English Weekend 2

This picture is one of my favorite pictures. We got into lockers. hahah

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English Weekend

I joined English Weekend last weekend. It was an event under the auspices of Eibei department. I joined the event for the first time. At first, I was worrying but it was so fun. Everyone who I met there was so nice guys. I had a really good time, and I'll show you some pictures. This picture is one of my favorite picture. We got into the space. hahah

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Important Person For Me

I would like to choose my father because he is one of the person that I respect. He runs a law office and works every day with my mother and employees to bring us up.

I respect him gentility, for example, he rarely complains and gets angry. When I want somebody else’s advice, I often talk to my father. It’s because his way of thinking and my way of thinking are similar to each other. Also, he gives me some advice from his experience. So, I thank him for everyday help.

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News quiz

News quiz~~

1.Who wins Maldives presidency?

2.Who is U.S. Ambssador to Japan?

3.In November 8, where one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded slammed into? 

4.Who is he received a loan of ¥50 million from the scandal-tainted Tokushukai medical group ahed of the Tokyo gubernatorial election last December?

5.How will the Emperor and Empress's ashes be preserved?

6.Who is European Council President?

7.When will construction work on nine permanent athletic facilities for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics start?

1.Yaamin Abdul Gayoom

(The Japan News, November 18, 2013 p.6)

2.Caroline Kennedy

(The Japan News, November 24, 2013 p.1)

3.Philippines

(The Japan News, November 9, 2013 p.6)

4.Naoki Inose

(The Japan News, November 23, 2013 p.1)

5.Cremation revived

(The Japan News, November 16, 2013 p.1)

6.Harman Van Rompuy 

(The Japan News, November 16, 2013 p.1)

7.in 2016

(The Japan News, November 16, 2013 p.1)

How many points did you get? See you next quiz~~

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Beautiful Sky

Yesterday, I had 2nd and 4th classes but I skipped the former. So, I went to university by bus at around 1 o'clock. The weather was so good and I took this picture at my bus stop. Yesterday's sky was so beautiful <3 Watching beautiful skies is good for me.

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#3goods

Today, the sky was so beautiful! Yesterday was rainy, so the sky was clear. From this morning, I was glad.

After arriving university, someone who I met for the first time today was Yui. She is so smiley, and her smile made me happy. Smiles make me powerful. 

After classes, I went to eat with my friends. The restaurant is Seoul, Korean food. It was so delicious. I had a great time. Thank you guys. <3

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BR 2-11: The Cup in the Forest

"Look at this old cup, Nina!" (p.3)

Per and his girlfriend, Nina are on holiday in the country. While driving, they find beautiful forest. They stop the car and walk in the forest. But the forest is very dark and quit, so they are about to go back to the car. On the way to the car, he sees some old stones and they find an old cup. It's beautiful and very expensive! The forest is very dark and cold. They go... At that time, Per looks a man into the trees!?!? But, Nina can't see a man... Who is he?!

I chose this book because reading this book is good for me I think. This story is retold by Anne Collins. This is in the Penguin Readers and written in British English. Its YL is 0.8, so it is written only 980 words (about 15 pages). This story is little scary, so I recommend you to read this book as a warm-up.

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Anne Collins. (2003). The Cup in the Forest. Essex, England: Penguin.

BR 2-10: Dick Whittington

 "Please give me your cat." (p.7)

This story is about a boy, Dick Whittington, 12, likes stories. One day, he goes to London, and he looks at the children in there. They have got sad faces. Dick is hungry, and he sits down next to beautiful house and goes to sleep. When he wakes up to find this house is Mr Smith's house. Maybe he has money I think. He has a friend who is the king's friends, and he goes to dinner at the king's castle. But something happens! The time, the key is cat. What is it??

I chose this book because illustrations look cute. This story is retold by Marie Crook. This is in the Penguin Young Readers and written in British English. Its YL is 0.5, so it is written only 360 words (about 14 pages). This story is fun, and I recommend you to read this book if you had free time. For your information, this book is too easy for English learners, so I recommend you to read this book as a warm-up.

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Marie Crook. (2000). Dick Whittington. Essex, England: Penguin.

