サンチアゴは小さな街。空港に着いた時、二日目に買い物していた時にいきなり声をかけられて焦った。最近では自転車に乗った男性に手を振られた。あの人誰と横にいた助手に聞くとあなたの知り合いの〇〇だよという。サングラスしているので分からない。今日は信号待ちしていると女性から I am your studentと言われて狼狽える。名前が思い出せない。 ロベルトにアジア人の顔をは皆同じに見えると言われた。ヨーロッパ系の顔が皆同じに見えるとは言わないけれど、違いが明確になるには少々、名前と顔が一致するには相当時間がかかる。 Santiago is a small city. When I arrived at the airport, and again on the second day while I was shopping, I was suddenly approached by someone, which startled me. More recently, a man on a bicycle waved at me. I asked my assistant who was next to me, "Who is that person?" and she said, "That's so-and-so, someone you know." I couldn't recognize him because he was wearing sunglasses. Today, while waiting at a traffic light, a woman said to me, "I am your student," and I was flustered. I couldn't remember her name. Roberto told me that all Asian faces look the same to him. I wouldn't say that all European faces look the same, but it takes some time to clearly distinguish the differences, and even longer to match names with faces.