My favorite watch

I'm going to tell you about my favorite watch. My watch is matel. The dial and the edge of the dial are black. The second hand is read. It is accent of the watch. There are three dial inside of the watch. I like it very much. My mother brought me the watch before I entered the university. My grandmother has entered hospital in Hondo. We went to the hospital to see her. After that, we went to discount store, and brought it. This is not expensive, but the design is good for me. I use it about two years, and it has some scratches in its belt and dial. This is my favorite, so I want to keep using it as long as possible.

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My favorite tea

I'm going to tell you about my favorite tea. I always bring s bottle of the tea whenever I go to the university. I keep using a plastic bottle for a week. Every morning, I fill a plastic bottle with tea which made in my home, because buying a bottle of the tea every day is not cheap. So I buy a bottle of the tea every Monday. For example, green tea, barley tea and milk tea. My favorite tea is "Iemon" which is green tea. It is the best tea for me, because the taste is good, and it is not much bitter. It is made by Fukujyuen, and the founder of the tea company is Fukui Iemon, so it was named "Iemon".
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Essay 2-03a: University Life

I'm going to tell you about university life now and university life about 25 years from now. Recently, a lot of people go to university. I'm a student at Kumamoto Gakuen university. I always study English, learn a lot of experience and make friends there. There are various professor and teacher in the university. The university life is more different than I thought when I was a high school student, but my university life now is good.

I'm studying at British and America department. We can learn English, other languages and a lot of thing there. I entered this university, because I wanted to learn English more, and I thought that English could be useful. In addition, my parents recommended me to go to university.

University students have to make their class timetable by themselves. I didn't make my timetable at high school, so I was surprised at the first time, and I didn't know how to make it. I talked to my friends and consultant, finally I completed my timetable. However, it has 4 first period classes and a lot of free time between classes. It was so hard, because my house is far away from this university, so I have to get up early every day. It was hard for me to come to the university on time. Especially, Tuesday was hardest day. There were classes from first period to fifth period. my When I become second-year student, timetable is easier than last year.

I think that making friends is important thing in university. After I entered this university, I joined freshman camp which was welcome party. There were many students, and we were playing some games, eating dinner and talking to students. We rode a bus and went to Aso. There were many strawberries and we ate as many as we could. It was delicious freshman camp was very fun. I made some friends there. After that, I could make lots of friends because of the freshman camp.

I had belonged to Auto club. I didn't want to enter any club at the first time. I went to them and heard about their activity and relationship. Then I thought that I wanted to belong to member of the club. The activity was fun for me. I used manager's car and drove a course. It was difficult, but it became good experience. The members were kind and interesting. I'm not member of the club now, but I sometimes go to the room and meet them if I have free time.

I think university life about 25 years from now is little different from now. Almost students may go to university, but the students get fewer from now. All computers become touch panel and work more quickly. I think that internet spreads and we can connect to the internet everywhere. This university is historical and traditional, so I hope this university to remain in the future.

As you can see, we can learn many things at university. There is not only studying. I'm glad to meet my friends. Studying at the university is difficult, but I want to enjoy the university life and I will do my best to my future.

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University life

• University life now
  • classes
    • weekday
    • weekend
  • lunchtime
    • store
    • university food
  • club
• University life future
  • work
  • hope
  • marriage
  • Japan

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University life about 25 years from now

I think that university life about 25 years from now is harder than now. I’m 45 years old. It is unbelievable.

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University life now

My university life is good. My house is far away from this university, so I have to get up early every morning. Especially, first period class is the hardest, but I should do this. University life is good for me without it. I look forward to talk my friend. The most interesting thing for me is lunchtime. It is very enjoyable. Tuesday is the hardest day for me, because there are classes from first period to fourth period. The easiest day is Monday. It has only 2 classes. I used to take a lecture of color exam with my friend. It was fun.

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BR 2-12: MY BEST FRIEND THINKS I'M A GENIUS

I read "MY BEST FRIEND THINKS I'M A GENIUS" which is illustrated book. This book has 4 chapters and has a small CD. I used to read "My best friend's a genius". Both books has same characters, Gray and Miles but the leading character of this book is Miles.

Miles and Gray are good friend. Gray thinks Miles is a genius, because he is good with electronics and computers, and he like to invent things. However, Miles are not so sure. His invented things are always go wrong. He used to invent "the hyper phone" which could talk to aliens, but it couldn't work well. He thought it was failure, but Gray only knew it could talk to a scientist in 2156.

One day, They decided to invent an instant travel machine when they were watching science fiction on TV. After a few month, Miles completed the machine, and he tried to test. Unfortunately Gray took a mistake, and Miles disappeared with flashing light. He went past or future.

The most impressive thing is the ending, "Maybe you're right. Maybe I am a genius." (Ivanoff, 2008, p. 24) Miles didn't think he was not a genius, but he thought Gray's saying is really thanks to him. He thought it was sure that Gray was really best friend. This makes me feel their friendship. I recommend this book, because it is good story.
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Reference

Ivanoff, George. (2008). MY BEST FRIEND THINKS I'M A GENIUS [THOMSON NELSON]. Melbourne: Nelson Australia Pry Ltd.

Essay 2-02c: My Language Learning Experience

I'm going to tell you about my language learning experiences.　I studied three languages Japanese, English and German. I have studied Japanese since I was elementary school student. I have learned English since I was junior high school student, and I studied Germany when I entered this university.

My parents kept teaching me Japanese when I was baby, so I have been learning Japanese for twenty years. I liked to study Japanese. I remember I often studied Hiragana and Katakana when I was kindergartner. It was hard to remember Hiragana and Katakana, but I enjoyed studying them. I studied easier Kanji when I was an elementary school. I learned a lot of things, for example how to read and how to write. I wrote it many times. In high school, I must study difficult Kanji. It was complicated and hard to read and write. I didn't like Kanji since that time.

I study Japanese classics and classical Chinese in high school. Japanese classics are old Japanese sentences and it was difficult to read, because it is completely different from modern style. It was hard for me to remember grammar and words. classical Chinese is Chinese style sentence. It was necessary to remember grammar. I liked classical Chinese than Japanese classics, but I wasn't good at either. It was hard for me to read the sentences. In addition, Japanese classics teacher and classical Chinese teacher were same but the teacher's talk was very sleepy, so I could not concentrate on the class.

English is my favorite language. I first studied English at junior high school. It was first foreign language, so I was looking forward to studying English. I regularly went to supplementary private school when I was junior high school. I could study English with my friends. It was fun for me. I often studied English at that time. I didn't study at high school, but I was hard to study English. English is difficult, but I think learning second language is very good for me. So I entered in this university.

I studied German in this university for the first time. I had to choose German, French, Spanish, or Russian. It seemed that German was the easiest language of the three, so I chose it. I thought German was not so difficult, because I heard a rumor that the teacher is glad. German resembles English, but it has definite article, and English doesn't have it. It was hard for me to remember and how to use. German classes were first period on Monday and fifth period on Tuesday, so I was tired after the classes. The teacher was glad and good at teaching.

I have learned three languages. I think it was good for me to learn languages. I liked English, so I entered this university. I cannot write a lot or speak fluently, so I have to study harder. I didn't want to study some languages, but it was a good experience. I hope learning language is useful for me.
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My favorite bicycle

I'm going to tell you about my favorite bicycle. I have my bicycle and I use it everyday from Suizenji station to this university. Its color is black. Bicycle is better than walk. It takes 15 minutes by walk, but it takes only 5 minutes by bicycle. In addition, cycling doesn't wear out of the bottom of the shoes, so I can keep using my shoes. I decided to buy it because I took a lecture on the evening, and it is difficult to get the train by walk. I brought it "Mr. Max". As a matter of fact, I wanted a bicycle which has LED headlight and 6 gears, but it was expensive. So I decided to buy it. I used to have a bicycle when I was high school student, but it had already broken down. I want to use my bicycle as long as possible.
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BR 2-11: My Best Friend's a Genius

I read "My Best Friend's a Genius" which is illustrated book. It has 4 chapters and small CD.

