英語訪談對話 301 Japan

　　Hitoshi: My name is Hitoshi FukudaTodd: HitoshiHitoshi: Mm-hm.

　　Todd: I'm sorry. What's your last name?

　　Hitoshi: Fukuda.

　　Todd: Fukuda.

　　Hitoshi: Mm-hm.

　　Todd: And where are you from?

　　Hitoshi: Well, I'm originally from a city called Utsunomiya.

　　Todd: Uh-huh.

　　Hitoshi: It's north of Tokyo.

　　Todd: Oh, nice.

　　Hitoshi: But, when I was ten I moved to Uwara, which is in Saitama.

　　Todd: OK.

　　Hitoshi: And I've been there ever since.

　　Todd: OK. Um..tell me about your country. Tell me about Japan.

　　Hitoshi: Japan? Well, it's a very crowded country, a lot of people. And it's very small in terms of the size you know of the area. It's actually smaller than California.

　　Todd: Wow. Wow.

　　Hitoshi: And then, two-thirds of the area is covered by forests.

　　Todd: Ah..that's good. I love forests. I love forests. How many people live in Japan?

　　Hitoshi: About 120,000,000.

　　Todd: Wow.

　　Hitoshi: Yeah. Just about 125,000,000. It's about half the population of the states.

　　Todd: Man! And what is the capital city?

　　Hitoshi: It's Tokyo.

　　Todd: Tokyo. And who is the leader of the country?

　　Hitoshi: It's Koizumi.

　　Todd: Koizumi.

　　Hitoshi: The Prime Minister. Yes.