こんにちは。
今日はトラビスのブログです🎵
1月に書いてくれたブログなので書き出しが季節外れになってしまい、申し訳ございません。
欧米のようにセントラルヒーティングを使ってない日本の家庭は、室内に温度差があり、
室内の温度差が最近メディアで取り上げられたりしていますね。
日本に来たばかりのトラビスにもこの室温差が衝撃だったみたいです。
以下、面白い内容ですので是非読んでみてください。
ボキャブラリーも付けています。
These days it is starting very cold outside. However, inside buildings, houses and apartments it is usually nice and warm. I did experience some culture shock when I first came to Japan.
I visited Japan for the first time in the winter time of 2004, just in time for the New Year. It was cold. I was staying with my friends family at their home in Sagamihara (Kanagawa prefecture). In the evening, the living room was nice and warm, hot actually, and I was comfortable. But then, I had to go to the bathroom… I went to the door and slid it open. A blast of freezing cold air from the hallway hit my face! I hurried down the frigid hallway and entered the toilet as quick as I could. But I realized my problems were actually just starting! The toilet was freezing too! I have to semi-undress in this freezing room?! I couldn’t believe it! At least the toilet seat was warm.
This experience was so new for me because, in America most homes use central air conditioning. This is a single air conditioner / heater system that heats or cools the entire house including the hallways, bathrooms and even unused rooms. Most people just set a temperature for the house, and the air conditioner keeps the house comfortable. I have heard Hokkaido is actually similar to this style, using heated flooring, although I’ve never been to Hokkaido to see for myself.
Now that I understand the way homes are warmed and cooled in Japan, I realize that the American style is very wasteful. But, when I am nice and warm while I walk through the hallway in the middle of the night, it sure feels good.
slid slideの過去・過去分詞形
blast 送風、噴出
hallway 廊下
frigid 極寒の
semi-undress 半裸になる
entire 全体の
These are pictures of my parents central air conditioner and a vent that it distributes air from.
