2015年12月24日木曜日

American dialect map, A partridge in a tree, and other matters...

Today we listen to the music "The twelve days of christmas." I never have heard the song. 

And today is Christmas Eve. I'm going to held Christmas party with my friends in this night. We are going to were Santa costume. We will be cute Santa, maybe! I want to eat some delicious food and drink. Tomorrow is Christmas, but I have not planto do. I have a part time job. I have to work from tomorrow to next Saturday. I might be rich. Then my friends will come back to Kumamoto, so I'm going to see them. 2015 year will end soon. I can't believe it.  

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Hannah and Her Sisters

"Hannah and Her Sisters"
Hannah and Her Sisters Poster
Director: Woody Allen
writer: Woody Allen
Stars: Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Michael Caine

Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister.

I didn't watch, because I overslept last Monday... I'm going to rent the DVD in TSUTAYA, and watching from the beginning.

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2015年12月23日水曜日

BR:2-12 "Rotten Apples"

"The horse wouldn't stop. It ran and ran. Mum ran after it."(p. 18)


Biff wanted to help Mum, so she picked up apples. The apples are bad. She put them in the box. Then a man with a horse and cart came down the street. "It's Harry Smith," said Chip. Everyone liked Harry Smith. He made people laugh. He sold things from his cart. Biff and Chip gave Harry's horse some apples. The horse ate the box of apples. Biff told Harry Smith about the horse. He laughed, and said "I didn't know she liked rotten apples." The children wanted a ride. They climbed on the cart.The horse began to run, and couldn't stop. It ran into a car park. The horse began to sway. It made a funny noise. "The rotten apples made the horse drunk," Harry said. Biff was sorry. But he didn't mind. People came to see the horse, they bought things from the cart. Harry sold everything. He gave the children a present.


Hunt, R. (1994). "Rotten apples"(Oxford University Press)

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2015年12月14日月曜日

California (audio script)

Hi, everyone, please check out my review of California, an Oxford Bookworms Factfile.
Voice Recorder >>

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and other matters...

I watched this movie trailer last week. I have never watched this movie series. In English weekend, we tried to watch the DVD which was showed in this summer. However we couldn't watch, because the equipment was not work well.

I went to Karaoke yesterday. I had been wanted to go to Karaoke from 3 weeks ago. But I don't have time to go. I was happy to sing at Karaoke. And I ate Sushi for lunch at Kurazushi. I love Sushiro, but Kurazushi's chawan-mushi was so good. It was beautiful weather last weekend, so I spent nice weekend without my part time job!

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2015年12月7日月曜日

BR:2-11 "Hansel and Gretel"

"A wood-cutter has two children. Their names are Hansel and Gretel."(p. 6)

A wood-cutter has two children. Their names are Hansel and Gretel. The family is poor and hungry. The children have a mean stepmother. She has a plan. She wants to leave the children in the forest. The family goes into the forest. Hansel drops pieces of bread. Their parents leave the children. Hansel and Gretel cannot find the pieces of bread, because birds come and eat the bread. Then they finds a house which is made of sweets. There is a witch in this house. She wants to eat children. But Gretel pushes her in the oven, the witch dies. Gretel saves Hansel. They walk for a long time. They see their house. Their father is very happy, and stepmother is gone. They are all very happy.

Wilhelm and Grimm, J. "Hansel and Gretel"(Compass Publishing)

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California script

Hello. Today, I'd like to tell you about this book in the Oxford Bookworms Factfiles series, called California. It's divided into 9 chapters, but I'd like to talk to you about two of them:
Chapter 2: The gold rush; and chapter 6: Los Angeles.

Chapter 2 is about the middle of the 19th century, The gold rush in America. James Wilson saw something bright and yellow in a river in 1848. It was the start of the gold rush. By 1852, there were more than 100,000 prospectors in California. But by the middle of the 1850s, it was getting more and more difficult to find gold.

Chapter 6 is about famous places in California and California's outline. There are many famous places. For example, Olvera street, Hollywood, Santa Monica and Venica beach, and so on.

The other chapters are all interesting, so please check out this book if you get the chance. Thank you.

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My weekend and other matters...

 I have a cold in the nose from last week. So I didn't do anything on my weekend. But I had a part tome job, I was tired. I went to spa yesterday. Recently it is cold when I take a bath. I don't want to take my wear off. At spa is very warm. I like open-air bath in winter. I got into a hot spring to relive. My nose is stuffed up from my cold, so I don't know taste. I'm very sad. 
 My sister left for Kansai on  school trip from yesterday. I got up at five o'clock and I take her to school. She was looking forward going to USJ. 

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2015年11月30日月曜日

Notes on "California"

Contents

"California"

1. The Golden State
2. The Gold Rush
3. San Francisco
4. Parks
5. Highway1
6. Los Angels
7. The desert
8. San Diego
9. California

Chapter 2: The gold rush

1850: America made California an American state
1848: thirty-year-old James Wilson saw something bright and yellow in a river
By 1852: there were more than 100,000 prospectors in California
 By the middle of the 1850s: it was getting more and more difficult to find gold
1860s: people discovered something new is the ground
1869: workers finished building the first rail way

Chapter 6: Los Angeles

*There are nearly nine million people living
*more than 10,000 square kilometers in size
*Olvera street
*China town
*American film makers first came to Los Angels
*some of the film studios
*Hollywood
Rodeo Drive
* Dodger Stadium
*Santa Monica and Venice beach

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My weekend and other matters...

My weekend was very nice. Because I joined "English weekend" at Nishigoshi as a staff. I joined it last year, and I enjoyed it, so I was looking forward to go there. At first day, we ate tacos for lunch. And we played dodge ball. It was fun, but I was tired. I don't often play sports, so I got muscle pain. We played some games which Mr. waterman brought for us. That night we ate carry and rice. At second day, we were going to go to picking oranges as an annual event on English weekend. However, in this year, we couldn't go there... So we cooked gyoza and Ikinari danngo. We enjoyed cooking and eating.  

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2015年11月27日金曜日

Home town 5-7

 I live in Kumamoto city, which is the capital city of Kumamoto. I live on the fourth floor of an apartment building. From my house, you can see UNIQLO and Nitori. There is a bus stop and super market close to my apartment, so it's a very convenient place to live. My sister's junior high school is not close to my apartment.
 I lived in a small town until I was in junior high school, but now i live in Kumamoto city, which is a middle city. I moved to Kumamoto city because of my family's reason. There are lots of convenience stores, people, and cars. It is a convenient place to live, but it is also noisy and bright even night. My sister likes living here because our house is close to her junior school. I feel like my house, so I don't move.
 I come from Kumamoto. Kumamoto is Known for Kumamoto castle, Mt. aso, and so on. At Aso, which is a tourist site. You can see beautiful nature in Aso, and eat many delicious foods. There are restaurants that is famous for Akaushi. It is very nice. And there are good ice cream! You can relax your mind and body. Kumamoto is easy to get to because there is a Kumamoto airport and Kumamoto station which the Kyushu Shinkansen line, so I hope you will come to visit someday.

