Sept. 3, 2025
Alice, Another Me アリス、もう一人の私
Reading Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is one of the routines I’ve chosen for my English learning. Although the story is already familiar to me from the Disney animated version, reading the original in English has given me new insights. I’ve come to recognize similarities between Alice and myself.
For one thing, Alice tends to show off her knowledge. She likes to use words she learned at school, like latitude and longitude, even if she doesn’t fully understand them. I think this is not a bad habit, since we learn words by trying them out and sometimes making mistakes. Of course, overdoing it might cost you some friends.
On the other hand, Alice also shows recklessness, such as eating or drinking whatever she finds interesting, and selfishness, like not listening to someone she herself asked a question to. I must admit that I, too, have done similar things, though I think I have gradually corrected them as I grew older.
Within the seemingly nonsensical story, Alice’s actions bring about the next scenes and characters. Little by little, she has to accept the consequences of what she has invited upon herself. By the time she wakes up from her long, peculiar dream, she might have grown up just a little.
英語学習の一つとして、不思議の国のアリスを繰り返し音読している。ディズニーのアニメも見たことがあるので慣れ親しんだストーリーではあるけれど、原作を精読することでわかったことも多い。英語の原作はアリスの性格をよく伝えていて、彼女と私は似ていると思った。
例えば、アリスは知っていることをひけらかす。アリスは緯度や経度など、学校で習ったことばを、たとえうろ覚えでも使ってみたい子だ。これは私にも覚えがある。単語は使ってみて、時に間違えることによって覚えるので、これはやりすぎなければいい方法だと思う。アリスのあまりよくない特徴は、目の前のものを食べたり飲んだりするなど後先考えずに行動すること、自分から話しかけたのに、相手の話を最後まで聞かないことなどがある。私にもアリスほどではないがそういうところはあって、大人になるにつれて少しずつ修正されてきたと思う。
荒唐無稽な物語の中で、アリスの行動の結果が次の場面や登場人物を連れてくる。少しずつ、アリスは自分が招き寄せた結果を引き受けざるを得なくなる。長い夢から覚めたとき、彼女は少し成長したのかもしれない。
Alice, Another Me アリス、もう一人の私
Reading Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is one of the routineegular/daily tasks I’ve chosen for my English learning (routine).
Usually, a "routine" means a set of actions or tasks that you do regularly, so reading something is a part of, or a task in a routine.
Although the story is already familiar to me from the Disney animated version (or adaptation), reading the original in English has given me new insights.
I’ve come to recognize similarities between Alice and myself.
For one thing, Alice tends to show off her knowledge.
She likes to use words she learned at school, like latitude and longitude, even if she doesn’t fully understand them.
I think that this is not a bad habit, since we learn words by trying them out and sometimes making mistakes.
Of course, overdoing it might cost you some friends.
On the other hand, Alice also shows recklessness, such as eating or drinking whatever she finds interesting, and selfishness, like not listening to someone she herself asked a question to.
I must admit that I, too, have done similar things, though I think I have gradually corrected them as I grew older.
Within the seemingly nonsensical story, Alice’s actions bring about the next (or succeeding) scenes and characters.
Little by little, she has to accept the consequences of what she has invited (or brought) upon herself.
"To bring upon/unto oneself" is a common English phrase, so you can change "invited" to "brought" here to make it sound more natural.
By the time she wakes up from her long, peculiar dream, she might have grown up just a little.
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Well done!
Sept. 26, 2025
Thank you! "Bring upon" seems like a really handy expression. I’ll keep it in mind.
Alice, Another Me アリス、もう一人の私
Readingpeatedly reading aloud Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is one of the routines I’ve chosen for my English learning.
繰り返し音読している = Repeatedly reading aloud
Although the story is already familiar to me from the Disney animated version, reading the original in English has given me new insights.
I’ve come to recognize similarities between Alice and myselfe.
For one thing, Alice tends to show off her knowledge.
She likes to use words she learned at school, like latitude and longitude, even if she doesn’t fully understand them.
I don't think this is not a bad habit, since we learn words by trying them out and sometimes making mistakes.
Of course, overdoing it might cost you some friends.
On the other hand, Alice also shows recklessness, such as eating or drinking whatever she finds interesting, and selfishness, like not listening to someone to whom she herself asked a question to.
I must admit that I, too, have done similar things, though I think I have gradually corrected them as I grew older.
Within the seemingly nonsensical story, Alice’s actions bring about the next scenes and characters.
Little by little, she has to accept the consequences of what she has invited upon herself.
By the time she wakes up from her long, peculiar dream, she might have grown up just a little.
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Great work!
Sept. 4, 2025
Thank you!
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