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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