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BR: 2-10 "The fifteenth character"

"Everyday lots of different people come to Happy Hills because there are lots of exciting things to do."(p. 1)

Sally works at Happy Hills in her holiday. She is a student. One day, Sally arrives at there, and she watch the list which her today's job. She has to wear the costume, she doesn't like the job. Happy Hills opens at nine o'clock. Zapp who is a famous singer comes to Happy Hills the day. However his CDs were lost. He is angry, and staff find hard. Police arrive there, so the visitors can't go home. Then, Sally found that there are fourteen characters on the list, but there are fifteen characters now. She tells everyone. The woman begins run away, but she is arrested. On Saturday night, Sally is in London, because she is going to Zapp's concert. She is invited by him!

Border, R. (2000). "The fifteenth character"(OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS)

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2015年11月16日月曜日

My weekend and other matters...

I watched a shocking news on Saturday. It was simultaneous terrorist attacks in Paris. France was attacked by ISIS. They are crazy. Please let me pray for the soul of victims. I think all over the world is not safe if I am anywhere. I wish peace in the world...

And my weekend was good. On saturday, my boyfriend came to my house. I cooked lunch for him and my sister. I cooked takikomigohan and chawan-mushi. They said its were delicious, so I was happy. Yesterday, I went to lunch with my mother and sister. That night I and my sister went to spa. It was wonderful. and we went to eat Udon in Uesto.

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2015年11月13日金曜日

Home town-1~3

   My hometown is Koshi city. Koshi city is a small city in Kumamoto Prefecture in south Japan. Kumamoto is in the center of Kyushu. There are mountains and sea in Kumamoto. It is about thirty minutes from Kumamoto city by car. Koshi city has a population of about 50,000. Koshi town and Nishigoshi town merged to form Koshi city in 2006. I lived in Nishigoshi town. My hometown is known as a peaceful town, but the population of this city is increasing every year. My town's specialities are mango, watermelon, and so on. There are spa in Koshi city. Koshi city has a like big stadium. Koshi city is an interesting place to live.
   My hometown is Kumamoto Prefecture, which is famous for Kumamoto castle. It was built by Kiyomasa Kato. It is very cool, beautiful, and magnificent. Specialties of Kumamoto are Karashi renkon, water melon, Basashi, and so on. There are many delicious foods and a lot of beautiful water to drink. I recommend visiting to Kumamoto.
   I was born and raised in a small town in the middle of Kumamoto prefecture. My house has a large yard, and I have played there when I was a child. I lived thd house with my grand parents.  There are many farmers in my town. My town merged into the neighboring town in 2006. My town is a convenient place to live, because there are bus stops, stations, supermarkets, and spas. The number of house and people in the town is increasing every year.

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2015年11月9日月曜日

BR: 2-9 "Baba Yaga the flying Witch"

"Tasha packed the ham and bread. Then she set out through the deep, dark forest." (p.14)
Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Tasha. She had a doll which her mother gave her. The doll helped her. Her mother died when she was very young. A few years later, Tasha's father married again. Her new mother was a mean person. One day, her new mother said her, "I want you to go to Baba Yaga's hut in the forest." She went to the hut with her doll. Then she reached there, and she met Baba Yaga. Baba Yaga wanted to eat her. But Baba Yaga's cat and dog helped Tasha. Also the doll helped Tasha too. She ran away from Baba Yaga. She arrived at her house, and she told her father about this thing. So her father threw her new mother out of the house. She was never seen again.

Davidson, S. "Baba Yaga the Flying Witch"(Compass Publishing)


Vocabulary

hat: 小屋
creak: キーキー鳴る
twirl: くるくる回る
dreadful: 恐ろしい
purr: (猫が)ごろごろいうこと
chase: 追いかける


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Hometown-1 Koshi city

My hometown is Koshi city. Koshi city is a small city in Kumamoto Prefecture in south Japan. Kumamoto is in the center of Kyushu. There are mountains and sea in Kumamoto. It is about thirty minutes from Kumamoto city by car. Koshi city has a population of about 50,000. Koshi town and Nishigoshi town merged to from Koshi city in 2006. I lived in Nishigoshi town. My hometown is known for county, but the number of population in this city is increasing every year. My town's speciality are mango, watermelon, and so on. There are spa in Koshi city. Koshi city has a like big stadium. Koshi city is an interesting place to live.

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Movie trailers and the matters...

We saw two movie trailers today. I'm interested in "The Assassin". I don't understand about this story. If I have free time, I want to go to Denkikan.

My weekend was not good. I didn't have any plan, and I had to do a lot of homework. I also had a part time job. However, I ate lunch with my sister and my grandparents on Sunday. We ate ramen. I and my sister love my grandparents. They are very kind. I appreciate them, because they taught me many things. I want to take them to trip someday.

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2015年11月8日日曜日

BR: 2-8 "The fir tree"

"He did not enjoy anything. But he did grow bigger." (p. 11)

In the woods, there was a young Fir tree. The Fir tree wanted to be big. One winter, a family came to him. He was the first tree of Christmas. He went to his new home. The people put him in the middle of the living room. He was a Christmas tree in the house. He was very beautiful. The children danced around the Fir tree. The next morning, the Fir tree was taken upstairs and put in a dark room. One day, he told the mice about his life. They liked his stories. Then he was taken outside by the man. The children said, "Look at that ugly old tree!" the Fir tree looked at the beautiful trees. He said, "I did not enjoy myself when I was young. Now I am old. It is too late now." The boy put the Fir tree in a fire. He was one.

Hans Christian Andersen. "The Fir Tree" (Compass Publishing).

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BR: 2-7 "The son who came home"

'"Be happy for your brother."' (p. 22)
There was once a man. He had two sons. One day, his younger son came to him. He said, "Father, I want to go away. I need some money." The father got all his money. His younger son left his home. He went to a far country, and he soon used all his money. He didn't know what to do. He tried to make some money, but he couldn't. He want his father to forgive him, and he decided to go back to home. He came back to his home. His father was very happy. His father was not angry, but his brother was angry. The father said, "Be happy for your brother. Your brother was lost. Now he is found. "


A Parable. Lewis, J, Randolph. "The son who came home" (Compass Publishing).

