BR 2-19 The WATER CYCLE

    I read "The WATER CYCLE", so I will tell you about story of the book. The process by which water moves from Earth to the sky and then back to Earth is called the water cycle. Rain falls from the sky, but it does not start its life in the sky. Rain starts its life on Earth. Water vapour rises into the air and falls back on to Earth as rain. During the water cycle, water takes three different forms: liquid, gas and solid. The liquid from of water is rain, rivers, lakes and the ocean. As a gas, water is called vapour. As a solid, water is called ice, snow and hail. There are four stages in the water cycle: evaporation, condensation, precipitation and runoff. 1. Rain starts as a liquid in the ocean or a lake. 2. It is then heated and changed into a gas, called vapour. Vapour rises to the sky to form clouds. 3. As clouds cool, the vapour forms a liquid again. 4. The liquid becomes too heavy to stay in the air so it falls to Earth. Sometimes, it turns into a solid before falling. 5. The liquid runs back into the ocean or a lake. The process then begins all over again.

Fast Forward text by Nicolas Brasch First published in 2007

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BR 2-18 THE HEART

    I read "THE HEART", so I will tell you about story of the book. The heart is one of the most important organs in the human body. It's a muscle that works like a pump, sending blood to every part of the body. It takes 20 seconds for the heart to pump blood to every cell in the body. The heart can be found in the middle of the chest, behind the ribs. The ribs help to keep the heart safe. The heart has four places that hold blood. It has two large places on the bottom. These are called the right ventricle and left ventricle. It has two smaller places on the top. These are called the right atrium and left atrium. There are four valves in the heart. The valves stop the blood going back the wrong way. The blood takes important things like oxygen and food to every part of the body. Without oxygen and food, the body's cells begin to die. The blood also takes away things the body doesn't need. After the blood has been pumped around the body, it comes back to the heart. When the blood reaches the heart, it goes into the right atrium. The right atrium then pumped the blood into the right ventricle. Before the blood can be pumped around the body again, it needs more oxygen. The right ventricle pushes the blood into the lungs so it can pick up the oxygen it needs. After the blood gets this oxygen, it becomes bright red. When the blood leaves the lungs, it goes back to the left atrium. From here the blood is pumped into the left ventricle. The left ventricle then pumps it around the body. The way you move and the food you eat has a lot of do with how well your heart works. In a lifetime, the heart beats about 2.5 billion times. This is an amazing job for an organ that is only about the size of a fist.

FAST FORWARD text by Alan Trussell- Cullen First published in 2007

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BR 2-17 SPORTS CLOTHES

    I read "SPORTS CLOTHES", so I will tell you about story of the book. There are spots clothes for every sport. Sports clothes are made from all kinds of fabrics. These fabrics comfortable when playing sport. Sports clothes have changed a lot over time. Long ago, clothes were made from natural fabrics, like wool and cotton. Wool and cotton are called natural fabrics because they are made from natural things, like plants and animals. 100 Tears Ago...When people went swimming 100 years ago, their clothes were made from wool or cotton. These clothes were very thick and heavy in the water. Over time, people started making new fabrics. These fabrics are called synthetics. Synthetic fabrics are made in factories by people. They are not made from natural things, like plants and animals. In the past, woollen clothes helped skiers to keep warm in the snow. Wool can also stretch, and this helped skiers to move well. But wool is thick and heavy. It also stays wet if it's in the snow for a long time. Synthetic fabrics are light.m, and they help skiers to keep warm and dry. Synthetic fabrics can also stretch, and this helps skiers to move well. Sports clothes are now made with fabrics that make them very comfortable. Lots of people put sports clothes on even when they are not playing a sport.

FAST FORWARD text by Carmel Reilly First published in 2007

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BR 2-16 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

    I read "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle", so I will tell you about story of the book. Everyday people make a lot of rubbish. Reduce- cut back on how much we use. Reuse- use things many times. Recycle- make things into something else that can be used again. If everyone tried to reduce, reuse and recycle, we could: cut down on waste, save energy, protect natural resources and cut a lot of pollution. The first thing we can do to cut waste and help the environment is to reduce what we use. When we go shopping, we can take our own shopping bags or baskets. When we buy something, we can look for things that don't have a lot of packaging. The second thing we can do to cut waste and help the environment is to use things that don't have to be thrown away after one use. we reuse things by: refilling water bottles, using both sides of paper when printing, using shopping baskets and giving other people clothes that we no longer want. The third thing we can do to cut waste and help the environment is to recycle. There are many that can be recycle: food, paper, metals, glass and plastic. A lot of recycling can be done at home. We can put our left-over food into the compost bin, not the rubbish bin. Over time, the left-over food will turn into compost that can be used in the garden. It's easy to reduce, reuse and recycle! By reducing, reusing and recycling, we can cut down on rubbish and help our environment.

FAST FORWARD text by Camel Reilly First published in 2007.

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BR 2-15 Making a Cake

    I read "Making a Cake", so I will tell you about story of the book. Is making a cake like making a work of art? Or is making a cake science? Some people think making a cake is art. But some people think that making a cake is science. A lot of work goes into making a cake a work of art. The person who makes the cake has to have the right ingredients to make the cake taste good. The ingredients have to be mixed in the right way and cooked at the right temperature. These things make the cake the cake look and taste good. Cooking a cake is a good way to look at chemical change. Chemical changes happen when you mix different ingredients together to make something new. Melt chocolate to make icing for a cake is a physical change. First, the chocolate is hard. Then the chocolate is heated. The heat melts the chocolate, and it goes runny. When the runny chocolate goes on the cake, to hard chocolate again. The best cakes are part science and part art. It is the chemical and physical changes that make the ingredients into a cake. But it is the art of the cook that makes the cake look and taste good.

