英語における自己紹介
オンライン英会話やってると頻繁に自己紹介する機会があるわけで、ちょっと自分の自己紹介を整理してアップデートしたい。
自分のことを英語で言うってのが意外と難しい。英語以前に、自己紹介を普段あんまりしないから、そういえば、こういうときに、どう言うんだっけ？何を言えばいいんだっけ？ってなる。
一般的に、住まい、仕事、趣味あたりを話すことにしてみている。
自己紹介なので仕方がない部分もあるが、Iが主語のフレーズばかりなので、無生物主語とか、なんか、こう、ちょっと違う言い回しをしたい。
挨拶
(It's) Nice to meet you.
I'm glad to see you.
Pleased to meet you.
褒める系
That shirt looks good on you.
Nice shirt.
Nice shirt. It looks good on you!
I like your shoes.
名乗り
My name is XXX.
I'm XXX.
Please call me XXX.
出身、住まい
I'm from Tokyo.
I was born and raised in Tokyo.
I have lived in there for over 30 years.
X City is a suburb/outskirt of Tokyo.
X City is located west side of Tokyo.
It's takes about an hour by train from Shinjuku/Ropponngi/Ginza.
It has many parks and rivers.
There are many parks and rivers.
I often take a walk around there with my husband.
The city has a population of about 100,000.
To be honest, there is no famous things.
There are old temples and shrines, but they are not special and are common in Japan.
仕事
I work in event management.
My job is event manager.
Especially for business conferences, meetings and exhibitions.
Does not include weddings or concerts.
The job is like a juggling.
At the same time, People make many requests and I work on it.
I find it fun to keep things organized.
I get a kick out of organizing things.
I enjoy meeting lots of people and talking with them.
If I had another job, I would not meet as many people.
Due to the pandemic, I've been working on online events lately.
Running events online is challenging because we miss out on the benefits of meeting in person.
趣味
相手のプロフィールによって、どの趣味言うかは変えたりしてる。
読書
One of my hobbies is reading.
I like science fiction. Recently I read three bodies.
I also read English picture books to study English.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Magic School Bus ...etc.
Please let me know if you have any recommendations.
If you have any recommendations, I'd be happy to hear them.
I would be grateful if you could let me know any recommendations
映画・youtube/Netflix
I often watch Netflix in my free time.
I'm into "XXX" right know.
The Queen's Gambit, Snowpiercer
I like the work of director Christopher Nolan.
Tenet, interstellar, XXX
自転車
I enjoy cycling on weekend.
I like to feel the wind when I'm riding my bike.
I can also enjoy the scenery.
I am in a local bicycle club.
Before the pandemic, I used to go on a bicycle trip with my friends/club members.
プログラミングの勉強
Recently I am studying GAS.
It's very convenient because programming makes my task more efficient.
it's a lot of fun when the program works well.
On the other hand, when things go wrong, I racked my brain to come up something.
The Queen's Gambit
Snowpiercer
英語で感想とか考察とか、キャッキャウフフしているのはredditが参考になる。
エモいシーンとか泣けるシーンで I broke って言うんだ～って発見があった。涙腺崩壊的なイメージかな。
参考
この書籍をやりこんでおくと、会話がスムーズになる。
各種オンライン英会話サービスが用意しているphrase集も参考になる。
この人のブログは本当に実際にオンライン英会話やってる人ならではで情報量がすごい。
いただいたサポートで、書籍代や勉強費用にしたり、美味しいもの食べたりします！