Vocabulary

parable 例え話
feast  祝宴

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2015年10月26日月曜日

BR:2-6 The drinking gourd

"A block man stood up, covered with hay. He had an axe in his hand."(p. 23)
 Tommy was in church with his family and friends. Then he was got angry from his father. He went back to his home. In the barn, he found Jeff's family. They were slave, so they was going to run away to Canada. His father and he helped them. They broke the low, but they were happy to help Jeff's family. Tommy hoped the low will be changed.


Vocabulary

obey 従う、守る
whisper ささやく
fishing line 釣り糸

Monjo, F.N. (1970). "The drinking gourd". Harper Trophy.

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My weekend and other matters..

On Saturday, I went to Fukuoka. Because I had a exam of Japanese education ability. Also I wanted to see my boy friend. I watched a baseball game that my boyfriend participated. It was sunny and very hot, so I wanted to go back to home more early... That night we went to eat out, and we went to Karaoke. I think he is better singing than playing baseball, maybe... It was fun. Next day, I had the exam. Lately, I think I want to be a Japanese language teacher. So I tried to take the exam. The rate of successful examiness in the test is not high every year. It was difficult for me. I don't have a confidence, but I hope going well.

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2015年10月25日日曜日

BR:2-5 The three spinners

’”But you must promise us one thing. You must invite us to your wedding and you must say that we are your aunts. ”’(p. 14)

A long time ago, a woman and her daughter lived in a cottage in the forest. The girl worked hard. But she didn't want to spin the flax. One day her mother told a lie to the Queen, "My daughter wants to spin, but we haven't got enough flax." So the Queen took her the Queen's palace. The Queen let her spin the flax. However she couldn't spin, she didn't know what to do. She saw three woman outside from the window. They looked very strange. The first woman had a big foot. The second woman had a big lip. And the third woman had a big thumb. They helped her, and promised with her. Then she married with the prince. She invited the aunts, and the prince said "my beautiful wife must never spin again!".



Vocabulary

spin ~を紡いで・・・にする
naughty 言うことを聞かない
carriage 馬車

Heath, Jennifer. (2006). "The three spinners"(English Language Teaching).

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2015年10月22日木曜日

Trip

I went to Tokyo with Yurina and another friend on October 3rd and 4th. I went to Tokyo by airplane. I took an LCC plane for the first time. It was good, but it was a little narrow.
At first we went to Tsukiji to eat Kaisendon. There were many Kaisendon shops, Sushi shops, and ramen noodles shops. Kaisendon was very delicious, but I think Amakusa's kaisendon is as good as Tsukiji's kaisendon. At night, we stayed at a shared house in Meguro. On the way to the house, we lost our way. So we walked a lot... It was such a comfortable house. The owner of the house was a nice man. He made us coffee; it was delicious. On the second day, we went to the "journey festival". There were many food shops and so on. I watched live talk shows and music performances there. It was a wonderful day for us. The last day, an unexpected incident happened. Unfortunately we missed the airplane to Kumamoto. We stayed at Narita airport from the previous day, but we missed the plane... We were surprised and very sad. However in the evening, we arrived in Kumamoto at last. I was very tired, but this trip was my precious memory.

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2015年10月19日月曜日

BR:2-4 JUAN BOBO

"Juan Bobo do this! Juan Bobo, do that!"

In this book, there is four folktales from Puerto Rico.


Bernier-Grand, C.T.(1994). Juan Bobo. HarperTrophy.

Vocabulary

dimes: 10セント硬貨
odd: 奇妙な

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My weekend and the matters...

On Friday, I went to Machi with my co-wokers. Because our boss transfered to other shop. We drank alcohol,  ate some food, and went to Karaoke. It was so fun time. On Saturday, it held fireworks in Yatsushiro, but I had a part time job... I was very sad, however I want to save money, so I worked hard!!! This year I have not been to summer festival and watched fire fire works.

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2015年10月12日月曜日

Transcription: The Iron Giant

this is something much more serious

Does remember

We got 

this is no meteor

Really
Hey there young kid
… work for the government
Nothing I usually really
Where did you find that?
up at the power station
horgat was out there the other night
see anything unusual
So I guess you are not going to hurt me
little…

What do you talking about?

I’m a superman

we must stop 

I have something for you.

I guess 


Where do you come from?

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My weekend and other matters...

"The Iron Giant" movie sounds interesting. I want to watch the DVD.

I went to spa on Saturday with my sister. It was spa day in the spa by chance. We enjoy the spa at half price. I could relax my mind and body. I went back my home, I drank apple sparkling wine. It was so good. On Sunday, I did my homework in the morning. And I went to my cousins' house with my sister. I played in the sandbox with my most youngest cousin. It was fun time, but it was little cold.

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BR:2-3 The Three Goats

"The troll says, 'I want to eat you!'".(p. 17)

Three goats are brothers. They want to eat green grass on a hill, so they have to to across the bridge. A troll lives under the bridge, he is so hungry. A troll tries to eat the goats, but they says"The biggest goat comes.". However the goat hits a troll. The troll falls into the river.

A Norwegian Folk Tale.(2012). "The three goats". (Young Learns Classic Readers).

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2015年10月11日日曜日

BR:2-2 Princess Polly and the Pony

"Princess Polly was in trouble."(p. 2)
Princess Polly was in trouble. Her parents always get angry with her. She likes to gallop with her pony. One day she found a pony games poster. She wants to join the race, but her parents will not allow her to join. So she put on her costume, and she joined the race. Then she won the pony race. Her parents found the girl is princess Polly. Finally they allow to Princess Polly galloping with her pony!

Davidson, Susanna. (2007). "Princess Polly and the Pony". (USBORNE FIRST READING).



Vocabulary

* galloping  疾駆する
* crossly 不機嫌に
* crept creepの過去形。忍び足で歩く。
* disgrace 不名誉

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7. Visiting My Father

* I had never been on a plane
* made me feel at home
* for most of the flight
* much bigger than our house

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6. Traveling around the world

* That is why
* The country I most want to go 
* lots of other famous places
* my dream is to...

