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In Britain, you'd be very lucky to spot a swallowtail butterfly; they're
very rare, classified as threatened, and protected under UK law. However,
here I get to see swallowtails everyday, darting among the flowers. It
makes me feel good every time I see them.
I've finally decided on what subjects I'm going to take for definite, the
last one being Reading Comprehension. Even though it's level is a bit
higher than mine, I really want to take it because we get to study stories
by one of my favourite authors, Murakami Haruki (or Haruki Murakami as
he's known in the West). I started reading the text we're studying last
night in preparation, and, even though it takes some time, I do understand
it. If I use a dictionary and look up every word I don't know, it takes me
ages but I understand 99% of it. If I don't use a dictionary, however, I
can read it far more quickly but understand about 60%. So, I think this
class will be a little too fast for me, but I'm determined to work hard at
it simply because I love Murakami's work, and I'll never get the chance to
study it in such depth again (let alone in it's original language!)
Cool Kanji of the Day: 宝 - takara - Treasure
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