If you were working for the UN, which job would like to do using your English abilities? Why?
I would like to work as translation. The translation needs all of meeting in United Nations so I want to engage it.
I enjoyed this class and I made agreeable comversation with you. Thank you so much.
2008年7月31日木曜日
Personal Space
1. You're talking to a co-worker . How close do you stand?
I will stand 1m apart from co-worker.
I will sit near woman, but I space absolutely out.I want to sit take a seat in the back, so I will sit second chair of the left side. I don't want to sit opposite each other.
4. You're in a crowded elevator. Where do you look?
I always look up at sign that is written by number or look down at my foot.
I can't look around restlessly.
5. You're standing in line. How close do you stand to the person in front?
I stand 30cm apart from people.
6. You get on the bus. There is an empty row of seats at the back, and an empty seat close by. Where do you sit?
I sit a seat at the back because I don't feel comfortable when I sit close by.
7. You're in library and there's an empty seat beside you. Do you want to stop someone sitting there ? If so, how?
Yes. I don't care a bit when there are people around.
8. You're going to the beach. Do you like to see lots of people or very few?
I like to see very few people because I don't like a people jam.
9. When you're talking to someone, do you look them in the eye?
No. It's diffcult for me to deal with eye contact. So I look at someone's lip when I'm talking.
10.You're on a train. Do you talk to the other passenger?
No. I never do it.
I will stand 1m apart from co-worker.
2. You're talking to a friend. Do you touch each other?
I usually touch my friend, shoulder, head, arm and hand. I like to hold hands with my friend.
3. Look at the diagram of a waiting room. Where do you sit when you enter?I will sit near woman, but I space absolutely out.I want to sit take a seat in the back, so I will sit second chair of the left side. I don't want to sit opposite each other.
4. You're in a crowded elevator. Where do you look?
I always look up at sign that is written by number or look down at my foot.
I can't look around restlessly.
5. You're standing in line. How close do you stand to the person in front?
I stand 30cm apart from people.
6. You get on the bus. There is an empty row of seats at the back, and an empty seat close by. Where do you sit?
I sit a seat at the back because I don't feel comfortable when I sit close by.
7. You're in library and there's an empty seat beside you. Do you want to stop someone sitting there ? If so, how?
Yes. I don't care a bit when there are people around.
8. You're going to the beach. Do you like to see lots of people or very few?
I like to see very few people because I don't like a people jam.
9. When you're talking to someone, do you look them in the eye?
No. It's diffcult for me to deal with eye contact. So I look at someone's lip when I'm talking.
10.You're on a train. Do you talk to the other passenger?
No. I never do it.
CW Certainty Questionnaire
Your score is 64 on a scale of 0 to 100 = Preference for Need for Certainty
Your scores indicate that you have a moderate Need for Certainty and might prefer job security to a more entrepreneurial job opportunity. In countries/cultures with a Need for Certainty, organizations have a preference for strong codes of behaviors and management practices and tolerate less deviation from them; they tend to support their employees on the job. If you work in countries such as Sweden, Denmark, or the United States, where there is a higher Tolerance for Ambiguity, you might react by seeking out situations in which there is a higher level of job security and loyalty to the organization is rewarded. In countries/cultures with a Tolerance for Ambiguity, conflict in organizations is perceived as natural, and rules may be broken for pragmatic reasons. You might feel yourself under attack if the level of conflict rose above your threshold.
The countries you requested are listed below. The numbers in parentheses refer to the country scores as listed by Professor Geert Hofstede in his book Culture's Consequences:
United Kingdom (35) Tolerance for Ambiguity, a moderate preference for an entrepreneurial environment which is less bound by rules and regulations
Japan (92) Need for Certainty, a strong preference for an environment that is more structure-oriented, and where rules, roles and management practices are clear and unambiguous
Your scores indicate that you have a moderate Need for Certainty and might prefer job security to a more entrepreneurial job opportunity. In countries/cultures with a Need for Certainty, organizations have a preference for strong codes of behaviors and management practices and tolerate less deviation from them; they tend to support their employees on the job. If you work in countries such as Sweden, Denmark, or the United States, where there is a higher Tolerance for Ambiguity, you might react by seeking out situations in which there is a higher level of job security and loyalty to the organization is rewarded. In countries/cultures with a Tolerance for Ambiguity, conflict in organizations is perceived as natural, and rules may be broken for pragmatic reasons. You might feel yourself under attack if the level of conflict rose above your threshold.
