Some of you may know that I travel abroad almost once a year. Then since when did I start to go abroad and what was the inception of going frequently? Today I'd like to talk about my travel anecdotes.
The first destinations were Spain and Italia in 2005 as a graduate memorial travel. I belonged to the Japanese Archery Club in my collge days, and three clubmates and I decided to go together. We discussed about where to go and the duration of the trip, resulting in the contries mentioned above. The duration was about two weeks. Here are why we thought. Firsty, we had many sightseeing spots to see there. Secondly, we thought we would have no such time to experience these long days after we started to work.
This memorial travel was so impressive in many ways that we would talk about this story again and again. One funny anecdote was that we were fed up with the classical European buildings in the last stage of the journey even though we were so excied about them in the early stage of the travel that we took pictures quite often.
Both Spain and Italia are countries that the people believe Catholic. Therefore the buildings looked similar. A huge church called Duomo is a tyipical case. We had gradully lost impressions as time went by. There are more things I can tell about overseas travels, but time has come. Maybe next time, I will continue this kind of story.
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＜日本語訳＞by Google Translation
皆さんの中には、私がほぼ年に1回は海外旅行をしていることをご存知の方もいるでしょう。では、いつから海外旅行をするようになり、頻繁に行くようになったきっかけは何だったのでしょうか。今日は、私の旅行のエピソードをお話ししたいと思います。
最初の行き先は、2005年の卒業記念旅行でスペインとイタリアでした。大学時代に弓道部に所属していたのですが、部員3人と行くことにしました。行き先と旅行期間を話し合った結果、上記の国々に決まりました。期間は約2週間でした。その理由は、まず、見るべき観光スポットがたくさんあったこと。次に、社会人になったら、こんな長い日々を経験する時間はないだろうと思ったこと。
この記念旅行は、いろいろな意味でとても印象的で、何度もこの話をすることになります。面白いエピソードとしては、旅の初めの頃はヨーロッパの古典的な建物に興奮して、よく写真を撮っていたのに、旅の終わりには飽きてしまったという話です。
スペインもイタリアもカトリックを信仰する国なので、建物も似たような感じでした。ドゥオーモという大きな教会がその典型です。時間が経つにつれてだんだん印象が薄れていきました。海外旅行について語れることはまだまだありますが、そろそろ時間です。次回は、この手の話を続けます。
＊ChatGTPによる添削
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"Then since when did I start to go abroad?"
- "Then" is unnecessary and sounds awkward. "Since when did I start going abroad?" or "When did I start going abroad?" would be better.
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"what was the inception of going frequently?"
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"The first destinations were Spain and Italia"
- "Italia" should be "Italy" in English.
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"graduate memorial travel"
- "Graduate memorial travel" is not a standard phrase in English. "Graduation trip" or "memorable graduation trip" would be better.
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"I belonged to the Japanese Archery Club in my college days"
- The phrase is correct but could be slightly improved to "I was a member of the Japanese Archery Club during my college days."
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"We discussed about where to go"
- "Discussed about" should be "discussed where to go." The word "discuss" does not need "about."
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"Here are why we thought."
- This is not clear. It should be "Here are the reasons why we chose these destinations."
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"resulting in the countries mentioned above"
- "Resulting in us choosing the countries mentioned above" would be more clear.
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"we thought we would have no such time"
- "No such time" should be "no time" or "no opportunity."
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"memorial travel"
- Again, "memorial travel" should be "memorable trip."
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"we were so excited about them in the early stage of the travel"
- "Early stage of the travel" should be "early stage of the trip."
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"countries that the people believe Catholic"
- "Countries where the people are Catholic" or "Countries with predominantly Catholic populations" would be more natural.
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"We had gradually lost impressions"
- "We gradually lost our sense of wonder" or "We gradually became less impressed" would be more natural.
＊ChatGTPによる模範解答
Some of you may know that I travel abroad almost once a year. But when did I start traveling, and what sparked this frequent travel? Today, I'd like to share some anecdotes from my travels.
My first international destinations were Spain and Italy in 2005, as part of a memorable graduation trip. I was a member of the Japanese Archery Club during my college days, and three clubmates and I decided to travel together. We discussed where to go and how long to stay, eventually settling on the countries mentioned above. The trip lasted about two weeks. Here’s why we chose these destinations: firstly, there were many sightseeing spots we wanted to visit. Secondly, we knew we wouldn’t have the time for such a long trip once we started working.
This trip was so memorable in many ways that we still talk about it. One funny anecdote is that by the end of the journey, we were fed up with classical European buildings, even though we had been so excited about them at the beginning that we were constantly taking pictures.
Both Spain and Italy are predominantly Catholic countries, so the architecture is quite similar. A huge church like the Duomo is a typical example. As time went on, our initial excitement gradually faded. There’s more to say about my travels, but I’ll save that for another time. Maybe next time, I’ll continue with more travel stories.
＊所感
本日の指摘数は13個で、1000文字で10個のミスというペースをほぼ維持している。（維持したい訳ではないけど）
初歩的なミス（ItaliaでなくItaly、discussにaboutは不要）などは粛々と減らしていくしかない。ミスが多くて凹むというより圧倒的な数量で慣れていきたいところ。
