{"id":1261,"date":"2022-05-27T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T02:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/ja\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2022-07-25T12:26:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T03:26:45","slug":"el%e6%9c%ac%e6%a3%9a%e7%b4%b9%e4%bb%8b46-ill-mature-when-im-dead-by-dave-barry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/ja\/1261\/","title":{"rendered":"EL\u672c\u68da\u7d39\u4ecb(46) I\u2019ll Mature When I\u2019m Dead, by Dave Barry"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Welcome to the EL Book Introductions series. These posts are all short (<180 words) introductions\/reviews of books in the EL library. They focus on telling you what we think will be interesting for you, a college student and English learner, so use them to help you find the right book for you. You can also use the <\/em>tags to find books about topics you might be interested in.]<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dave Barry is a famous humor writer who worked for the Miami Herald<\/em> newspaper for many years. This book is a collection of short essays and stories about modern life. They are full of a sort of old-fashioned type of American humor. Dave Barry often uses \u201chyperbole,\u201d or exaggeration, in his jokes. In fact, when I was in middle school, I had to read a Dave Barry story in English class (about \u201cfirst dates\u201d) to learn about hyperbole. I used to read him in the newspaper ever week, too.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the humor in the first three or four stories in this book is really out of date. They are all about \u201cthe differences between men and women,\u201d and are even a little offensive at times. HOWEVER, the rest of the book is mostly harmless and sometimes quite funny. I recommend the essays on \u201cTechnology\u201d and \u201cDog Ownership for Beginners.\u201d<\/p>\n

My two cents:<\/strong> Dave Barry uses some pop-culture references, but I think you can still understand most of his jokes if you read with a dictionary on hand.<\/p>\n

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