アメリカで生活したり、アメリカ人と交流したりするなかで、結婚式やお葬式に参列したり、トラブルやアクシデントに遭遇したりする場面もあると思います。そんな、人生で一度は直面するようなシーンで使える英語フレーズを集めてみました。アメリカの文化についても紹介しているので、たとえぴったり合う表現がなかったとしても、文化的背景を知っていれば安心して対応できます。著者は、『毎日の英文法』（朝日新聞出版）などのジェームス・M・バーダマン先生。いつか必ず使う英語表現と、知っておきたい「アメリカ人の考え方」がつまった、“非”日常系・英語コミュニケーションの教科書！

“I wrote this book in the hope that readers will be able to save their own lives as well as those of the ones they love when an earthquake next strikes, so that the tragedy of March 11, 2011, would never be repeated.” ―Satoko Oki What our chatty planet teaches us Would you be surprised to hear that there are scientists who listen to the Earth? Yes, the Earth does talk in many different voices?the voice of the air, the voice of the sea, the voice of volcanoes, and the voice of the Earth. Seismologists listen to the voice of the Earth. We use high performance seismometers that do not miss the slightest muttering by the Earth that human ears cannot hear. That way, we can learn about what causes earthquakes and even what it is like inside the planet. Earthquakes occur because it is hot inside the planet?because the Earth is dynamic. We cannot escape earthquakes as long as we live on the Earth. But from listening to the planet, seismologists have discovered what causes earthquakes and how we can live with them to protect our lives.