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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hey, what's up guys?
I just thought that was a 時間解放手のエピソード
Alright, this one.
I'm gonna read it anyway.
This is from Yukke-san.
山ちゃん、ケビンさん、こんにちは。
まだ英語はわからないけれどポッドキャストを聞いています。
先日休日だったので一人で大阪城に行きました。
お堀の橋を渡っていると家族連れの外国人観光客の方から
ピクチャーと言われ
他にも何か言っていたけど全然聞き取れず
状況的に大阪城をバックに写真を撮ってほしいんだなと理解できたので
緊張しながらもイエスイエスと言ってiPhoneを受け取り
はい、チーズって言った後に
これ伝わらんやつやん
日本でももうあんまり言わないやつじゃないとか
パリパリまくって最後は
すいません、センキューってむちゃくちゃすでにさよならをしました。
気の利いた言葉を言えたらよかったな
とっさに英語は出ないなと思いました。
むしろ海外の人たちは写真を撮るときに何て言うんだろうと疑問がわきます。
アメリカやフランスでは写真を撮るときの掛け声は何でしたか?
もし国や文化で掛け声を使い分けることができたら素敵だなと思いました。
みなさん知ってますか?
じゃあ写真を撮ってみましょう。
チーズと言って
チーズと言って
そこにあるやつ
確かに
チーズと言うのは同じやつ
同じやつ
確かに
チーズと言って
チーズと言って
チーズと言って
それが1つ
もしくはもっと普通のやつ
3,2,1
3,2,1
笑顔とか
確かに
笑顔とかも
笑顔とかも
笑顔とかも
1,2,3
3,2,1
どちらでも
あなたの数を始める誰かいますか?
あなたの数を始める誰かいますか?
5
5,4
5,4,4
5,4,4
5,4,4
5,4,4
5,4,4
5,4,4
5,4,4
5,4,4
5,4,4
5,4,4
Yeah, yeah, it's better than counting up to 10 because like you won't know which one to stop, right?
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
No! That's a new joke, I guess.
I guess it's a new joke.
Stop, that's too much.
Yeah, yeah, that's true.
That's funny.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So, high cheese, it's actually not bad.
You know when you take a photo and you have to smile long?
Sometimes in group photos when like the professional is taking the photo and like you have to smile for a very long time.
I see.
It gets tough, you know?
Yeah.
You agree?
I do.
I mean, if there was like a good like way of like dealing with that, do you have any?
I mean, no, I don't have any.
I don't smile.
Oh, you don't smile.
That's your method.
Because these muscles getting tired and doesn't move as I want it or the first I did, getting like weird.
Yeah.
No, I don't smile anymore.
Yeah.
Oh, so you just give up on the smiling?
Yeah, I just don't smile.
So, from the get, like on your very first picture, you don't even smile?
Oh, I mean, from the first one I try, of course.
Oh.
But like time after time.
When it gets tired?
Then it gets tired, like start getting weird and just, no.
It's just not going to happen?
Yeah, no smile.
And then rest few seconds and then just try again.
Go back?
Yeah.
Oh.
What about in situations where like, for example, let's say you're at a friend's wedding and
Okay, for the photo where everybody gathers, I think that could work.
Like you could just not smile and just deal with it.
But like on those like very small table by table photos.
Yeah, like a four or five.
Yeah, four or five with the couple.
Yeah.
You know, you have to smile at every one of them.
True.
What do you do?
Do you like force yourself to smile or do you still go with that to give up on the smiling method?
Okay, so let me imagine that situation.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay, I have two options.
Okay.
One, not smiling face, but like a funny face.
Not like this smiling face, but like a different type of like a.
It uses a different muscle.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Different type of muscle.
Yeah, change the faces.
Oh, I see.
That's one.
That's true.
Another one is start talking to somebody.
What do you mean?
During the photo, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
During the photo shoot.
Yeah.
With a talk about like a happy thing, like a, like a, it depends on the situation, but.
Like that?
Yeah.
Or mainly like somebody who is taking a photo.
If he or she is a friend, then I guess I would speak something to that guy.
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Oh, okay, okay, okay.
Yeah.
Like.
Yeah, something like that.
Something like that?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
You know, those things so that I, it's still like very natural.
Like you naturally like the atmosphere of that funny conversation just would lead you
to a natural smile.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
In addition, when I, while I'm speaking, I would be, of course some moments I would
be very weird face, but at least it's very natural.
Like I'm having a fun conversation.
Yeah.
Like that.
Yeah.
So I think it's more better than I just try smiling.
Absolutely, absolutely.
Like, like that.
I think that's a pretty good strategy.
Is it?
Yeah, like I didn't even think of that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's what I do.
Yeah.
That's what happens to me.
Yeah, that's tough.
It's tough.
Yeah, it's tough.
It's tough.
Yeah, I would.
Yeah, I think I would.
Yeah, we change faces, right?
When we, for example, like take some nice photos.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, right.
Yeah, we change faces.
Like every, every second?
Yeah.
Every few seconds we change?
Yeah.
Yeah, because it gets tired.
Our muscles get, yeah, tired.
Yeah.
So that's one.
Right.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's what I would do.
Like I would talk.
Something.
Yeah.
And then have that natural laughter just come out.
Yeah, yeah.
That's what I would do, I think.
That's very keel.
Yeah, I mean.
Yeah.
I mean, because I'm not keel, I have to do like that, I guess.
Oh.
Oh.
Because I can't, you know, I'm very bad at pretending.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Like acting and sort of like pretending that it's happy.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
But I can't keep that.
You can't keep that.
So.
Yeah.
That's what I have to do.
I see.
I have to be like natural on the spot.
If somebody just take me, but I can't like.
Otherwise it would look awkward.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
How do you do that?
So I don't have any strategy.
So many of my photos look very awkward.
I have that weird funny smile in some of them.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But you're good at it.
You're from Engeki-bu.
You're good at like being on the camera.
Like acting, yeah.
I'm like, I'm comfortable with acting.
But like keeping a natural smile, that's like a different fucking skill.
True, true.
Yeah.
I see.
Yeah.
Right.
That's true.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.