Miles is a genius. He invents many things, but some of them are not useful. Gray who is Miles's best friend is not a genius, but he always helps him when he gets into trouble. Leading character of this book is Gray. Miles sometimes involves Gray and his mother into trouble because of his invention. So his mother grounded his everytime.

One day, he came up with an idea. He decided to invent hyper phone which can talk to aliens. Gray said that it couldn't be, but Miles didn't hear that. He let Gray buy some parts, and he started to work.

3 days after, Miles made a little box with flasing lights on it. Gray saw it fot yhe first time, he surprised and said, "That's great." Then Miles took his mobile phone, and he connected it to the machine. Finally Miles completed the hyper phone. Gray thought it was the best invention of ever. However, he missed out an important thing. He didn't know alien's number. He just shook his head sadly and close his eyes.He was going to cry.

Suddenly there was a electricity sound around the box. It was a call. A voice said "Who are you and where are you from?" Miles and Gray answered, and they were kept talking to the voice. They were talking to the voice, and they knew who the voice is. They understood it was not arien, he is scientist in the Antarctic reserch base. Just then Miles's mother noticed it and called Miles. He was got out of the room, and explained his mother what happened.

Gray kept talking to him. He said that Australia was not there in 2156. Gray was very surprised. Suddenly Gray lost contact with the man, and he tried to call again and again, but it never connected. He heard a voud voice from down stair. He thought it is time to help Miles.

The most impressive passage for me was the end of the story, "I thought, time to go help Miles get out of trouble." (Ivanoff, 2007, p. 24). It meant that they help each other. It made me happy and I thought they had a good friendship. I thought Gray respects Miles.
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Reference

Ivanoff, George. (2007). My Best Friend's a Genius [THOMSON NELSON]. Melbourne: Nelson Australia Pry Ltd.

My favorite comic book

I'm going to tell you about my favorite comic book. I often read comic book. I have two comic books, "NARUTO" and "Full metal Alchemist". I borrow comic book from my friend sometimes. My favorite comic book is "Full metal Alchemist". I have known this anime when I was junior high school. My friend lent me its game, and I knew the anime for the first time. There are 27 comic books of "Full metal Alchemist", and I have all of the books. It has flesh and interesting story, and the characters are every funny. The story has finished recently. I feel little bit lonely, but I think that the story length is just good. I have "NARUTO" too. The story is quite long, so I have some books. It is very interesting, and I look forward to read its continuance.
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20,000km

My car ran 20,00 kilometers on November 27. I use it almost everyday. My parent use it for 2 years. I don't want my car to happen any trouble.

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BR 2-10: I WISH

I read "I WISH" which is illustrated book. This book has a small CD, and has 4 chapters.

Pele, Ron and Pete were student. They were boring and hate school life. One day, Pete came up with a plan when they walked to school. He said, "why don't we run away to the Pacific Ocean?" Ron's uncle has a yacht, so they agreed with that plan.

A week later, the three friends were sailing across the Pacific Ocean. Pole was captain and steered the boat. They enjoyed fishing fishes, watching the sea and sailing. They thought it is better than school life.

There was a blue sky, but one day it turned black and the wind was stronger and stronger. Lightning flashed and thunder crashed. Big waves smashed into the boat. There was storm. They were very scared. After that, the sky became fine and the boat rolled upside down and they climbed onto the bottom of the boat. They completely got lost. They didn't know what they do.

Fortunately, they found a small island. They swam to the island. There were many fruits everywhere. They were happy and thought this is lucky. They Loved their island holiday. They spend their days swimming, fishing and laughing. But after a few days, they were tired of eating some food and doing same things. They were completely boring. They wanted to go back school life.

Then Pele found a green bottle on the wave. They picked it up and tried to open, but it was quite hard. Pete tried to hold the bottle with his feet and pulled it with all his might. Finally the bottle opened and a big genie appeared suddenly. The genie said he would grant you one wish each. "What do you wish for?" and turned to Pele. All thry wanted to do is to back to school life, so Pele said he wanted to back to school, and he was back to school. Ron said he wanted the same as Pele, and he was back too. However Pete thought it was lonely without my friends, so he wished Pele and Ron were still here...

After I read this book, I thought it was funny at the end. I guessed Pete wishes to be back to school life as same as Pele and Ron, but He didn't do this because he felt lonely. I thought he is simple and he take care of his friends.
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Reference

Gabolinscy, J. (2007). I WISH; Fast Forward Press:[n.p.].

My favorite store

I'm going to tell you about my favorite store. My favorite store is Super Kid. Super Kid is discount store and it sells almost everything for example, foods, household electrical appliances, and commodities. Its leaflet is often sent to my house. There are very low-priced everyday. A plastic bottle juice is usually sold 150 yen in vending machine, but it used to be sold 39 yen there. I had never seen such a price. I was surprised and brought it. My house is far away from Super Kid, so I wish it is near my house. I heard a rumor that someone had set fire on Super Kid before, because of the low-price. It had maybe done by seller near Super Kid. It was horrible incident, but Super Kid is very useful for me.
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BR 2-09: Bruno's Tea

I read "Bruno's Tea" which is illustrated book. This book has 4 chapters and has a small CD.

Chen is child and his father owns a milk bar. The bar is well-known for his tea. His father imports the tea from China. Chen loads up my bicycle with Mr. Green's shopping everytime. Mr Green always orders 3 packets of the tea. Chen wonders why Mr Green can drink that much each week.

One day, Chen rided his bicycle to deliver 3 packets of the tea to Mr Green. He cycled his bicycle quicker and quicker. He always used his bicycle, but he thought he wanted a car. He was interested in cars, so he wanted to be a mechanic. However, his father wanted Chen to go to university.

He was thinking such a thing, he arrived Mr Green's house. He looked for Mr green's dog, Bruno, but it wasn't there. He knocked the door, but there was no reply. He felt strange. He knocked the back door, and he noticed the door unlocked. his father always said not to go inside a customers house, unless he was invited naturally.

Chen went inside and looked each room, but nobody was there. He decided going deep, and found a garage. Then he heard a whimper. It was Bruno. Bruno came up to him and pulled on his shoes. Then He could see a shoes near the front of the cars. It was Mr Green. He had been working on one of the cars, when he trapped and hurt his ankle. He appreciated Chen's doing.

After Chen helped Mr Green, He noticed Bruno lapped something up. It was his father's tea. Chen was surprised the tea was good for dog too. He went back home, and he told his father what was happened. He took a deep breath and he said"I don't go to university. I want to be a mechanic." And his father said"You have to do what's right for you."

After I read the book, I was moved by parent and child relationship. The book tell me it is important to tell my real intention.

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Reference

Wall, J. (2007). Bruno's Tea; Thomson Learning Australia Press:[n.p.].

BR 2-08: BUZZ SEES THE DIFFERENCE

I read "BUZZ SEES THE DIFFERENCE" which is illustrated book. It has 5 chapters and has a small CD.

Buzz and Zip were an alien. they were at the beach and enjoyed their vacation. Then buzz's cellular phone rang. It was call from the president of Zero planet which was they were living. The president said that Buzz and Zip had to represent planet Zero at the peace conference and go to planet Seven.

Two days after, Buzz and Zip went to planet Seven by their spaceship. There were a lot of aliens of other planets. Everyone was looking different around there. Buzz was hungry and looked for something to eat. He found a food which was sold by representatives from planet Juno. The food looked bad, but the taste was very good.

Suddenly, he heard a voice from over a wall. Two aliens were talking there. Buzz tried to listen their talk. They whispered "We had better get out of here. That bomb is set to go off in ten minutes." Buzz was quite surprised and waited until they had gone. Then, he hurried to Zip.

