To visualise 3300 hours

I have to confess that I broke my rule. I read some Japanese articles... again. I need to reset the bad habit.

Reading Japanese articles is complete wast of time.
I cannot believe that many Japanese who live in the UK and Europe access to Yahoo! via VPN. - I shouldn't criticise someone else. I have to feel regret reading forbidden Yahoo! News.

I've already confessed that I have exceptions reading or listening in Japanese - 'Investor Z' twice a week and 'Morinaga Takuro's part of Golden Radio' once a week.
They are only exceptions.

I've been strongly recommended to start NativeCamp by one of my friends recently.

I'd researched the curriculum and teachers of NativeCamp, but I couldn't be confident to enrol in the free one week course.
I searched other English courses on the web and I carelessly accessed to an article of Horiemon in Yahoo! News site...

It was an advertisement of his book titled 'いつまで英語から逃げてるの？ 英語の多動力New Version'.

...New Version. I changed the view on Horiemon after I read Investor Z. He is not cultured but he is smart. I agree with what he says about English.
I found that the excerpts of the book are in Diamond Online and President Online.

ホリエモンが教える「英語に挫折しやすい人」のたった1つの特徴
https://diamond.jp/articles/-/347946
[quote]英語はある程度の時間をかけて真剣に取り組まなければ、そうそうに身につくものではない。つまり根気が必要なのだ。そのため、続けるためのコツとして、日々の時間管理を「見える化」することだ。[..]英語に触れた時間を毎日、「Now Then Time Tracking」など使いやすいアプリに記録していく。1日1時間が精一杯なら、1週間で7時間だ。1カ月で30時間。3カ月で90時間。100時間まであと少し……と感じることになる。[unqote]

英語ができない人はチンパンジー扱い…｢日本人の米グーグル副社長｣が31歳から英語を猛勉強し始めたワケ
https://president.jp/articles/-/83786
[quote]そこで、私は1日3時間、ほとんど1日も休まず3年間、英語を勉強しました。[..]1日3時間というと、結構なハード・スケジュールだと思う方もたくさんいるでしょう。でも、実際時間なんか気を付ければいくらでもつくれます。[..]私の勉強法は極めてシンプルでした。やったことは3つです。とりあえず英単語をたくさん見ること、英語を1日1時間聞くこと、1時間英語の本を読むこと。これを3年間やりました。合計すると、3300時間程度です。[unquote]

I don't have time to read such Japanese articles. No time to lose.

flock

This weekend is a three day holiday in the UK. The opening day of the new celebrity pub was a great success.

'Jeremy Clarkson's pub is the highlight of our holiday'
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpvylp09pddo

<words>
flock
bumper-to-bumper
hail [quote] filled with tourists hailing from Newcastle,,, and beyond.[unquote]
in store [Collins] If something is in store for you, it is going to happen at some time in the future.[quote] eager to discover what the former Top Gear presenter had in store for them in Asthall.[unquote]
-goer - pub-goer
forge [quote] he’s forged them a metal sculpture
bloke
inaugural < inaugurate > inauguration
spell out [Collins] If you spell something out, you explain it in detail or in a very clear way.
petrolhead
inadvertently < inadvertent
endeavour (accent)
document (accent)
razor thin
credit [Oxford][usually passive] to believe or say that somebody is responsible for doing something, especially something good
[quote]Mr Clarkson has even found himself credited as the reason for a huge rise in membership of Norfolk Federation of Young Farmers, such is the appeal of the programme.[unquote]
publicans (accent)
up and down somewhere [Cambridge]everywhere in a particular area, especially an area that stretches from north to south
[quote]as many publicans up and down the UK will testify, the pub trade has become a notoriously difficult one in recent years[unquote]

The Gradian article explains more details of the pub.
He’s hilarious’: Jeremy Clarkson fans flock to opening of Oxfordshire pub
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/23/jeremy-clarkson-fans-oxfordshire-pub-the-farmers-dog

<words>
reel from / fallout
[quote]Still reeling from the Covid fallout and high energy costs, barely a week passes without another pub announcing with regret its closure.[unquote]
punter [Collins] [mainly British, informal] People sometimes refer to their customers or clients as punters.
proprietor < proprietary
laud [Collins]If people laud someone, they praise and admire them.
fortuitous (accent)
on the dot [quote]at midday on the dot
overwhelm [Collins]If an organization or service is overwhelmed, it is unable to cope with the demand for it. [quote]The crowds were large but the site did not appear overwhelmed.
allude [Collins]If you allude to something, you mention it in an indirect way.
overflow car park
adjacent
run-in [Collins]A run-in is an argument or quarrel with someone
venture [Collins]A venture is a project or activity which is new, exciting, and difficult because it involves the risk of failure.
piss off [Collins][informal, rude]If someone or something pisses you off, they annoy you.
roaring trade / do a roaring trade[Collins]If someone does a roaring trade in a type of goods, they sell a lot of them.
throng [Collins]When people throng somewhere, they go there in great numbers.

gammon steak with bubble and squeak
lancashire hotpot
steak pie with mash and gravy

my old man = my father / my old lady = my wife

I agree with the 25-year old girl said "He’s hilarious" and 11-year old girl said "I think Jeremy is just quite funny", even though I've never watched Clarkson Farm.

I've never had an Amazon prime account. Amazon deprives of time and money. The programme may help improving my English, but I'm too busy for real life. I'd rather not watch the video of the farm than visit to the actual farm.