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2010年11月30日火曜日
My Favorite Clothes
I will tell you about my favorite clothes. My favorite clothes are jeans. I have some reasons why I chose it. First of all, I can wear all seasons. I sometimes feel hot when I wear it in summer. But, it protects me from sunburn. And I feel warm when I wear it in winter. So I like jeans better than skirts. Next, I can be easy to move when I wear it. I usually wear jeans when I have a part time job. So I wear jeans at least once three days. Finally, there are many kinds of jeans. My most favorite a pair of jeans is skinny jeans which color is black. This maker is UNIQLO. I bought it about three or four month ago. It is really good.
BR 2-13: The Scaredy Cat
Today, I read an English book which title was “The SCAREDY Cat”. I chose the story because pictures of the book were funny. The story was about a cat which name was Stanley. He was scared by everything for example, a frog, an airplane, a train, a dog, big noises and a boy. One day, he went for a walk with his friends. They were also cat. Suddenly, they came across to a small mouse. At that time, he was scared even the small mouse. Other cats chased the mouse. They entered a house to catch it. So he followed them. Inside of the house was dark. Then, he bumped into someone in the room. It was a big man who is a burglar! The burglar fainted away. So he won the burglar. After the accident, he gained confidence and overcame many fearful things. He was so lucky. I thought that I want to make up for my weak points after I read the story.
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Reference
Russell, P. (2008).The SCAREDY Cat. London: Usborne Publishing.
Russell, P. (2008).The SCAREDY Cat. London: Usborne Publishing.
2010年11月24日水曜日
Good day♥
Today, I watched two movies. One is a Korean movie which title was “Welcome to Dongmakgol”. I watched it in a Korean class. This story was about the Korean War. That was SO moving. I cried a few scenes because of their death. I was thought many things. We must not repeat tragedy like the war.
After I finished classes, I went to theater with my friend near KGU. And I watched “Twilight”. Do you know the story? It was popular movie among young people. This story was love story!! But there were some action scene. I liked this story because it was exciting! It was good. I am looking forward to watching next series. I will also watch “Ghost” next Wednesday. Wednesday is ladies day! So women can watch movie 1,000yen in Cineplex Theater.
After I watched the movie, I went to Suizenji station. I met my friend on my way to home. She went to same high school and same class with me. She is good at playing tennis! Now, she goes to Kumamoto Kenritu University. I was glad to come across her.
After I finished classes, I went to theater with my friend near KGU. And I watched “Twilight”. Do you know the story? It was popular movie among young people. This story was love story!! But there were some action scene. I liked this story because it was exciting! It was good. I am looking forward to watching next series. I will also watch “Ghost” next Wednesday. Wednesday is ladies day! So women can watch movie 1,000yen in Cineplex Theater.
After I watched the movie, I went to Suizenji station. I met my friend on my way to home. She went to same high school and same class with me. She is good at playing tennis! Now, she goes to Kumamoto Kenritu University. I was glad to come across her.
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BR 2-12: Stories of Santa
I read an English book which title was “Stories of Santa”. I wanted to read the story because I like Christmas!! And Christmas day will come just one month later! I think that most of people love the event. I knew efforts of Santa and his tiny elves by the story. I can hardly wait for the Christmas day after I read the story! When I was a child, my most favorite event was Christmas. I enjoyed eating cakes, decorating Christmas tree and I also liked Santa Claus.
The story reminded me of my host family. When I stayed Minnesota, my host family had a room which it used only Christmas day. And they taught me of importance of the event. I wanted to stay while this event. However, I will have part time job this Christmas.
The story reminded me of my host family. When I stayed Minnesota, my host family had a room which it used only Christmas day. And they taught me of importance of the event. I wanted to stay while this event. However, I will have part time job this Christmas.
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Reference
Russell, P. (2006). Stories of Santa. London: Usborne Publishing.