Fast Forward text by Carmel Reilly. First published in 2007

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BR 2-14 In the Garden

    I read "In the Garden", so I will tell you story of the book. Kipper went into Chip's room and picked up the magic key. The key began to glow. Kipper ran outside and looked for Biff and Chip. Biff and Chip were playing with Wilf and Wilima. They were playing in the sandpit. The magic key began to work. The children got smaller and smaller. The children were in the grass and everything looked big. The grass was like a jungle. The children came out of the jungle. They came to a mountain. Chip began to climb. He wanted to get to the top. The children got to the top. The children looked at the sand. "It looks like a desert," said Biff.Then Wilma found the toy car. "Let's get inside and ride down. We can ride down to the desert."The car took them down the mountain. The car stopped in the sand. Then big cat came out. The children climbed inside a bottle. Floppy chased the cat away. The children climbed out of the bottle. They walked over the desert. Everyone felt very hot. "Look!" said Wilf. "Giant strawberries!" The children ran to eat them. The children ate the strawberries. They pulled off big lumps. But it began to rain. "What big drops!" said Wilf. "I feel sick now," said Kipper. The children ran to a giant flowerpot. The key began to glow. The magic key was over. "I can't see," said Chip. He had the flowerpot on his head. Dad looked at his strawberries. "I don't know," he said. "There must be giant slugs round here."

Oxford Reading Tree/ Roderick Hunt Alex Brychta/ This edition punished 1987

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Shopping×Eating

    I went to shopping and eating lunch with my friend. First we went to shopping to many clothing stores. And I bought 2 knitted sweaters in BIG TIME. These sweater was reasonable for me but it is so cute and fashionable. Then we had lunch at Amamiya. We ate Udon. After lunch, we took photo sticker. Then we ate sweets at cafe "Feal". I ate apple tart and tea with milk ice cream. It was so delicious!! Mao ate pancakes. Both sweets looks so cute. We could spend nice time.  

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Nagasaki HTB

    I went to Nagasaki to see many colorful illumination with my friends on Christmas! We went there by car. It took about 4 hours to go there. We were so tired, but we were looking forward to see illumination! As we arrived Sasebo city, we went to an observatory. And we could see many islands from observatory. It was so cold and strong wind. We took picture there. Then we went to HTB! HTB is Huistenbosch. HTB hold beautiful illumination event every winter. I went to there for the first time. The illumination uses about million electric bulbs, so beautiful and romantic. We were so excited and surprised. We took many picture there. And there were many couples. And we went to Inasa mountain after HTB. We could see beautiful night view from inasa mountain. Inasa mountain is 3 top place people can see beautiful night view in Japan. This travel was so exciting!! It was nice 2012' Christmas.

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Podcast episode: WASHINGTON

For my seventh podcast episode, I'd like to tell you about the ORT book WASHINGTON.

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Scripts: WASHINGTON

Let me tell you about WASHINGTON, a book in the Oxford Reading Tree series. The book has lots of photographs and explanation about WASHINGTON to help readers understand it easily. WASHINGTON has many buildings and The Capital of US, so there are The White House and President Lincoln was in there and the American Civil War broke out in there. 

The book gave me lots of useful information and made me want to visit WASHINGTON, so please check it out!  

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A General Election

   I voted for the first time. It was a general election day yesterday. My birthday is september, so I am 20 years old. So I can vote. This time, it was so serious general election. There were many party, so it was difficult and wander for us to elect candidate. The government has a lot of difficult problems. Especially the government has difficult economy problem, unclear power generation problem, declining birthrate and aging population problem and diplomacy problem. I hope the new government can success.

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A New Year's card

    I went to my father and grandfather's house to help make many new year's card. My father and grandfather manage a painting company, so they have to send a lot of new year's cards. I helped making a lot of new year's card on PC. It was so hard, because there are many address. In addition to that some people is in mourning. So my father and grandfather must not send their. I designed a new year's card using software program on PC. Next year is snake year, so I used picture of snake. The good cards have finished!

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Podcast episode: Mum to the Rescue

For my sixth podcast episode, I'd like to tell you about the ORT book Mum to the Rescue.

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Scripts: Mum to the Rescue

    Mum and Dad went to a car boot sale with their children. They bought the dinghy, and they went to the river. They enjoyed picnic there. But a lady called out. Her boat was in danger, so mum helped her boat.

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Vegetables

    I went to the supermarket on an errand for my mother. I bought many vegetables and fruits. For example, I bought carrot, spinach, onion, daikon, persimmon and lemon. My family eat many kinds of vegetables these days. Because my grandmother was sick these days, so she has to take many vegetable into the body. So we take many kinds of vegetables as much as possible. But it is so difficult to take many vegetables for us. Dramatic effect doesn't find clearly without we take extensive vegetables. 

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BR 2-13 AT THE SHOPS

 

People buy things at shops. People need shops because they cannot make or grow all the things they need. People can shop day and night. Some shops sell food, clothes and toys. A lot of shops sell food. Some food shop sell fruit, meat and fish. These people work in a fruit shop. They are called greengrocers. These people work in a meat shop. They are called butchers. These people work in a fish shop. They are called fishmonger. Some of the food sold in shops comes from farms or sea. Some shops sell clothes for boys and girls. Some shops sell clothes for women and men. Some clothes are made from things that grow on farms, like cotton. The cotton from farms goes to a factory. A factory is where things are made. Clothes are made in factories. The toys that are sold in this shop are not made shop. Some toys are made by people or in factory. When the toys are made, they go to the shop. Then people come to the shop and buy the toys.

Fast Forward. Text by Nicolas Brasch. First published in 2007.

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BR 2-12 Water World

 Water is one of the most important resources on Earth. Fresh water is important to all living things. Without water, people, animals and plants could not live. As the number of people in the world grows, so does the need for water. People cannot live for more than a few days without water. We need to drink water every day, but we can get some water from foods. Tomato has water of 95%, apple has water of 85% and corn has water of 70%. The human body needs fresh water. Without it, the body cannot work at its best. More than 50% of the human body is made up of water. Farmers need water to grow food and to feed their animals. The water comes from rivers and lakes. This is called irrigation. As the number of people in the world grows, more and more people need to share the water. Different industries use water in different ways. Mot industries need water for heating, cooling and washing. Some industries use water to make food and drink. Plants need water to grow. They need water to make food. Without water, plants cannot make oxygen. All living things need oxygen to live. Rain forests make up to 40% of the world's oxygen. They cannot do this without water. Everyone can help look after this resource by saving water when they can. If everyone saves just a little water, there will be more to go around.