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5. A scary moment

* When I was in elementary school
* On the first day
* It took us three hours
* That night
* When the light came on

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4. Hokkaido

* we are going to drive up
* There are a lot of hot springs
* I think we will have a lot of fun
* so we are going to relax and take it easy

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3. A great weekend

* We left on Friday
* at the resort
* I hope we can
* we went on all the rides

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2. A family trip

* When I was a child
* took a trip
* flew from...to
* stayed at
* for the first two days
* did a lot

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2015年10月7日水曜日

BR:2-1 "Two Frogs"

"Two Frogs live in Japan. One frog lives in Osaka. The other frog lives in Kyoto."(p.6)

Two frogs live in Japan. One frog lives in Osaka. The other frog lives in Kyoto. One day. they want to visit another city. Osaka frog goes to Kyoto, and Kyoto frog goes to Osaka. One hopes north. The other hops south. The frogs hop up the mountain. The two frogs meet at the top. They are short, so they can't see Osaka and Kyoto. So, they put front feet on shoulders each other. But the frogs make mistake. Their eyes are on the back of their heads. So they think that another city looks just like own city. They never learn their mistake. They still think Osaka and Kyoto look the same.

Lang, Andrew. (2012). "Two Frogs". Young Learns Classic Readers.

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2015年10月2日金曜日

My school trip

When I was in junior highschool, I went on a school trip to Okinawa. There were about 80 students on the trip. We traveled to Okinawa by airplane, and we stayed in a hotel near the beach. We went to the aquarium, and watched a very big shark. And we learned about war in Okinawa. We enjoyed the trip and I want to go to Okinawa again.

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2015年9月28日月曜日

My summer vacation and other matters...

My summer vacation was good and bad. I almost enjoyed my summer vacation. I went to Aso with my friends. We had a barbecue and went to the hot spring. It was so fun. I love my friends. However I couldn't go to a summer festival, watch fire works, and go to beach. I want to go summer festival next year! And I went to Hitoyoshi to do rafting. It was so excited. Also I worked part time job 5 or 6 days in a week. I made a lot of money, but I was a little tired. I want to travel and go to foreign countries next long vacation.

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2015年8月1日土曜日

Missouri


Missouri is the state in mid western of United state. The nickname of Missouri is "The Show Me State". The population of Missouri, is 5,988,927. Missouri is one of the states that tourism is main industry. There are many churches and then streets at that time, because Missouri is influenced by immigration from Europe. The biggest city is the Kansas city. Most people is Christian. More than 50 percents of the people of the state live Kansas city and Saint Louise.


Jefferson national expansion memorial is a famous park in Saint Louis. Especially Gateway arch in the park is the most popular sightseeing spot. This is the highest building in Saint Louis, the height is 192 meter. You can go up the top of the arch, and look out over the whole Cent Louis area. Then, there is The Fox Theater in Sent Louis. You can see musicals and the great building. Finally, I introduce The city museum. It is not just a art galley, it is a kind of theme parks. There are many sightseeing in Missouri. Maybe you can enjoy the trip in Missouri!

Kansas city in Missouri is famous for BBQ. Kansas city was a center of stock breeding the old days. Kansas city is called "Cow town" and "BBQ capital of the world". Callaway county is famous for Wine. Missouri was the big production area of Wine till began the National prohibition Act. Now there are many wineries in Missouri.

Kansas city jazz and Saint Louis blues are famous music in Missouri. Walt Disney spent his child hood in Missouri. He went to the drawing and painting class in Kansas city. Missouri is a place associated with Walt Disney. And the nick name of Missouri is "The show me state". Missouri sometimes means skeptical. This is interesting.
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music and people and nick name

Kansas city jazz and Saint Louis blues are famous music in Missouri. Walt Disney spent his child hood in Missouri. He went to the drawing and painting class in Kansas city. Missouri is a place associated with Walt Disney. And the nick name of Missouri is "The show me state". Missouri sometimes means skeptical. This is interesting.

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Food

Kansas city in Missouri is famous for BBQ. Kansas city was a center of stock breeding the old days. Kansas city is called "Cow town" and "BBQ capital of the world". Callaway county is famous for Wine. Missouri was the big production area of Wine till began the National prohibition Act. Now there are many wineries in Missouri.

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Sightseeing

Jefferson national expansion memorial is a famous park in Saint Louis. Especially Gateway arch in the park is the most popular sightseeing spot. This is the highest building in Saint Louis, the height is 192 meter. You can go up the top of the arch, and look out over the whole Cent Louis area. Then, there is The Fox Theater in Sent Louis. You can see musicals and the great building. Finally, I introduce The city museum. It is not just a art galley, it is a kind of theme parks. There are many sightseeing in Missouri. Maybe you can enjoy the trip in Missouri!

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2015年7月27日月曜日

Introduction of Missouri

Missouri is the state in mid western of United state. The nickname of Missouri is "The Show Me State". The population of Missouri, is 5,988,927. Missouri is one of the states that tourism is main industry. There are many churches and then streets at that time, because Missouri is influenced by immigrations from Europe. The biggest city is the Kansas city. Most people is Christian. More than 50 percents of the people of the state live Kansas city and Saint Louise. 

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My weekend and other matters..

My friends came to my home on Saturday. Because they needed a file to study for their test. I gave a cake and tea. They ate and they were happy. Then we watched the movie which I had made when I was a high school student. They planned to study at library in college, but they stayed at my home for two hours. However I enjoyed to talk with them.

I have to study for the test... I don't want to do. I will enjoy summer vacation. I have some plan. I'm going to go to Aso with my friends. Also I want to go to summer festival and I want to watch fire works.

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2015年7月20日月曜日

Outline: State of Missouri

Introduction: geography, population, about Missouri
Paragraph 1: Sightseeing
Paragraph 2: food
Paragraph 3: music, people

BR: 25 mr Bean

"Look! It's my favorite mug." (p. 8)

Mr Bean was in the kitchen in the morning. He was making breakfast. Then his toast leaped of the toaster. And the toast hit his favorite mug. The mug was painted Elizabeth Queen. So he went to the mug shop, but there was not the mug in the shop. He was sad. Out the shop, he found the lorry with his favorite mug's paint. He went to after the lorry with his teddy. Then the Queen's dog was in front of Mr Bean's car. The dog robbed his teddy. He run after the dog. At the time, the Queen looked for her dog. So he gave her the dog, because he caught by accident. She thanked him, and she gave the his favorite mug. He was very happy.

Newton, Robin. (2011). "mr Bean". (Popcorn ELT Readers Level 1).

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My weekend, and other matters...