Finally Buzz found Zip in his seat. He screamed "There is a bomb in here! Run!" Everyone was panic and started to rush for the door.

When everyone run away, there was an alien in his seat. Buzz screamed to run, but the alien didn't move. Buzz tapped his shoulder, and he noticed. He was wearing a sight and sound headset, so he didn't heard and saw. He looked down Buzz and smiled.

Buzz and the alien tried to get out oh there. Unfortunately, the bomb exploded. Bits of brick and dust flew everywhere. The other aliens were went off, they thought they couldn't survive. Then, Zip came to help them. They saved and appreciated Zip's doing. After all, Buzz and Zip were best friend each other.

I chose this book, because I thought it is easy to read, but it was not. I thought the book resembles "Men In Black" which is American movie. This book tell me difference is not so important.

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Reference

Reilly, C. (2007). BUZZ SEES THE DIFFERENCE; Thomson Learning Australia Press:[n.p.].

My favorite cellular phone

I'm going to tell you about my favorite cellular phone. My favorite cellular phone is F-01a. It is docomo and its color is black. I brought it when I was high school student. I used to have two cellular phone. This is the best cellular phone that I had ever used. It is useful and easy to look the picture. I always use it as music player. It has about 450 songs. I listen to music on the train. That's why I like this very much. However I have used it for two years, so its surface and plating have a lot of scratches. Recently a new model has been released, so I want to buy the new one.
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My favorite TV star

I'm going to tell you about my favorite TV star. My favotite star is Jeremy Clarkson. He is British and he is famous for TV actor in Britain. However he is never seen japanese on TV. He is acting as host at "Topgear" which is BBC automobile TV program. He was receive a prize Special Recognition Award in 2007. I often watch this program on the internet. It used to broadcasted on TV in Japan, so it is only seen on the internet now. They talk all in English, so I can't understand what they talk without caption. It is very funny for example, sailing sea on a car, car review, rap record, etc. I study English harder, and I want to watch the program without caption.
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Essay 2-02b: My language learning experience

I'm going to tell you about my language learning experiences.　I learned three languages, Japanese, English and Germany. I have learned Japanese since I was elementary school student. I have learned English since I was junior high school student. And I had learned Germany when I entered this university. Especially, my parent kept telling me Japanese when I was baby, so I have been learning Japanese for twenty years.

I liked to study Japanese before. I remember I often studied Hiragana and Katakana when I was kindergartner. It was hard to remember, but I enjoyed studying. I studied easier Kanji when I was elementary school. I learned a lot of things, for example how to read and how to write. I wrote it many times. In high school, I must study difficult Kanji. It was complicated and hard to read and write. I didn't like Kanji since that time.

I must study Japanese classics and classical Chinese in high school. Japanese classics is old Japanese sentence and it is difficult to read. Because it is completely different from modern style. It was hard for me to remember grammar and words. classical Chinese is Chinese style sentence. It is necessary to remember grammar. I like classical Chinese rather than Japanese classics, but I wasn't good at neither. It was hard for me. In addition, Japanese classics teacher and classical Chinese teacher were same but the teacher's talk was very sleepy, so I could not concentrate on the class.

English is my favorite language. So I entered this university. I first studied English at junior high school. It was first foreign language, so I was very looking forward to study English. I regularly went to supplementary private school when I was junior high school. I could study English with my friends. It was fun for me. I often studied English at that time. I didn't study at high school, but I was hard to study English. English is difficult, but I think learning second language is very good for me.

I first studied Germany in this university. I had to choose Germany or French or Spanish, or Russian. It seemed that Germany was easiest language of the three, so I chose it. I thought Germany was not so difficult. Germany resembles English, but it has definite article. It was hard for me to remember and how to use it. Germany classes were first period on Monday and fifth period on Tuesday, so I was tired after the class. The teacher was glad and good at teach.

I learned three languages ever. I think it was good for me to learn language. I liked English, so I entered this university. I cannot write English a lot and speak fluently, so I have to study harder. Some language studies were unwilling for me, but it is good experience. I hope learning languages are useful for me.

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BR 2-07: The Giant Causeway

I read "The Giant Causeway" which is illustrated book. This book has 4 chapters and has a small CD.

Finn McCool who was big and strong Irish giant had won many battles. But he was tired of fighting. He married Oonagh who was a clever giantess. They lived in Irish together. They were living ordinary everyday.

One day, suddenly a heavy rock landed near Finn. A man who threw the rock was Benandonner of Scotland. He came to meet him, because he wanted to fight him. Finn was famous for the strongest man, but he was already old. Benandonner wanted to go to Irish, but there were sea between Irish and Scotland. He couldn't swim. He said "I just don't know how to swim." Therefore Finn would make a causeway for Benandonner.

Finn began to pull great slabs of rock off the cliff, and he threw them into the water. It was long way from Ireland to Scotland. Finally, he completed to make the causeway. He was very tired,and he was going to bed after that.

In next morning, Oonagh woke up early. She went outside, because someone was making a big noise. Benandonner was walking over the causeway to fight Finn. Oonagh went back home and tried to wake up him, but he was still asleep. He was not going to wake up, so she came up with a plan. She made him to disguise like a baby.

Benandonner came into their house and saw the Finn like a baby. He was surprised when he saw the baby because the baby was huge. Benandonner said, "if this baby is this size, what is its father?" He was afraid and went back to Scotland, and he never come to Ireland. Finn and Oonagh started to laughing when they watched Benandonner went back. After that Finn broke the causeway and picked up some mud and threw them at Benandonner. The mud that Finn threw at Benandonner was named "The Isle of Man"

After I read this book, I wondered this story is true or not true. I thought this is old British story. It was interesting for me.

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Reference

Ellis, J. (2007).The Giant Causeway ; Thomson Learning Australia Press:[n.p.].

My favorite animal

I'm going to tell you about my favorite animal. My favorite animal is cat. I have never have a pet, so I have thought I want to have a cat someday. I like cat very much, because it is so cute and it heals me when I watch it on TV or outside. My grandparent has some cats. They are pretty. My father used to have tropical fishes when I was elementary school student. They looked beautiful and had a lot of color. He always fed the fishes on time. I often went to tropical fish shop with my father. There were many fishes. I often wanted to go back, because he always stayed there for a long time.
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BR 2-06: Shipwreck

I read "Shipwreck" which is illustrated book. This book is Manga style, and it has not so many words. So it is easy to read. It has a small CD.

Matt, Milly and their parent sailed by yacht one day. Matt is younger brother and Milly is elder sister. The familly had been sailing many times. They are accustomed to sailing. The day was warm and sunny for the first five days, but soon after the sea was stormy. They had never experienced such a storm. Unfortunately, the yacht hit a reef. They decided to abandon the yacht finally. The parent got in a life raft, and Matt and Milly got in the other one.

The next morning, Matt and Milly reached somewhere. It likes a shore in an islamd. But the parent was not there. They tried to look for the parent...

After I read this book, It was impressive for me their brotherhood. I felt they helped each other and they tried hard to look for parent. This book was emotionally and easy to read, so I recommend this book.
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Reference
Reilly, C. (2008). Shipwreck; Thomson Learning Australia Press:[n.p.].

My favorite shoes

I'm going to tell you about my favorite shoes. I have three pairs of shoes. My favorite pair of shoes is CONVERS. It is black color and the edge of the shoes is white. I like it very much. I brought it when I entered this university. However I always walk to this university, so it was fast to waste the bottom of the shoes. It is looking clean until now. I keep using it sometimes. I have the other one. It resembles CONVERS, but it is more expensive than it. But it is worn out. I have sandal. I only use it on summer, but I hardly wear it. Because it is hard to walk for long distance. I want to buy new one. I already decide to buy one, but it is expensive. So I'm waiting for sale.

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BR 2-05: TRAPPED

I read "TRAPPED" which is illustrated book. This book has small CD and has 5 chapters.

