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.].