どこに住んでいるかについて話してみよう

Talking about where you live
どこに住んでいるか説明してみましょう。
あなたはどのような所に住んでいますか? 自分の住んでいる地域や家について話してみましょう。海外との思わぬ文化の違いがわかるかもしれません。
Where do you live?
 
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Where do you live?

Well, I've been living in Kasama city, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan for about 40 years. Please let me be proud of my city public library. This year, Kasama Library got a No.1 ranking for 11 straight years in circulation numbers among cities with a population of less than 80,000 people across the country. The circulation includes paper books, digital books, CDs, DVDs, etc.

自然な表現

Well, I've been living in Kasama City, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan for about 40 years. I'm so proud of our city's public library.  This year, Kasama Library got a No.1 ranking for 11 straight years in circulation numbers among cities with a population of less than 80,000 people across the country. The circulation includes paper books, digital books, CDs, DVDs, etc.

1. Capitalise proper nouns.
2. Rephrased for clarity and accuracy.
Congratulations. You might be very happy. How big is the public library if I may ask? Wow! 40 years. You must know every corner of your city.

Not really. I'm embarrassed to say this, but I'm more of a houseplant, so, sadly, I don't know the landscape of our city so much. Well, getting back to the library, it has about 600,000 items in total. To be honest, I'm not comfortable in libraries that feel too quiet and serious. Therefore, I now use libraries mainly to burrow DVDs. In these past three years, I watched about 40 movies, and a half of which I borrowed from Kasama Library. In that respect, I know I should appreciate libraries more.

自然な表現

Not really. I'm embarrassed to say this, but I'm more of a houseplant, so, sadly, I don't know the landscape of our city so much. Well, getting back to the library, it has about 600,000 items in total. To be honest, I'm not comfortable in libraries that feel too quiet and serious. Therefore, I now use libraries mainly to borrow DVDs. In these past three years, I watched about 40 movies, and    half of which I borrowed from Kasama Library. In that respect, I know I should appreciate libraries more.

1. Spelling correction.
2. 'half' indicates a quantity or portion. "A half' is a specific measurement of half of something.
Libraries provide a very valuable service to the community. What kind of movies do you enjoy watching?

For instance, I borrowed and watched the following movies: "Never Let Me Go" based on Nobel Prize winner, Kazuo Ishiguro's novel, "1984" based upon George Orwell's novel, "The Shining" based on Stephen King's novel, "The Great Dictator" written, directed, and played by Charlie Chaplin, "Roman Holiday" featuring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, "Bonnie & Clyde" staring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, "Spectre" the twenty-fourth film in the James Bond series, "JFK" dealt with the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and "Titanic" based on accounts of the sinking of Titanic in 1912. I assume you've watched some of them.

自然な表現

For instance, I borrowed and watched the following movies: "Never Let Me Go" based on Nobel Prize winner, Kazuo Ishiguro's novel, "1984" based on George Orwell's novel, "The Shining" based on Stephen King's novel, "The Great Dictator" written, directed, and played by Charlie Chaplin, "Roman Holiday" featuring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, "Bonnie & Clyde" staring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, "Spectre" the twenty-fourth film in the James Bond series, "JFK" dealt with the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and "Titanic" based on accounts of the sinking of Titanic in 1912. I assume you've watched some of them.

1. 'Based on' is the correct phrasing for this context.
  • suburb of(~の郊外の)
  • functional(機能的な)
  • urban(都会の)
  • rural(田舎の)
  • region(地域)
  • I live in an apartment.(私はマンションに住んでいます。)
  • I live in a house in one of the suburbs of Tokyo.(東京郊外の一軒家に住んでいます。)
  • Japanese houses are small and confining, but very functional.(日本の家は小さくて窮屈ではあるが機能的ではある。)
  • Japanese homes usually have gardens with many pine and plum trees and azalea plants.(日本の家には、松や梅、ツツジなどが植えられた庭があります。)
  • How many rooms do you have in your house?(あなたの家は何部屋ありますか?)
  • Many people in rural areas still live in traditional Japanese houses.(田舎の人達はまだ伝統的日本家屋に住んでいます。)

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