One day Tom was lectured how to survive on deserted island by his teacher. He was scolded by his teacher, because he didn't listen carefully. Tom thought if he were alone on deserted island, he would use his mobile cellphone. And there are no dessert island around here. He thought easy.

He said "Bye" to his friends after basketball practice. He went to bathroom alone. Suddenly, a loud noise echoed. Then he tried to open the door, but it was tightly closed. He was completely trapped in the bathroom.

He shouted for help in a loud voice, but no one came. Then he remembered his cellphone, unfortunately it was no battery. He didn't know how to do. He sat down and stretched his legs. Then he heard a music somewhere nearby. It seemed that a class was practicing in the gym. He came up with today's lecture. He turned off and on the light, again and again.

Finally, a man noticed the SOS and came to help him. The man opened the door and smiled at Tom. He was so relief. He felt it was long time, but it was a couple of hours in fact. Tom smiled back at him.

After I read this book, I felt his feeling. I understood he is so scared. The illustration is very well. It is like a real.

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Reference

Bell, C. (2007). TRAPPED; Thomson Learning Australia Press:[n.p.].

BR 2-04: MAKING HEADLINES

I read "MAKING HEADLINES" which is illustrated book. This book has a small CD, and there are 4 chapters in the book.

In an afternoon, Magee who is student lost interest in lecture in his classroom. His teacher was looked at him, and she gave him an assignment. It was making a newspaper for the next month. He hate it, because he is pretty bad for everything and he hardly read newspaper. In addition, it meant working with Tilly Turner. She is good at everything and she hate him. Finally he unwillingly decided to do it.

Next day, he met Tilly, and they were starting to think about article on the way to the school. Just then, Magee saw a student sneaking the side of the building. He had something covered with his coat and he was running away. It was obviously strange. They wanted to use it for headline.

Nagee was using a computer to make the newspaper. Suddenly, Tilly entered the room. She said she looked the student again. They went outside and they saw him walking toward the back fence. He had his school jacket, but it looked strange and heavy. They were hiding and watched him. He pushed his jacket into the hedge and went back to the school. After that, they looked his jacket. There were two notebook computers covered with his jacket. They were from the school office.

It was dark when the student came back to pick up the computers. Magee and Tilly took a picture of him. He looked surprised. Then two policeman took and let him away. The next day the teacher was holding the newspaper. Magee thought it was written about the student was took yesterday, but...

After I read it, I thought the newspaper was written about it too, but it was written another article. I was surprised about it. It was short, but flesh story.

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Reference

Reilly, C. (2007). MAKING HEADLINE; Thomson Learning Australia Press:[n.p.].

My favorite misic

I like music very much. I'm listening to music while driving a car and getting on a train. My favorite music is J-POP. Especially, I like B'z and Fukuyama Masaharu. B'z is constituted Koshi Inaba and Takahiro Matsumoto. They act from 1989 to present. Their music is almost famous. I used to listen their music on the train, but I hardly listen it now. I often listen Fukuyama masaharu's music. His music is famous too. And it is often broadcasted on TV, for example, CM, drama theme song and music TV program. I often sing the song when I go to Karaoke. I'm not good at sing, but his song is easy to sing. His best album will be released soon, so I'm looking forward to listen the music.
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BR 2-03: Venus Bay

I read "Venus Bay" which is illustrated book. This book is small and has small CD.

One day, Holly and her elder brother Jake and her father went to Venus Bay by car. Jake used to be so easy to get along with. But recently, Holly saw a side of him she didn't like. He always looks down on her. So she would show him he was wrong today.

They arrived Venus Bay. Holly wanted to ride the wave, but things didn't work out well. Jake could ride the wave soon. However, she could not stand up on her surf board. Jake said her to give up, and he went far away. Holly tried and tried, but she was not good at it. Suddenly, she saw a big wave was coming toward Jake. And the wave passed, he was not there.

Jake fell off his board and drown. Holly dived into the sea to help him...

After I read this book, I was moved their brotherhood. I like this story very much. It was good relation. This book is easy to read, so I recommend this book.

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Reference

Julie, M. (2007). Venus Bay; Thomson Learning Australia Press:[n.p.].

Essay 2-02a: My language learning experience

I'm going to tell you about my language learning experiences.　I learned three languages, Japanese, English and Germany. I have learned Japanese since I was elementary school student. I have learned English since I was junior high school student. And I had learned Germany when I entered this university. Especially, my parent kept telling me Japanese when I was baby, so I have been learning Japanese for twenty years.

I liked to study Japanese before. I remember I often studied Hiragana and Katakana when I was kindergartner. It was hard to remember, but I enjoyed studying. I studied easier Kanji when I was elementary school. I learned a lot of things, for example how to read and how to write. I wrote it many times. In high school, I must study difficult Kanji. It was complicated and hard to read and write. I didn't like Kanji since that time.

I must study Kobun and Kanbun in high school. Kobun is old Japanese sentence and it is difficult to read. Because it is completely different from modern style. It was hard for me to remember grammar and words. Kanbun is Chinese style sentence. It is necessary to remember grammar. It was easier than Kobun for me.

English is my favorite language. So I entered this university. I first studied English at junior high school. It was first foreign language, so I was very looking forward to study English. I regularly went to supplementary private school when I was junior high school. I could study English with my friends. It was fun for me. I often studied English at that time. I didn't study at high school, but I was hard to study English. English is difficult, but I think learning second language is very good for me.

I first studied Germany in this university. I had to choose Germany or French or Spanish, or Russian. It seemed that Germany was easiest language of the three, so I chose it. I thought Germany was not so difficult. Germany resembles English, but it has definite article. It was hard for me to remember and how to use it. Germany classes were first period on Monday and fifth period on Tuesday, so I was tired after the class. The teacher was glad and good at teach.

I learned three languages ever. I think it was good for me to learn language. I cannot write too much and speak fluently, but it is good experience. I hope learning languages are useful for me.

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Outline post

Mind map

My language learning experience quickpost

I am learning English for 7 years. And I learned Germany in this university. I think it is important to learn language. English is difficult for me, but I like English very much. Because I like it when I was junior high school. The reason I decided to learn English is I want to know English more.

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My favorite motto

I am taking a color test course in fall semester. The course is held from 6 o'clock to 8 o'clock. The examination day is November 14. I am studying for the exam. I hope to pass the exam. So my favorite motto is to pass the exam. The course started on September. I didn't want to go to the course on summer vacation, because it was hot and takes a long time. The reason I take this course is very easy. My friend takes the course, so I take it too. However, It is more difficult for me than I thought. The teacher is so interesting and her lecture is easy to understand. I have many things to remember and the exam is not easy, but I will study hard for the exam.
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BR 2-02: The Barbecue

I read "The Barbecue" which is illustrated book. This book has 3 chapters and it has funny pictures.

One day Donut was planing a party next weekend. The party was held for his grandmother. He told his classmate to come to the party with their parent. He was very looking forward the party, but He was worry about it. Last year, fire accident happened while his grandfather was doing barbecue at that time. Because the fire was too close to a fence.

The next weekend, Donut and his grandparent were preparing the party in the morning. The party day was near Christmas, so many people gathered. They gave Donut's grandmother some presents. She looked very happy. They were eating, dancing and chatting. Donut's grandfather was too busy cooking. He was careful to the fence.

Then his grandmother started to play the piano. She was very good. And his grandfather started to sing a song. He was very bad. He sang louder and louder, and he began to climb a big tree. He finished singing the song, but he could not come down the tree. He was stack. Anyone could help him. Donut's classmate was going to call the fire rescue, but his grandmother was unwilling to call the rescue, because she called the rescue last year. What did his grandfather do?

This book was interesting, because it has funny gag in places. It has long story, but it is not so difficult to read. This book tells me to need to help each other. I recommend this book.

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Reference

Jeremy, S. (2001). The Barbecue. Pearson Education Limited Press:[n.p.].

