2011年11月29日火曜日

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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2011年11月28日月曜日

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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2011年11月27日日曜日

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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2011年11月26日土曜日

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)

2011年11月21日月曜日

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

5 movies I like

I recommend these movies:

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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2011年11月17日木曜日

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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2011年11月16日水曜日

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)

2011年11月15日火曜日

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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2011年11月14日月曜日

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

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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