Translate

2013年11月12日火曜日

'English and I' studies (4) - dolce please


Fourth essay about English and Iwas written by Yutaka Sado. He is one of famous conductor in Japan. In 2011, he conducted in Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. And he will be a musical director in Tonkünstler Orchestra 2015. Maybe he will be as famous as Seiji Ozawa.
 
 

Seiji Ozawa became a musical director in Boston Symphony Orchestra, when he was 38 years old. He was also a musical director in Wiener Staatsoper from 2002 to 2003, from 2009 to 2010.

 The tittle of essay is Dolce PleaseAt first, Yutaka Sado wrote a story that he was an university student in Kyoto City University of Arts. Then, he was not good student. And he had a crisis to graduate from university, because his English grade was so bad. But, his English teacher made him pass another examination.
 
The exam was only that the teacher asked him ‘did you study English for this exam?’ He answered ‘Yes’ with a feeble voice. Then, the teacher said to him ‘OK, and you can go back to your home’ he could not understand the teacher’s saying. And the teacher also said to him ‘But I have one thing to tell you. It is that I want you to love English like music someday. And I think that you will need English. If you can understand these things, it is enough for you. Good Luck for your future’ 

When I read this story, I felt strong emotion like him. And later, he had a time to use English soon. Because he became a pupil of Leonard Bernstein. Now he can talk with many friends and workmates to use Italy, German, French and English in case by case. 

 And he can enjoy using Foreign languages from the day of another exam. Because he thinks that languages is very important for us to unit between people and people. 

In my case, November 4 was my birthday. Then many foreign friends congratulate my birthday over 40 countries. Then I tried to say ‘Thank you’ in their language. It was hard for me to say. But I also enjoy to use many language like him.

2 件のコメント: