BR 2-11: Adventure of Huckleberry Finn

"Well, I got a good going- over in the morning, from old Miss Watson, on account of my clothes." (Twein, 1985, P.23).

I knew the story because I watched the movie and read the book in the class. Mark Twein is famous novel writer in the U.S. It is the famous story, so I wanted to read again and write reviews.

The main character is Huckleberry Finn. He is a curious, silly and adventurous boy. He adventured with Jim. Jim was African American, and slave. They were going down to the north of the Ohio river for getting freedom!

The interesting point is that Huck told people a lie many many times. He protected himself to live. His lie was so exiting. However, sometimes people found him tell a lie. His lie is for protecting them.

Twein, Mark. (1985). Adventure of Huckleberry Finn. Berkeley: University of California Press.

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BR 2-10: This is London

"There are many exiting things to do in London. It is a fun city!" (P.4, Prowse, 2006).

The why that I choose the book is that I am interested in London. I would like to go to London sometime. I think that London is the beautiful city. London is the biggest city in British. It is one of the famous cities in the world.

The book is written about London. For example, parks, churches, museums, and so on. The book introduced a lot of famous place. Then, there are not only sightseeing but also history in London.

My favorite is Covent Garden. In 1600's, Covent Garden was a fruit and flower market. Now we can buy clothes and antiques there. I want to go there and go shopping! Other my favorite is tower bridge. I want to go The River Thames, and watch Tower Bridge.

Prowse, Philip. (2006). This is London. Oxford : Macmillan Heinemann ELT.

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BR 2-09: New York Cafe

"A better America, I want a better America." (P.21, Dean, 2000)

The why I choose the book is I feel "What is New York cafe?" I think that New York cafe is normal cafe, but actually it may not be cafe.

This story is in New York, in 2030. It is written like daily. The cafe is a computer cafe. The main characters are The Fuller. They wanted to help poor people and made them happy. Morever, they wish better America and want to be better America.

The interesting point of the book is the effort of the Fullers. They made a lot of efforts, however, it could not be realized. I think that it is sad story and I hope that it will be peace world in 2030.

Dean, Michael. (2000). New York Cafe. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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typing homework 15 (my favorite high school memories)

There are a lot of memories in my high school days. First of all, I belonged to tennis team of the high school. I had never played tennis when I decided to be on the tennis team. When I start to play tennis, it was very hard for me to play tennis. Although I was not good at playing tennis, I practiced it almost every day. I practiced with Ayako, who was one older than I. The member of the team is only 6 people. The other team mate did not practice it very hard. The tennis team is not strong, but I think that it is important for us to practice it hard, so I practiced. In 2nd grade, she retired to be the tennis team for entrance exams of university. I could not practice very hard because I did not have team mate who practiced very hard. I was sad, but I practice it again and again. I practiced whatever I could do.

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typing homework 13 (my favorite life style)

I think that it is the most important for me to sleep in my all life. I sleep about over 8 hours in a day. Sleeping is very important. I know that sleeping is more important than food. A person who dose not sleep dies faster than a person who dose not eat. If you go to sleep 12 hours late, It will take your body about three weeks to return normal. We spend about one third of our lives in sleep. That is about 121 days in a year.We are all different which we need to sleep is. A baby 16 hours of sleeping every day. Children 6 to 12 years old need an average of 10 to 12 hours. When I was elementary school student, my mother said "you have to go to bed" at 9 pm, so I went to bed at about 9 pm, and got up at about 7. I was used to sleep about 10 hours. It is average!

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typing homework 12 (my favorite drinks 2)

Green tea is one of my favorite drinks. I think that the most important drink in my country is green tea. Green tea is loved by all generations. I think that green tea is a symbol of Japanese national character and meal. Japanese food is healthier than other counties, so green tea is healthy and get well with Japanese food. Green tea match Japanese food because it is healthy. When I went to America, American people often drink pops or water while eating. However, I often green tea or barley tea in Japan while eating. My parents and grandmother often drink green tea, too. It is different, so I think that green tea is one of the most important drinks for Japanese. I can't even imagine meals without green tea. Green tea is good for us to keep our health. You had better drink green tea every time when you are eating.

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typing homawork 11 (my favorite addicted food)

I addicted three food. First, I like potato chips very much. Sometimes, when I come back home, there is chips on the table. My mother bought it for my brother. However, I eat it almost only me. I like it very much!! Especially, when I went to America, I eat "lay chips". The other my favorite chips is calbee potato chips. they are one of my best favorite chips. I like salt taste. Next, I like cafe au lait very much. It is not food, but it is my favorite and I drink almost every day. Especially, I buy hot cafe au lait when it is cold day. I buy small one, it is only one hundred yen! It is Great! Finally, I like rice bowl very much. I often buy convenience store. I like salmon and cod roe flavor! Of course, I like handmade rice bowl. The handmade rice bowl which my mother made is one of my favorites, too! They are 3 food which I addict to!