Fast Forward. Text by Alan Trussell-Cullen. First published in 2007.

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BR 2-11 Food from the World

 I read "Food from the World", so I will talk about story of the book. Some of the food comes from Australia. But a lot of it comes from countries all over the world. Bananas grow in South America, Australia and Africa. Bananas grow on banana palm trees. They need a lot of sun. When the bananas are green, it is time to take them off the tree. Rice grows all over the world. A lot of rice comes from China, Australia and the USA. Rice grows well where it is wet. Tea grows in a lot of countries. A lot of tea comes from India and China. Pineapples grow in countries hat have lots of sun. A lot of pineapples come from Australia, South America and the USA. Kiwi fruit are brown. A lot of kiwi fruit comes from New Zealand. Kiwi fruit came to New Zealand from China. A lot of kiwi fruit comes from South America and the USA, too. Dates grow in Africa. They need a lot of sun. Raisins are grapes that have been dried in the sun. Grapes grow in lots of countries, but the raisins you see here come from the USA and Australia. Food grows all over the world. Today the food we eat can come from a country a long way from here.

Fast Forward. Text by Alan Trussell-Cullen. First published in 2007.

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BR 2-10 SURVIVING a Tsunami

 

 I read "SURVIVING a Tsunami", so I will talk about story of the book. In December 2004, a tsunami hit many places in Indonesia. Some people think that a tsunami is a giant wave, but a tsunami isn't just one wave. A tsunami is a number of giant waves that are set off by an earthquake. The earthquake that started the tsunami in 2004 happened close to the coastline of Indonesia. On the day the tsunami hit, a girl walking along the beach when she saw something very odd. The tide was going out when it should have been coming in. People were shouted and looking at the sea. Then a giant wave hit the beach and was racing over the land. Houses and shops were washed away. Her family's house was on a hill. She ran as fast as she could up the hill. At last, she made it to her house and shouted to her family to run to the top of the hill. Wave after wave crashed onto the beach and raced over the land. Later, she found out that the tsunami didn't just hit Indonesia. The tsunami hit countries all over Asia and as far away as Africa. She hope she never see a tsunami again. But if she does, she will know what to do. She will tell everyone to run to the top of a hill.

Fast Forward. Text by Nicolas Brasch. First published in 2007

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BR 2-9 Village in the Snow

  I read "Village in the Snow", so I will talk about story of the book. The children were at school. It was playtime. "Come in," called Mrs May. Mrs May told the children a story. The story was about a village, the village was in the mountains. It was called The Village in the Snow. The children went to Biff's room. They wanted an adventure. Biff picked up the magic key. The magic key took them to the village in the snow. They played in the snow. They made a snowman and put Kipper's hat on top. They threw snowball. "Look," said Wilma. They saw a little boy. The boy was pulling a toboggan. Some big boys ran up. They pushed the little boy over. They pushed the toboggan over and they ran away. The children ran up. They helped the little boy. Kipper put on the little boy's hat. He put on his coat. The big boys looked at Kipper. Kipper looked like the little boy. Then the big boys came. The children threw snowballs at the big boys. The big boys ran away. The children put the little boy on the toboggan. They pulled him home. The little boy lived with his grandfather. Grandfather gave the children a drink and the children told Grandfather about the big boys. Then the magic key began to glow. The magic key took the children home.

Oxford Reading Tree. Roderick Hunt, Alex Brychta. This edition published 2003.

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BR 2-8 Noah's Ark Adventure

 

 I read 'Noah's Ark Adventure', so I will talk about story of the book. It rained and rained. The children were fed up. The children went to Biff's room. Suddenly, the key began to glow. It was time for a magic adventure. The magic key took them into a new adventure, but it was raining too. The children saw a boat. " It's Noah's Ark," said Biff. "Noah has to put the animals on the Ark or they will drown," said Chip. "Hello," said Noah. "What do you want? Have you come to help?" He pointed at the Ark. "I want some help," he said. The children looked at the animals. "It is time to put the animals on to the Ark," said Noah. The animals went on to the Ark. The children went on to the Ark. Noah looked at Floppy. "Stop!" shouted Noah. "We put two dogs on the Ark, so we can't have three dogs." The children couldn't leave Floppy. So they sailed away. The children floated in Noah's big umbrella. Just then, magic key began to glow. The magic key took the children home.

Oxford Reading Tree. Roderick Hunt, Alex Brychta. This edition published 2003.

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BR 2-7 A Monster Mistake

I read 'A Monster Mistake', so I will talk about story of the book. Mum and Gran went on holiday, they took the children. They stayed in a cottage that was by a lake. Everyone had　a good time. Gran and Chip painted a picture. Everyone looked at Gran's picture. "Oh Gran!" said Chip. She had painted a monster. Then Gran laughed. "There's no such thing," she said. Gran wanted to play a joke on Mum. "Let's make a monster," she said. They make the monster and they put the monster in the lake. Mum and Kipper came back. Gran pulled the rope. The monster went across the lake. Then Mum was surprised. And some people saw Gran's monster. The children watched television, and there was Gran's monster. The next day lots of people came. They wanted see the monster. Gran told everyone about the monster.

Oxford Reading Tree, Roderick Hunt, Alex Brychta, This edition published 2003

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BR 2-6 Mum to the Rescue

     I read 'Mum to the Rescue'. The book was interesting and easy for everyone to understand English. I will talk about story of the book. There were a family. Mum and Dad went to a car boot sale. They took the children. Mum wanted the dinghy and she found it. So they took the dinghy home and they took a picnic and went to the river. They found a good spot for the picnic. The children paddled the dinghy. After that they had lunch in side of the river. It was time to home, but a lady said "My boat is in danger, help my boat!." Mum put the dinghy in the river and she paddled to the boat. Mum climbed on to to boat and started the engine. Then she brought the boat back. So everyone was glad. However dad let go of the dinghy rope, so the dinghy went over the weir. The lady had an idea. " I will lend you my boat to say thank you," she said. The family had a holiday on the boat. 　　

