My favorite TV show

My favotite TV show is "Shabekuri 007" because I like variety show. When I was a high school student, I was too busy to watch TV because of my club activity. So I began to watch TV since I graduated from high school. I didn't like comedy programs when I was a child because of my parents, but now I love comedy. This TV program is broadcasted every Monday. I certainly watch it after I finish the lecture for people want to be public employees. I watched it yesterday, it was very funny. I usually laugh during all that time with my brother. He likes comedy too. I began to watch comedy because of my brother. He would often recomend to watch interesting TV program. I like to talk about TV shows with my brother while we have dinner. "Shabekuri 007" is my family's favorite TV program now.
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My favorite vacation memory

My favorite vacation memory is to participate in kaigai kensyuu this summer. I had a good time there and I experienced many things in Minnesota. My host mother was very kind and gentle. She took me to a lot of wonderful places. I went to 3 ice cream shops, the popular supermarket, restaurants, Redwing, Lake Superior, and cycling with my host mother, her son and his girlfriend. My host mother's cook was very delicious and easy to eat for me. Sometimes we ate delivery pizza because I said her "I like pizza the best." She laughed and took me the pizza shop near her house. I got my favorite pizza and ice cream. My host mother remembered I like dessert as ice cream, so she would often try to take me to the ice cream shop. She was very nice and cute. I love her, so I will write a Christmas card for her.
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Much ado about nothing

     I thought this movie looks funny, so I want to lend the DVD to watch at home. I recognized Kenneth Branagh in a Harry Potter movie.

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BR2-08: THE MISSING COINS

Pete and Carla are students. One day they look at some very old coins and stamps in a shop. Pete wants to buy some stamps, but they are very expensive. Later that day some coins are missing from the shop and the shopkeeper wants to find Pete...

     This story is about Pete and Carla's great deed. They helped the policeman who arrested two thieves. One day, they are in Bath where is a very old city in England. Pete likes looking at the beautiful old buildings, and Carla likes walking in the little streets. She often finds pretty little shops there and goes into them. They are in a little street and they walk across the street and watch the man who is playing a flute. There are only three or four coins in his hat because there aren't many tourists in the street. Why did the man play the flute there?

Escott, J. (2000). The Missing Coins. Penguin.
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Movie

     I went to the movie theater, Hikari no Mori with my boyfriend last Friday. We saw the movie, "Suteki na kanashibari." It was produced by Kouki Mitani. His work is very interesting, so I like his movie. This story is about a lawyer's life. She is a young lawyer and she had a trial which was a murder case. But her client didn't have the proof of his innocent. So she found the witness who is a fleeing soldier.
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BR2-07: The Frog Prince

Princess Poppy really doesn't want to marry Prince Humperdink. (He smells.) She's hoping a handsome prince will come and rescue her. Instead she ends up with a slimy frog―but might there be more to this frog than meets the eye?

     This story is about the princess and the prince. One day, Princess Poppy was furious. She never wants to marry Prince Humperdink because of his smell and smugness. So she went out from the palace to find another prince to marry. She took her golden ball which was her birthday present from her father, the King. When she walked to the palace pond, she was so cross and she didn't see the wobbly stone. So she slipped and fell face-first into the pond. Her beautiful golden ball flew out of her hands. "I'm in big trouble now," she thought. She looked down into the pond, hoping to see her ball. When she looked for her ball, she met a frog, and he said he could help her. So she asked him to fetch the ball from the deep, dark pond. But the frog must know a thing or two to broach some bargaining point. What was it? Let's read it!

Davidson, S. (2005). The Frog Prince. Usborne Young Reading.

Series: UYR1

Vocabulary: furious ひどく立腹した　smug うぬぼれの強い　slime ヘドロ　wobbly ぐらつく　fetch 取ってくる

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Word count

Typing speed homework: (1898 words)
Juppun ha juubun: (709 words)
Book review: (1103 words)
Essays: (393 words)
Diary: (303 words)

All: (4406 words)

My favorite color

My favorite color is a pastel color because it's pretty and soft. When I was a high school student, I liked light blue. So almost of all my belongings had the color. Now, I like pink color very much because it's cute. But I like to correct red things recently, so I bought the red pumps and pouch. The pouch I bought in Minnesota is very useful. It's not too big and its shape is heart, so cute. I like black and white color because these colors are easy to match anything. My cellphone, electronic dictionary, and some clothes are white. I tend to select white or black things when I go shopping. I have many black clothes especially which I wear in winter, the color looks warm. I want to wear the black clothes with the red accessories this winter.
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Actors (and other personnel) in Midnight Run

The two stars of Midnight Run are Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin.

