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BR 2-18: Huckleberry Finn

"You don't know about me if you have not read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tome Sawyer. But that doesn't matter" (p.1)

 Like this, this book is the continuation of a story. It's interesting! The other day, I've written a book review about The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.  In this book, Huckleberry Finn, Tom's friends, is main character! Of course, Tom appeared on the scene. I feel like they are alive. It's great!

  I chose this book because I've heard that this book is so famous. I'll go to the United States from next summer, so I decided to read a lot of American books. This time, I tried to read this book. The author is Mark Twain. This book is printed from IBC public. These series have word list, and it's kind for readers.

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  Mark Twain. (2005). Huckleberry Finn. Tokyo, Japan: IBC public.

BR 2-17: The Great Gatsby

"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had." (p.1)

Jay Gatsby is main character. He lives in a luxurious mansion, west egg alone. Nick Carraway is a narrator. He will tell us a lot of stories about Gatsby. Tom Buchanan is Daisy, Nick's cousin, her husband. Nick and Tom have known each other from their college lives. At first, you should know about these main characters. Except these characters, there are some characters, for example, Jordan Baker, George B. Wilson, and Myrtle Wilson... This story will give you time for thinkng about your lives. It's good chance I think.

 I chose this book because I watched a movie from the original by The Great Gatsby in a class. After watching movies, reading originals is easy I think. This time, that is so. Until I watched the movie, I haven't known about this name. However, this book is so famous. The author is F. Scott Fitzgerelad! This book is printed from IBC public. These series have word list, and it's kind for readers.

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 F. Scott Fitzgerald. (2006). The Great Gatsby. Tokyo, Japan: IBC public.

BR 2-16: Thumbelina

"Here is a magic seed" (p.3)

Thumbelina is pretty and kind, and as tiny as your thumb. Once, there was a woman who wanted a child, and went to a fairy for help. The fairy gave her a magic seed, and inside was a tiny girl, no bigger than a thunn. She is Thumbelina. The woman made here a bed ouf of a walnut shell. It's so fantastic! However, one night, a large, lumpy tad crept throught the open window... she snatched Thumbelina as she slept! What would happen to Tumbelina?!

This is based on a story by Hans Chrisian Andersen, retold by Susanna Davidson, and illustrated by Petra Brown. This is USBORNE FIRST READING: LEVEL FOUR. I think these words are little difficulut, but illustrations will help you guess unknown words. It's good for us to study like that. The story is good, but I wonder where the frist woman goes...

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Thumbelina. (2008). Thumbelina. London, England: Usborne.

BR 2-15: The Runaway Pancake

"I'm delicious but you'll never catch me!" (p.25)

When seven hungry children have pancakes for breakfast, one pancake refuses to be eaten... That is unbelievable. Just kidding, but the pancake jumped right out of the pan and rolled out of the door. The family, they all went running after runaway pancake. Can the runaway pancake escape from the whole family, the dog, the rabbit, the duck, the cat, the goat, the fox and a cunning pig!?

This is retold by Mairi Mackinnon, and illustrated by Silvia Provantini. This is USBORNE FIRST READING: LEVEL FOUR, but I don't think too difficulut. The illustration is so funny, so you can also enjoy them. Anyway, I recommend you to read this book when you are disappointed. This book maybe make you funny.

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 Mairi Mackinnon. (2006). The Runaway Pancake. London, England: Usborne.

BR 2-14: Percy and the Pirates

"I've found a treasure map" (p.38)

Percy Pike and his family lived on a farm by the sea, and spent all day working in their tiny filed. However, there was never enough to eat. Early one morning, Percy came up with a plan, that is, fishing trip, but it runs into trouble. He's captured by pirates, but the capatain was terrible I thikn. Can Percy escape before he's forced to walk tha plank?!

 I chose this book because this book has really cute illustrations. This is written by Russell Punter, and illustrated by Kate Sheppard. It's USBORNE FIRST READING: LEVEL FOUR, but is easy to read. It has about 50 pages, but hasn't too many words. I recommend you to read this! After reading this, you maybe think about doing good things is very important!

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Russell Punter. (2007). Percy and the Pirates. London, England: Usborne.

BR 2-13: Sonny Gets Lost

"Most of all, Sonny likes cats" (p.6)

Sonny, a big, black, shaggy dog, lives with Sandy. He really likes to sleep everywhere like in the sun, on the mat, and on the chair... also he likes men, for example, Greg, Mark, Dave, Dean and so on. Most of all, Sonny likes cats. He likes to run after cats! He runs after big cats, little cats, black cats, white cats, and so on. One day, Sonny ran after a black cat. The cat ran away down the road, so he did so. He did not come back, so Sandy, his owner, went to look for him. Where did he go? Could she find Sonny?

I chose this book because this book is good for children I think. This story is written by Josephine Selwyn, and illustrated by Stella Yang. This is MACMILLAN. Its YL is 0.5, so it is written only about 200 words (about 16 pages). I really recommend you to read this book to children. OR I recommend you to read this book as warm-up.

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Josephine Selwyn. (2004). Sonny Gets Lost. South Yarra, Australia: Macmillan.

MR: King of the Apology

I thought about movies which I've watched in this year... I remembered to watch this movie, King of the Apology, with my friends, Nozomi and Sakura. That day was Wednesday. On Wednesdays, we have fifth class. Wednesdays remind ladies of ladies' day. Only girls can watch a movie in 1,000 yen. That movie was funny. We laughed very much... If you have a chance, let's watch it!

