maiko-san

As you know , my subject this morning is a pronunciation practice. In a few seconds I'm going to explain to you about  a pronuncation tip on "i" and "i:". But first, I'd like to give  a talk on my summer school when I was a child. So, I would like you to see a photo that shows a sumo-wrestling match on the beach.  At that time I was a pupil at Seikei Elementary School in Tokyo. In July, 1958 I went by ship to from Takehashi Pier to Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture with my classmates and Seikei University students as swimming trainers. In accordance with the school rules we had to wear a red swimming cap and a red loincloth. The disadvantage of the red loin cloth was that of course I was ashamed to wear it, because I didn't want my puberty hair to be seen. On the contrary the advantage of it was that the red color is so conspicuous that the trainers could grasp the loin cloth easily and save pupils when they were about to be drowned. Inc...

Today I'd like to talk about my embarrasssing experience Ｉ had last week. My wife was proud of her healthy teeth. As a matter of fact she laughs at me every time I go to my favorite dentist in Minoo. She said, " I never kow of somebody who loves a dentist like you," Then she used to open her mouth wide opne and show off her white teeth. For years she had been going to the same dentist nearby for only teeth-inspection and cleaning. All of a sudden she got a warning from him that her engagement was the worst of all. To top that off he gave her a whole set of false teeth made of rubber and ordered her to wear it when she goes to bed. He explained to her that the bad engagement leads to tinnitus. What kind of frame-up is this!? When she came home, she seemed to be disappointed. Hearing her story I got a gut feeling  that the dentist's business is going down because of a cut-throat competition. He wants to make money in every which way. So, I s...