Hello. This is Naoki from Greenwich. I have been in Melbourne for a half year. Finally, the day I’m going home is coming soon. Now, I feel excited about it because I can meet my friends and I can eat meal that my mother makes. Also, I don’t have to pay for my rent. I don’t have to spend a lot of money on food. But, I think after I go back and I come to adjust a life in Japan, I will absolutely miss Australia, especially Melbourne. I have 2 years left before I graduate from my university. So, I want to start studying English and I want to come back to Australia with Advanced level of English after I graduate.

こんにちは。直樹です。メルボルンにきて半年が経って、帰る日が来たなーという感じがします。友達やお母さんのご飯があるし、家賃も食費もかからないので、日本に帰るのは楽しみですが、オーストラリア、特にメルボルンは恋しくなるんだろうなーと思います。私はまだ、大学生で卒業までにあと二年あるので、英語の勉強を頑張って、また、メルボルンに帰ってきたいなと思います。

About a week ago, I attended a bit big event which is called Agent Breakfast. A lot of people from a lot of agencies came to our workplace from early in the morning. They had a breakfast that we had prepared as they greet each other and had a chat. But,  a purpose of coming to a Greenwich isn’t having a breakfast. They came here for watching a presentation. After they had a chat for the time being , we started a presentation. What I needed to do was to take photos so that I didn’t really focus on the content of presentation. But, as far as I saw, it was totally different from what I had seen in my university. There is a big difference ! My colleague talked about New course calmly and confidently right in front of large audience. I know how busy my colleagues are. Yet, they organised this event, prepared nice Power Point and gave a presentation. I wondered when they had a time to prepare for it ? This is great

一週間ほど前にエージェントブレックファーストというイベントがあったて、それは、エージェントがいっぱい、私の職場に来て朝ごはんを食べたり、おしゃべりしたりする会なのですが、それが一番の目的ではなく、私たちの新しいプロジェクトのプレゼンを見に来るというものでした。私は写真を撮る係だったので、あまりプレゼン自体は聞いでませんでしたが、見た限りでは、私の大学のとは、まるで違うものでした。私は同僚がどれだけ忙しいか知っていいるので、あの忙しさでこんだけすごいプレゼンが出来るのかと、びっくりしました。

What I was most impressed is Non-Native English speaker gave a presentation in English. She stood before those present and gave a presentation beautifully and confidently. For her, it might be easy task. But, as for me, I always feel nervous when i give a presentation in my university even in my mother tongue. What if I need to give a presentation to foreigner in English. That would be  very hard with my current English level.

わたしが一番すごいなと思ったのが、ネイティブではない人が英語でプレゼンをしていたことでした。大学でプレゼンを日本語でするだけでも、緊張するのに、外国人の前で英語でプレゼンをするのは今の自分の英語レベルでは無理だろうなとおもいます。

Through this agent breakfast, I could measure the distance between what i am today and what i want to be in the near future. I thought it is bit hard to work like my  colleagues but, at the same time, I thought  it is possible to work like them if I make an effort. I don’t want to forget this feeling.

このイベントを通して、いまの自分と将来の自分の距離を知ることができました。ちょっと難しいかもしれないけど、無理ではないので、日本に帰ってから、英語の勉強を中心に頑張っていこうと思います。