昨日、第35回高知県こども英語弁論大会(高知県生涯学習支援センター主催)が開かれ、鈴花も参加していました。去年も参加していて、県知事杯(幼児の部、最優秀賞)をもらっていたのですが、今年は幼児から小4まで50人ほどの参加者全員の中から、ジョン万杯(自由課題弁論の部、最優秀賞)をもらうことができました！内容に一文、哲郎おじちゃんのことに触れている文があります。よかったら読んでみて下さい。

English ; The Language of the World.Have you ever been to any foreign countries?I’m sorry to say that I have never been to any, as much as I would like to.Here in Kochi though, I sometimes see people that have come here from overseas.One morning, on my way to school, I met one of these people.He was tall and had light brown hair.I thought he was Australian because he looked like my English teacher who is also from Australia.When I said 'Good morning' to him in Japanese, he said 'Good Morning' in English. When I got home I told my mother, “Mum, today I greeted an Australian man!”Then, she asked me, "How did you know he’s Australian?” ”Because he spoke English!” I said.My Mum said “But American, Canadian and British people also speak English.And just like you are learning English, a great many people from all over the world learn and　speak English too. ”Can that many people really speak English? I decided to look it up on the internet with my mother’s help.I found out that one in four people in the world use English!One in four! That's amazing, isn’t it?This means if you can speak English, no matter which country you visit, you can communicate with one in four people there. Of course, I know there are many other languages in the world. My granduncle speaks Chinese. My grandmother is learning Indonesian. But knowing that English is so widely spoken in the world, I’ve come to like it best. For me, English is an all-round language that will help me make the world smaller, closer and friendlier.So next time I greet people from foreign countries, I will say a big 'Hello' to them in English.Then, someday, I might be able to make friends with someone from a land far away.


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