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Dur1ng his wlnter vacation, he
Hiroki is a junior high school student im Niigat.
yent to Tokyo with his family. They 8aW many people
*elevatOTr.
“Why did she smile at
from other countries there.
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In Tokyo, Hiroki saW a woman from America 1n 81
_ the elevator, she *smiled at Hiroki. ee] HHe thought,
me?” He didnt smile at her.
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One day in January, Hirokis English teacher, Ms. Hill, talked about smihng 11
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her class。 She said, “Japanese people often smile when they are “WOYT
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example, when IT ask you a *question in English and you
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first, T thought, Why are you smihng? What are you thinking about? Now, 1 know
its a Japanese *characteristics, but *American people sometimes think that Japanese
people are *strange. ぞ We dont smile in those *situations.”
The next day。Hiroki *gave a speech about his *experience in Tokyo. After that,
Ms. Hill said, American people often smile at *strangers *in public. 以 Tt's
an American characteristics. We can make friends when we smile. Hiroki said,
*T didmt know athat. Ms. Hill said, "Why dont you try to smile at other people?”
Hiroki said, “OK, 1 wi
One Sunday morning, Hiroki was in the elevator of his *apartment building in
Niigata with his mother, and an American man camein. Hiroki stopped talking
And he said, “Hi. Tm John
White. 1 *moved to this apartment building yesterday.”
with his mother and smiled at the man. 3
Then, they talked a 1ot.
Hiroki thought Ms. Hills words were right. erhe next day, in the Enghish class,
Hiroki gave a speech about smihing again.
