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成績発表の日
帰国このかたシドニーの記憶が薄れていくことを気にしていた武藤さんですが、昨年の期末試験の結果はインターネットで確認する仕組みなので、つらいテストの思い出が嫌でもよみがえることになりました。
この結果によって各科目の及第・落第が決まるのです。
自宅のパソコンの前で待機していた武藤さんは、発表時間きっかりに大学のウェブサイトにアクセスしましたが…。
Results
As I wrote last week, I was worried that my study-abroad experiences were slowly disappearing into oblivion. But then came a great, big reminder: my exam results.
The results for the second-semester exams were coming out, and I could check these through the university Web site. I can't say my happiest memories are associated with these exams, because they were very tough, but the memories are still precious.
When the day came, I was nervous. I was afraid I might have failed some of my units. Results were posted from midnight Sydney time (that's 10 o'clock Japan time, a two-hour time difference, which for some reason made me feel like I had an advantage).
Heart pounding, I went online at 10 sharp but all I got was a "The line is busy.'' I tried again and again, but each time the same message would come up. I was disappointed. This seemed like a bad omen.
I decided to wait for about an hour. I didn't know what to do during that time. I couldn't keep my mind on anything for very long: I flipped through some magazines, listened to some music, texted some friends, ate some chips, cleaned my room a little, wandered around the house, and did some deep breathing.
An hour later, I was already at the computer. I tried again, but still the same message came up: "The line is busy.'' This was torture! I couldn't wait any longer. I was about to give up, but then I thought I'd give it one more go, and to my surprise, I was in!
For a split second I was relieved. At last I had access to the Web site. But the relief quickly turned to anxiety as panic took over — panic about my results. Would I pass, or would I fail? A message came up on screen. It told me to reconfirm my student number. I reconfirmed my number, my results came flooding onto the screen ... and ... and ...
I passed!
I couldn't believe it. I passed business, politics, communication and accounting. I'd had a tough time of all of them, especially accounting, but I passed them all. I passed, I passed! I leaped out of my chair, I yelled with joy, I punched the air, I danced around the room.
For about an hour, I couldn't think. I was just too thrilled.
When, about an hour later, I started to calm down, I began to remember the friends I'd studied with in Sydney. I remembered talking late into the night about our forthcoming exams. I began to feel a little melancholy.
Since I came back to Japan, I've been very happy (though occasionally I've felt life in Japan is a little boring), but this was the first time that I had seriously missed Sydney. So I decided to e-mail my friends in Sydney. I wanted to know what they were doing now. I wanted to share my joy with them.
But I wasn't quite prepared for how rusty my English was ...
- Results
- 結果、成績
- was worried that 〜
- 〜が心配だった
- study-abroad experiences
- 留学経験
- were slowly disappearing into oblivion
- 徐々に薄れて忘れ去られる
- reminder
- (留学のことを)思い起こさせるもの
- exam
- 試験
- second-semester
- 2学期
- through the university Web site
- 大学のウェブサイトを通じて
- can't say 〜
- とても〜だとはいえない
- are associated with 〜
- 〜にまつわる
- tough
- 厳しい
- precious
- 大切な
- nervous
- 緊張して
- was afraid 〜
- 〜だと心配した
- might have failed 〜
- 〜を落第しているかもしれない
- units
- 科目
- were posted
- 掲示される
- midnight
- 午前0時
- two-hour time difference
- 2時間の時差
- advantage
- 強み
- Heart pounding
- ドキドキしながら
- went online
- ネットに接続した
- sharp
- きっかり
- The line is busy
- 回線が混みあっています(という表示)
- come up
- 表示される
- was disappointed
- がっかりした
- bad omen
- 悪い兆候
- decided to 〜
- 〜することにした
- keep my mind on 〜
- 〜に集中する
- flipped through 〜
- 〜をパラパラめくった
- texted 〜
- 〜に携帯メールを送った
- wandered around 〜
- 〜の中をふらふらした
- did some deep breathing
- 何度か深呼吸をした
- torture
- 拷問
- any longer
- これ以上
- was about to give up
- あきらめかけていた
- (would)give it one more go
- もう一度トライしよう
- to my surprise
- びっくりしたことに
- was in
- アクセスできた
- For a split second
- ほんの一瞬
- was relieved
- ほっとした
- At last
- ついに
- relief
- 安ど感
- quickly turned to 〜
- すぐに〜に変わった
- anxiety
- 不安
- 〜 took over
- 〜が取って代わった
- reconfirm 〜
- 〜を再確認する
- came flooding onto 〜
- 〜にパッと表れた
- accounting
- 会計
- especially 〜
- 特に〜
- leaped out of my chair
- いすから跳び上がった
- yelled with joy
- 喜びで叫んだ
- punched the air
- こぶしを突き上げた
- was just too thrilled
- ただ興奮するばかりだった
- calm down
- 落ち着きを取り戻す
- remember 〜
- 〜を思い出す
- talking late into the night
- 夜遅くまで話していたこと
- forthcoming
- やってくる
- melancholy
- 物悲しい
- occasionally
- ときには
- boring
- つまらない
- had seriously missed 〜
- 〜が真剣に恋しくなった
- wasn't quite prepared for 〜
- 〜だとはまったく予想していなかった
- rusty
- さびついた