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typing homework 10 (my favorite sweet)

One of my favorite sweets is chocolate. Not only I but also people love chocolate. I think that why people like chocolate is many people like sweet. people want to eat something sweet when people are tired. It is a little bitter, but its bitter stresses sweet. Many people's favorite taste is chocolate. People tend to be addicted to chocolate due to the fabulous combinatim of bitterness and sweetness. Chocolate is used a lot of sweet, cakes, candy, drink, and so on. For example, chocolate cake, cafe moca, and chocolate candy! I think that it is expression that people like chocolate. Cafe moca is one of my favorite. Sometimes, I drink it at McDonald or starbucks. Coffee and chocolate taste good. The other my favorite is a truffle. In America, I eat GODIVA's truffle. It is so amazing!! It taste good for me.

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speaker notes

1. I'd like to tell you about my history of my learning languages. I learned many languages in my all life.

2. This time, I'd like to talk about learning English in my high school.This is out line.

3. When I was high school student, I studied English very hard because I had entrance exam for universities. Actually, I wanted to go other public university. Now, I go to Kumamoto Gakuen University. It is not the school which I wanted to go.

4. I would like to tell you about how to study English. I think that it has three important points of my studying.

5. First of all, I studied a lot of words. I needed to have English vocabulary for passing entrance exam, so I bought English words card and studied over and over. Then, if I had unmemorable cards, I wrote words and pronounce again and again. The photo are words card and idiom card. The words card are called "Tango Ou", it means "words of prince".

6. The other way was listening to CD of pronouncing many English words. I have a book which called "Yumetan". It meant that "your dream can realize!". Yumetan is the book for memorizing of English words. What a funny name the book was!  The book was used by my English class of my school. Sometimes I had a quiz in the class, so I studied very hard!

7. Second, I had to read long sentence. In common English exam, it was made long sentence. 

The picture is the common exam of English. It is not one of my favorite exams. I hate the exam very much!!

8. However, it was the hardest for me to read long English sentence, so I practice reading long sentence any number of times. Sometimes, I was taught some hangs by my teachers. I became more and more read better reading English long sentence than before.

9. Next, I had to write English composition. I needed to write English sentences in 2nd exam for public university.

10. One of the hang was using simple words, and make simple English sentences. I changed the questions of Japanese to simple Japanese, and changed Japanese to English. Then, the Japanese sentences should be easy for making English sentences. The other hang was nothing, anyway, I made them and corrected right sentences.

11. In addition, when I was 2nd grade of high school, I listened to radio for study English. It was very basic and simple, but I reviewed basic English. The radio's channel was broadcasting every ordinary day. I listened to the channel every time.

12. As a result, although I could not go the school I wished, but it is good choice that I go to Kumamoto Gakuen University. It is precious experience that I studied all subjects very hard. I will make use of the experience to the full, and I hope I will get a job.

13. That's All! Thank you for listening!!

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typing homework9 (my favorite drinks)

One of my favorite drinks is cafe au lait. It is sold by Santry. I live close Santry's factory. I have been to there once. It is kinds of Boss coffee. We can buy only one hundred yen by drink vending machine. Of course, we can buy on KGU. I like it very much and I drink almost every day. Sometimes, I drink other cafe au lait, but I like Boss cafe au lait the best. I think it is very good to drink it with something sweet to eat. The other my favorite drink is iced coffee. When I was 1st grade of university, I worked McDonald. Then, I drank it every time. I like black coffee, but I drank it half, I put into milk and syrup. It tastes sweet. Now, I retired McDonald. However, I like iced coffee. Sometimes, I went to McDonald and buy it or other fast food shops and buy it.

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Journal 5

I will tell you about American table customs. In last August, I had been o America for a month to stay and paticipate in a homestay program. First, all meals are very simple. Usually, nobady cook breakfast. They often eat cereal and drink milk. In my host family's house, dinner is very simple, too. My host mother said "I cook a big meal only special day". Next, in my host family, they pray every day before the eat dinner and lunch. they are christian, so they do. Finally, they do not often share their drink. American table custom are very interesting.

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Journal 4

In my country, there are a lot of different table customs from other countries. For example, when I eat something, I cannot draw up my knees. In Korea, it is OK to draw up their knees. However, it is one of the bad manners in my country. Then, we do not use bare hands when we eat. We often use chopsticks when we eat. In India, they often use their right hand for eating. There is no custom of using bare hands in Japan when we are eating. That is why we have different table ustoms different from other countries.

