２００５年最後のスクールイベント、スピーチコンテストが２００５年１２月１４日に開催されました。例年どおり質の高い出場者がそろい、会場を大いに沸かせてくれました。今年の出場者は１０名。それぞれ、思いのたけを英語で熱く語ってくれました。「テーマは自由」というだけあって、ゲームからエイリアン、果ては良き父親像など様々なスピーチが繰り広げられました。
レベルの高かった今回のスピーチコンテスト、みごとに優勝を飾ったのは･････
一年生が堂々優勝をかざる！！
今年度のスピーチコンテスト最優秀賞は昨年度と同じく一年生に贈られました。
受賞者の名前は 泉水 美佳 さん。
それでは、皆様、彼女のスピーチ原稿をご覧下さいませ。
Hello, everyone. My topic is “my wonderful, beautiful and powerful New Zealand memories from last summer vacation”. My memories are as big as a whaler. My host mother was sort of scary. Whenever I took a shower, she would bang on the door and told me “Hurry up!” I had to go to bed at seven o’clock every night. I was very happy when I could stay with my friend and her host family. I stayed at Tomomi and Momoko’s host families’ homes for two nights.
Many things happened in NZ! I met my host mother’s grand daughter “Emma”! She was seven years old and very energetic. Emma and I were always together.
My YMCA group always did many activities and we went to many kinds of places in Rotorua. One day, when we visited farm, we met cows, sheeps, dogs, ducks, lambs and big pig. I was interested in the big pig. I touched it many times later the big pig said to me “Bu-----!!” The big pig looked angry. I think if I touched the big pig many times the big pig would run over me and I would die so I stopped touching the big pig. That was a good choice for me.
Next day we went to the lake. We ate lunch in the bus and outside. There were a lot of ducks outside. Shoji sensei ate sandwiches outside, suddenly he gave ducks the special sandwiches that Mr. Philip made. Momoko and I were eyewitnesses. Later that day we rode to the top of the mountain. One boy went with us. His name was Born. He was same age as us, 15 yeas old. When he shook hands with Momoko and me, our hearts started to beat faster. It burned and felt like fire!! Momoko and I always talked about Born everyday.
I didn’t want to come last day because I really enjoyed in NZ. I was sad to leave my NZ friends especially Emma! When we left the goodbye party, she said to me “You are my sister.” I was very happy and I told her “We are sisters. We will meet again in the future.” I think meeting people is good but leaving them is very sad. But these memories are a part of my experience!
If I can go to NZ again, I want to go with my 2005 NZ group! I will never forget about my wonderful beautiful and powerful memories!!
Thank you for listening.
今から来年度のスピーチコンテストが楽しみですね。
来年はいったいどんなスピーチが繰り広げられるのでしょう。乞うご期待。
もう一つ、忘れてはならないのが恒例のクリスマスギャザリング
毎年、スピーチコンテストで真剣に各人のスピーチに聞き入った後には、みんなでクリスマスを祝う「クリスマス･ギャザリング」が開かれます。一年の締めくくり、そして来年への思いを込めてみんながクリスマスツリーの下に集います。
これにて年内の学校行事はすべて終了。皆さん、良い年を迎えて、また元気な姿をみせてくださいね。
それではMerry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!