Oxford Reading Tree. Roderick Hunt, Alex Brychta. This edition published 2003

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Typing homework 16

My favorite high school memory is sports festival. I used to go to Tamana high school, the high school's sports festival is so famous and popular in Kumamoto. Especially, the formation of a letter by the arrangement of a group of people is the most famous of the sports festival. We are divided into a red group, a blue group, the yellow group and compete! The exercise of the forming a human letter each group begins as soon as starts in a new school term. Several third grader boys who ran for a leader of sports festival wear stand-up collar, they take a lead the forming human letter led by younger students. It practice is so hard for us. So when I was fresh woman in high school, I thought that leader boys is very scary and the practice is so hard for me. But as spend many days, our bonds and feelings grew deeper and deeper. The day of sports festival we are tense very much. Before a performance we cross a shoulder with all of the member and fired ourselves up! And we could succeed the forming a human letter. After our group's performance I cried from sense of accomplishment and strong emotion. So the sports festival is my favorite high school memory. I love Tamana high school.

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Typing homework 15

My favorite book is Yumewokanaeruzou. This title's mean is elephant will grant dreams. When I was high school student, I read the book. This book's protagonist is general salaried worker. He read a book of the self-culture before, and tried to change his mind, but he continued failing because of the character of his fickleness. And he was invited his senior's party and he was shocked. Because his senior had a pleasant chat with the celebrity and popular star. So he keenly realized difference with the world that lived. In the evening, "I want to change my life" he talked to the elephant figurehead that he bought in India. Next morning, there was the mystery creature which talked about Kansai dialect by his pillow. It was God who it changed itself from the figurehead, and appeared. The protagonist will do theme by the God while he is turned around by the God. The God gave him many themes. For example, polish own shoes well, make the person who met laugh, leave something all day long, do restroom cleaning and find the good points of the person and praise it and so on. I thought that these themes seem easy but if I continue them, it is so difficult. But I thought that I want to try these things and come true my dreams and change my mind.

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Podcast episode: HILL OF FIRE

A little hole became big hole. Please enjoy this book.

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Podcast episode: The Bully

For my fourth podcast episode, I'd like to tell you about the ORT book The Bully.

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Scripts: HILL OF FIRE

There are farmer and his son, and they plowed the field. But suddenly the little hole became a bigger hole. White smoke came from the hole in the ground.

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Scripts: The Bully

A new girl came to school. She was called Raise, and she didn't look very friendly. Many people don't like her, because she does something nasty.

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Keema curry

I cooked keema curry foe may family last night. My family like keema curry. I like it too. The curry is easy for me to cook, so we sometimes cook the curry. We use minced meat, onion, carrot, green pepper and some spices. We ate the curry with nan. We eat the curry with rice, but we tried to eat with nan yesterday. It was so delicious! And I ate the curry and rice this morning. haha

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Blog Stats 2

Words count: November 2015
                   totals for the semester: 3883

Post count: November 21
               totals for the semester: 41

Book review: November 2
                   totals for the semester: 6

Podcast: November 1
           totals for the semester: 4

Typing homework14

My favorite dish is spaghetti! There are many kinds of spaghetti menues. For example, spaghetti Napolitana, spaghetti alle vongole, spaghetti alla carbonara, spaghetti and meat sauce and spaghetti with cod roe. Especially, I like spaghetti alle vongle and spaghetti and meat sauce! Spaghetti alle vongole's good things are richly flavored of Japanese littleneck clam and good smell of garlic. I like Japanese littleneck clam and garlic so much, so spaghetti alle vongole is the best menu of all spaghetti. Next, spaghetti and meat sauce's good things are good-tasting of tomatos and meat. And I like that spaghetti and meat sauce is the best popular menu of spaghetti. Then, my grandmother preparates spaghetti alle vongole or spaghetti and meat sauce for my birthday! I'm very happy then. I'm glad eating my favorite spaghetti and cakes on my birthday. In addition to that another spaghetti's good thing is easy to cook for us. Because we just do 8 steps. Boil, stir-fry and mix! So anybody can cook favorite spaghetti manu easily. Finally, my favorite spaghetti restaurant is Jolly pasta! The restaurant is reasonable for us and there are so many kinds of spaghetti's menu. So I often go there with my friend!  

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My friend

    She is my friend, name is Mao. She plays basketball and very tall girl. We often go out some where. Especially, we go to "amamiya" and clothing shop. She eat a lot of dishes. hahaha. I love her^^ 

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Thanks !

    I was given a kimono by the celebration of the adult from my father. This picture is the kimono. The kimono's color is light pink and design is small floral. I like it very much, so I want to value it forever. Thanks father!

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Thanksgiving Day at my host-family's house

 
   My host-mother contributed picture of thanksgiving day on facebook. The picture reminded me of home-stay's memory. There are many kinds of dishes in table. I miss host-family~

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My room

   I cleaned up my room. My room was so in a mess before, but I cleaned up my room on last week. I like indirect illumination of orange color, so there are three indirect illumination of orange color. The illumination makes me so at home. But my room uselessly wide, so opposite side become drying ground of many laundry at rainy day. I often listening my favorite artist's music in my room. So I want many friend to come to my room and enjoy talking, eating and listening!

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Autumnal colors leaves

I went to kumamoto castle these days. Then, unexpectedly I could enjoy looking the colored leaves of autumn. I thought that the season of autumn leaves front has finished, but when I went to kumamoto castle, many maple tree and ginkgo were best now. So I was lucky girl^^ There were full of turned leaves, and many beautiful tree and kumamoto castle is best mach. So my heart was polished up there.

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Cooking

   These days, I cook diner, because my grandmother used to cook diner before but she had sickness. So I gradually became to be able to cook many kinds of diner. For example, nikujyaga, lightly fried tofu, spaghetti and so on. This picture is dagojiru. Dagojiru is the local cuisine in Kumamoto. The diner is easy for me to cook. So I want to be able to cook more kind of diner.