What I Think About Celebrations

I would like to talk about celebrations.  Of course, I celebrate my family’s birthdays and my friends’ birthdays.  June 26^th was my younger sister’s 17th birthday.  We had sushi delivered and had a birthday party at home.  We ate sushi, deep-fried chicken and cake while drinking juice.  June 17^th was Father’s day.  In this year, I, my sister and my brother presented my father “zinbei” in a body.  Zinbei is light cotton summer clothing consisting of knee-length shorts and short-sleeved jacket, often worn at festivals.  My sister presented him a handkerchief, too. We, my family ate cake which my mother bought at delicious cake shop.  May 13^th was Mother’s day.  May 12^th was my father’s birthday, so I cooked a custard pudding tart for them. After my and my brother's failure in exams, my family celebrated us doing our best.  I and my brother were happy, so Now, we do our best at present school.  In my family, we usually celebrate as often as we can.  I would like to celebrate more things in my life.  I don’t think celebrating isn't a waste of time because it gives me power.  I like to celebrate with someone.  It goes without saying that my family, I like to do with my friends, too.  When it comes to celebrating with my friends, we usually celebrate when my friend get a boyfriend or girlfriend.  In their memorial day, I sometimes mail them. “I wish you the best!”  I feel happy to see them spend happily.  Of course, I celebrate my friend’s birthday.  June 8^th was my friend’s birthday.  I and the other my friends prepared confectioneries and I cooked cookies for her.  I was glad to see her rejoice to see cookies.  After all, I like to celebrate because celebrating is happy, especially celebrating with someone!

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BR 2-09: The Elves and the Shoemaker

"Beautiful shoes!" (p.25)

This story is about a shoemaker. Until late night, He is making shoes. He is sad because his shoes are not beautiful. However, his wife says "Let's sleep now." In the morning, the shoemaker finds there are some beautiful shoes on the table. He is so happy. He puts the shoes in his shop, and a man who comes in says "Beautiful shoes!" The shoemaker finds some beautiful shoes on the table again in the morning. One day, the shoemaker and his wife don't go to bed and see something. What they see???

I chose this book because illustrations look cute and I don't know the word, elves. This story is retold by Marie Crook. This is in the Penguin Young Readers and written in American English. Its YL is 0.5, so it is written only 332 words (about 14 pages). This story is fun, and I recommend you to read this book if you had free time. For your information, this book is too easy for English learners, so I recommend you to read this book as a warm-up.

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Marie Crook. (2000). The Elves and the Shoemaker. Essex, England: Penguin.

Welcome to November

November comes the other day. Only two months left this year. Time is money... This month, I shall do my best for studying English. I will go to the US as an exchange student from next summer. However, my English is too poor. Fightin' me. Do itttt!!

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My full name is Yukie Yokota. In fact, I dislike my family name. When you call it upside down,  you pronounce Takoyo.  It seems to mean "I'm an octopus".  So, I dislike my name.  I was born in Fukushima, and moved to Kumamoto.  My hometowns are Fukushima and Kumamoto.  I like nature of them.  I like listening to music because I joined brass band club.  I like taking a bath too.  I want to be an English teacher, so I will do my best in KGU!  I want to make friends in the world, so I will be ryuugakusei staff.

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Toy Story

I watched Toy Story 3 again and cried.

I really really love them. This photo was my lock screen now. haha

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English Central

I studied this video... I cried. I think that I want to take good care of my family and friends.

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Parking

I was exhausted... Parking is too difficult. I went to my grand parents' house, and it took about twenty minutes to park.

Finally, I was able to park. Phew!

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Saxophone

Today, I would like to write about how to construct the saxophone.  Do you know about the saxophone?  It’s usually called sax.  It’s a reed instrument.  It has a various kind, which is soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone and so on.  Today, I would like to tell you about how to construct the tenor saxophone.  I played it when I was in junior high school and high school.  I joined brass band club and enjoyed playing it every day.  Let’s play it together.  Before playing, let’s construct it ; )

 Please sit down in front of the case and open the case.  First of all, we attach a neck strap to pick up the sax.  After we attach a neck strap, we pick up the sax.  Please take care of your neck because tenor sax is heavy unexpectedly.  In summer, your neck will become sweaty.  I used to use a towel between a neck strap and neck.
 Next, we choose a today’s reed which is made ​​of very delicate Kane by its appearance, wood grain, and darkening and so on.  After we choose it, we set it up a mouthpiece which is sound generated in the mouthpiece leads to vibration by a ligature which is clamp to secure the reed and the mouthpiece.  There are many various mouthpieces and ligatures, so we need to choose best for us.  If you don’t know which choice is best for you, you can ask a person of a shop for musical instruments.
 After we choose a mouthpiece, ligature, and reed, we put on cork cream with cork which is the part that connects the neck and mouthpiece.  Neck is body part that connects the mouthpiece and tube.
Finally, we attach the neck and body and we finish.  Next time, you try to play!

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Family Trip 2

Hi, i'll write about my family trip last March. After graduating my high school, my family went to Oita. We had a family trip for a long time and we went to African safari park, themepark(the name is KIJIMA) and aquarium(the name is umitamago). I'll talk about aquarium called umitamago today. The aquarium was so fantastic. We can see many animals and nice shows. Of course, i did and took many pictures! i'll attach some favorite pictures ne. If you would like to go there, click Here.