BR 2-11: King Donkey Ears
I read an English book which title was “King Donkey Ears”. It was seems like interesting, so I chose the story. Do you know the story? It was a fairy tale and it was easy to read for us. There was a king who has a worry. The worry was serious problem for him. He had a donkey’s ear! He couldn’t tell everyone even his friends and servants about it. So the person who knew the secret, they were sent to a jail. But, one day the big secret was announced to every citizen. The king was so angry and shamed. However they didn’t mind about it. Moreover some people already had known his secret!! He gained confidence by the accident. I noticed a few points after I read the story. First, ourselves faults are our individuality! Next, I want to consult with someone about a trouble when I worry by something.
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Reference
Lesley, S. (2009). King Donkey Ears. London: Usborne Publishing.
Lesley, S. (2009). King Donkey Ears. London: Usborne Publishing.
2010年11月23日火曜日
BR 2-10: Thumbelina
Today, I read an English book which title was “Thumbelina”. I chose it because the picture was pretty. I think that the story was known by many people. Thumbelina was born from beautiful red-gold flower. To my surprise, she was so small girl. She was as tall as thumb or she was smaller than it. It was origin of her name. Her bed’s material was a walnut shell. It was really pretty! One day, she met with misfortune. She was kidnapped by frog and big brown beetle. Thanks to fish, she could run away. Then she nursed an injured swallow. After nursing, it made a recovery and became fly! The swallow took with her to flower town. Finally she got married with a prince of the town. He was also small!! This story was interesting. I recommend the story. I realized importance of human kindness by the story. I want to help her or him when someone is in trouble.
Reference
Susanna, D. (2008). Thumbelina. London: Usborne Publishing.
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Reference
Susanna, D. (2008). Thumbelina. London: Usborne Publishing.
My Favorite Slogan
I will tell you about my favorite slogan. My favorite slogan is “Keep smiling”, because smile makes us happy!! When I was a child, my mother always said “Keep smiling”. At that time, I couldn’t understand the power of smile. But as time passed, I could realize importance of it. One day, I was in very low sprits. But I could take heart from my friend’s and family’s smiling faces. I believe that smiles have great powers! So I want to keep smiling when I exchange greetings and I chat with someone. We can feel happy, healthy, goodly, cheerfully, interestingly, optimistically and refreshed by smiles! Do you know this proverb “Fortune favors cheerful homes”? This is also my favorite proverb.
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My Favorite Shoes
I will tell you about my favorite shoes. I have many favorite shoes. My most favorite shoe is a pair of pumps especially. It is a light pink color and high-heeled shoes. I have some reasons. First, I can wear it all seasons. Second, I could be tall when I put on it. Next, the shoes become suit not only formal dress but also casual clothes. Then, it was easy to walk for me. On the other hand, I have some pairs of pumps shoes. But some shoes were hard to walk for me. I sometimes felt a pain in my foot when I wore these shoes. Finally, my favorite a pair of pumps was cheap price!! So I could buy it.
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2010年11月21日日曜日
Foods Experiences in Minnesota
1. Introduction
I stayed Minnesota about for a month. And I searched about American foods there. I chose this theme because I was interested in American foods and sweets. Moreover, I like to eat and cook very much. I make dinner at least twice a week. So I was glad to experience it every day while I stayed there. Before I stay America, I heard from many people American foods are high in calories and big. I was looking forward to eating them but, I worried about whether it suits my taste or not. I noticed many things while stayed there. So I will tell you about my foods experiences in Minnesota.
2. Dinners in America
I realized great differences from Japanese foods. First of all, some Americans pray for God before they eat dinner, because of religion. And Americans usually eat meat dishes (chickens, steaks, meat loafs, beef stroganoffs, spareribs and so on). My host mother was a good cook. So her dinner was always good. I sometimes made dinner with her. She taught me how to make American dishes. Meat loaf was the best thing I ever learned in America. I had never eaten it before I came there. Meat dishes, potatoes and salads were main dinner of my host family. And I noticed that Americans don’t spend much time in cooking. I will tell you how to make common dinner. For example, they wrapped potatoes in aluminum and put in an oven. They baked potatoes and seasoned meat. The dinner was complete.