My favorite car

I like car very much. I had been interested in car when I was child. My father likes car too. My parent often gave me toy of car. That's why I am interested in car. My family has three cars. My parents use them everyday to go to the workplace. My car is Corolla Fielder which is wagon car. This car is economical on gas, and the interior is good. It has some bad things, but I like this car. Sometimes I go to the university by the car. My favorite car is Mercedes CLS class. This car is long sized sedan, and has flesh style. The exterior is very cool. Sometimes I see this car in Kumamoto city. The new model will be coming soon, so I am looking forward to debut the new one.
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My favorite class

I have 13 classes in fall semester. This semester little easier than spring semester. My favorite class is psychology. This class is first period on Monday, so it is hard for me to get up early in the morning. I always go to the university from Amakusa. It is so far place and it takes one and half hours to get to the university at least. Therefore, if I have first class, I have to get up at 5:30 am. However, psychology is interesting class for me. It has many students, and sometimes it is noisy. But the professor is kind and good at teaching. It is understandable class. She says an important point for the test. It is a lot of things I have to remember, so Her advice is very useful. I will try to get up on time every week.
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Essay 2-01b: My old school

My favorite place is my elementary school. I have lived in Amakusa now. There are near the sea, and it is famous for sightseeing place. It is very beautiful place. I like this town, but I used to live in Kumamoto city. I had left Kumamoto city when I was 12 years old. I can remember the memory clearly now. It was fun for me to spend the elementary school life. The school name is Akitahigashi elementary school.

My family had lived in an apartment house in Kumamoto city. It takes 15 minutes to go to the school. I had walked the road every time. The road is narrow and snaky, so cars are seldom running. The town is changing now. There were field by the road, but there are some houses now. So I didn’t know what there are. I usually went to my friend's home and play video game. It was so exciting.

My elementary school is near Aqua Dome. It was not so big, but it has so many students and built some school building on the ground now. The school has 4 stories. 1 grade student's classroom and 6 grade student's classroom are independent. I often went to library on summer, because it had an air-conditioned. The school lunch was delicious for me. I was usually looking forward to eat the lunch.

My favorite school lunch was curry udon. Curry rice often provides for school lunch, but curry udon is rare. It was very happy for me when it was provided. It was so delicious. My favorite subject was Japanese. I'm not good at it now, but I liked it at that time. I had to study Kanji and had to use a textbook called "Kanji skill". It was attached some seals, and the one page finished, you can stick the seal. I was troublesome for me, but it was useful.

The teacher was interesting. The homeroom teacher when I was 3rd grade student is the best. She was very kind and good at teach. She went to Germany for study when she was a teacher. And she is vice-principal now. When I was 5th grade student, a homeroom teacher was not good. He was kind, but a little bit lazy. He seldom gave us homework. It was happy for me, but not happy for parent. Because their children become not to study.

I have a lot of memory of the school. I was very sad when I had had to leave this school, but I could meet many friends in Amakusa. I want to go to my elementary school again and want to meet my friends.

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BR 2-01: The Blue Game

I read "The Blue Game" which is illustrated book. This book has a long story and it has 4 chapters.

Sam and her mother moved into a new flat. Her mother started looking for a job, because she needed money. Finally, she decided to interview a waiterness at a new restaurant. However, Sam was disagree with her working, because she had to spend alone at night. The job has a lot of working in the evenings or at weekends. But her mother didn't hear her comment.

Sam went to her grandmother's house next day. Sam told her grandmother what her mother was doing. Sam looked so sad, so her grandmother gave her a cup of tea and a slice of strawberry tart. And she suggested her an idea. It was ''Blue Game". It seemed that it was introduced her by her father.

Her mother let Sam remember all the blue things in the room. Sam looked around. Her grandmother said her to close her eyes, and tell me all the things she saw that were red. Sam tried to remember, but she could not remember anything that was red. She thought it was not fair. Her grandmother wanted to say "If you only look at the bad thing in your life, you don't notice the good things." Sam could find a new sight. She was feeling happier.

After that, Her mother went back home. She was looking tired. She could not get the restaurant job. She felt hopeless. Sam suggested her mother to interview a job again. However, Her mother wanted to do anything. One day, Sam found an advertisement which was a job in the library. Fortunately, her mother had known the library, because she often go there. She knew where books are than anyone else. The librarian knew her mother too. She got the job finally. Sam and her mother were happy.

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My favorite high school memory

MY favorite high school memory is school festival. My school festival always holds on fall. When I was 1st grade, my class sung a song. The song was "Robinson". The artist is Spitz. The song is old, but it is very famous now. I sometimes sing this song at Karaoke. I like this song very much. My class could not win, but it was very fun. Next, My class make a "Lovewagon" when I was 3rd grade. Lovewagon is a car which was used on TV, Ainori. It is love TV program, but it is not broadcasted now. We made it by wood. It was quite hard work. Especially, painting paint took a long time. We were so excited when it completed. I think these memories are very precious.
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Essay 2-01a: My old school

My favorite place is my elementary school. I have lived in Amakusa now. There are near the sea, and it is famous for sightseeing place. It is very beautiful place. I like this town, but I used to live in Kumamoto city. I had left Kumamoto city when I was 12 years old. I can remember the memory clearly now. It was fun for me to spend the elementary school life. The school name is Akitahigashi elementary school.

My family had lived in an apartment house in Kumamoto city. It takes 15 minutes to go to the school. I had walked the road every time. The road is narrow and snaky, so cars are seldom running. The town is changing now. There were field by the road, but there are some houses now. So I didn’t know what there are. I usually went to my friend's home and play video game. It was so exciting.

My elementary school is near Aqua Dome. It was not so big, but it has so many students and built some school building on the ground now. The school has 4 stories. 1 grade student's classroom and 6 grade student's classroom are independent. I often went to library on summer, because it had an air-conditioned. The school lunch was delicious for me. I was usually looking forward to eat the lunch.

The teacher was interesting. The homeroom teacher when I was 3rd grade student is the best. She was very kind and good at teach. She went to Germany for study when she was a teacher. And she is vice-principal now. When I was 5th grade student, a homeroom teacher was not good. He was kind, but a little bit lazy. He seldom gave us homework. It was happy for me, but not happy for parent. Because their children become not to study.

I have a lot of memory of the school. I was very sad when I had had to leave this school, but I could meet many friends in Amakusa. I want to go to my elementary school again and want to meet my friends.

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My favorite circle

My favorite circle is Auto club. I used to be in the club, but it is not working now. When I entered this university, I didn't know the club. I like a car, but I have any friend to talk about car when I was high school student. I thought I enjoy my school life. That's why I entered this circle. The member was all kind, and the circle room is large. In addition, it is first story of the building, so it is easy to enter and leave. We used to drive in a course, and competed rap time. It was hard for me because the course was very snaky. The rap time was slow, but I enjoyed very much. I had a very good time in this circle.
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My favorite TV show

My favorite TV show is "Topgear". It is made in British and car program. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May show us a lot of funny thing. For example, sea journey by a car, maximum speed challenge and a car battles plane. The expensive cars are often seen on this program. These cars are rarely seen, so I am looking forward to watch it every time. Topgear used to be broadcasted on TV, so I cannot watch it on TV now. That's why I watch it on the internet. The communication and narration are all English, so It is useful for me to listening English. I want this program to show me a lot of car review and more funny things.

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My favorite season

My favorite season is winter. I don't like hot season because The sunlight is very strong and the air conditioner is too much costly. I like winter very much, because winter has lots of events for instance, Christmas, Osyhogatsu and winter vacation and so on. I can eat Christmas cake and receive the present. After that, Oshogatsu comes soon. I don't get Otoshidama so many people now. If I were high school student, I could not get much money. So I want to be the high school student again. And we often eat Osetchi dish and Ozoni. Osechi is Japanese traditional food, and it is so many kinds. Ozoni is Japanese traditional dish too. It has mochi. I like it very much.

