August 20, 2023
What a Hilarious Day!
We had fewer people than usual, so all the participants spoke a lot. "Hilarious" was perfect word for the meeting.
The prepared speaker did a 22-minute-long speech. Towards the key message of the speech, the content and structure were great, so that the audience didn’t distract from the speech. I was overwhelmed by his delivery that conveyed passion of the speaker's thoughts in his calm manner of speaking.
At the workshop, we had “Biblio Battle”, which was the first time in Tottori TMC. The members introduced their recommended books in English within 2 minutes and decided the best books. The venue burst into laughter when a member talked about the story that she put a picture book with yokai monsters into an empty box of somen noodles so that her grandson won’t scared of the book. It was obvious for her grandson, though. Books from various genres were gathered, and “Not mines, but flowers” was selected as the best book!
In the Table Topics, members delivered speeches themed “books.” It was an opportunity to learn more about each speaker’s thoughts with easy-to-understand questions.
いつもより少ない人数での例会でしたが、参加者全員がたくさん話せました。まさに本日のワード「Hilarious」がぴったりの雰囲気で例会を終えることができました。
今回の準備スピーカーは22分のロングスピーチに挑戦。スピーチの最後のメッセージに向かって、聴衆の興味をそらさない内容と構成はもちろんのこと、落ち着いた話し方の中にスピーカーの思いの強さが感じされるデリバリーに圧倒されました。
またワークショップでは、鳥取TMC初となるビブリオバトルをおこないました。会員がおすすめの本を2分以内に英語で紹介し、ベストブックを決めていきました。お孫さんが怖がる妖怪の絵本を、そうめんの空き箱に入れてカモフラージュした話には、全員が大爆笑。お孫さんにはバレバレだったみたいですが…。そのほか様々なジャンルの本が集結し、今回は絵本「地雷ではなく花をください」がベストブックに選ばれました！
その後のテーブルトピックスも、本をテーマにわかりやすい質問と本を通して各スピーカーのことがより知れる機会になりました。
VPPR 2023-2024
（VPPR選：今回のTable Topicsより）
If you wrote an autobiography, what would be the title? Why?