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Journal 3

In my country, if I compare Japanese table custom with other countries' table custom, table custom of my country are different. I think it is a unique table custom. First of all, in Japan, we often use chopstiks. Of course, we use a knife, fork or spoon, but we use chopsticks more than them. Second, when start eating, we often say "Itadaki masu", it means we receive animate things. It is the Japanese thinking for eating. Japanese think it is important. Finally, it is important for Japanese people to know how to use chopsticks. There are a lot of manners for using chopsticks in Japan. For example, if you put chopsticks a bowl of rice,it is one of bad manners. As a result, there are strange table custom in my country.

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Essay-pres1_2-03b_11-12_1c_10173

It is the presentation of my history of learning language.
As you know, I have touched a lot of language in my life.
Please watch the presentation!

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BR 2-08: Sam Runs Away

"All you do is ardue!" (p.19, Alexander, 2001).

The reason why I choose the book is that I want to know Why Sam run away. Sometimes, I want to run away when I am tired or have to do a lot of my homework.  I think that Sam's running away must have some reason.

I would like to tell about the out view of the story. One day, Sam could not bear arguing of her parents and she run away. She ran back towards the castle, and went into the secret room. Then, Ben appeared in the doorway. She told him about her parents there. Sam decided to go home there. However, she got back home, her parents got angry. Sam cried and told them her feeling. They understood her feeling. They became happy.

The interesting point is the scene of running away and going the secret room. I wanted to go the secret room when I am nervous


Alexander, Jenny. (2001). Sam Runs Away. Harlow : Pearson Education.

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BR 2-07: Why?

"Why are the children running away?" (P.23, Prowse, 2007).

The reason why I choose the book is that I  want to know about the story. The title is "Why?", so I thought what "why" is about. That is why I wanted to read the book.

This story is about the war. The main character is Alex, he wass a soilder in the army. He had to go Tonek, Glossia, so he said "good bye" to Sara. Sara was his girl friend. However, he was dead while patrol. He sent her email every day, but he could not send her email because he died. She worried about him and sent email to him, "Why don't you answer my emails? Are you OK? Why don't you write? Why? Why?" That's why the title is "why?"

The interesting point is that there is no town called Tonek, and there is no Glossia in the world. It is fiction. However, writer said, "There are countries  like Glossia all over the world." I think it is like non fiction.

Prowse, Philip. (2007). Why?. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.

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typing homework 8 (my favorite actress)

One of my favorite actresses is Erika Sawajiri. she is so beautiful. I like her face. She is half the French and half Japanese. What is more, she is so good character actress. Her acting ability is so nice. She made her debut in 2003. In 2005, she played the leading role in "tears of 1 L". she became the focus of public attention. At the time, I was 14 years old, and 2nd grade of junior high school, when I watched the drama, I began to have so good impression for her. Regrettable, she is so stubborn that she happened many problems. For example, in 2007, her behavior was so bad in the movie interviews. She stop her activity for a while. She married Tsuyoshi Takashiro However, I did not hate her. Recently, she do actress activity again. I am happy that I can watch that she will be on TV again.

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BR 2-06: Fixing Cars

"I love spending time with you, grandpa!" (p.14, Holt, 2007)

The reason why I choose the book is that the it is funny and interesting picture. Sometimes, my car or my motorcycle were broken, so I felt same things of them. My car is old. We drive for about 10 years. So I want to read the book this time.

I will tell you the out view of the story. The main character is Bonnie. She is very boyish. She likes cars.  She really want model cars, but her mother cannot understand her thinking. Her mom said "girls need nice dresses and jewellery". Her parents believed girls should learn to cook and clean. However, her grandfather understand her feeling, so he give her model cars for her birthday. Finally, she is good at being fixed. It is very useful for her family.

The interesting point of the story is difference of thinking. I think her parents' thinking is very old. It denies her feeling.

Holt, Sharon. (2007). Fixing Cars. South Melbourne: Thomson Learning Australia.

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Essay 2-03a: How to study English in my high school days

 

When I was high school student, I studied English very hard because I had entrance exam for universities. Actually, I wanted to go other public university. Now, I go to Kumamoto Gakuen University. It is not the school which I wanted to go. I would like to tell you about how to study English. I think that it has three important points of my studing.

First of all, I studied a lot of words. I needed to have English vocabulary for passing entrance exam, so I bought English words card and studied over and over. Then, if I had unmemorable cards, I wrote words and pronounce again and again. The other way was listening to CD of pronouncing many English words. I have a book which called "Yumetan". It meant that "your dream can realize!". What a funny name the book was! The book was used by my English class of my school. Sometimes I had a quiz in the class, so I studied very hard!

Second, I had to read long sentence. In common English exam, it was made long sentence. However, it was the hardest for me to read long English sentence, so I practice reading long sentence any number of times. Sometimes, I was taught some hangs by my teachers. I became more and more read better reading English long sentence than before.