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My favorite sport to watch

My favorite sport to watch is formula 1. We often call it "F1". F1 is the speediest car in the world. The race is held on around the world, so the driver has to visit all over the world. I often see it on TV now. I didn't like F1 before, because it doesn't have a big difference. So I am not interested in F1. But it has quite big sound and fast speed. The driver has incredible skill. They can through narrow corner keeping high speed. When I saw their skill, I was impressive. That's why, I am interesting in it. The grand prix will be held in Japan. If I have a time, I want to go to the circuit and watch the race.

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My favorite place

My favorite place is my hometown. I have two hometowns. I am living in Amakusa now. It is quite far place to go to this university, but I like there. It is beautiful place and there has a clean air. We can watch a lot of stars in the sky. But my favorite hometown is the other one. The other place is Kumamoto city. I had been living in Hafujimachi in Kumamoto. I lived this place for 12 years. I have a lot of memory. I am able to remember it clearly right now. There is near a supermarket and convenience store, so I can go there very quickly. My hometown is changing now. Lots of houses are building around. I want to go to the place again.

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My favorite travel

My favorite travel is going to Kagoshima with my friend. I went to Kagoshima with my friend last year. I met him when I was junior high school student. And I always play and study with him. He is working as a sailor now, so I often cannot meet him . Our travel was very excited. First, we went to Kagoshima aquarium. I have been there with my family before, but I was child. So I hardly remember the memory. There was a lot of sea creature. The biggest thing was a shark. I Have never seen it very close, so I was surprised. There were very beautiful. Next, we went to Sakurajima. There was much ash on the road. the car was very dusty. We took some picture, and climbed the mountain by the car. We had a very good time.

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Tests

I finished almost of the test yesterday. This semester's test was not difficult for me, but some tests were hard. It was hard for me to write essay examinations. I wish I can get all of the credit.

I still have one test next week Tuesday. If it were nothing on that day, it would start a summer vacation now. I need to make a report, so I am going to study for the test and prepare the report.

I have to do a lot of things on summer vacation. For instance, computer course, assignments, study and so on. I want to spend happy summer vacation.

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Speaking Ⅲ BLT sandwich

This is speaking class presentation script.

Today, we going to tell you how to make a BLT sandwich. BLT stands for bacon, lettuce and tomato and it is our favorite kind.

This recipe is for four. You need to twelve strips of bacon, eight leaves of lettuce, eight slices of tomato, eight pieces of bread, a little salt and pepper, mayonnaise. Then you need a frying pan, a knife, a toaster, a chopping broad, a spatula.

First, you need twelve strips of bacon which you will fry in a frying pan until they are crisp. Set those aside. Then, you will need eight leaves of lettuce and eight slices of tomato. Then you spread mayonnaise on the two slices of bread. Then, on one slice of bread place the lettuce and tomato slices. After that, add the bacon strips. Dust them with salt and pepper. Finally, add the second piece of bread and cut in half. Please continue to do this work four times.

This taste is a little sour for tomato, spicy for salt and pepper. And it is so flesh! You are ready for a Fantastic lunch!!

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Writing Test

Developing Awareness

I could develop my English skill in this semester. I learned two things. First, I could develop my grammar of English. When I wrote my blog, used a lot of words and used dictionary. So I could remember many words. Second, I could develop my expression. I wrote my blog at first, I didn’t use so many expressions. But I could use different expressions day by day

Facing Challenges

My most significant challenge was to write 10000 words. As a matter of fact, I couldn’t write so many words, but I have never written many words, so I could develop my English skill. Using computer is very hard for me, because I cannot use the computer easily.

Achieving Satisfaction

I had never written blog, so I confuse about writing at the first time. I don’t write well still. I didn’t write so many words ever, so I satisfy about my writing.

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Mindmap: Outline and Spreadsheet

My old town

place

Kumamoto city

Hafuji

Aqua dome

apartment

old

school

good memories

store

friends

fun

game

play

going outside

neighborhood

good relationship

American affairs

I took American affairs lecture last year. I made a story which was made myself. I made a history of GM. It was difficult for me, so this story is not easy to read.



I am Tomas Smith. Today, I am going to talk about my great friend. I am old now, but I impress his personality. He and I have known each other since we were small children, and we went to same school. He has very sharp concentration and willpower, so he will not give up things he started. He is my dream forever.
Since we were 25 years old, we started new work. We made carriages ourselves and sold them. In the beginning, our products were hardly sell. Although, thanks to his management, Our company gained big profit when he was 38 years old.
We made big money, and he became president his own company. In 1899, he got married and had three children. In the next year, I got married too and had two children. So I was very happy. One day I bought new car. At that time my car was powerful and had beautiful design. In holiday, I invited him to drive. Although, he said “I am not interested in it.” And he refused. Nevertheless, I invited him again. He took on my car unwillingly. The first time he took my car, he was impressed by speed and ride. And this was the start line of his successful story.
And then, he decided to learn Automobile. He left president’s seat, and he appointed me to be a president. Then I became his company’s president. He learned it by himself, and he bought new car. He actually drove his car long distance. He drove long distance, his car repeated break down and repair. And he found out car’s defects. He invented a new car that fixed these defects. Then there was not prospering automobile company, he focused on it. He acquired this company by his big money, he became a president. I thought he stepped away from me, and never come back our company.
When he became a president, he acquired many automobile company. In the blink his company was bigger and bigger. He was known one of the most success man in the world.
In 1947, he left a great amount of money to his children. He lived a stormy life and he taught me that it is important not to give up. His company is called “GM”, it is the biggest company in America. Now, it goes out of business, but his mind is living forever.

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Essay 1-01a Dear Host Family

Dear host family,

My name is Kousuke. I am very glad to meet you. I go to KGU and study English. Recently, English is becoming international language and I like English very much, so I am studying English in this university. I am interested in other culture in the world, because there are many different things. I want to learn about culture, customs, rules and language.

My hobbies are driving a car and listening to music. I got my driver’s license when I was 18 years old. In America, you can get a car license when you are 16 years old. If I were an American, I would get a car license as soon as possible. I want to drive an American muscle car, because it has much power and it is so cool.

I also listening to music very much. My favorite artist is “B’z”, because Inaba is so cool singer and Matsumoto is very good at guitar. When I go to University, I listen to their music.

I want to know about America. Is American McDonald’s bigger than Japanese McDonald’s? I want to eat at McDonald’s in America. Do you know Natto? It is Japanese food and most foreigners hate it. But I like it, because it is healthy. If I go to New York, I want to go “Times Square”. There are a lot of signboards, skyscrapers and cabs. We can see beautiful illuminations there at night. So I want to go there this one time.

I hope to see you soon and make a lot of memory. See you soon.

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BR 1-15 [Amanda Pig and Her Big Brother Oliver]

I read ''Amanda Pig and Her Big Brother Oliver" which is illustrated book. This book is Oliver and Amanda pig book series. I read "Tales of Amanda Pig" before, and it was interesting for me. So I wanted to read the other series. And this is one.

The first story is about Amanda's characteristics. In the afternoon, Amanda, her brother Oliver and their father were in their garden. Amanda and Oliver were playing, and the father was watching them. Oliver ran as fast and jumped as high and threw the ball as high. Amanda wanted to do everything he does, but she couldn't do well. In the end, she started to cry. Her father said her "You are the best at failing down of anyone I know." She stopped to cry and fell down again and again. She was happy.

The second story is about a secret. It was raining outside. Oliver, Amanda and their mother were sitting big chair. At first, their mother whispered a secret into Oliver's ear. Then, Oliver whispered the secret into his stuffed toy tiger's ear. The tiger whispered it into Amanda's ear. Finally Amanda whispered it into her mother's ear, but she mistook. She said something to wrong. Her mother was surprised and jumped up suddenly. They laughed and laughed.

