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It has already been ten years since I
began to use a computer. Since I am
used to it, it is really troublesome to
write anything by hand, no matter how
short it is. I often get frustrated when I
cannot remember Chinese characters.
Ten years have already passed since I
started using a computer. I have got
so used to it that I find it a bother to
write anything by hand, however short
it is. When I cannot remember
Chinese characters, I often get
irritated.
38
The day before yesterday, I took a taxi
from Tokyo Station. It took a very long
time to get to my destination because
the evening rush hour had just begun.
Two days ago, I caught a taxi at Tokyo
Station. Unfortunately I got caught in
the evening traffic jam, sit took a very
long time to get to where I was going.
39
Everyone spends at least a third of his
or her life sleeping in bed, so by the
age of seventy, he or she will have
slept for at least twenty years. The
depth and amount of your sleep vary
with age. Generally, the older you get,
the more difficult it becomes to sleep
at night.
Every one of us spends at least one
third of our lives sleeping in bed. By
the time we reach seventy, we will
have slept at least twenty years. How
long and how deeply we sleep varies
depending on how old we are.
Generally, as we get older and older, it
becomes more and more difficult to
get to sleep at night.
40
It seems that Japanese today can no
longer wait patiently. For example,
when they are waiting for a bus that is
late, they get restless after only ten
minutes.
Japanese today seem to be uable to
wait for a long time. When they are
waiting for a bus that is delayed, they
get irritated in ten minutes or so.