Essay 1-01b: Letter to Host Family

Hello. How are you? Let me introduce myself.

My name is Saori. I am 19 years old and a freshman of　KGU. I study English in university. I am from Kumamoto, Kyushu, in Japan.

My hobby is tennis. I like to play tennis. I belong to the tennis club in my university. I practice tennis very hard and enjoy playing tennis with my friends everyday. So I think that I want to play tennis in USA.

I like to listen to music. I often listen to J-pop. I like “Ikimono gakari”. It means “Person in charge of living things”. The group’s vocals have very good voices. I like “Kimura Kaela”, too. She is unique and very cute.

I do several things to stay healthy. First, I go to school by bike every day. It takes me 40 minutes to get to school. It is very hard, but it is good exercise for me. Second, I eat a well-balanced diet. I eat breakfast every day. Breakfast includes rice and miso-soup. It is very healthy for us to eat Japanese food. Finally, I get a full night’s sleep. I am tired every day because I go to school every day although I hate going to school. I usually come home at 23:00. It is a little late.

I will go to America in order to study English and see the sight. So I hope that you can take me several places.

Nice to meet you!

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