I went to Fukuoka last Saturday, because I wanted to see my boyfriend. I went to eat lunch the restaurant which my boyfriend work at. I ate Sasimi, Tenpura, and so on. At night, I was surprised. He said, "I want to clear up my baseball kits. So I want you to open the shoes box." I opened the door, and I found a present with a letter, "Happy birthday Urara(before just a month)". I was very surprised. My birthday is next month, so I didn't expect this surprise. He had planned about one month ago. I had said him, "I want a wallet!!!" So he gave me a very cute wallet. I was happy sooooo much. I thanked him a lot.

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BR: 24 Tiger is a Scaredy Cat

"Tiger is a big. Tiger is strong. But Tiger is not brave."(p. 6)

Tiger is a big and strong cat. But he is not brave. Because he is scared of dogs, trucks, the vacuum cleaner, and the dark. One day, he takes a cat nap in safety area. So the mice take a walk. They do not see the cat. Now they see the cat. The mice are scared, and run away. Also he runs too. Baby mouse falls. So he will help the baby mouse. He has to go by a truck, dog, the vacuum cleaner, down the dark stairs. He is scared, but he helps anyway. The baby mouse's parents thank him so much. What a brave cat Tiger is!

Phillips, Joan. (1986). "Tiger is a Scaredy Cat"(STEP INTO READING).

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2015年7月13日月曜日

Conversation

Yurina: What did you read?
Urara: I read this book: Old Boat, New Boat.
Y: Oh, It looks interesting. What is it about?
U: It's about the boat which Tyler and his friends fixed.
Y: Fixed? How could they fix the boat?
U: They worked to get some money and to fix with David's father. It looks good. Anyway, what did you read today?
Y: Ah... I read 'Sk8 for Jake.’
U: Tell me about your book’s story, please.
Y: OK. It is wrote about three young Skaters. They liked to skate at the park, but the park manager made a rule. They can’t skate there! However, finally they can get a place.
U: Oh, it’s nice to read. I want to read the book.
Y: Really? If you want, I can lend it to you.
U: Thank you.

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BR:23 THE TROJAN HORSE

"We will open the gates of Troy for you from inside the city." (p. 11)

Paris was a prince of Troy. He married with Helen. But she was married with King Menelaus in Greek. He wanted his wife back. The Greek army attacked Troy, and the war went on for ten years. Troy had a strong wall, so the Greeks could not get into the city. Then the goddess Athena helped the Greek army. She said, "Build a wooden horse. Put your men inside the horse. When the horse is inside Troy, come out." The horse was given to Troy for present. Late at night, the Greek army went out from the horse, and burned the city. A wooden horse ended the Trojan War.

Malarcher, Casey. (2012). "THE TROJAN HORSE" (Young Learners Classic Readers).

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2015年7月12日日曜日

BR: 22 Red Rock

"Lala was afraid, but she wanted to help her father." (p. 21)

Lala lived in Sydney, Australia. Her father was a famous film star and her mother worked in television. They were very busy. One day Lala went to Uluru to see her father. He filmed new film, Red Rock. But he was kidnapped by two men. Lala wanted to help him. So, she went to heli him with Sam Carter. Sam was the staff of the film. They reached Hooper's farm, and they found her father. Sam got an idea. He used his smoke machine, so two kidnappers got out of the house. Police reached there, they were arrested by the police. Lala was relieved. After that, Red Rock was gotten award. Her father thanked her daughter so much.

Rabley, Stephan. (2010). "Red Rock" (ADVENTURES IN ENGLISH).

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2015年7月6日月曜日

BR:21 Old Boat, New Boat

"But we can fix it, and then we have it!" (p. 6)

Mr. Walsh and his son, Ryan put their old boat on the beach. The next morning, some people come to the beach. One of the boys sees the old boat. His name is Tyler. He wants to fix the boat with his friends. Then, two men come to the beach. They try to clearance the boat from the beach. Tyler get the boat. Tyler and his friends work to get some money to fix the boat. Then they fix the boat. It is looking good. On the beach, Ryan says them "The boat is mine, so get back to me! ". The man comes back to the beach, and he hears them talking. "Is this your boat? You put this boat on the beach. Then give me $200!". Ryan says "It's not my boat, it's theirs." "Thanks" says Tyler. "Ryan's old boat. But our new boat!!!" David says.

Waring, Rob and Maurice, Jamall. "Old Boat, New Boat" (FOUNDATION READING LIBRARY)

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Myweekend

I went to my grand parents' house on Sunday. And we visited my great-grand mother in Kikuchi. She is 95 years old. She doesn't move so much, but she is healthy and she eats a lot. She ate two manju yesterday too. I was glad to see her, I want to go to her more frequent.

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BR:20 Danny's blog

"What can we do, Gloria?"(p.10)
Pumai is a beautiful place in Borneo. It's a good home for the orangutans. Danny lives there too, with his mum. She works at the Pumai orangutan Reserve. One day she got a email from Sol Coram who is the boss of the Borneo Wood company. He wants to cut down their trees. Danny got an idea. He started a blog. He wrote about Boreo and Sol Colam. Sol Coram, there were lots of emails about Pumai, from all over the world. Danny didn't stop his blog. People are sending money to help Pumai and orangutans. He helped them.

Rabley, Stephan. (2010). "Danny's Blog"(ADVENTURES IN ENGLISH).

2015年7月5日日曜日

State Essay

  I introduce the Massachusetts state in Northeastern America. Do you know Massachusetts state? The nickname is Bay state. The capital of Massachusetts is Boston. Boston is a large city.  Population in Massachusetts, is 6745 thousands. Population density is the 3rd in United States. However, Massachusetts is the 7th smallest state. The official language is English. But a large number people of Portuguese descent live in state. Spanish is the 2nd and Portuguese is the 3rd most spoken languages in the home. Also there are famous universities in Massachusetts state.  I will introduce Massachusetts more deeply from after this paragraph.
     There are many universities in Massachusetts state. As you know, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University are ranked very high in world university ranking. Also, there are the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Boston College, North Eastern University, and so on. Massachusetts state was the first state which provided for compulsory education law. There are the oldest public elementary school, high school, Boarding school, college, and girl's college in America. In Massachusetts, there are 121  institution higher educations. There is suitable state for education.
     I will introduce flag of state. It is written in the flag, ”Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem”in Latin , it can be translated as "By the sword we seek peace, but peace under liberty.” It is cool flag!
     In Massachusetts, there are many kind of fishes. Especially lobster is very popular in Boston. Clam chowder is Massachusetts' traditional food. You can eat variety of tastes in each restaurant. And I introduce a sight seeing. It is the freedom trail. It is the red line on the road in Boston. This line is 4 km. You can go 16 sight seeings in Massachusetts. For example, Boston common, state house, and so on.

