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Toma君の2004年パラリンピックのお話です。
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今となっては懐かしいToma君とのレッスン風景
昨年のパラリンピックの思い出を英語で綴ってくれましたよ。 |
I went to Athens in Greece on September 11th and stayed there until
Oct. 2nd.
I took part in the wheelchair tennis tournament in the 2004
Paralympic Games.
There are 3 divisions in the tournament, Men's, Women's and Quad.
I belonged to the Quad division.
I stayed in the Olympic village. It's a big village.
The buses were running all over the village.
There were some stores, a barber, a book store, a flower shop,
a bank, a camera shop, cafes, an internet room, and official goods
store.
We could always use a computer and connect with the internet for free.
One of my friends got a haircut at the barber. It was free.
But his wife didn't like his haircut.
We went to the official goods store and bought some goods.
A T-shirt was 26 Euro. I thought it was very expensive.
There was a big restaurant opening 24 hours.
We often went there at midnight. We were able to eat for free.
There were many kinds of foods there, pizza, pasta, meat, fruit,
rice, bread, and some drink.
I tried some dishes I had never eaten everyday. But they were not delicious.
There was McDonald's there. Everything was free.
I ate hamburgers there everyday, so I don't want to eat hamburgers at
McDonald's any more.
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左の壁に見えるはしごみたいなものと，上方の箱？が
車椅子用のエレベーター。えっらく揺れて怖かったとか。 |
でも、その恐怖を乗り越えて上に登るとこれをみる事ができたのねぇ！
よかったねぇ。。。。私もみたいよぉ。。。。 |
We stayed in an apartment in the village.
There were 4 twin rooms, 2 bathrooms and 1 living room..
It didn't have any TV, refrigerator, washing machine and kitchen.
We rent a TV set. It cost 70,000yen. I thought it's very expensive, but
we needed one. Because we wanted to watch many sports throughout the
Paralympics.
Everyday, we got excited watching great games.
There was a dry-cleaner's faraway, so I went there only one time. It was very
inconvenient.
I had to wash my clothes in a bathroom.
The weather was very good. The high was 30 degrees Celsius.
It was cool in the shade. The wind sometimes blew.
I often opened the window and took a nap in the daytime.
It was very comfortable.
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| これがアテネのダウンタウンらしいです。 |
いわゆる電車らしいです。Metoroだって。 |
We went sightseeing.
Three trains are running in the city. They are called Metoro.
All stations have an elevator for a wheelchair.
We could got on Metoro easily. The fare was free for disabled passengers.
There is a toilet for wheelchairs in each station.
But there weren't any signs for them and the door was always locked.
We had to always ask a station staff to unlock it. I thought this system was not
so good.
Anyway, I really enjoyed the Palalympics.
という訳で、ほんとに昨年は刺激的な思い出をみんなに与えてくれてありがとうございました。
今年はまた人生の新たな出発をしたToma君。いつまでもみんなで応援してます。
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