Typical foods in America are meat dishes, pizza, potatoes, tacos, hamburgers, corns, hot dogs, bread and spaghetti with meat sauce. Americans like to eat potatoes better than rice. And potato chips are not only snack but also real meal. Americans often use butter when they make dinner and eat something. My host mother used it at least once two days. When we ate crabs, she recommended me to spread butter on the crabs. It was delicious. I was surprised at the way to eat.
She asked me about my favorite foods. My favorite foods are sea foods. So I talked her about it. Sea foods are a little more expensive than Japan in Minnesota, because there is no sea. I ate sea foods about twice while I stayed there. All the members of my host family like to eat sushi. Sushi is one of the popular Japanese foods in America as well as in Japan. There are Japanese restaurants in Minnesota. I saw five or six times Japanese restaurants in Minnesota. My host families sometimes go there. Of course, Japanese foods are expensive in America. She said Americans expect that typical Japanese people all like to eat rice and fish. I really thought it is true.
On the other hand, Americans like to eat pizza. In Japan, people don’t eat pizza as often as in America. Some Japanese don’t like to eat cheese. But almost Americans love it and sure enough, American pizza is big and thick. If we ordered pizza, we could choose of the size, dough and topping. If we couldn’t eat it all, we would take out it. My favorite pizza is Pepperoni. It is a kind of pizza whose topping is pineapples. I ate it for the first time in the US. I liked it so much. It was good and I was surprised at the taste. Pepperoni is common pizza in America. Sadly, I couldn’t go to American fair but to my surprise, some street vendor’s stall sells fried pickles, fried chocolates and even fried cheese in a fair.
3. Sweets in America
I also ate American sweets too. Unexpected I realized that Americans don’t eat between meals much. And I noticed many points about sweets. First of all, some sweets are good but it is too sweet for Japanese. I have a sweet tooth, but there are so sweet sweets in America even I couldn’t eat. One day, my host mother gave donuts for me. It was covered with sugar and inside was fresh cream and chocolate souses. I couldn’t eat all, because it was too sweet for me. So I told to her about it. She could understand my opinion, the reason that she has a friend who isn’t American. When her friend made sweets while she refers to American recipe book, she cut down half of the sugar. It was suitable for her. I noticed the sense of sweet vary according to nations.
Next, there are large amount sweets in America. It was the most surprising thing for me. In Japan, we can’t see much, size of cakes and ice creams. There are vivid color cakes in America. I found blue, yellow, red and green cakes in there. It was so colorful and unique.
Then, I ate ice creams about four times in American ice creams shops. And ice creams and even cones were homemade of the shops. Of course, sizes of the ice creams were big. Moreover, there were many kinds of taste and I ate unique ice cream which taste was pistachio. In America, most of the shops were built by the roadside as own shops. In Japan, there are ice creams shops too, but most of the shops were part of shopping moll.
4. Conclusion
I was so glad to realize great different points through food life in the US, because if I had not stayed there I wouldn’t have known this information. Needless to say, American foods are high in carries, large amount food. Moreover, most of the Americans eat much food at night, so obesity rate rising in America. Lack of exercise because of car society is another occasion for the obesity. American cultures cause this problem, but some Americans make effort to raise the conscious about not to grow stout. In Japan, Western way of thinking is spreading including foods now. Japanese foods are low in calories, but we have to be careful of foods like American.
I stayed Minnesota about for a month. And I searched about American foods there. I chose this theme because I was interested in American foods and sweets. Moreover, I like to eat and cook very much. I make dinner at least twice a week. So I was glad to experience it every day while I stayed there. Before I stay America, I heard from many people American foods are high in calories and big. I was looking forward to eating them but, I worried about whether it suits my taste or not. I noticed many things while stayed there. So I will tell you about my foods experiences in Minnesota.
