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Feel an eathquake
Last Saturday a big earthquake occurred in the whole of Japan.It has been a long time since we had as big an earthquake as that one in Tokyo.It was a long cycle, lateral vibration and the shaking continued for a long time .Then on Sunday,I went to my English conversation school. I told my instructor about the earthquake.I want to find an expression of detail of an earthquake.However her explanation is not enough for me.That was like an one-dimensional for example:big or small,intense and a few words.I asked her that "I and most of Japanese people can feel and catch shaking of an earthquake that is long or short cycle,vertical or horizontal vibration,wide or narrow amplitude.Can you feel that?".She has not known there are some types of earthquake.Is that Japanese people specific?
先週の土曜日、日本全土におよぶ大きな地震が発生しました。東京であのくらい大きい地震が起きたのは久しぶりだとおもいます。長周期で横揺れで長い時間揺れました。翌日の日曜日、私は英会話学校に行きました。インストラクターと地震のことについて話しました。私は地震の(揺れ方の)詳細の言い表し方を習得したかったのですが、彼女の説明は十分とは言えなかったです。それらは一次元的で大きい
小さい、激しいとかそういった言葉でした。私は彼女に言いました。”私も多くの日本人も地震の揺れを感じて(揺れ方が)分かりますよ。周期の長い短い、縦揺れか横揺れか、振幅の大きい小さいとか。あなたは感じることが出来ませんか?”彼女は地震(の揺れ方)にいくつかの種類があることを知らなかったです。これって日本人特有のものなのでしょうか?
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