中高生のじゃれマガ
新年エッセイコンテスト優秀作品１５点から紹介されています。
★今日のじゃれマガーその要旨
中学生の上手な、しかも面白い文章ですね。
★学びたい英語/まねたい英語（特にお手本と思うところ）
・次の文が特に感心する文です。
I was organizing my luggage in the car when my brother came out of the house.
前半が進行形になっていることで、荷物を整理しているしていると弟が飛び出してきた、ということがよく伝わります。
私たちはこのようなことを書くときwhenを文頭に持ってきますが、原文の方がドラマチックになります。
今日のじゃれマガ 全文
JHS Essay, Honorable Mention: A Surprise in the House
One day, I went on a trip with my family. We enjoyed the trip and went back home. When we arrived at our parking space, my young brother went into the house first because he wanted to go to the bathroom. I was organizing my luggage in the car when my brother came out of the house. He was running and crying. He said, “There was a ‘batta’!!! There was a ‘batta’!!!” My parents and I thought ‘batta’ meant a grasshopper, so we didn’t really care. My father carried my brother, and we went into the house. Suddenly, something black flew toward me at a tremendous speed. I screamed to my brother, “It’s not a ‘batta’! It’s a ‘BAT’!!!”