The countries you requested are listed below. The numbers in parentheses refer to the country scores as listed by Professor Geert Hofstede in his book Culture's Consequences:
United Kingdom (35) Tolerance for Ambiguity, a moderate preference for an entrepreneurial environment which is less bound by rules and regulations
Japan (92) Need for Certainty, a strong preference for an environment that is more structure-oriented, and where rules, roles and management practices are clear and unambiguous
my ideal man
Personality is the most inportant when I choose my boyfriend.Next I love and be loved each other so devoted is second.
Also kind and looks is need for awfully nice person.
2008年7月30日水曜日
Class#9 Reflection
Family
a. When do children usually leave home?
In my opinion, they leave home when they graduate from high school or university. Also they ch
oose a university that have to live on their own.
b. How many people live in your home?
There are four people living in my home, and the stracture is that my fater, mother, younger sister, and me.
c. Do you have head of the family?
I think it's my father. He doesn't speak much, but he usually wax eloquent when he has a belt.
d. Who does the house work?
My mother did. But I have no opinion it so family member should help her more.
e. Who runs the family?
I think it's my father. He deside everything of house.
f. How many rooms do you have to sleep in?
There are four rooms, my room, my mother's room, my father's room and my sister's room.
a. When do children usually leave home?
In my opinion, they leave home when they graduate from high school or university. Also they ch
oose a university that have to live on their own.
b. How many people live in your home?
There are four people living in my home, and the stracture is that my fater, mother, younger sister, and me.
c. Do you have head of the family?
I think it's my father. He doesn't speak much, but he usually wax eloquent when he has a belt.
d. Who does the house work?
My mother did. But I have no opinion it so family member should help her more.
e. Who runs the family?
I think it's my father. He deside everything of house.
f. How many rooms do you have to sleep in?
There are four rooms, my room, my mother's room, my father's room and my sister's room.
2008年6月15日日曜日
Lesson 7 Names and Addresses
1.Are feelings emotions and facial expressions universal across borders, happy, sad, etc..?
In my opinion, it's different how to put each feelings each countries. Foreigner think Japanese are a poor hand at verbalizing their emotions but I don't think so. Japanese are so shy and they can't put their feelings and fascal expressions when they meet for the first time. Consequently, they are good at putting their feelings when they become close.
2. Try to name as many feelings as possible in Japanese. ( 10 minimum) Now write the English translation.
楽しい→happy amusing blithe enjoyable
気楽→comfortable familiar homelike homey
面倒→annoying messy feisty
眠い→sleepy drowsy
心細い→insecure lonely lonesome
心地よい→agreeable comfortable congenial cozy
不愉快→bile rudeness unpleasantness
愛おしい→loved
満足→content contentedness
憂鬱→blues dismal mood dump
もどかしい→frustrating irritating
切ない→agonizing painful
恥ずかしい→ashamed disgraceful embarrassed
恐ろしい→appalling awesome dire
3. Are there any feelings in Japanese that cannot be translated into English?
ウザい 全然( use in a good sense)
In my opinion, it's different how to put each feelings each countries. Foreigner think Japanese are a poor hand at verbalizing their emotions but I don't think so. Japanese are so shy and they can't put their feelings and fascal expressions when they meet for the first time. Consequently, they are good at putting their feelings when they become close.
2. Try to name as many feelings as possible in Japanese. ( 10 minimum) Now write the English translation.
楽しい→happy amusing blithe enjoyable
気楽→comfortable familiar homelike homey
面倒→annoying messy feisty
眠い→sleepy drowsy
心細い→insecure lonely lonesome
心地よい→agreeable comfortable congenial cozy
不愉快→bile rudeness unpleasantness
愛おしい→loved
満足→content contentedness
憂鬱→blues dismal mood dump
もどかしい→frustrating irritating
切ない→agonizing painful
恥ずかしい→ashamed disgraceful embarrassed
恐ろしい→appalling awesome dire
3. Are there any feelings in Japanese that cannot be translated into English?
ウザい 全然( use in a good sense)
Welcome Colgate University Students!
I met Colgate University Students and I talked with a guy who is 19 years old. I asked some guestions to him. I was surprised at his answers every time. One of the thing that I was impressed by talking with him was a episode since we were children. In Japan, we go to bed with our familiy when we were children. We usually say "we bed like chinese logo of river."(川の字で寝る) I think it's not out of the way but he never have beded with his family. When I know that thing, I can't swallow. I realized that it's suffered culture to live in another coutry.
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