TOEIC mock exam...Why did you ask me such a ______ question... -2-
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In my childhood I moved one town to another due to my father’s job.
My hometown is the area where the almost all inhabitants speak standard Japanese, so I do.
When I moved the another town, the inhabitants speaked in different accent.
And they noticed I was different.
Some of me classmate directly point this out with joking, and the others told about it behind me.
I heard them say that I sounded arrogant because of my standard Japanese.
I was so sensitive that I felt I was stranger and I couldn't adopt their society then.
Even in Japan I had such an experience.
My hometown is the area where the almost all inhabitants speak standard Japanese, so I do.
When I moved the another town, the inhabitants speaked in different accent.
And they noticed I was different.
Some of me classmate directly point this out with joking, and the others told about it behind me.
I heard them say that I sounded arrogant because of my standard Japanese.
I was so sensitive that I felt I was stranger and I couldn't adopt their society then.
Even in Japan I had such an experience.
vocabraly
listen: Someone wants to know the information on purpose.
hear: Someone doesn’t want to know the information purposely.
listen: Someone wants to know the information on purpose.
hear: Someone doesn’t want to know the information purposely.
My hometown is the area where the almost all inhabitants speak standard Japanese, so I do.
My hometown is where almost all the residents/inhabitants speak standard Japanese, including myself.
When I moved the another town, the inhabitants speaked in different accent.
When I moved to another town, the inhabitants spoke with a different accent.
Some of me classmate directly point this out with joking, and the others told about it behind me.
Some of my classmates pointed it out directly but jokingly while others talked about it behind my back.
I was so sensitive that I felt I was stranger and I couldn't adopt their society then.
I was so sensitive that I felt like a stranger and wouldn't be able to adopt to their society.
I think the most interesting thing about languages is the differing dialects, it's a shame they didn't see it like that.