     I introduced Massachusetts state. There are many famous universities, famous foods, and famous places in Massachusetts. You can enjoy traveling in Massachusetts, maybe! And I couldn't research state flag so much. So I want to research more. 

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2015年6月29日月曜日

The Finstorns, and other matters...

I watched this animation for the first time!!! I want to watch on Youtube someday.

On last Friday, I went to Mt. Hanaoka with my co-workers after part time job. We enjoyed the night view from Mt. Hanaoka. Have you watched? It was so beautiful. And I went to for a drive with my friend yesterday. We were going to go to Hoshino Coffee in HIkarinomori. However the parking lot was full. I wanted to eat French toast there... So we looked for other cafe, but we couldn't find rather. After all we lost our way. After that we got to the cafe. I ate a spaghetti and a French toast. It was good, but I was tired.

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BR:19 RAINBOW FISH

"Rainbow Fish loved the sea glass."(P.3)
Rainbow Fish was swimming through the Coral Reef. He found the beautiful sea glass. One day after school, he couldn't find his sea glass. "Oh, no. How could I have lost it?" He looked every where, but could not find it. A few days later, his friend had the sea glass. They quarreled about the sea glass. Thanks to their friend Diana, they had his own sea glass back. They were both very happy.

Pfister, Marcus. (2002). "RAINBOW FISH"(FESTIVAL READERS).

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Paragraph of Massachusetts

    I introduce the Massachusetts state in Northeastern America. Do you know Massachusetts state? The nickname is Bay state. The capital of Massachusetts is Boston. Boston is a large city.  Population in Massachusetts, is 6745 thousands. Population density is the 3rd in United States. However, Massachusetts is the 7th smallest state. The official language is English. But a large number people of Portuguese decents live in state. Language spoken in home, Spanish is the 2nd and Portuguese is the 3rd. Also there are famous universities in Massachusetts state.  I will introduce Massachusetts more deeply from after this paragraph.
     There are many universities in Massachusetts state. As you know, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University  are ranked very high in world university ranking. Also, there are the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Boston College, North Eastern University, and so on. Massachusetts state was the first state which provided for compulsory education law. There are the oldest public elementary school, high school, Boarding school, college, and girl's college in America. In Massachusetts, there are 121  institution higher educations. There is suitable state for education.
     "Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem" it can be translated as "By the sword we seek peace, but peace under liberty.” It is cool flag!
     In Massachusetts, there are many kind of fishes. Especially lobster is very popular in Boston. Clam chowder is Massachusetts' traditional food. You can eat different taste each restaurant. And I introduce a sight seeing. It is the freedom trail. It is the red line on the road in Boston. This line is 4 km. You can go 16 sight seeings in Massachusetts. For example, Boston common, state house, and so on.
     I introduced Massachusetts state. There are many famous universities, famous foods, and famous places in Massachusetts. You can enjoy travelling in Massachusetts, maybe! And I couldn't research state flag so much. So I want to research more. 

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2015年6月22日月曜日

My weekend and other matters...

On Friday, I went to Mr. Okamura's house with my friends. He is our Spanish teacher. I went to there first time. There is very big and beautiful house. We ate Tonkatsu, salad, Makizusi, and so on. We talked about various things. It was very fun, we love him!!! After that, I went to the karaoke with my five friends. Yurina was good at singing at karaoke, other members were surprised. And on Sunday, I went to Yaya marche. I ate a pizza and Yakitori. My mother sell Srilanka curry there. 92 words

Conclusion

I introduced Massachusetts state. There are many famous universities, famous foods, and famous places in Massachusetts. You can enjoy travelling in Massachusetts, maybe! And I couldn't research state flag so much. So I want to research more.

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Some famous in Massachusetts

In Massachusetts, there are many kind of fishes. Especially lobster is very popular in Boston. Clam chowder is Massachusetts' traditional food. You can eat different taste each restaurant. And I introduce a sight seeing. It is the freedom trail. It is the red line on the road in Boston. This line is 4 km. You can go 16 sight seeings in Massachusetts. For example, Boston common, state house, and so on.

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2015年6月15日月曜日

Flag of state

"Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem" it can be translated as "By the sword we seek peace, but peace under liberty."
It is cool flag!

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Universities of Massachusetts

There are many universities in Massachusetts state. As you know, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University  are higher rank in world university ranking. Also, The University of Massachusetts Amherst, BostonCollege, NorthEastern University, and so on. In Massachusetts state, it was the first state which provided for compulsory education law. There are the oldest public elementary school, high school, Boarding school, college, and girl's college in America. In Massachusetts, there are 121  institution higher educations. There is suitable state for education.

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Grammer Questions

1)  少数の人の手に富が集中することはアメリカにおける大きな問題となっている。
  The ( a small / become / concentration / has / in / number / of / of / people / the hands / wealth ) a major issue in the U.S.
concentration wealth in the hands of a small number of people has become

2)  日本で酪農家の数の急激な減少が最近のバターの不足の原因となっている。
  A ( dairy / decline / farmers / has / in / in / in / Japan / led / of / rapid / recent / the number / to / years ) butter shortages.

rapid decline in the number of daily farmers in Japan has led to recent

3)  1950年代以降のNASA(アメリカ航空宇宙局)の月ミッションは世界中の人々の想像力を捕えた。
  NASA’s ( captured / from / imagination / lunar / missions / of / onwards / over / people / the / the 1950s / the world ).
NASA's lunar missions of the 1950s captured the imagination of people the world over.
4)  若者の数の急激な減少は労働者がもっと生産性を高めるようにすることが最も重要であることを意味する。
  The ( decrease / essential / in / is / making / means / more / number / of / people / productive / rapid / that / the / workers / young ).

The rapid decrease in the number of young people means that making workers more productive is essential.

The Hunger Games and other matters

I haven't watched the movie. My friend said "This movie is interesting.", so I want to watch.

I enjoyed my weekend. I went to Fukuoka from last Friday. I met my boyfriend for the first time in a month. I watched the baseball game of his baseball team. He was in a baseball club, when he was a high school student. He likes to play baseball, but I don't baseball game's rule so much. I watched his playing baseball after a long time. And we ate Motsu nabe. It was very delicious.