2. Dinners in America
I realized great differences from Japanese foods. First of all, some Americans pray for God before they eat dinner, because of religion. And Americans usually eat meat dishes (chickens, steaks, meat loafs, beef stroganoffs, spareribs and so on). My host mother was a good cook. So her dinner was always good. I sometimes made dinner with her. She taught me how to make American dishes. Meat loaf was the best thing I ever learned in America. I had never eaten it before I came there. Meat dishes, potatoes and salads were main dinner of my host family. And I noticed that Americans don’t spend much time in cooking. I will tell you how to make common dinner. For example, they wrapped potatoes in aluminum and put in an oven. They baked potatoes and seasoned meat. The dinner was complete.
Typical foods in America are meat dishes, pizza, potatoes, tacos, hamburgers, corns, hot dogs, bread and spaghetti with meat sauce. Americans like to eat potatoes better than rice. And potato chips are not only snack but also real meal. Americans often use butter when they make dinner and eat something. My host mother used it at least once two days. When we ate crabs, she recommended me to spread butter on the crabs. It was delicious. I was surprised at the way to eat.
She asked me about my favorite foods. My favorite foods are sea foods. So I talked her about it. Sea foods are a little more expensive than Japan in Minnesota, because there is no sea. I ate sea foods about twice while I stayed there. All the members of my host family like to eat sushi. Sushi is one of the popular Japanese foods in America as well as in Japan. There are Japanese restaurants in Minnesota. I saw five or six times Japanese restaurants in Minnesota. My host families sometimes go there. Of course, Japanese foods are expensive in America. She said Americans expect that typical Japanese people all like to eat rice and fish. I really thought it is true.
On the other hand, Americans like to eat pizza. In Japan, people don’t eat pizza as often as in America. Some Japanese don’t like to eat cheese. But almost Americans love it and sure enough, American pizza is big and thick. If we ordered pizza, we could choose of the size, dough and topping. If we couldn’t eat it all, we would take out it. My favorite pizza is Pepperoni. It is a kind of pizza whose topping is pineapples. I ate it for the first time in the US. I liked it so much. It was good and I was surprised at the taste. Pepperoni is common pizza in America. Sadly, I couldn’t go to American fair but to my surprise, some street vendor’s stall sells fried pickles, fried chocolates and even fried cheese in a fair.
3. Sweets in America
I also ate American sweets too. Unexpected I realized that Americans don’t eat between meals much. And I noticed many points about sweets. First of all, some sweets are good but it is too sweet for Japanese. I have a sweet tooth, but there are so sweet sweets in America even I couldn’t eat. One day, my host mother gave donuts for me. It was covered with sugar and inside was fresh cream and chocolate souses. I couldn’t eat all, because it was too sweet for me. So I told to her about it. She could understand my opinion, the reason that she has a friend who isn’t American. When her friend made sweets while she refers to American recipe book, she cut down half of the sugar. It was suitable for her. I noticed the sense of sweet vary according to nations.
Next, there are large amount sweets in America. It was the most surprising thing for me. In Japan, we can’t see much, size of cakes and ice creams. There are vivid color cakes in America. I found blue, yellow, red and green cakes in there. It was so colorful and unique.
Then, I ate ice creams about four times in American ice creams shops. And ice creams and even cones were homemade of the shops. Of course, sizes of the ice creams were big. Moreover, there were many kinds of taste and I ate unique ice cream which taste was pistachio. In America, most of the shops were built by the roadside as own shops. In Japan, there are ice creams shops too, but most of the shops were part of shopping moll.
4. Conclusion
I was so glad to realize great different points through food life in the US, because if I had not stayed there I wouldn’t have known this information. Needless to say, American foods are high in carries, large amount food. Moreover, most of the Americans eat much food at night, so obesity rate rising in America. Lack of exercise because of car society is another occasion for the obesity. American cultures cause this problem, but some Americans make effort to raise the conscious about not to grow stout. In Japan, Western way of thinking is spreading including foods now. Japanese foods are low in calories, but we have to be careful of foods like American.