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November 12th '12 Speech

Hi, everyone. My name is Yukie. I will tell you about my cell phone. My cell phone is iPhone4S. I began to use it from March 2012. I use it every day, that is, I am together with it for one and five months. Smart phones are very convenient. As you know, we can do anything by smart phones. It seems to me that we have always computer every day. I think my choice is good, because iPhone is good for me. But there are some bad points. It’s that we sometimes use it too much, and we can be easy to tire. And eyes sights become bad. Also, iPhone is heavy. If I got down it, a large screen of iPhone would be broken.

Actually, I've gotten down it. What’s worse, I got down in Fukuoka in summer vacation. In August, I went there with my friends to meet our friends and shopping. I wanted to visit my cousin. First day, I enjoyed shopping with my friends at tenjin. When I tried to call my friend, I found I’m missing my iPhone. I looked for it in my bag and surrounding, but I couldn't find it. It gets dark, so I gave up and call to the police. Police said “I’ll be in touch with you again if your iPhone is found.” I was shocked because I lost my cell phone for the first time in my life.

Second day, it was rainy day. I didn't receive a communication from the police. I thought perhaps my iPhone is driven out to sea.

Third day, I contacted the police and asked “Was my iPhone found?”, but answer was no. I thought my iPhone couldn't find forever.

The night of last day, my cousin told me “Your iPhone was found!”

“Oh, really?” I was really happy, but also I really worried about my iPhone because I got down, so the screen would be cracked. And it was rainy, so iPhone would be submerged.

              Next day, I went to tenjin police with fear. I said “I heard my cell phone was found. My name is Yokota.” The police gave me, and I saw it. To my surprise, my iPhone was safe! It wasn't broken and the screen of it was clean; not cracked. I could charge, so it wasn't submerged. This story is amazing, but real story. That’s all.

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Best friend 5

Today I'll introduce my best friend. Please look at this photo.
This photo was taken about one and half years ago. March 25-26.2012. At HUIS TEN BOSCH. After graduating our old high schools, we went to have a graduating trip to HUIS TEN BOSCH in Nagasaki. We went there by ourselves and spent there for one night and two days. At first, we had a meeting at traffic center in Kumamoto and took an express bus to Nagasaki. It took about three hours. First day we took many attractions. It was great. The night, we took a ferries’ wheel and saw beautiful views. Of course, we ate many delicious food ne! haha
My best friend's name is Reishuku. Her nickname is Rei-chan. We met when we were elementary school students. We spent for a long time together. We have never gone to same school but we take a contact almost every day by message, call, Twitter and Facebook. She goes to Kumamoto University now and we sometimes meet to chat. However, she has never been to KGU and I want her to come to ne! haha I've been to her house many times, but she rarely come to my house because my house is dirty. lol I have to clean my house to invite her ne! haha

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BR 2-08: Girl Meets Boy

"My plan worked, you see." (p.25)

This story is made up there points of view, that is, the girl, the boy and the town. (I can't understand it. haha Why is there the town's story???) At first, it is Donna's story. Her story starts in late July. It was the first day of her holiday. While having good time on the boat, she found him. He was really good-looking. She likes him. Second story is Mark's story. There were hundreds of people on the boat, but he found her. She is really good-looking with nice brown eyes and black hair. After that, what will they? What is my plan? Who said that?

I chose this book because I thought reading books from this level is good for present me. This story is retold by Derek Strange. This is in the Penguin Readers Beginner and written in British English. Its YL is 1.0, so it is written 1900 words (about 26 pages). Though there are more pages than usual, maybe you can read this book as usual. This story is little fun, and I recommend you to read this book if you had free time. For your information, this book is a black-and-white book.

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Derek Strange. (1999). Girl Meets Boy. Essex, England: Penguin.

BR 2-07: Mothor Teresa

"Go home and love your family." (p.14)

Though there are a lot of good people in the world, not many of them are world-famous. Mother Teresa was a small, quite nun. She died in 1997 in India, but people in many countries remember me, of course, I've known her. I've read her story in Japanese comic when I was an elementary school students. In addition to this, I've watched recorded TV shows about her. Do you know about her??? In the world, she is famous. People talk about her and they love her. Why? Let's read her story. The answer is here.

I chose this book because I thought that I wanted to read stories about Mother Teresa in English. This story is retold by D'Arcy Adrian-Vallance. This is in the Penguin Readers Beginner and written in British English. Its YL is 1.0, so it is written 2133 words (about 14 pages). Maybe you can read this book for minutes. Reading about Mother Teresa in English is good for English learners I think, and I recommend you to read this book.
 

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D'Arcy Adrian-Vallance. (2006). Mother Teresa. Essex, England: Penguin.