"Breathing Lessons"、面白いです。
じわじわ、来ます。

Maggie と Ira の馴れ初めのあたりの話がすごくよかった。
ちょっとくらい思いこみが激しくても、
そんなの気にならないくらい Maggie が好きな Ira の気持ちがわかる。

欠点はないことにはできないけど、
少なくとも相手のことが「すごく好き」で、欠点が「我慢できる範囲」なら問題ない。

そう、すごく好き、ならね。

欠点がない代わりに面白味のない人より、
欠点はあるけど面白い人の方が付き合うと楽しい、みたいな。



■Breathing Lessonsの単語
commiserate　哀れむ
※"They commiserated with each other"
vestibule　玄関（ホール）、前庭
frivolous　つまらない、浅はかな
impenetrable　突き通せない、入り込めない
het up　がっかりした、怒った
processional　行列の
※多分聖歌の種類、いや違うな、入場時の伴奏曲か。
recessional　〔礼拝後の〕退場（の曲［歌］）
gait　歩き方
※顔つきって意味かと思った
boast　誇る
sway　惑わす
nook　人目に付かない所、部屋の片隅
permutation　順列、置換


気になった文。Maggie。
She felt she was almost boasting, that she'd made a kind of proclamation. If she ws easily swayed, she thought, at least she had chosen who would sway her. If she was locked in a pattern, at least she had chosen what that pattern would be.












I should write something in English.

...

There are many methods to learn English, most of which I tried but couldn't carry on.
The only activity I keep doing is reading.

Specially, reading on the tube doesn't bother me. I find it fun and sometimes I look forward to going to work because I can read on the way.

Of course I may read at my home but I don't read much. I have a lot of things to do.

At the end of the day, there is no distraction underground and I can focus on books.

...

Wow, I haven't done anything today! Happy Friday!

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I'm going to take an English lesson next week.
It is a company-organized lesson and it targets intermediate learners whose TOEIC score is between 500 to 700.
My score is more than 700 but I've decided to join.
I'm not sure if it works or not.

Today I received a quiz to check our level.
It was a bit difficult for me.
I expect the lesson would be effective for me.

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I found an interesting site, "Project GutenBerg."
There are many free books!

Today I downloaded "The Scarlet Pimpernel" and "Dracula."