Robert De Niro is considered to be one of the greatest movie actors. He was born in 1943 and has had a long career. He became famous with the movie Mean Streets. Midnight Run is considered to be one of his best performances because of his good chemistry with Charles Grodin.

Charles Grodin was born in 1935. He is probably best known for the Beethoven dog movies. In Midnight Run, he is credited with making it easy for Robert De Niro to give a great comic performance.

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Links for Midnight Run

• Midnight Run best scenes on YouTube
• MR on Rotten Tomatoes
• MR on IMDB
• MR on Wikipedia

5 movies I like

I recommend these movies:

• P.S. I Love You (IMDb)
• Twilight (IMDb)
• Fantastic Four (You Tube)
• Spy Kids (You Tube)
• No Reservations (IMDb)

Shopping

     I went shopping last Saturday  because the mall renewed and opened last Friday. I work at the movie theater in the mall, so I often go there to work and shopping. I went to the mall with my mother, and she bought the CD and the shoes for me. I got the CD of Hunter Hayes. I had the CD played for me before I bought it,  his voice is my favorite. After that, we walked around the mall to find the shoes I want. I wanted the red pumps because I didn't have it. When I found the pumps, I was very happy.
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My favorite candy

My favorite candy is chocolate, I like milk chocolate very much. My favorite one is GHANA chocolate because it is creamy and tasty. By the way, we have GODIVA chocolate deecadence at the shop in movie theater where I work as a part-time worker. It is very expensive because of the brand. So, if I go to the cinema, certainly I don't buy it. But I have eaten it while on duty because my boss recommended to drink it for the explanation to customers. I sometimes eat foods for sale at the back of the counter. Incidentally, I often buy the chocolate before the lecture for the people want to be public employees. I always eat chocolate every week. Today, I ate the white chocolate with langue de chat cookies. It was my brother's favorite, but he doesn't eat sweets now.
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English Lounge

     I went to the English Lounge with my friends at lunch time today. I really want to be friends with exchange students, so I'll try to go there some time. I'm interested in speaking English but I can't speak it well. I should go to the English Lounge and practice to speaking English. I like listening English and its songs, also I often watch American and English movies at home. Sometimes I see the movies at the movie theater that is my workshop. By the way, my brother lent "Speed Learning" from his friend a few months ago. Which is better that listening CD or speaking English with friends and professors? I'd like to be good at speaking English.
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Word count

Typing speed homework: (1609 words)
Juppun ha juubun: (598 words)
Book review: (1103 words)
Essays: (393 words)
Diary: (181 words)

All: (3884 words)

Essay in MN

     I learned about many things in Minnesota. First of all, American traffic is very different from Japanese. I knew that vehicles drive on the right in this country, but I didn't know people ride a motorcycle without a helmet. I was surprised at it. In Japan, it is a violation of traffic regulations. And I found that people can turn right when the light turned red. It was interesting for me.
     Second, I was surprised that the American flag is raised everywhere. I think it is interesting for Japanese people. Because in Japan, it is not a common scene.
     Lastly, I was very surprised at food. American food is very big, and the grocery store's shelves are very high. And in the supermarket, I found that people put the goods on the belt conveyor when they pay at the checkout counter. I think it is very useful.
     I want to say "Thank you" to my host family and the teachers, I had a good time in my homestay.
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Much Ado on Wikipedia

     It's the Shakespeare comedy which presented in 1598-1599 at the first time. "Benedick and Beatrice (1862)" by Berllioz is an opera based on "Much Ado About Nothing". It's script (French) was written by himself.

Much Ado Trailer

     I watched the trailer for Much Ado About Nothing just now. It's a 1993 movie, directed by Kenneth Branagh. It based on the Shakespeare comedy. Main actors in this movie are Kenneth Branagh, Keanu Reeves, Denzel Washington, Emma Thompson, and Richard Briers. It's music composed by Patrick Doyle.

Forget everything you ever known about the adventure.

Romance, be trail, at comedy.