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2015年6月14日日曜日

BR:18 THE MAGIC SWAN

"I will help you. But remember me when you are rich."(p.10)
There is a boy named Peter had two brothers. He was small and weak. Peter's brothers were mean. They made fun of him. So he did not like his life. One day, he met a little old women. She said "Why don't you find another place to live?". Peter thought, "That's a good idea!". One morning, he left his home. A little old woman advised him, and he got a magic swan. Someone tried to touch the swan, they couldn't left from the swan. Peter led them to the castle. From the castle, a carriage came out to the road. Inside the carriage was the princess. She looked at them, and started to laugh. The king turned to Peter. "You made my daughter laugh. So you can have a thousand gold coins. Or you can have land for a house.". Peter said, "I will take he land." Finally, he got married with the princess, and they lived their new house. He didn't forget the woman, so she became a house keeper. They were all very happy.


Vocabulary

weak: 弱い
feather: 羽

Lang, Andrew. (2012). "THE MAGIC SWAN" (Young Learners Classic Readers).

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2015年6月8日月曜日

My weekend...and other matters

My weekend was bored and tired. I had a TOEFL test on Saturday. I studied hard, but I didn't so much. And I had a part time job all day on Sunday. I was very tired. I want to enjoy this weekend. I'm going to go to Fukuoka from Friday, because I will see my boy friend. Also I will go shopping. 

Recently, it is rainy everyday. I don't like so much. Every morning it crowd on way to university. I want to get off my car, and I want to run everyday. But I don't do. 

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BR:17 THE THREE BEARS

"Goldilocks pushes on the door. It opens!"(p.9)
Three bears line in the woods. They are Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Baby Bear. One day, Mama Bear cooks lunch. But the food is too hot to eat. So the three bears go for a walk. That same day, a girl is walking in the woods. Her name is Goldilocks. She finds the bears' house. And she goes into the house. She eats food which Mama bear make, sit their chair, and she sleep on their beds. The three bears come back to the home. And they are surprised, because someone ate some of them food, someone sat on them chair, and someone is still in Baby bear's bed. They are angry. Goldilocks opens her eyes, and she is scared. Finally, she goes out the window, before the bears can say a word. The three bears never see Goldilocks again.


Southey, Robert.(2012). "The Three Bears" (Young Learns Classic Readers).

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2015年6月1日月曜日

A walk in the woods, and other matters

 I don't know two actors. It is sounds interesting, so I want to watch the movie. And he is same birthday with me.
 I went to the party on Friday. It was so fun. I talked in English, And I made new my friends. After the party, I went to Naomi's house. Because I wanted to celebrate for my best friend Yurina's birthday. Ruka and Marukichi prepared for surprise party. We sang birthday song for Yurina, and ate a cake. We stayed Naomi's house. It was very happy time. I love my friends. On Saturday and Sunday, I had a part time job. After the job on Sunday, I went to eat Sushi in Susiro. When I went back to home, I went to eat Takoyaki and Kusikatu with my family. Very very delicious.

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Introduction of Massachusetts

 I introduce the Massachusetts state in Northeastern America. Do you know Massachusetts state? The nickname is Bay state. The capital of Massachusetts is Boston. Boston is a large city.  Population in Massachusetts, 6745 thousands. Population density is 3rd in United States. However Massachusetts is the 7th smallest state. The official language is English. But a large number of Portuguese posterity in state. Language spoken in home, Spanish is 2nd and Portuguese is 3rd. Also there are famous universities in Massachusetts state.  I will introduce Massachusetts more deeply from after this paragraph.

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2015年5月31日日曜日

BR:16 THE SELFISH GIANT

"Once there was a giant. He was very selfish."(p.7)

Once there was a very selfish giant. He had wonderful garden. One day, he went away for a long time. Children began to play in his garden. They loved the garden. Then the giant came home, and he said "Go away.". So the children went away. They were very sad. The giant built a high wall. Spring could not come in. Only Winter could come in. There were no birds or flowers in his garden. He hear birds. Then he saw children in his trees. The children brought spring. The giant was not selfish anymore. But the only little boy did not come back. The giant got old. Then one day, the boy came back. The boy said. "Now come to play in my garden. My garden is Heaven." Later, the children came and found the giant. He was dead, his body was covered in flowers.

Vocabulary

secretly: 秘密に、内緒で

Wilde, Oscar. (2012). "THE SELFISH GIANT". (Young Learns Classic Readers).

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2015年5月25日月曜日

Massachusetts: Outline

1. Introduction:include about area, population
2. university: famous university
3. flag of state: origin
4. famous: famous people, place, food
5. conclusion

My weekend and other matters

My weekend was good. Lust Saturday, I didn't have to do. I was so free. And I went to the Welcome party in Sojo university on Sunday. Many overseas students studying in Japan came the party. I talked with two peaple from Morocco. I have never seen to Moroccan. They are from Morocco, but they go to  the University in France. They can speak English, French, and Arabic. I was so happy to talked with them. After that, I went to Simotori by the streetcar with my friend. I ate lunch, Yakiniku pilaf. It was so good!

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Words count

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BR:15 Catch The Bus

"Five minutes later, they are back to sleep."(p.8)
The cubs are asleep at seven o'crock. The alarm goes off.It is quite a shock. But Brother and Sister are back o sleep. Their school bus comes 8 o'clock. They wake up to an angry mother. They are very hurry, finally, they catch the bus.


Stan and Berenstain, Jan.(1999). "Catch The Bus".(STEP into Reading). America.

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BR;14 HOW BEAR LOST HIS TAIL

"Today, bears do not have tails."(p..20)
Long ago, Bear had a tail. He was proud of it. He talked a lot about his tail. Fox and Bird did not like that. Then, fox tricked bear. Bear put his tail in the lake to catch fish. But turned to the hole, his tail was in the ice. So, today they do not like foxes.


Daniels, Kelly. (2012). "How Bear Lost His Tail".(Young Learns Classic Readers).

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2015年5月20日水曜日

May, 19

Today, I had four classes. I was tired. In the evening, I went to TSUTAYA near my house, because I wanted to buy a TOEFL text book and I found book cards recently. I want to study grammar more harder. So I bought a grammar text book. I have many home works, but I want to study TOEFL to go to study abroad too!

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2015年5月18日月曜日

BR:13 "Martina the Cockroach"

"Now, she was ready to get married."
Once upon a time there was a pretty cockroach named Martina. One day she found a gold coin, and she bought perfume and put it on. Then she fixed her hair and put on a pretty dress. She was ready to get married. But she didn't want to share her home with a noisy husband. She refuse to be proposed from a cat, a rooster, a frog, and a dog. Then she accepted a propose from a mouse, because his sound liked a whistle and music. Finally, they got married, and lived happily ever after.

vocabulary
sweep: 掃く
rooster: 雄鶏

Eihorn, Kama. (2006). "Martina the Cockroach". (Folk and  Fairy Tale EASY READERS). Broadway, New York.