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Essay 2-02b: My Languages Learning Experiences
I will tell you about my languages learning experiences. Of course, my first learning language is Japanese. Japanese has three literatures. It is “Hiragana”, “Kanji” and “Katakana”. First of all, I started to study “Hiragana” when we were elementary school student, and also we started to study “Katakana”. It was easy to remember for me, but it is hard to write “Kanji” even now, because there are many difficult them.
When I was the upper grades of elementary school, I learned “Romaji”. I was suffering from to remember it. Then, I started to study about English alphabet. My piano teacher taught me both piano and English, because my piano teacher could speak English and her sister got married with American. So I was longing for the teacher very much.
When I was a junior high school student, I started to study English grammar. I couldn’t understand even simple sentences before I study English. But I became understand it little by little. I took private lessons in English and mathematics about for three years. Thanks to my cram school teacher, English was one of my favorite subjects.
When I was a high school student, I started to learn “Kobun” and “Kanbun”. But present day, we don’t use these languages in daily life. Moreover it was so difficult for me so I didn’t like to study their languages. I became a high school student, I could read English long sentences and I began to think about my course. I decided to do after graduation. I want to work for travel agency after graduation from a University. So I took foreign language department entrance examination of KGU.
When I was a first-year university student, I studied German. It was good for me. I was looking forward to studying it because I liked the teacher. The teacher was Mr. Yagi. I took the German classes twice a week. If I have opportunity to learn it, I want to study again. German is similar to English, so you may understand it easily. It would be good for you if you study it!
I am studying both English and Korean now. These languages are one of my favorite languages. Before I started to study Korean, I couldn’t understand Korean alphabet. Now, I sometimes don’t understand Korean alphabet, but I can read and write it. Moreover, I can say simple conversations. However it took time for me! This year, I went to both America and Korea. At that time, I noticed that I have to make efforts to study these languages more! I also realized that the importance to study languages.
Next, my best learning language experience was home stay in Minnesota. I stayed there about for a month. It was first time to go to America so I was worried about my English skills before I stayed there. And I couldn't speak well at that time so I have to study it more. I realized that the important thing was challenge to speak English if I didn’t know what to say in English!!
Finally, MN was so good place!! I learned many things there. And I could meet my host family, friends and teachers!! Today, I sometimes send E-mail to my host mother and brother. I’m going to send a Christmas card to my host family! I want to meet them again. This is my precious languages learning experiences!!
When I was the upper grades of elementary school, I learned “Romaji”. I was suffering from to remember it. Then, I started to study about English alphabet. My piano teacher taught me both piano and English, because my piano teacher could speak English and her sister got married with American. So I was longing for the teacher very much.
When I was a junior high school student, I started to study English grammar. I couldn’t understand even simple sentences before I study English. But I became understand it little by little. I took private lessons in English and mathematics about for three years. Thanks to my cram school teacher, English was one of my favorite subjects.
When I was a high school student, I started to learn “Kobun” and “Kanbun”. But present day, we don’t use these languages in daily life. Moreover it was so difficult for me so I didn’t like to study their languages. I became a high school student, I could read English long sentences and I began to think about my course. I decided to do after graduation. I want to work for travel agency after graduation from a University. So I took foreign language department entrance examination of KGU.
When I was a first-year university student, I studied German. It was good for me. I was looking forward to studying it because I liked the teacher. The teacher was Mr. Yagi. I took the German classes twice a week. If I have opportunity to learn it, I want to study again. German is similar to English, so you may understand it easily. It would be good for you if you study it!
I am studying both English and Korean now. These languages are one of my favorite languages. Before I started to study Korean, I couldn’t understand Korean alphabet. Now, I sometimes don’t understand Korean alphabet, but I can read and write it. Moreover, I can say simple conversations. However it took time for me! This year, I went to both America and Korea. At that time, I noticed that I have to make efforts to study these languages more! I also realized that the importance to study languages.
