多読に慣れる。短い英語読み物

"Everybody wants a job"

"Madam, I need a job." A strange man stood in front of her. Kate sighed. Recently, she have sighed a lot. There were always troubles. "Sorry, I don't have any job which I can give you." Kate tried to shove the man and go away. But he didn't move. "Please, if you don't give me a job, I will die soon." He joined his hands in prayer. Kate was startled. "But how can …

2016/03/28 22:08

"I hate a hangover"

"My gosh, this headache is terrible!" Kate groaned and hold her brow. There was a pain in her head. "I shouldn't have drunk that much last night..." She groaned again. Several empty bottles of alcoholic drink scattered on the floor. Kate drunk all of them alone. Her headache came from a hangover. "I hate a hangover!" Kate cried.

2016/03/16 09:38

"The sound from other room"

Someone was using a vacuum cleaner. In Kate's own house. Kate heard the sound from other room. She got scared. She took a broom stick and went to the room. "...Mom! What are you doing here!?" Kate found that her mother was using a vacuum cleaner in the room. "Hi Kate, I came to see how you are doing." Her mother said to Kate cheerfully.

2016/03/15 18:46

"Will you give me an onigiri?"

A fat middle-aged man came to the front of Kate's door. "Will you give me an onigiri?" The man asked her. He wore a T-shirt and a pair of short pants. He had a sharp look in his eyes. "Pardon?" Confusing, Kate asked back. "I am asking you an onigiri because my mother once told me to do it when I am hungry in my childhood." The middle-aged man said withou…

2016/03/14 11:01

"Be kind to your fans!"

In the zoo, people were watching an orangutan. The orangutan was in a land which surrounded by a moat and enclosed by a wall. The people were watching the orangutan from the top of the wall. The orangutan was being annoyed by the people's gaze. Suddenly the orangutan began to throw its excrement to the people on the wall. The people screamed. The orangutan continued to throw …

2016/03/14 10:00

"The girl who asks you your score"

I was studying at the table in the local public library. I had a schedule to take an English language test, AELT in next week. Suddenly, a strange girl came to my table. "Hey you!" She shouted and pointed a finger on me. Startled, I looked back at her face silently. "How much is your current score of AELT?" She looked down into my face and asked me coldly. "Well...I hav…

2016/03/14 09:12

"It was a classic mistake"

"Dad, I don't want to eat this anymore!" One morning, a father and his little daughter were in the kitchen. The daughter was eating her porridge at the table. "This porridge tastes so bad! I hate this!" The daughter complained. "Why, I made it. It must be tasty!" Her father looked shocked. "Let me taste it a bit." "You can have all of this, dad!" "No, just a spoonful o…

2016/03/14 08:38

"She liked to stay in airports"

Kate had to stay in an airport a while, so she came to a cafe in the airport. Kate liked to stay in airports. She liked both to travel to abroad and to stay in airports. Kate liked to meet people from all over the world there. Kate sat at the table by the window. Through the window, she could watch the people walking through a corridor.

2016/03/14 08:17

"You should renew your passport"

Kate was in an airport. The staff behind the counter sighed and gave Kate her passport back. "Madam, your passport is nearly expired." "Oh? Well..." Kate received her passport. She was going to travel abroad. She hadn't checked her passport. "You should renew your passport." The staff advised Kate to renew her passport. Kate nodded.

2016/03/14 07:41

"Someone has to dance"

"I have to do dance here! This is necessary!" Suddenly a girl cried and began to dance in the public space. I was surprised. "No, you don't have to do that. It is unnecessary." I told her. "Yes it is necessary. Someone has to dance." The girl said.

2016/03/14 07:14

"The nuts on the road"

There were nuts everywhere on the road. Kate looked around. At a side of the road, a tall tree was standing. It seemed the tree dropped the nuts. "Can the nuts be eaten raw?" Murmuring, Kate crouched and picked up one of the nuts. Kate brought it to her mouth and nibbled at it. "...Oh!" Kate spat the nut out on the road. The nut had a bitter taste.

2016/03/11 22:18