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My weekend

Lust Sunday, I had a TOEFL test. I want to go to study abroad, so I have to get TOEFL score. I don't have enough score to go to study abroad, but I have only two chance to take TOEFL test. Yesterday's test was so difficult. I'm not good at listening. I was tired. After that, I went to my sister's Undoukai. I ate lunch with my family. My mother made the lunch, it was so delicious. It was very hot yesterday, my sister was so tired. In the evening, I had a part time job, it was very busy. I was going to do some homework lust weekend, but I didn't do...

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BR:12 "The RUNAWAY PANCAKE"

"The pancake rolled out of the gate and into the road, faster and faster."

There was once a family with seven children, and they were always hungry. One day their mother made pancakes. But the pancake didn't want to be eaten. It jumped right out of the pan and rolled out of the door. The pancake rolled on with the family, dog, cat, rabbit, and so on. Finally, however the pancake was eaten by a pig..


Mackinnon Mairi. (2006). "The RUNAWAY PANCAKE". (USBORNE FIRST READING).London, England.

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Diary May,15

I had a part time job. I work at a  Okonomiyaki restaurant. Yesterday, Chinese people came to the restaurant as customers. One group, they could speak English, so I can communicated with them. However, another group members couldn't speak English and Japanese. They spoke to me in Chinese. I don't know Chinese at all. I gave a pen and a paper. But I couldn't understand the Kanji. I wanted to communicate with them more, but it was very hard for me. I want to study English hardly, and I have to study other language too!

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BR:11 The Scaredy Cat

"There was once a cat who lived in a big town. His name was Stanley. But everyone called him Scaredy Cat"(p.2-3)


Stanley was called Scaredy Cat, because he was scared of everything. One day he entered the house to catch a mouse with his friends. He was scared of wind, sounds, and so on there. But he catch a thief in the house. From then on, Stanley wasn't afraid of anything. And no one called him a scaredy cat ever again.

Punter, Russell. (2008). "The Scaredy Cat."(USBORNE FIRST READING). London, England.

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2015年5月11日月曜日

BR:10 The Big Bag MIstake

"'My manuscript!' she thinks. 'It's in that bag!'"(p.12)
Gisela is going home to Rio de Janeiro after a month's vacation in London. In the airplane, a man said to her "Hi!". His name is Ricardo. After that he talked to her, but she didn't like him. Many hours later, the airplane arrives at Rio de Janeiro airport. She took the wrong bag there. The bag was Ricaldo's bag. She slept on the bus, and a thief rob her bag. However she didn't catch the thief. In the bag, there is her important manuscript. She walked home to her apartment building. so Ricardo was waiting for her at the door. She thanked for him.

vocabulary

manuscript: 原稿

Escott, John. (2002). "The Big Bag Mistake."(PENGUIN READERS EASYSTARTS). Harlow, UK: Penguin.

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My Golden Week…

My golden week was happy and tired. I had almost part time job. It was hard, so I was very tired. But I had fun time too. Last monday, I went to Aso with my family. We took our dog, Arashi to dog run. However there was crowded with people and dogs, so Arashi didn't run there. And we bought lunch boxes, ate outside. It was fun. Golden week's final day, I didn't have a part time job. I went to Amakusa with my boy friend. He lives in Fukuoka, but  he came back to Kumamoto, because he didn't have a part time job. We ate Kaisendon in Amakusa. It was very delicious! And we drove around Amakusa. I drove my car, so I was tired, but I enjoyed the time so much.
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BR:9 "Two Crazy Pigs"

"We are two crazy pigs."(p.2)

Two crazy pigs lived on the Fenster farm. They played many tricks there. The farmer get angry them, and they get out the farm. Other animals sad. They went Henhawk's farm. Mr. Henhawk made us a new pigpen. They enjoyed there.  And they took other animals there, they were so happy.

Karen Berman Nagel.(1992). "Two Crazy Pigs"(SCHOLASTIC READER).

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BR:8 "Big Egg"

"This is not my egg!"(p.8)
Hen has some eggs. One is big. The rest are small.The big egg is not Hen's egg. So Hen ask other animals. However the egg is not one's own. And fox try to eat the egg, Hen help eggs. Finally, Hen loves them all.

Coxe, Molly.(1997). "Big Egg"(Early STEP into Reading).

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2015年5月10日日曜日

I'm Emi from Indonesia



Hello, my name is Emi. I'm from Bali, Indonesia. Do you know Indonesia? These islands are Indonesia. There are many beautiful beach in Bali. "Bin tang Beer" is a famous beer in Indonesia. I live in Tokyo now. I use a pencil and a paper on my job. Do you know my job? I'm a fashion designer. I design fashionable clothes. I have a husband, two daughter, and one son. Our children are very cute. My husband looks like Orland Bloom, his name is James. He is an English teacher in junior high school. I like pets. I have a dog and two cats. And I'm not good at singing, so I don't like karaoke so much. I lave Japanese food. Sushi, Tenpura, and so on. But I dislike Natto. I think it's a strange food. My hobby is traveling. Last month, I went to  Thailand with my family. It was very fun! I want t o go to Kyoto and Okinawa. In summer vacation, I will go to Okinawa, maybe. I'm really looking forward to the day. I love Japan so much. I want to keep staying in Japan with my lovely family. Thank you in Indonesian "Terima k asih". Thank you for listening.
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2015年4月27日月曜日

I'm Emi

Hello! My name is Emi. I'm from Indonesia in Asia. I live in Tokyo now. I'm a fashion designer. I design natural fashions. I like pets so much. I have a dog and two cats, they are very cute. And I like cooking too. My specialty is Japanese dishes. Nikujaga, miso soop, and so on. I'm not good at Karaoke, so I don't like Karaoke so much. I have a husband and three children. Two daughter and one son. My husband's name is James, he is from America. His job is a English teacher in Japanese school. I love my family and Japan!

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BR7"HENRY AND MUDGE and the Long Weekend"

"What are going to do all weekend?"(p.6)
One saturday in February, Henry and Mudge nothing to do. So bored for them, so they watched some cartoons, tried to asleep, and so on. Then her mother came up an idea. She said "Let's make a castle." And they made a castle by many boxes. Thanks to an idea, they spent a great weekend.

vocabulary
yuck: ばか
grumble: 不平を言う
growl: うなる
flatten: ばったり倒す
chew: 噛んで食べる
frown: 不機嫌な顔をする
basement: 地下

Rylant, Cynthia.(1996). Henry and Mudge and the long weekend(Ready-to Read Level2). New York, NY: Simon Spotlight.

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