Next, my best learning language experience was home stay in Minnesota. I stayed there about for a month. It was first time to go to America so I was worried about my English skills before I stayed there. And I couldn't speak well at that time so I have to study it more. I realized that the important thing was challenge to speak English if I didn’t know what to say in English!!
Finally, MN was so good place!! I learned many things there. And I could meet my host family, friends and teachers!! Today, I sometimes send E-mail to my host mother and brother. I’m going to send a Christmas card to my host family! I want to meet them again. This is my precious languages learning experiences!!
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2010年11月16日火曜日
My Favorite Music
I have many favorite music and singers. My favorite singers are “Namie Amuro”, “JUJU”, “Ikimonogakari”, and “Syota Shimizu”. They are cool and have wide appeals. So I liked their music. I went Syota Simizu’s concert in KGU last October. I was looking forward to meeting him long days ago. I became like him further after I went the concert. He is same generation with me. He sang to him own piano accompaniment in the concert. The song name was “Hanamizuki”. The song is one of my favorite songs, so that was moving. Finally, I am not good at singing, but I sometimes go karaoke lounge with my family and friends. Last week, I went there twice! Listening and singing songs made me refresh. I also can get rid of my stress. So I like music!
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BR 2-09: Stories of Fairytale Castles
I chose and read an English book which title was “Stories of Fairytale Castles”. This story was a fiction. There were three chapters in the book. Chapter 1 was “The invisible castle”. Chapter 2 was “The haunted castle”. Chapter 3 was “The castle contest”. We can enjoy reading three stories! My favorite chapter was one, because it was a story with a happy ending.
When I read the story, it reminds me of a Disney story. The name of the story was “Beauty and The Beast”. It was similar to stories of Fairytale Castles. There were some common points. First, a magician cast a spell on people who lived the castles. In stories of fairytale castles, the magician changed person into stones. In story of beauty and the beast, a witch changed person into furniture. Then, the other common point is a beautiful woman got married with prince. So I liked this story!
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Reference
Anna, L. (2007). Stories of Fairytale Castles. London: Usborne Publishing.
Anna, L. (2007). Stories of Fairytale Castles. London: Usborne Publishing.
2010年11月15日月曜日
My Favorite Car
I will tell you about my favorite car. I don’t have my car, but I have a driver license. So I sometimes use my mother’s car when I go to my workplace and shopping. My mother’s car is silver color and small. I like it so much, because small car is easy to drive for me. My father’s car is white color and so big. I also like it. But I can’t drive the car, because it is too big for me. I took the license a year and a half ago. However I am not used to drive. So I really want to become a good driver. I want to get my car someday. I have to save much money for my car.
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2010年11月4日木曜日
BR 2-08: The Fish that Talked
I read an English book which title was “The Fish that Talked”. This is a fiction story. I chose this book because the picture was beautiful. This story was about repayment of a kindness. One day, a boy helped a little fish. He brought up the fish. To my surprise, the fish could talk to him and it became very big day by day. So he let it go back to a sea.
A few days later, his town was washed away by the flood. At that time, the big fish helped many inhabitants including the boy. After I read the story, it made me heart-warming. So it was really good. I was realized that mutual help was important thing in our life. I want to become kind and considerate person!
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Reference
Rosie, . (2008). Stories of Snowmen. London: Usborne Publishing.
My Favorite Dish
I will tell you about my favorite dish. My favorite dish is “Nabe”. It is hot pot cooked at the table in English. I will explain why I like to eat it. First of all, we usually eat the dish in winter. I could become warm my body and relax after I ate it. I was looking forward to eating it every year until winter was come. Next, I don’t spend much time when I cook it. So it is easy to cook for me. Then, there are many kinds of the dish. For example, kimchi nabe, mizutaki and motu nabe etc. My favorite kind is kimchi nabe because I love spicy foods. Finally, I cooked and ate it yesterday too!! We can share nabe with many people and at that time, we can enjoy eating and chatting. I thought that it was the best reason why I chose it.
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