The third story is about brotherhood. One day, Oliver was playing mighty pig. Amanda wanted to play with Oliver, so she did everything that Oliver did. He didn't do well, because she did as same as his doing. He stopped to play and he was going to have lunch. Their father made him to play with Amanda together. They played mighty strong pig. They went outside to beat two bad guys. Oliver let Amanda help him. Amanda did some hard works for instance, pushing a cart riding Oliver, getting some rocks and sticks and making some mudballs for him. Opposite to her, Oliver did only easy things. At last Amanda got angry and threw a mudball at him. Oliver threw a mudball back too. They went back to home covered with mud. Their mother was surprised, considered to make a good relationship.

The final story is about Amanda's doing all by herself. In the morning pig family ate breakfast. After that, Oliver and their father played checkers. Amanda watched the game, their mother came to her and asked"What would you like to do today?" Amanda wanted to play with mother, but she had to do a lots. The mother make her to play by herself for a little while. She went to her room alone. She sat down on the floor. Then she said "Ouch" She was sitting on one of the blocks. She played blocks. She put and put another block on top, and made a big house. She called her mother and showed her it. Then, Oliver and father finished the game and came into the room. They looked her house and said very nice. Amanda looked happy.

I think their father is wise and gentle. I want to be a such father. This series book is very fun for me. I would like to read the other book.

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Reference

Jean, L. (1982). Amanda Pig and Her Big Brother Oliver. PUFFIN Press:[n.p.].

Mind-map: Favorite place

Brainstorm: favorite place

Living room

My old town

My friend's room

Elementary school

Shopping center

Near my old house

park

junior high school

High school

University

Driver's seat

Store

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BR 1-14 [Mr. Bean]

I read "Mr. Bean" which comedy book. It has two stories. I often watched Mr. bean's video with my friends when I was elementary school student. So I like Mr. Bean very much.

Today is Mr. Bean's birthday. He decided to go out to a restaurant for dinner this evening. He took a birthday card out of his jacket and wrote his name and address by his own hand. He put it on the table. At a moment, he found it and said "Oh A card? for me?" and opened it myself. A waiter brought a restaurant's manu, and Mr. Bean looked at it. He was surprised. Everything was so expensive, and he didn't have a lot of money. He was obliged to order to only one thing. The waiter brought it, but it was tasteless. So he tried to hide it somewhere.

The second story was Mr. Bean in a Landromat. You bring some clothes to Landromat generally, but he is different. He brought his carpet, lamp cover, dices and his favorite little teddy bear. Then a man came to the Landromat. He looked strong, and brought a black belt. Mr. Bean tried not to relative with him, but the strong man teased at his all doing. He was so regrettable, he came up with a plan to beat the strong man.

Mr. Bean was very funny and interesting for me. I felt strange, because Mr. Bean barely say his own feeling. You can understand his thinking in this book. I would like to read the other series.

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Reference

Richard, C . (2001). Mr. Bean. Penguin Press:[n.p.].

Yesterday

I had to go to KGU yesterday, because I had to take a SPI examination. I usually go to KGU by train, but I went there by car this time. I planed to go to Karaoke with my friend, and I have to leave my home very early if I go there by train. So I used my car. When I arrived there, there was a few people in the room. The examination was so difficult for me and it took a long time. After that, we had a lunch in his car, went to Karaoke. My friend was very good at singing, I couldn't sing well. I want to sing well like him. We had a good time together. I would like to go to Karaoke again.

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Vacation plans

I will introduce my vacation plans. First, I will get some qualifications with my friend. Because they are necessary for me to get the job. I plan to take summer course in personal computer examination. I cannot use the computer very well, so I would like to be a good user. I wanted to take a color examination, but it seems to be difficult and its possibility for success is fifty percent. There are many things to learn. So I worry about it now. I would like to do a part-time job. It wants to find it as soon as possible. But I have to study for the final test before them.

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BR 1-13 [Tales of Amanda Pig]

I read "Tales of Amanda Pig" which was illustrated book. This is 5 stories and had cute pictures.

This story's heroin is Amanda. She is the youngest member of the Pig's family. She likes her stuffed toy monkey and rabbit. Oliver is her brother. He is always active. Amanda and Oliver sometimes quarrel. Their father has humor, and their mother is kind.

One day, Amanda's family ate them breakfast. The father and Oliver finished to eat, and went out of house to rake leaves. Then, mother finished to eat, but Amanda would not eat sunny-side up egg. Her mother wanted to ready for washing the dishes, but Amanda was only looking it. So her mother tried Amanda to eat egg.

The second story is about a rainy day. Amanda and Oliver wanted to go to grandmother's house, but the mother said"Not today." They decided to play taking in our airplane. They made their airplane using the table, chair and toy box. After that, they got the airplane ready for takeoff. The rain stopped, the grandmother visited their house. They was looking forward to meet her, so they were very glad.

The third story is about Amanda's worry. She said "I cannot go upstairs. There is a monster." Her father said"Show it to me." And She pointed a clock up the stairs. She looked it as a monster. Her father came up with a plan. He got a flashlight, a cooking pot, two Halloween masks and his umbrella. They would take care of the monster using these items.

The fourth story is Amanda and Oliver's fight. They decided to play in their house today. Amanda wanted to play house, but Oliver wanted to play monster. He obliged her to play monster, she went out of his room. She started to play house alone. Oliver talked to his father...

The last story was about sleeping. Her mother usually sings a lullaby and talks a story when She goes to bed, but this time She sung and talked. After her mother fell asleep. Amanda sat and watched her mother sleep quietly...

After I read this book, I was very sentimental. It was soft story. This story is long, but sentences is not so difficult. I really recommend this book.

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Reference

Jean, L. (1998). Tales of Amanda Pig. PUFFIN Press:[n.p.].

F1 Europe GP

I watched formula one race on TV. The formula one races are held around the world every year. I often watch the race on TV. And this time, it was held in Valencia. There is near by sea and very beautiful place. My favorite driver is Kamui Kobayashi. He is the only Japanese driver, and I think he is the fastest Japanese F1 driver ever. He is young rookie driver and belonging to BMW Sauber. This team's car is not fast, but he compensates in his own skill. In the race, the qualifier was not good position. He started at 18th position first. After that, a crash happened, a safety car was in the course. Because of the safety car, he could take up his position at 3rd. He has to back to pit, so he took down his position at 9th. But finally, he overtook two cars and the result was 7th position. This course is difficult to overtake, so I was surprised. The winner was Sebastian Vettel. He is young driver and has strong concentration. I was more exciting Kamui's overtaking than Vettel's win. This race was very interesting for me. I want young driver to be more famous, aggressive and clever.

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About blogging

I am not good at writing blog. When I began my blog, I didn't know what I write. Because the blog have to be write in English, and I have never kept my blog before. I cannot write in English very well, so I don't like to write my blog. I sometimes watch my friend's blog. It is funny and helpful for me about my blog. I have to write over 1500 words until deadline, or I cannot get credit of writing class. I will do my best to write my blog.

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Little Charo

Do you know "Little Charo"? He is a Japanese dog which got lost in America. He is NHK English conversation TV's hero and it is about his story. I first saw this TV progrem when I was high school student. The English teacher show us this probrem in his English class. We learned English about it. This story was short time, but it was interesting and useful for me to learn English.

The little Charo is abandoned dog. He was found "Syota" in a small park, and Syota became his master. One day, Charo, Syota and his father went to New York about his father's job. Soyta and Charo enjoyed New York, and They went to airport. But Charo got lost there and Syota and his father got back to Japan. Charo was sad, but he decided to be stray bog and live alone. It was difficult for him, but he lived hard with other dog. His English skill become better and better day by day.

I often watch Little Charo TV when I was high school student, but I don't watch it recently. This is first period story. And second period story have already started. I watched it recently, but it was no English caption. I felt difficult, but it was interesting to watch new story. I would like to keep watching it again.

