Brrr...cold...

It's suddenly become so cold! People were wearing big coats, gloves, etc. today. I'm wearing my big coat in my room coz it's just about as cold as it is outside. I heard that the heating won't be switched on until mid-November. The water took particularly long to get hot tonight...I had it on max. but it was still only just warm by the time I was done. Not looking forward to winter...

Each "newspaper" class, one person does a presentation on a news story from the newspaper or from the TV. Yesterday was my turn. My first presentation in Mandarin. I thought I'd become somewhat accustomed to speaking in front of people after so much practise in Kagawa, but not much has changed. I don't think I'll ever not be nervous when speaking in front of people. >_<
Anyway, I chose to do a newspaper article about Gunther's "Worldprocessor," a selection of which were exhibited in Beijing this year. Gunther attempts to use globes to show such statistics as TV ownership, arable land, refugee currents and more. Very interesting.

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さむい～～！室内の温度は外とあまり変わらなく、寒いです。寮の暖房がつくのは１１月中旬だそうです。お湯をいっぱいに出しても、十分に熱くならないし...今日だけかな？そうならいいんだけど...

この頃、なんかすごく疲れやすいです。寒くなってきたからかな？頭を使いすぎてるからかな？＾＾

先週から、毎回"新聞購読"の授業に、１人は自分が事前に選択したニュー ス、新聞記事について、クラスに発表します。昨日は私の番でした。中国語で発表するのが初めてで、ものすごく緊張しました！香川で、よく人前で話してい て、少しでも慣れてきたと思っていたけど、一生なれないことだなぁと思います。>_< 私が選んだ新聞記事は、ドイツ人のGuntherが１９８８年に始めた“Worldprocessor” というプロジェクトについてです。人々が統計データを一目で了解できるために、Guntherは「地球」を使って世界の色んな統計を表示しました。例え ば、テレビ所有、耕作適地、難民の流れ、など。今年、北京で展示会が開かれたので新聞に載せたのです。本当に面白くて、びっくりさせます。＾＾
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