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My favorite sweet parlor

  I sometimes go to sweets parlor. Especially, "Amamiya" is my favorite sweets parlor. So I sometimes go to the sweet parlor with my friend. This picture is my favorite green tea parfait. A green tea cake, thin chips of dried mochi, whipped cream, bracken-starch pastry, rice-flour dumplings, vanilla ice cream and coffee jelly in this parfait. This parfait is so sweet but has not strong sweet taste. I really want everyone to go this sweet parlor!

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BR 2-5 FOOD AND DRINK IN BRITAIN

For a small country Britain offers a wide choice of food and drink. People in Britain still enjoy roast beef and other traditional foods, but the way they eat has changed a lot in the last fifty years. This book looks at the traditions, and the changes, and even give some recipes if you want to make British food for youeself.

Oxford Bookworms Factifiles give important and interesting information to the reader, moving enjoyable towards real reading in English. Each book has been carefully graded to help the learner. 

FOOD AND DRINK IN BRITAIN is a book in the Factifiles subseries of Oxford Bookworms. As you may know, Factifiles is a nonfiction subseries. Many of the books are books are about places, and some about social problems such as the environment. Many of the books, FOOD AND DRINK IN BRITAIN has 12 chapters: Introduction; Changes in diet and shopping; Farming and fishing; Home-cooked food; Eating out and eating outside; Fast food; Potatoes: a staple food; A sweet tooth; Going for a drink; A nice cup of tea; How to make Shepherd's Pie; How to make Scones.  

The language in general is fairly simple, but the impression is that it's noticeably more challenging than Stage 1 books. Most of the vocabulary is fairly simple,  but there are many proper nouns. This is unavoidable in a book introducing a place, but may give an impression of difficulty to some students. Picking page 8 at random, the numbers of words in each sentence are as follows: 20, 16, 10, 10, 21, 38, 9, 9, 20, 27, 15, 22. These figures give a mean of 19.8. One noticeable difference from Stage 1 books is the absence of very short sentences of fewer than 10 words, which may slow down reading speed a little.

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Gift from my father and grandfather.

My  father and grandfather presented kimono for me yesterday. This gift is celebration of my twentieth year. My father asked me " What do you want for your twentieth year?" I take lesson of Koto when I was 7 years old, so I sometimes have to wear Kimono at Koto's concert. So that I said " I want Kimono" to my father. So I went to a kimono fabrics shop with my father and grandfather yesterday. And I found nice kimono, so I decided that kimono. I thank my father and grandfather I got nice and expensive kimono.

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World count -September 189 words
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Book review -total so far 4


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BR 2-4 WASHINGTON D.C.

Oxford Bookworms Factfiles is a sub-series in the Oxford Bookworms series. It is devoted to nonfiction, and most of the books are about countries or famous cities or environmental problems. 

The book I read today is WASHINGTON D.C.Generally, the book is quite easy to read. There are few embedded clauses, and the sentences are simple in structure. The average sentence length is about 20 words. There are some much longer sentences, but most of those are lists or have easy-to-understand clauses such as "because" clauses. The vocabulary is quite simple, with few unknown words that learners will need to look up in the dictionary. But the books do have quite a lot of information and the number of words is fairly large. Thus, these books are recommended for learners who are aiming to progress beyond very short and simple books such Usborne First Reading or Oxford Reading Tree.

The book consists of ten chapters: Welcome to Washington D.C., Building the city, Getting around the city, Monuments and Memorials, The Smithsonian Institution, Entertainment, Shopping and eating and Come and visit! 

Chapter 2, Building the city, describes The Capital, The White House and President Lincoln and the American Civil War. 

Overall, the book was very interesting and useful for me. My knowledge of WASHINGTON D.C. was very limited, and the book gave me lots of useful information and made me want to visit WASHINGTON D.C. myself. As mentioned above, this book and other books in the Eactifiles sub-series may be a useful next step for learners who have read mainly very simple books.

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Koto concert

I played the koto in kengeki on november 18. The concert named festival of soukyoku. I have been takes lesson of koto since I was 8 years old. I have many homework but I had to practice koto for the concert. So the one month was very hard and terrible month for me. I appeared two piece of music. I played koto and shamisen. I wore one-piece dress and kimono. I can't wear kimono by myself, so I thought I have to wear kimono by myself.  

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Typing homework 13

My favorite shoes is flat shoes. Because I am tall, so when I wear high heel shoes, I become very tall woman. So I don't want to outgrow men. haha. I have three kinds of flat shoes. For example, I have black, red and white flat shoes. My aunt bought white flat shoes for me in Korea. And I bought black and red flat shoes in Minnesota. My host family took me to outlet mall, because I said my host mother that I want shoes. So there shoes were very reasonable for me and design is so cute and fashionable. I was so happy and I am happy now. Flat shoes is so useful. For example, easy to walk, fashionable and match any clothes. I think that people can be happy just wear own favorite fashionable shoes. So I think that shoes is important of fashion. So I value my favorite shoes.  

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Typing homework 12

My favorite dessert is grape and sweet sweets. I like fruit, so we usually eat fruit in my house. For example, we eat strawberry in spring, water melon in summer, grape and persimmon in fall and mandarin orange in winter. So we eat many kind of fruit in some season. It is so fun for me to eat fruit in season. And I sometimes eat sweets after dinner. My favorite sweets is ice cream, cakes, chocolate and cookies. Also I cook some sweet in my free time. Especially my favorite to cook sweets is gateau chocolate cake. So I sometimes cook this cake for my family or friends. And I brought gateau chocolate cake for my class's member in high school. So my class's member were pleased. Many desserts makes people so happy, so sweet food make people happy.

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Typing homework 11

My favorite season is Summer, because I can go to sea and masturi. I like swimming in the beautiful sea in summer. And I like go to matsuri. In addition to that, I like summer clothing. So I can not help buying many clothing. And almost college students can get long summer vacation, so we can do many things in summer. For example, we can go trip some places, read many books and do activities of your own club. Especially in KGU, students of foreign language faculty can go abroad for foreign countries study training. So I could experience in Minnesota for homestay program. Even more summer is warm weather, so I can go many places and do some activities. Because winter is so cold, so I can't move. haha! So I love summer.