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BR 1-12 [The Troy Stone]

I read "The Troy Stone" which is illustrated book.

The Jackson family went to Turkey on holiday. They were staying at a big hotel in Istanbul. Mark, his sister and their parents like Turkey. There was a lot to see, and it was beautiful.

Next day, they went to city of Troy by bus. There were forty people on the bus. After they arrived at the city, they started to look at the old city, and ate lunch. It was very hot day, so Mark sit under a tree. Then he found something on the ground, it was a yellow stone. He picked it up. Suddenly there was a white strong light in his eyes. He cannot hear or see anything.

After that he opened his eyes, he was in Troy in old era. There was a lot of wood and some people carried it. Mark climbed a small hill, and saw a big wood horse. It was called "The Trojan horse". It steered Greek to win.

I chose this book, because I watch a movie named Troy on western history class. This book was interesting and exciting. The story is short, and the sentences are not difficult for me. I recommend this book.

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Reference

Stephen, R. (1998). The Troy Stone. Penguin Group Press:[n.p.].

About my keitai

I use my keitai everyday. It is necessary for me to send and receive e-mail, talk to my friends and use internet. My cellphone is Docomo, because my parents use same cellphone. I have used it for one and half year. I brought it when I entered this University. It was very expensive. I don't talk to my friend on the cell phone very often, but I sometimes talk to my friend a long time. The cellphone charge was over 10 thousand yen last month, so I will be careful about using my cellphone. I like my keitai very much, so I will use it as long as possible.

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Quickpost about voice recording

I recorded my voice. I had never heard my voice, so I felt strange. I cannot speak in a loud voice, I retried to record many times. The voice record was not good for me, because the voice was small and had noises. I felt different to my voice and the recording. I don't like my voice very much, but I enjoyed recording voice.

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Using the computer

I often use the computer to do homework, get information and watch movie. I bought my computer when I entered at the university. It is often used by my sister, so I don't use it frequently. I always use it to do typing homework, but I sometimes use university's computer because I can not concentrate on using computer at my home. I can not use the computer very well, so I will take a summer seminar in microsoft officer and I want to get computer skills. I am interested in watching movie recently. I like to watch car CM which was broadcasted on TV.

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Essay 1-01c: Voice Recording

This post is voice record for dear host family.

I talked about my introduction, my favorite music and what I want to do in foreign country.

http://kousuke-blogger.blogspot.com/2010/04/blog-post.html
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BR 1-11 [Dutch Adventure]

I read "Dutch Adventure" which is illustrated book. This book is written by Roderick Hunt.

One day, a dad went to the supermarket with his children named Biff and Chip. He wanted them to help. They went to the cheese counter. A lady was selling a special cheese made in Holland. The lady let them eat Edam cheeses and Chip liked it. He brought two cheeses and got two free baseball cap. He gave his children the caps. After that, he took the shopping to his car. There was a lot to carry, so he put the cheeses on the top of the car and they left the parking area.

A dog ran into the road on the way to the home. Dad stopped suddenly. The cheeses slid off the roof and rolled down the hill. They chased the cheeses by the car. Two of the cheeses were run over by a lorry, but fortunately, one was dented. The dad was not funny.

At home, Biff and Chip went to their room. Suddenly the magic key glowed and they were taken Holland in old age. They were on a high bank called Dyke. The land of Holland is lower than the sea, so The Dyke is protecting the land from seawater. They could see some windmills, but could not see any houses. So they began to walk.

A horse and cart driving a boy came along. They asked the boy to take them to the village and the boy said "Yes." His name was Hans and he was taking these cheeses to the market. At that moment a wheel came off the cart, the cheeses fell on the cart and rolled around a man on the bicycle carrying a cheese. The cart hit the bicycle and the man fell off on the bicycle. The cheeses bounced out of his basket. The man was not injured, but was angry. It was difficult to find his cheese, at last he found it. The cart was broken, so Hans groaned.

Hans put the cheeses in some sacks and Biff and Chip helped him. These were very heavy. Suddenly they heard a girl shouting. They ran to see what was happen. Water spouting through the Dyke. The girl tried to stop it and said to help. They helped her, but could not stop the water. Then Biff came up with an idea. They pushed the cheeses into the hole. They filled the hole as well as they could. But the water still came through in places. The girl and Biff went and got help. They found a windmill and the man's bicycle. They looked through the window. The man was cutting the cheese in half and inside the cheese were some diamonds. He hid some diamond in the cheese.

The girl and Biff told mayor about leaking Dyke and the man. Finally the Dyke was fixed and the man was punished. Hans gave them some cheeses and said thank you. Then the magic key began to glow and took them home.

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Reference

Hunt, R. & Brychta, A. (2001). Dutch Adventure. Oxford University Press:[n.p.].

BMW fair

I went to BMW fair with my friend in Grandmesse Kumamoto. It was so hot day. There were a lot of brand new cars and used cars. I like BMW very much and my friend too, so we went there to watch the cars.

I left my home at 9 o'clock and drove to my friend's home. Then we went to Grandmesse Kumamoto. I saw some BMW on the way to the Grandmesse Kumamoto. we arrived there, there was a lot of cars in the hall. We watched the cars and took some pictures. Those were vert cool cars. My favorite car is BMW old 5 series, because the new model is simple design and does not have a characteristics. If I have a chance, I want to drive this car. After that we went back to his home and ate lunch. It was very interesting and became memorable day for me. I want to go there again!

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My favorite movie

I often watch movie with my friends. My favorite movies are 007 series. There are a lot of series of movies, and I almost watched. The hero of 007 movie is "James Bond". He is an agent of the secret service called MI6 and he is very good at guns. He is very strong and cool man. It always happen impossible things every time, but Ii is exciting and interesting. 007 movie has some car called "Bondcar" every series. My favorite Bondcar is Aston Martin DBS. It is the most beautiful car I have ever seen.

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BR 1-10 [The Little Red Hen]

I read "The Little Red Hen" which is illustrated book.

A little red hen and his friends a dog, a goose and a cat lived on a farm together. One day the little red hen found some grains of wheat. She decided to plant the wheats and she asked her friends to help her. Unfortunately, nobody wanted to help her. The little red hen watered and weeded. She watched the wheat grow. The wheat grew day by day, finally it was ready to be cut. The little red hen asked her friends to help her, but nobody wanted to agree her request. She was obliged to do all of her work by herself. She cut and beat the wheat, took it to the mill herself. After that, she came back with flour. She baked it herself and the bread came out of the oven. It smelled very good. Then, her friends, the dog, the goose and the cat smelled the bread. They ran to get some. They seemed to eat the bread and brought some forks. The little red hen asked "Who will help me eat this good bread?" They said "I will." But They did not help her works, so The little red hen said"Oh no, you won't!" And she ate it all up herself.

The story tells us need to help someone. It was interesting book so I recommend it.
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Reference

Harriet, Z. (1995). The Little Red Hen. Puffin Press:[n.p.].

BR 1-09 [Harry Goes To Day Camp]

I read "Harry Goes To Day Camp" which is illustrated book.

One day, Harry went to a day camp. A bus was coming toward him, so he hurried up. He took his camp bag and his lunch bag, and left home. Harry got on the bus. Everyone on the bus sang a song and arrived at camp at a moment.

Then They formed themselves in group of four. Harry asked his counselor what we play first. The counselor said "Soccer." Harry wanted to go swimming, so he whined. He played soccer, but he did not play well. After that, Harry asked his counselor what we play next. The counselor said "Basketball." Harry played basketball, but he was not good at it. Next, it was time for lunch, so they ate them lunch and rested.

Finally, it was time for swimming, so he hurried up and go swimming. Harry was a great swimmer. They raced and Harry easily won the race. He was having a good time on his day camp.

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Reference

James, Z. (1995). Harry Goes To Day Camp. Puffin Press:[n.p.].