English Diary 2026
☆ March 11 Yesterday what a small earthquake happened reminded us today's memories in those days. I felt things happened sincerely, praying for the world. This morning’s listening training finished one full round of the Part 2 questions on an Eiken book by Obunsha, and I moved on to the Part 3 section. These are the kinds of passages where a bank clerk or a salesperson gives an explanatory speech. The difficult parts were the opening of the speech, words like “allow,” and function words such as “there” or “at” at the beginning of sentences. In other words, that was basically all. "Virtuoso." The word appears in my vocabulary book, and it reminded me of the film Green Book. This morning I played the movie again and enjoyed its atmosphere. Don Shirley’s piano performance is magnificent. My admiration for Italy has never faded since the days when I studied Rome. Although I only studied Latin and Italian at a beginner’s level, my passion...