| [ EnglishOnly ] in KIDS 글 쓴 이(By): hobbes (calvin) 날 짜 (Date): 1996년06월08일(토) 11시32분59초 KDT 제 목(Title): Don't worry. (To Visible distance(?) ) Just don't worry about it. Quite a long time ago, I happened to meet a friend of mine(if I can call her like that.) She had been brought up in U.S. and had U.S. citizenship. when we met, I just couldn't figure out what on earth she was takling about. So fast... you know. All I could say were "Pardon?","I see","haha". Maybe a few more words. So I talked in Korean. [God, It is so hard to understand the English language.] [아이고, 영어듣기 정말 힘드네.] To my surprise, she talked in Korean to my mumbling. [Try to talk in English. That way you can practice English.] [...영어로...해요......연습되니까..] I was so surprised to hear it. I thought she couldn't speak or understand Korean. I asked her [Can you understand me speaking Korean a little ?] she answered [Oh, yeah. pretty much more than you can imagine.] At the evening, I said something in Korean without noticing it. but she caught me with the word and kept asking me [What did you say ?] I told her, smiling [ Nothing, never mind.] Can you imagine what she did to me ? in the public ? in front of a cafeteria ? She pinched me in the arm. can you imagine it ? I haven't been pinched for years. and the pinchers were only my sisters. This 23-year old lady, with an icecream with one hand, pinched me so hard. I screamed [A~~~~~~ck!~~~] See ? It's not that I didn't want to tell her what I said. But that I couldn't express the exact meaning of what I just had said. (The deficiency of idioms and vocabularies.) Don't worry about the English things so much. There are thousands of millions in the world who desperately want to extend their abilities in languages and other fields. Just follow your nose. and the nose will tell you that you do something great. Just don't worry. haha. Being aware of one's weakness is the start point of improving it. (Maybe Socrates said this... right ?? no ?? Hmm more exactly, [Know thyself.]) You just started with a bang.... Don't let that be end with a whimper. (It's a proverb. :-) ) See you.. To love someone deeply gives you courage, while to be loved deeply by someone gives you strength. -- Lao Tze |