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Podcast episode: Walter, the Water Taxi

The water taxi was envious of other ships. But... Please enjoy listening.

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Scripts: Water, the Water Taxi.

There were many kinds of ships is ocean. One water taxi was envious of other ships. One day dolphin was caught in a net. Many ships couldn't help and save the dolphin, but the water taxi could save the dolphin.

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Thanks for our senior

    I made Album for senior of my circle with my circle friends in Joyful. We used many senior's pictures, color magic markers and stickers. We had to make 17 senior's Album. It was so difficult for us to make albums. But we could finish this work till November 3. Thank you for all of your kindness.

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Halloween Party

    I did Halloween party with my friends on October 30 in misaki's house. We cooked 2 kinds of chowder. We ate a lot of vegetables. Especially, Chinese cabbage. And we dressed up as each Halloween costume. I dressed up pumpkin skirt and pumpkin hair ornament. So we took many pictures. It was so fun!!!!

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Hallo Ween Cookies

    I made Halloween cookies with my cousin on October 28. We made many cookies of 2 kinds flavor. And we used many Halloween's molds. For example, pumpkin, ghost and bat. We spent good time with my cousin.

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Podcast episode: The Fox and the Crow

The fox and the Crow is one of the fables of Aesop and the subject of my latest episode. Please enjoy listening.

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Scripts: The Fox and the Crow

Do you know Aesop's fables? One very famous is The Fox and the Crow. In this fable, a fox tricks a crow who has some cheese in her mouth into dropping the cheese, witch the fox eats. The moral of the fable is: Don't be fooled by flattery.

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BR 2-3 Aesop's Fables: The Fox and the Crow

A crow stolen some cheese. A fox saw her and decided he wanted the cheese. He told her how beautiful she looked. The crow believed him. Then the fox praised her voice. The crow wanted to show off her voice so she opened her mouth to sing. The cheese fell into the fox's mouth and ran away happy.

The moral is: Don't be fooled by flattery.

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I cooked HALLO WEEN cookies.

I cooked hallo ween cookies with my cousin on sunday. I have 3 kinds of molds of hallo ween. For example, ghost, pumpkin and bat. I cooked hallo ween cookie once when I was high school student. So  I gave cookies to my friends. Then my friends were very pleasure. So I was very happy. I used black cocoa powder, because usual cocoa powder is not so much black.

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Tokyo

I went to Tokyo with my friend in September 9 to 11. We went there by air plane. We went to Shibuya, Harajuku and Yokohama. I have been to Tokyo for high school trip about 4 years ago. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, so there are many shops. I like shopping, so Tokyo is the best place to shopping. So I bought many clothes and one sandal in Shibuya. The sandal was so high price for me. And there were many people in Tokyo, so is was long night. This trip was very exciting for me, so I want to go to Tokyo again.

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BR 2-2 HILL OF FIRE

'The people made a new village. '

  I read HILL OF FIRE. The book's story is about village and farmer in the village. One day, farmer and his son and ox plowed the field. Suddenly the plow stooped.  The little hole became a bigger hole. There was a noise deep under the ground, as if something big had growled. White smoke came from the hole in the ground. There was a loud BOOM, and another, and another. So the school was gone, the market was gone. Half the village was gone. So the people made a new village. 

Thomas P. Lewis Pictures by Joan Sandin READING RAINBOW BOOK 1971

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My weekend

I played the Koto with my friends at concert at October 20. I have taken lesson of Koto since I was 8 years old. Koto is japanese traditional music instrument. And my best friend has lesson of Shamisen for 6 years. So we sometimes play the Koto and Shamisen together. We were invited to restaurant because of japanese traditional music instrument's concert. So we started practice before 1 month ago. And the friend goes to music university, so she asked her friends to play at the concert together. So we have practiced everyday very harder. Her friends does computer music. So this collaboration was my first experience, but I could feel very happy. So I want to play the Koto tother again.

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Typing homework 10

Okinawa is my favorite place I have been. I have been there when I was junior high school student. My aunt took me and her daughter to there. I love sea and tropical fish. And I like warm climate. First, we went to Churaumi aquarium. There were many kinds of tropical fishes. And we could see biggest whale shark in there. So I was very surprised. Then we went to beach and we did snorkeling. So I could see many cute and beautiful tropical fishes. We have many Okinawa traditional foods. My favorite foods are Okinawa Soba, peanut tofu and sataandagi. The travel is my favorite travel in my life. So I want to go to Okinawa again, and I want to go to Ishigaki island when I will go to Okinawa. 132  words

Typing homework 9

I like watching TV. Especially I like watching variety TV show. So my TV star is comedian!! Comedian always males us happy, so I can laugh when I feel down. But I think that many comedian always makes us laugh, but they are very tired and rack their brains. Especially I like watching comedy TV program with my family. Because I can feel more happy than watching TV only when I share same interesting things together. My friend went to Tokyo 2 years ago. Because she wanted to be comedian, so she entered a comedy technical school. She always made us laugh in high school, so she was a general favorite. So I hope she can be famous TV star in the near future!!!

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Typing homework 8

I love listen to music. I love western music. My favorite type of music is R&B, HIPHOP and Soul music. And my favorite western musicians are Rihanna, Ne-Yo, Flo Rida, Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown and Blunomars etc... I am able to become happy when I listen to my favorite music. And I want to dance while I listen to music. So music makes people happy. I have taken lesson of Koto since I was 8 years old. Koto is japanese traditional music instrument. And my best friend has taken lesson of Shamisen for 6 years. So we play japanese traditional music instrument together at many places. For example, we play the music instrument at wedding ceremony and many concerts.   

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Typing homework 7

I like watching soccer game, so I enjoyed watching World cup in South Africa. I love watching soccer game, but I can't play soccer. I have went to watch camp of J-league's soccer team with my friends in Kagoshima and Miyazaki. Then, I took pictures with famous soccer player in Japan and I gave signature of my favorite player. So I was very exciting!! In addition to that, I like watching swimming and volleyball. So I am looking forward to watch these games on Olympics. But I also can't play swimming and volleyball, so I want to be able to play sports. And I think that I should have joined sport club in high school at the same time.  

