やさしい英語会話 (238) American and Japanese College Students

大学もグローバル化の時代。アメリカなど海外の大学に留学する学生も、これからますます増えてくることでしょう。



海外で学ぶにあたっては、その国のことばや文化だけでなく、大学生活の違いについても知っておく必要があるでしょう。今回の会話では、日本に学ぶアメリカ人留学生が、日米の学生生活を比較しています。"Fraternity"や"Sorority"といった、日本人には馴染みのない言葉も登場しますが、これらもアメリカの学生生活に欠かせない風景のようですね…。



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（初級〜中級）*** It's a Good Expression ***

（今回の重要表現）



quite a few

かなりたくさんの



Like?

例えば？



tuition

授業料



practically 〜

ほとんど〜も同然の



sorority

（米）女子学生の社交クラブ



fraternity

（米）男子学生の社交クラブ



Greek Life

sororityやfraternityでの学生生活。（これらのクラブ名に通例ギリシャ文字が使われることから）



defensive

（批判に対して）抗戦する、言い返す



*** Script ***



American and Japanese College Students



M: Hey, Emily, let's talk a bit about the differences between American and Japanese college students.



W: Um, actually, I don't think there are that many differences. College students are college students!



M: Oh, I don't know about that. After being here for almost a year I've noticed quite a few differences.



W: Like?



M: How students actually dress NICE here. Everyone in Japan looks so fashionable, whereas every college student in the US wears either pajamas to class or sweatpants and a t-shirt! Do you disagree? Can you tell me that you haven't worn either of those to class?



W: Only on days wh-



M: Hey, have you worn pajamas to class?



W: Ah... yeah... BUT ONLY O-



M: Doesn't matter. You wore pajamas to class!



W: Who cares! What about you?



M: Sweatpants, like... every day! Also other differences include: In America every student basically lives in a dorm their first year. And tuition is 100 times more expensive there... Oh, also, university in Japan is practically a vacation, while American universities are hell. And... we have sororities and fraternities, but THAT's another story!



W: Hey, I didn't like your intonation when you mentioned "Greek life." Why do you make it sound like such a bad thing?



M: Are you really going to argue this with me?



W: Um, yea. I'm in a sorority. And I DO get defensive. People don't actually understand that Greek life has good points, too. Everyone assumes it's exactly like the movies.



(Written by Lauren Johnson)