Please record your reading in a natural speed. I would like to hear real conversational English.
Today, I am going to introduce two of my American friends, whose way of living in Japan are very different. I found them interesting, because they are quite extreme.
They tentatively call each other friends, but I don't think they get along very well with each other.
Interestingly, they have a lot in common. They are both in their 40s, married to Japanese men, and have daughters. They had a hard time settling into a Japanese life when they began living here. They eventually got through it and have been living here for over 20 years.
The woman who I am going to introduce first speaks Japanese most of the time. She has learned that the best way to settle in Japan and get long with the people here is to follow the Japanese way. I think she has already got this under her belt. When I talk to her, I often feel that she is more Japanese than me in her train of thoughts and her behavior.
The other woman still speaks English except for when nobody understands her. As much as possible, she has kept a westernized approach. She hugs people and says, " Oh, you look good! You wear beautiful clothes!! I like the color!!! bla bla bla ~" like a hyper person. I think she knows that her behavior attracts Japanese people.
One day, those two women had a fight, just when the American-American woman hugged the other woman's husband!
She finally lost her cool!
" This is Japan! Why do you need to hug people? It's weid that you hug people!!! " haha, I should not laugh, but I could not help doing so!
Do you agree with the saying " Do as the Roman's Do"?
Which do you think is better, trying to follow the way in the country you are living or keeping your own way?
ohlookinmawesome,
Thank you for your recording!!!
I'm going to study it listening to your English, and try to imitate it.