Finally, I had to write English composition. I needed to write English sentences in 2nd exam for public university. One of the hang was using simple words, and make simple English sentences. I changed the questions of Japanese to simple Japanese, and changed Japanese to English. Then, the Japanese sentences should be easy for making English sentences. The other hang was nothing, anyway, I made them and corrected right sentences.

In addition, when I was 2nd grade of high school, I listened to radio for study English. It was very basic and simple, but I reviewed basic English. The radio's channel was broadcasting every ordinary day. I listened to the channel every time.

As a result, although I could not go the school I wished, but it is good choice that I go to Kumamoto Gakuen University. It is precious experience that I studied all subjects very hard. I will make use of the experience to the full, and I hope I will get a job.

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McDonald; compare America with Japan

McDonald; compare America with Japan.

Saori Yoshizumi

I will tell you about McDonald in America. The reason why I chose the topics is that I worked McDonald in Japan. There are many Macdonald’s in the world. Before I visited America, I know that America is the birthplace of Mcdonald because I studied Reading II class in university. I was interested in American Mcdonald, so I told my host parents that I wanted to go to Mcdonald, and they took me to Mcdonald many times.

Recently, many people in the world use McDonald and eat and drink their foods. McDonald, the business began in 1940, with a restaurant opened by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald in San Bernardino, California. Their introduction of the "Speedee Service System" in 1948 furthered the principles of the modern fast-food restaurant that the White Castle hamburger chain had already put into practice more than two decades earlier. The original mascot of McDonald's was a man with a chef's hat on top of a hamburger shaped head whose name was "Speedee." Speedee was eventually replaced with Ronald McDonald by 1967 when the company first filed a U.S. trademark on a clown shaped man having puffed out costume legs.

McDonald's first filed for a U.S. trademark on the name "McDonald's" on May 4, 1961, with the description "Drive-In Restaurant Services," which continues to be renewed through the end of December 2009. In the same year, on September 13, 1961, the company filed a logo trademark on an overlapping, double arched "M" symbol. The overlapping double arched "M" symbol logo was temporarily disfavored by September 6, 1962, when a trademark was filed for a single arch, shaped over many of the early McDonald's restaurants in the early years. Although the "Golden Arches" appeared in various forms, the present form as a letter "M" did not appear until November 18, 1968, when the company applied for a U.S. trademark.

McDonald's corporate logo used from 1968 to 2006. It still exists at some restaurants.The present corporation dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois, on April 15, 1955, the ninth McDonald's restaurant overall. Kroc later purchased the McDonald brothers' equity in the company and led its worldwide expansion, and the company became listed on the public stock markets in 1965. Kroc was also noted for aggressive business practices, compelling the McDonald brothers to leave the fast food industry. The McDonald brothers and Kroc feuded over control of the business, as documented in both Kroc's autobiography and in the McDonald brothers' autobiography. The site of the McDonald brothers' original restaurant is now a monument.

I think there are three different points.

First of all, in American McDonald's, there are a lot of menus. American McDonald has more kinds of menu than Japanese McDonald. For example, about sandwiches and burgers, there are 12 sandwiches and burgers in Japanese McDonald, as against there are 23 sandwiches in American McDonald (exclude sandwiches of a set period of time). I can tell you about its Drinks. In Japan, they have 25 kinds of drink, while there are 32 kinds of drink in America. As far as Drink is concerned, the size of America is bigger than Japan and we can pour carbonated drink our fill inside. Side menu are the same, there are more kinds of it in America than that of Japan. All menus have few same or many differences.

Second, I’ll tell you about drive-through and inside. I think American McDonald looks like Japanese McDonald. About drive-through, cars turn a screw counterclockwise because people have to keep the right side in America when people drive the car. In Japan, people have to drive the left side, so Japanese drive-through is contrary. If I am on inside, there are no menus on counter, only the upper side. In Japan, there are menus on counter, upper side and a lot of paper menus on inside.

Finally, It is different that merchandise is called. For example, in Japan, Sandwiches with medium drink and French flies, it is called "Set". However, in the U.S., people called it "combo". And what is called "potato" in Japan, people call it "French flies" in the U.S. I was surprised the difference when I heard them for the first time because I think that it is same how to call them.

Just the same, I found many same points between Japan and America. With reference to Sandwiches and burgers, some of them are same. Foe example, hamburger, cheese burger, double cheese burger, Filet-O-Fish, and so on. I think that French flies is the same size between Japan and America.

Basically,the form of treatment and a lot of logos are the same.

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Personal language learning history

• high school days
  
  • for entrance exam
    
    • vocabulary
      
    • reading
      
    • write English composition
      
  • listening to radio
    
• university
  
  • freshman
    
    • German
      
  • 1st semester of 2nd grade
    
    • talking to American

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