2013年10月1日火曜日

Our book

Unit1
It is explain the history, production, benefits, and use of olive oil. It is explain the growing interest in olive oil around the world. The Taino people lived in Puerto Rico first. Many people think Puerto Rican food is spicy.
Unit2
Tiffy the Maltese eats human food. Thanks to could be replaced by as a result of.
Unit3
How King Tut died is still not known. It was damaged when it was removed from the coffin.
Unit4
Grand Central Termminal is a focal point of New York City. A British- managed hotel wouldn't let him stay.
Unit5
Some experts believe that rebuilding New Orleans isn't a good idea. Most deaths in tropical cyclones are caused by storm surge.
Unit6
Coral polyps can truly be called the animals that helped make the world. The most common explanation is that great whites don't see well.

Movies

I watched two movies. Firstly, I watched "Forrest Gump". My father recommended this movie to me. At first, I had never watched it. The hero's name is Forrest Gump. