Wednesday, September 30, 2009
nature vs. politics
This stamp collecting thing was ostensibly for my daughter and I to do something together, though her enthusiasm has faded over the weeks.
From the start, she was drawn to brightly colored stamps with pictures of nature: flowers, animals, and the like. And she had no interest whatsoever in stamps with political themes, like flags or portraits of politicians.
America seems to put out an endless array of politically-oriented stamps. Flags and flags and flags - and none of these have any interest for my daughter.
Hey, if you were six years old, which of the stamps in this picture would you choose?
日本語 hints:
ostensibly = 表面上
enthusiasm = 熱狂、強い興味 Note that this is a noun; the adjective is enthusiastic. (She was enthusiastic about stamp collecting)
political -- this is an adjective, be sure not to mix it with nouns like politics or politician
an endless array = a very large number of
"if you were....would" is a very useful expression
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