Akane is writing an email from Paris to her best friend Mary back in Japan. She's in love<br />and enjoys what she's doing, but doesn't know what to do about her future. Listen to her<br />email.<br />Dear Mary, I feel so much pressure. My course at the art college here is almost over. My<br />life has changed so much. Now I'm sure I want to be an artist. But where? Lucas wants me<br />to move to Finland. He's amazing. It feels so natural to be with him. I'm so glad he's<br />in my life, but living Finland? I would be so alone in Finland, and I don't have connections<br />in the art world like I do back home. My conversation with mom was so hard. She and<br />dad are totally against the idea of me living in Europe. Dad seems to think that, since they<br />paid for my studies, they can tell me how to live my life. And they are definitely against<br />me marrying a foreigner. That's not fair. We talked about trying to live in Paris. I'd<br />love that. But how could we make a living? There are thousands of starving artists here,<br />and I can't even get a working visa unless we got married. But I'm not sure I'm ready<br />for that. I'm so confused. What should I do? I feel that all of my dreams may be about<br />to come true, or maybe none of them. I look forward to hearing from you. Best, Akane.<br />请再听一遍. Akane is writing an email from Paris to her best friend Mary back<br />in Japan. She's in love, and enjoys what she's doing, but doesn't know what to do about<br />her future. Listen to her email. Dear Mary, I feel so much pressure. My course<br />at the art college here is almost over. My life has changed so much. Now I'm sure I want<br />to be an artist. But where? Lucas wants me to move to Finland. He's amazing. It feels<br />so natural to be with him. I'm so glad he's in my life. But living Finland? I would be<br />so alone in Finland, and I don't have connections in the art world like I do back home. My conversation<br />with Mom was so hard. She and Dad are totally against the idea of me living in Europe. Dad<br />seems to think that, since they paid for my studies, they can tell me how to live my life,<br />and they are definitely against me marrying a foreigner. That's not fair. We talked about<br />trying to live in Paris. I'd love that. But how could we make a living? There are thousands<br />of starving artists here, and I can't even get a working visa, unless we got married.<br />But I'm not sure. I'm ready for that. I'm so confused. What should I do? I feel that<br />all of my dreams may be about to come true, or maybe none of them. I look forward to hearing<br />from you. Best I can do.
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Akane hopes to get some advice on her future from her best friend Mari.
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Akane is soon going to visit Finland(芬兰. for the first time.
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Akane thinks it's unfair for her parents to decide where she should live.
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Akane thinks that staying in Paris is the best solution.
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Akane is truly in love and she wants to marry Lukas as soon as possible.
