BR 2-18: Jump!

I read "Jump!" which was illustrated book. This book had a small CD , and had 4 chapters. The story of this book was a man tried to jump from the airplane.

Logan and Kyle were on the airplane, because they tried to jump from the airplane. Logan was black hair man, and this was his first jump. Kyle was his friend. He was blind, and he was wearing sunglass. He had jumped before, so he was culm down. However, Logan was afraid. He worried if his parachute didn't work. Kyle advised him not to worry.
It was time to jump. First, Kyle dived from the airplane with his instructor. And his parachute worked well. Next, Logan was still afraid. He took a deep breath, and he jumped. Unfortunately, there was a big problem. The parachute didn't open. Did he landed on the ground safety?

The most impressive sentence was "That sounds like a cool idea." (Millett, 2007, P,16) Logan was afraid at the first time, but finally he was completely enjoying it. I thought Logan and Kyle had good friendship each other. I don't like high place, so I thought that I couldn't do this.

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Reference

Millett, Peter. (2007). Jump! [THOMSON NELSON]. Melbourne: Nelson Australia Pry Ltd.

BR 2-17: Danger In The Snow

I read "DANGER in the SNOW" which was illustrated book. This book had a small CD, and there were 3 chapters of the book. The story of this book is about a life of polar bear and its cubs in Arctic.

A polar bear walked out on the ice. Two cubs were behind her. They were playing in the snow. They were safe now. However there were many danger around there. One day,the polar bear was into the sea to get them some food. When the polar bear was back there, there was nobody. Then the cubs went far away. But they were in danger now. Six wolves were running toward them. The polar bear looked them, and she decided to fight them to save cubs...

My favorite sentence of this book is "There was just one thing to do." (Mitchell, 2007, P,8) This sentence means that the polar bear fight six wolves to save her cubs. I felt the polar bear's strong will as a parent. There was any person in the book, so I felt it was very fresh. The picture of the book was so cute. It was good story.

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Reference

Mitchell, Julie. (2007). DANGER in the SNOW [THOMSON NELSON]. Melbourne: Nelson Australia Pry Ltd.

BR 2-16: Nico's List

I read "Nico's List" which is illustrated book. This book has a small CD, and there are 4 chapters in the book.

Nico's elder sister, Maria was in bad mood recently. Her favorite rock band, the Sci-fi Zombies held the concert on the town, but she didn't have the ticket. One day, Nico turned the radio. It said that if you were ninth caller, we gave you the Sci-fi Zombies's ticket. Suddenly Nico came up with an idea, and called the dial.

A few days later, he got the ticket fortunately. His plan was that he gave her the ticket whether she was his slave until the concert day. Finally she decided to do his chores for the ticket. She did his homework, washed his soccer shoes and picked him up to his school. But on Tuesday, before the concert day suddenly the concert was cancelled. Maria was face down on her bed, and seemed to do anything. Nico said her sorry and thanks, but she still faced down.

Nico went back to his room, and phone rang...

The best sentence of this book for me is "Having you for a sister." (Wall, 2007, P,24) After I read this sentence, I felt they have good brotherhood. I chose this book, because I watched this book, I thought it was interesting. I thought Nico was clever, but he was really glad man.

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Reference

Wall, Julia. (2007). Nico's List [THOMSON NELSON]. Melbourne: Nelson Australia Pry Ltd.

Essay 2-03b: 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 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. In addition it had much free time every day. When I became second-year student, timetable was easier than last year. It has not free time in this semester.

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 their room and heard about their activity and their relationship. Then I thought that I wanted to belong to member of the club. The activity was fun for me. Especially, I enjoyed talking to the member of the club. 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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BR 2-15: Bertha

I read "Bertha" which is illustrated book. This book has three chapters and has a small CD.

A family was washed them car one day. The car named Bertha was very old, so the family wanted a new car. Maddy who was younger sister wanted a pink car. Jake who was elder brother wanted a purple one. The father wanted black one, and the mother wanted yellow one. After that, the family decided to look at new car, and they went to car dealer.

The father, the mother and Maddy liked the first car, but Jake didn't like it because there were not rear seat space enough. The second car ran well, but the seat was hard. The third car was great, but the sound of the horn was terrible. Finally, they didn't decided car on the day. They thought that Bertha was better car of the three.

After Bertha was getting older year by year. The exterior of Bertha was terrible. Jake and Maddy didn't want anyone to see them in Bertha. Finally the father decided to change car. He thought everyone's order and the color which they wanted...

After I read this book, I thought the father's choose was unexpected. I thought it is easy to exchange the horn, so the family should just exchange good one. My favorite phrase of the book was "You're all going to love this car." (Mitchell, 2007, P, 15) I guessed the father was looking forward to show them new car on the time. And the father's face was always funny.

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Reference

Mitchell, Julie. (2007). Bretha [THOMSON NELSON]. Melbourne: Nelson Australia Pry Ltd.

BR 2-14: Don't Believe Your Eyes!

I read "Don't Believe Your Eyes!". This book has a CD, and some questions. This story is about an old paint technique in Italy.

Camogli is small town on Italian coast. There are many buildings, and they looks beautiful. There are windows on the wall and the flowers on the side of the window. They looks real, but they are just painted on the building. This painting technique is called "Trompe l'oeil".

In the past, Camogli's fisherman used to paint their house in bright color and unusual design. Then they could find their house from the water easily. This technique is difficult, and need detailed work, so there are a few artist now.

I thought that this book teach us the knowledge of old Italian painting technique. the most impressive sentence for me is "so don't always believe your eyes!". (Waring, 2008, P, 19) I thought it was a story about exercise of eyes, but it wasn't. I hope the culture to remain in the future.

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Reference

Waring, Rob. (2008). Don't Believe Your Eyes! [FOOTPRINT READING LIBRARY]. Melbourne: Nelson Australia Pry Ltd.

BR 2-13: It's a Jungle out there

I read "It's a Jungle out there "which is illustrated book. It has 4 chapters and small CD. It is story of a man that has world record.

Thomas is famous all over the world. He had the world record for sleeping in. One weekend, he slept in for two days, three hours, and fourteen minutes. He was proud of his world record, and people loved him. However his father didn't think so. His father got trouble, because Thomas didn't do his work. He didn't mow the lawns of the backyard, because he was sleeping for a long time. The grass was getting higher and higher every weekend, but Thomas didn't worry about it. One day, he was sleeping as usual, suddenly he woke up because of a big noise. There were many animals in the middle of the backyard...

The most impressive phrase for me was "Thomas smiled painfully at his father and waved." (Millett, 2007, p. 22). Thomas noticed that it was completely his dream, and he was disappointed. I thought that he was tired, and he was still sleepy. Then, he went to bed soon, and he noticed a important thing for him.

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Reference

Millett, Peter. (2007). It's a Jungle out there [THOMSON NELSON]. Melbourne: Nelson Australia Pry Ltd.

New Year's Resolution

I have some new year's resolutions. First, I want to attend class, and study harder than last year. Next, I want to get a job this year. I didn't do job last year, so I hope to find a job.

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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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