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Typing homework 6

I have been to Minnesota in America for 4 weeks in this vacation. This is home stay program in my courage. So, I could many special experience. For example, I have done canoing in big river in Minnesota. And I have done cruising in The Mississippi. Then, I was so surprised and excited. In addition to that, I have done horse back riding. This experience is very fun for me. But a little danger and scare for me. And I went to Tokyo after I came back to Japan. I did shopping there. So i could spend special days in this vacation.

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Typing homework 5

I like summer, but summer has good points and bad points. Good points are three. One, we can look many kinds of flower. Next, we can go long trip. Finally, bright time is long. And bad points are three. One, people get sun burn. Next, food poisoning increases. Finally, people stabbed by many mosquito. Summer is warm, so we can many flower and we can get long summer vacation so we can go travel. And bright time is long in summer, so we can do something in a day. But summer is so bright, so we get sun burn and there are many mosquito in summer. Mosquito is so trouble for us. 

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Typing homework 4

I have studied English in Minnesota in America for my vacation. I have been to Minnesota for our home stay program in my courage. So I could valuable experience in Minnesota. Foe example, I talked with my host family everyday. And I have done my English homework with my host family. And we have taken class only English, so we have been listening English during these classes. So I could study English in nice environment in America. And I studied another classes's study after I came back to Japan for my tests. So my summer vacation's study was very hard.  

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Typing homework 3

I will take same classes next term. We have to take English classes. For example, speaking class, writing class, listening class and reading class. So we have many English classes. But every English classes is very difficult for me to study. Because I do not study in my house. haha. But I have my favorite class. So class of how to communicate in different countries is my favorite class. So I am surprised this class next term. And I will take new classes next term, so I am surprised to take classes. I want to study more next term than spring term. 102 words

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I have been to Minnesota in America for 4 weeks. This is home stay program. This program was my first abroad trip in my life. So I was very excited. And I can enjoy this program and my English's listening skill can skill up. I did not want to go back to Japan because I did not want to take test. haha! And I love Minnesota! I want to go back Minnesota again in the future. And I want to study English more in my courage, so I decided to study English everyday. I love English and I love Japan. 102 words

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Okinawa is my favorite place I have been. I have been there when I was junior high school student. My aunt took me and her daughter to there. I love sea and tropical fish. And I like warm climate. First, we went to Churaumi aquarium. There were many kinds of tropical fishes. And we could see biggest whale shark in there. So I was very surprised. Then we went to beach and we did snorkeling. So I could see many cute and beautiful tropical fishes. We have many Okinawa traditional foods. My favorite foods are Okinawa Soba, peanut tofu and sataandagi. The travel is my favorite travel in my life. So I want to go to Okinawa again, and I want to go to Ishigaki island when I will go to Okinawa. 132 words

BR 2-1 The Bully

A new girl came to school. She was called Rosie, and she didn't look very friendly. She does something nasty. So many people don't like her. And the magic key took the children on a new adventure. This key very fantastic and amazing.

Oxford Reading. Tree Roderick Hunt. Alex Brychta. This edition published 2003



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Homestay program in Minnesota

I have been to Minnesota for 4 weeks. This is my homestay program in my courage. This homestay program is my first abroad trip in my life. So I was very exciting. My host family was so kind people, so I could stay for weeks happily. I went to school everyday and I studied English and American culture or history in Bethel university. And I went to some tourist spot with my host family in every weekend. We went to como park/zoo, Duluth and shopping mall. Duluth is my best favorite spot in Minnesota. There was Lake Superior and this lake was very large like a ocean. So I was very surprised and I took many pictures in there. So I could experienced many special things in Minnesota and I could got special memories.    

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Minnesota!!!!

I went to Minnesota in the U.S.. This homestay program is my first trip to go to abroad. So, I was so sense, but my host family met me willingly. So, I was very happy. First, we went to park to picnic. Then, KGU student did Japanese culture's presentation. My group played Japanese activity with children. For example, onigokko and darumasangakoronda. Everyone enjoyed very much. And, we went to each host family's home. 73 words

BR 1-13 The Gingeread Man

I read 'The Gingerbread Man'. This book's story is about gingerbread man of cookie. A little old woman made a gingerbread man. Soon, the gingerbread man was cooked and the gingerbread man jumped up and ran out of the door. So, a little old woman ran to catch the gingerbread man. "I want to eat you for my tea" She shouted. The little old woman chased, but she could not catch him. Next, a cow shouted the same words that the little old woman shouted. And horse shouted. Soon, the gongerbread man came to a river, so a fox said 'I will help you to cross the river'. But the gingerbread man was eaten by the fox. in the river.

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BR 1-12 Goal!

I read 'Goal!' This book's story is soccer. It was a cold day, so everyone got wet and got wet. The family's pet Floppy got tired and child got miserable. And mun got across. Then the family's dad got a goal!!! Then everyone was happy.

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BR 1-11 'Naughty Children'

 I read 'Naughty Children'. I will take about this book's story. There are two children. The children came to a family to play. But the children were very naughty. Because the children climbed on the furniture and climbed up the curtains and the tree. In addition to that the children jumped on the sofa, the bed and the flowers. So a family's mother said "Oh no!" Then the mother's daughter Biff had an idea. The idea was so interesting and good. Then the two children climbed up the ladder and jumped off the log. and they climbed on the net and jumped off the wall. So they didn't make trouble. Then everyone was happy. And "What good children!" said Mum.

