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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Essay 1-02b: Volleyball

My favorite sport is Volleyball because I was belonging to Volleyball club when I was junior high school student. I like to play it very much. The practice was so hard, but I enjoyed it with my friends. I wanted to do something, so I joined the volleyball club. My favorite time was talking with my friends after the practice. It was very memorable time of my junior high school.

Volleyball was invented by William G Morgan who was from America. At first, it was invented to play for women and children without constraint. It was very simple rule. After that, he presented this game to YMCA. The name was "Mintonette", but it changed "Volleyball" soon. Volleyball quickly spread around America, Canada and Cuba. In 1913, volleyball came to Japan at first. It was played with 16 people, but finally, It was played with 9 people.
In 1920's it spread around Europe and already played with 6 people.
Tokyo Olympic games held in 1964, at that time, volleyball became formal sport and played.

The game played with 6 people or 9 people, but it mostly played with 6 people now. It is 25 scored match. If you get a point, you get your serve. Must win by 2 points.

My favorite players are Yuh Koshikawa and Saori Kimura. He is very good at attack and serve. H has a great impact on his play. Saori Kimura is good attacker too. She often do well on her attack.

This website is TBS volleyball. Volleyball is popular in Japan, because it is often broadcasted on TV. There are a lot of information about a day of broadcasting, columns, players, movies and pictures on this website. You can see a lot of information, so I recommend this website to want to know about volleyball.

This website is about volleyball information. There are a lot of articles about games, resalts, teams and administrations. I think that it is difficult to read, because there are many specialized words, but it is useful to know volleyball's situation.


Volleyball's rule is not so difficult. This website is about basic volleyball's rules. I thought that the rules are complex and difficult, but the basic rules are easy for me. This site is easy to understand and see, because it is itemized. I recommend this website.
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References

TBS『Volleyball』, . (2010). . TBS『Volleyball』. Retrieved 18 May, 2010, from http://www.tbs.co.jp/sports/volleyball/.

Volleyball.it,, . (2010). . Volleyball.it,. Retrieved 18 May, 2010, from http://www.volleyball.it/redazione/.

http://westlake.k12.oh.us/hilliard/whspe/volleyball/volleyball_rules.htm

Essay 1-01b 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 would like to drive large road by seaside.

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 am interested in American food. I was surprised quantity of food and drink when I watched American movie. Junior high school teacher said that she couldn't eat all of food. I worry about it.

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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