My home town * Joe *

I will go back to England next week to visit my friends and family.

My hometown is called Colchester.

 

It is in a rural area of England called Essex, about one hour from London.

 

Colchester is the oldest recorded town in the UK.

It is a Roman town and has many old ruins from around 2000 years ago.

 

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Colchester              コルチェスター(地名)

rural                   農業の、いなかの、地方の

Essex                   エセックス(地名)

the oldest recorded     最古の

roman                   ローマ人の

ruin                    遺跡

around                約~

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Colchester has a castle too, which is a Norman castle built on the site of a Roman one.

This castle is about 1000 years old and situated in the town centre.

 

Also, Colchester is famous for being an "army town", because there is a garrison in the town.

 

There has been a garrison in Colchester since Roman times.

So, you can see many soldiers around the town.

 

I will go back on Tuesday.

 

I hope I have a good trip!

 

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Norman castle                   ノルマン城

build - built - built           建てる(文中では”建てられた”)

site                            土地

situate                         位置する

centre(英)                     =center(米英語)意味:中央、中心

be famous for                 ~で有名です

being~                         ~で(が)あること(存在を表す"be")

※前置詞の後なので動名詞になっています。

※ちなみに・・・beings だと 「生き物」「生物」です。

there is                      ~がある

garrison                        駐屯地、守備隊

since                         ~のときからずっと

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