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Nobuyuki Iinuma, Kazutoshi Wadakura, and Satoshi Fukushima (Producers), & Nobuo, Mizuta (Director). (2013). King of the Apology. Japan: Nippon Television Network Corporation

My Favorite Season

I would like to write about my favorite season. My favorite season is spring! At first, I really don’t like hot days because it’s too hard to live in hot days. Kumamoto is one of the hottest prefectures I think, so I hate its summer… When I say about winter, in fact, I don’t like cold days. However, I will go to Montana from next summer. I’ve heard it is too cold from my friend. I wonder if I can live…  In conclusion, I like spring the best because it is warm and makes me feel comfortably warm. I love spring! One of my friends said I don’t like spring because I have to change the class. Surely, when we were student, we had to change the class. It has fun and restlessness, but in the university, we don’t have to change the class, and we can spend time with our best friends. Also we can meet new people in spring. It’s a lot of fun! Can’t wait next spring!

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BR 2-12: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

"Aunt Polly asked me because I'm a very good painter." (p.1)

I have read this story in Japanese and I wrote a report about it. I like Chapter 1 The Fence, of course, this story was in Japanese version. I think this story was in second chapter. It was interesting. Tom is wise. The above word was funny, and I laughed. Reply to this, Ben, his friend, said "I'm a good painter, too. Please, can I paint? I have some fruit. Do you want it?" Tom is really wise. He got a lot of things from his friends, and finished his work quickly. Also, aunt Polly was surprised!

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) is about a young boy in a small town in the 1800s. This is famous! I recommend you to read this story in various versions. I'll try to read another version in the near future.

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Twain, Mark. (2000). The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Essex, England: Penguin.

My Favorite Photo

Today I would like to write about my favorite photo. I’m joining MONDAY UNION, which was opened by Yung, the other Monday, in it, we introduced each other our most favorite photo. I looked for my many photos, and found it. This was taken by Michika, she is one of an exchange students, and she send it to me. This photo is the list of exchange students. I was so happy to see this picture because I found I could go to the Montana State University as an exchange student from next summer. That is, this photo is an announcement of successful! Thanks for sending me, Michika. This picture maybe changed my life. I want to improve my English skills more. I’ll do my best. In fact, I have two favorite photos. I would like to introduce the one by the by. That was taken by my mother maybe. When I became 1 year old, I walked! On my first birthday, I walked! That photo shows us my first step. So, this is my favorite too, and I use it as my icon in LINE.

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Udonnn

The other day, I ate this udon at the shopping moal, which is know as IEON. So delicious!

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I Couldn't get it.

I really wanted it!

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So Delicious!

The other day, I went to shopping with my best friend and went to Starbucks. That was so delicious!

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Merry Xmas

I wish your merry Xmas!

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Merry Xmas

This cake was delicious. Santa Claus is cute, isn' it?

 

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AWESOME NIGHT

Today was a very good day. Every Thursday, I have five classes, in addition to this, today I had a micro teaching on 5th period. Today was so heavy... BUT I had a special time after school. I ate out and went to karaoke with Jake, Nana, and Misao. It was so funny time. We went to Daimonji, which is known about okonomiyaki. It was so good. Jake and Nana was good at turning upside down! After that, we went to karaoke. They are really good at singing songs. I like singing, but my songs were terrible. I want to improve my singing skill too. hahah Anyway, tonight is AWESOME! Thank you so much, and I want to see Jake's Jazz hands again, Nana! 

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Essay 2-03a: Spending with computers

Today I would like to write about learning with computers. At first, computers remind me of a lot of homework. And, a lot of homework reminds me of speaking, writing, reading, listening and other classes. I have a lot of homework. 

I have my own computer. My father gave it to me. It is portable and Windows 8. However, to tell the truth, it is inconvenient for me. Oops, not inconvenient. It is TOO convenient for me. 

In speaking class, I have homework. That one ie online study and practice. That is English central. We have to make 80,000 points by the end of this term. These day, I haven't done it. I little regretted to do it during summer vacation but doing it every day is very important I think. I need English muscle. 

One of speaking class' homework is making presentations about a country, food and dish. I've made a restaurant with my friends, Yui and Tomohiro as homework. I made menu and I do a presentation. 

In writing class, I have much homework. I have essay and report. In addition to this, I have to write book reviews and diary. We have to write 15,000 words by the end of this term. I wrote a lot but these days, I didn't it. We have to write 18 book reviews too. I've written 11 book reviews. 7 more to go. One of my friends has done. She is so great.

In reading class, I often use a computer. We have some assignments. We have to search some headlines from newspapers. Searching is difficult but I saw English newspapers for the first time due to these assignments. My teacher from reading class is considerate, so we have to use Word, one of office tools. I enjoyed learning new methods about it. I sometimes search English news on Internet. That's so convenient.

In listening class, I use a computer for doing my homework. My homework is listening but I can't listen to the homework by my iPhone. Why~~ That's too inconvenient.  So, I always use a computer in building no.14 at this university.

E-campus center is convenient, so I recommend you to use this place.

I've wrote to find that I always learn with computers. As a university student, computers are indispensable. Using them is more important I think. Computers are so convenient but there are some bad points. When I use a computer, I'll take care of them and use them well. 

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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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