go to the benefit of poor people, and God will in return give you more money." I was impressed, because nobody says and does such good things in Japan.
We went in front of a big statue which was made of stone.
Then one of my American friends said "Hey Tomo, that is 30 kilograms of GIRL." So, I thought "Where is the skinny girl?
Why is she so famous here?
Is she starving?" in my mind.
3 seconds later, somehow I looked up, and saw this big golden ornament on the top of the big statue.
So it had dawned upon me what my friend had said to me.
What he said was "That is 30 kilograms of GOLD."
My English listening comprehension is still in development.
I want be a good English speaker.
But recently, I am wondering "How long would I have to study English?"
Jaxon >> Thank you for your correction. After I finish reading more than 10 English books, I wil focus on conversations with native speakers.