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Villain

 I saw this movie about 1 year ago. My mother recommended this movie. When I saw this movie, I became strange feeling. But this movie was the movie that let me think very much.
 I will talk to you about this movie. Akunin is a 2010's movie. This movie starring is Satoshi Tsuma, Eri Fukatsu and Kirin Kiki, and directed by Sanil Li. And Satoshi Tsumabuki as Yuichi Shimizu, Eri Fukatsu as Mitsuyo Magome and Kirin Kiki as Fusae Shimizu. Inception earned/made than $ 239 million at the box office.
 I will talk about story of Villain. Yuichi who was the main character of this movie was brought up in Nagasaki. He didn't have friends and girl friend, he lives while taking care of grandparents. Because he was left by his mother when he was young. Mitsuyo who works in a menswear shop in Saga was two livings with her younger sister and she spent everyday that don't change. Such lonely two people fell in an encounter, love accidentally. But Yuichi had the secret that only one did not tell to her. Actually he was the murderer who killed a woman. The local rich university student who met her on the case night of thhe day was suspected, and the police pressed him. Father of a murdered woman was depressed in despair in the face of the death of the only daughter. And father was informed of the fact that his daughter accessed the dating site frequently and she was a prostitute. Then a suspected university student was restricted by the police, but it was recognized that it was not a criminal from a DNA analysis. He who is blond surfaces as a new suspect before long. Yuichi's grandmother brought him up the same as her child, and she was informed that Yuichi was a murderer, so she was driven away day after day by the media. On the other hand, Yuichi who escaped from the chase of the police went to Mitsuyo and confided that I committed murder. Mitsuyo shocked by the fact, but detained him who was going to make independence in the police. For the first time in her life, she knew that the gladness to love people, so she went to runaway trip with him.  Two people who escaped into the lighthouse to think of to be it with the end of the ground before long meet a happy time. But the ripple that the runaway trip produced swallowed the family of the victim, the life of the family of the assailant...
 A catch copy of this movie "Who is a true Villain?"; "Why did murder her? Why did love her?" So I want you to see this movie thinking these catch copy. And there was a thing by father of the victim's lines. "Do you have a lover? The person who becomes glad to myself just to think of the happy state of the person. There are too many human beings who do not have an important person in the present world. You are convinced that I do not have things losing, and you bring yourself to have become strong in it. Therefore, you are conviced that I am an easy human being, and you look at a human being who loses and wants with the eyes which made a fool. It is not so. A human being should not be it." I thought that this line is very important of this movie's lines.
 When I saw this movie, I could not became a happy feeling and I became strange feeling. I thought that this movie reflected well the present modern society from the setting of two people who got to know from dating site. So, I thought that it was movie which it was easy to get into for us who lived in the modern society. There are a lot of people feeling resistance that people register in the dating site and meet someone in this site's member. But there should be a lot of people who have loneliness and want true love and connection like two people of this movie in the dating sites. So I thought that this movie caught shadows of such modern society well. As for the highlight, why did that she who was serious loved a murderer seriously? And I thought that it is point to look in this movie who is a Villain? I saw this movie, I thought that everyone was villain. Because the main character Yuichi was killed a woman, Mitsuyo obstructed Yuichi's surrender. And other person has bad plane like Yuishi and Mitsuyo. So I thought that I did not know who is villain clearly, and everyone is villain as far as we live. And second important things that everyone has something agony, sense of isolation and loneliness. We thought that we live life that is satisfied in this modern society, but actually we have a lot of bad things. So I think that this movie allots a spot for the thing that is common among modern people and it expresses a part of this social evil. After you saw this movie, maybe I think that you can not be happy feeling, but you can think many things. For example, distress, human weakness and bad things. Addition to that, you can think about important for us to live in our life. So I recommend you this movie. I really want you to see it soon!!! I want to see it again soon. In addition to that, an exhibition of this movie is decided in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and an application comes from Korea. This movie is the best movie in my life, so it has worth looking. When I want to see this movie again after I grew up more, I think. Because my way of thinking maybe change in the future. The performance of actors is especially good, too and watches it.

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BR 1-10 Walter, the Water Taxi.

I read 'Walter, the Water Taxi'. This book's story is about the many boat on the sea. Walter, the water taxi, was a little boat, but he lived with lots of big boats. So he was anvious of another boats. For example, the big ferryboat, the big speedboat and the big sailboat. The big ferryboat can carry many people. The big speedboat can go fast. The bog sailboat has nice sail. One day,  a dolphin swam in. It was into a net. "We have to get the dolphin out of the net" said the big boats. But thay can't save the dolphin, because they are too big. So a little boat Walter could get the dolphin out.

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BR 1-9 Lucy's Loose Tooth

   
I read 'Lucy's Loose Tooth'. This book's story about how to get the loose tooth. Lucy's tooth was loose, so she asked her mother how to get the tooth. Then her mother said, "Wiggle it, wiggle it and it will come out." So she wiggled the tooth, but it did not come out. Then she asked her grandmother how to get her loose tooth. But she said that Wiggle it. So Lucy wiggled  and wiggled, but the tooth did not come out. Dad come in. So she said that my tooth is loose. Then her father wiggled and wiggled her loose tooth, and it came out!!! So everyone smiled.

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BR 1-8 The Park Train

I read 'The Park Train'. There are Mack, Kim and their parents. This story about park train. They were on the park train. And Mack saw the swings, he likes swings but the train went on. Then Kim saw the slide from the train, and he likes slides. But the train went on. And their dad said, "Look". They can see the station. Then Mack, Kim and thir parents went to the swings and the slide. So they were very happy.

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BR 1-7 The Moon Landing

I read 'The Moon Landing'. This story about the two sibling are going to go to moon. There were Kayla and Ben.  They are sibling. One day, Kayla said to Ben "Let's go to the moon." Then two person started to make somethings to go to moon and space. For example, the spaceship, the space helmets and spacesuits. They got some food to take to the moon. And they weared spacesuit and space helmet. So their spaceship went fast. But their father came to room, because it was very noisy. So they said, "We crash-landed on the moon."

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BR 1-6 Molly Monster's Party

I read 'Molly Monster's Party'. This story about Monster. The Molly is a Monster. Her skin color is green, her hair color is orange and she wears blue ribbon. And she wear red one-piece dress. She prepare for her party. So she made some monster hats, sandwiches, drinks and cake. When she prepare these things, "My friends will like this " Molly said. Then Molly's friends came to the party. And "We like the hats, the sandwiches, the drinks and the cake!!" So Molly was very happy.

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