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Info on Much Ado About Nothing

• IMDB
• Shakespeare play on Wikipedia
• Branagh film on Wikipedia
• Shakespeare play on Wikipedia (Japanese)
• Rotten Tomatoes
• todok tosen
• Shakespeare's plays
• Trailer on You Tube

Part-time job

     I'd like to change my part-time job because I work at the movie theater since last year. I want to try new job. Frankly speaking, I want to earn more money but I can't work enough time because of many staffs. I like to find new job on town work these days, so I take it every week. I want to work at a cloth shop the  best, I don't want to work at a restaurant.
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BR2-06: The Story of Chocolate

It's the world's most popular treat, but where does chocolate come from? And why is it so delicious? Discover the bean behind each bar and follow its journey from the American rainforest to factories everywhere.

     A thousand years ago, chocolate was big secret. Only a few people drank it and nobody ate it. By the way, monkeys knew all about the small cocoa tree that grew strange, bright pods. They liked to break them open and suck out the sweet, white pulp. Then they spat out the bitter beans that were in the middle. One day, a farmer copied the monkeys and tasted a pod. And a few years later, to avoid hiking into the jungle for pods, the farmers planted cocoa trees in their own fields. The farmers were members of a huge group of people called Mayans. Before long, chocol baa was an important part of Mayan life. But how to eat chocolate changed rapidly with the change of the times. Today, we can buy many kind of chocolates almost anywhere in the world. It was interesting that how to make chocolates.

Daynes, K. (2004). The Story of Chocolate. Usbone Young Reading.

Series: UYR1

Vocabulary: pod さや　pulp 果肉　suck 吸う　spit つばを吐く　pile 積み重ね　solid 固体の　thicken 厚くする　velvety まろやかな　glossy つやつやした　foil 挫折させる　ingredient 成分　gooey ねばねばした　blob 小さな塊　shell 外観　fluffy ふわふわした

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My favorite dessert

My favorite dessert is pudding. I love it very much because I like sweets. I can make only custard pudding of all sweets. But I'm not good at cooking and I don't like to do it. So I often buy pudding at a supermarket. I eat many kind of puddings as desserts. I like a gelatin cheesecake pudding. It tastes very creamy and sweet. But sometimes I want to eat a normal pudding because it is the origin of the puddings. It has a sweet taste, of course, but it tastes perfectly sweet. I like a slightly sweet taste the best. When I make pudding, I take care of the amount of sugar and I warm up sugar to make caramel so that I don't pass the time. So I don't make pudding these days, I will do it in the near future.
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Essay prep. for Audioboo

A. My favorite book is "Lion Boy". Do you know it?

B. No. Tell me the story.

A. OK. "Lion Boy" is a series. The boy, Charley lives with his father and mother in London, he is a common boy.

B. But?

A. Oh. Why do you think I go on saying "but"?

B. Sure. It's a natural passage of the story, you know.

A. I see. But, one day, his parents disappeared from their house when he came home. And the boy who is a neighbor stayed there.

B. Who is he? I'm sure he isn't an ordinary neighbor.

A. You're right. He is a member of an organization. To tell the truth, he is Charley's cousin.

B. Oh. And what became of Charley?

A. He was kidnapped and escaped from his cousin. And he knew his parents was also kidnapped.

B. Sounds interesting. But what's relation between Charley and lion?

A. It's an amazing story. Charley belonged to a circus after he escaped.

B. How sweet!

A. Yeah. This story is about Charley's adventure and his growth.

B. I want to read it .

A. I can rend this book to you. Do you try to read?

B. Yes! I'm looking forward to read it. Thank you.

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Word count

Typing speed homework: (1462 words)
Juppun ha juubun: (516 words)
Book review: (915 words)
Essays: (393 words)

All: (3286 words)

My best friend

I have a best friend in Tokyo. She was my club mate in high school. She goes to the conservatory of music in Tokyo. Last Saturday, she gave me e-mail to inform new boyfriend. She looks very happy because her boyfriend is very nice. She gave me an e-mail with the photo of her and her boyfriend. He looks very nice, certainly. I'm very happy to hear her story. She sometimes gives me e-mail and we meet each other in a long vacation. I'm looking forward to see her next.
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My favorite music

My favorite music is American pops. For example, Backstreet boys, Avril Lavigne, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, and so on. I'm interested in English songs all over the world. But of course I also like Japanese pops. I have never been to a live concert, so I want to go live concert very much. But I don't have enough money. Next February, the concert of Avril Lavigne will hold. I'd like to go very much. By the way, I couldn't go to the live of Nick Carter this year. Because I didn't know the information. I was so disappointed. If I have a chance to go to a live concert, I will certainly go. So I check the site of my favorite artists every week. I will save movey to go to a concert with my friend who likes American pops.
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