There is a controversial topic about whether friends are necessary or not. One celebrity, Mr.Hayashi who is a teacher of famous cram school said: “It’s better we have a few friends than keeping many friends.” He had (1)put this idea forward on a tv broadcast, in (4)broad daylight of the 29th July. Actually, I didn’t get to watch the TV program, but my favorite author Mr.Okada elaborated and analyzed Mr. Hayashi’s opinion based on the book, “Capital Theory of Happiness” written by Akira Tachibana. When I read Mr. Okada’s article I immediately wanted to read that book. I tried to order the book on the internet, but the delivery would be (2)put off for 3 or 4 days. I changed my mind and went to a bookstore near my office. I had (3)put on my tablet and searched whether the store had it or not. It’s not so easy to find the correct shelf. At first I picked a wrong book since there were many and I had to (5)put away. Finally, I found the correct one that I wanted to read. Now I’m in the middle of reading that book. Mr.Tachibana’s theory is interesting and sounds very fresh. He elaborated on what happiness is and showed us a typical situation.
The situations were categorized into 8 patterns based on 3 types of capitals according to him. The capitals are Money, Human, Social. Some capitals can combine and make different 8 patterns.
(I’m sorry since I’m not through with the book, I couldn’t go into the details yet) In conclusion, If we want to become happier, It requires some kind of social connectedness, but of course, it depends on the person. Mr. Okada explained that the celebrities like as Mr.Hayashi already have enough capital, explaining why they don’t require more friends and that they can’t stand keeping low-cost performance friends. I’m enjoying the 3 difference of opinions between these 3 people.
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Title: Are friends needless?
There is a controversial topic which is whether friends are needless or not. One of the celebrities, Mr.Hayashi who is a teacher of famous cram school said: “It’s better we have few friends than we keep many friends.” He had (1)put forward it on the broadcast, in (4)broad daylight, 29th July. Actually, I didn’t watch that TV program, but my favorite author Mr.Okada elaborated and analyzed Mr. Hayashi’s opinion based on the book, “Capital Theory of Happiness” written by Akira Tachibana. When I read Mr. Okada’s article I wanted to read that book immediately. I tried to order the book on the internet, but the delivery would (2)put off 3 or 4 days. I changed my mind, went to the real bookstore near my office. I had (3)put on my tablet and searched the data whether the store has it or not. It’s not so easy to find the correct shelf. So Firstly I picked a wrong book because there were many books, I had (5)put away it. Finally, I found the correct one that I wanted to read. Now I’m reading that book in the middle. Mr.Tachibana’s theory is interesting and sounds new. He elaborated on what is happiness and showed us our typical situation.
The situations categorized into 8 patterns based on 3 types of capital by him. The capitals are Money, Human, Social. Some capital combines and makes 8 patterns.
(I’m sorry now I’m still reading, thus I can’t explain well yet) In conclusion, If we want to become happier, It requires some kind of social connectedness. but of course, it depends on the person. Mr. Okada explained that the celebrities like as Mr.Hayashi already has enough capital, that the reason why they don’t require friends. Because they can’t stand the low-cost performance of friends. I’m enjoying 3 person’s different viewpoint.
homework:
(1)put forward: Propose or recommend something.
“The chairman put forward a proposal to move to bigger offices.”
(2)put off: Postpone; delay; arrange a later date.
“The meeting has been put off until next week because of the strike.”
(3)put on:
(3-1)Turn on / switch on.
Could you put on the light, please?
(3-2)Wear a garment or piece of clothing.
“You’d better put on your coat – it’s cold outside today.”
(4)broad daylight： If something happens in broad daylight, it takes place in the clear light of day when everyone can see what’s going on.
His car was stolen in front of the bank, in broad daylight, and apparently, there was not one witness!
(5) put away: Return something to the place where it is usually kept.
(e.g) “Please put away the dictionary when you’ve finished using it.
notice
In this article, I try to appropriate use 4 phrasal verbs(No.1~4) in this article which I write my daily life and thoughts because I’m learning English. This is one of writing training.