English News (2008.8.4)

 
Have you ever read news articles in English? If not, I recommend you to do it, just for a switch.

When I was a child, news articles were none of my business. I didn’t have the custom to read newspapers. I couldn't see the connection between the news and me at all. To begin with, they were too difficult for me. I seldom watch TV news, either, so even when I became a university student, I didn't have much knowledge about politics, economics, business and current topics. I HATED to talk about news with my friends because I didn’t understand almost all of them and felt embarrassed. 

But a few years later, I discovered. ENGLISH NEWS was something different !

When I was 24, I bought my first note-book computer and started exploring the web. When I read English news on the web, it stimulated my curiosity. Japanese news articles were still boring, but somehow or other, English ones were INTRIGUING! It was like a MAGIC. Probably, it was due to the POWER of the English language. English has the POWER to tell us its contents DIRECTLY, and WITH STRONG IMPACT compared to Japanese.

Since then, I have been enjoying reading English news and learning words and expressions as a hobby. 

Well, why don’t you try it? It’s not so hard. You don’t have to read a lot of difficult articles. All you have to do is just to pick up some articles which attract your attention and to ENJOY reading them.

I want to share this INTELLECTUAL HOBBY with you.

How about this site?  http://www.newsonjapan.com/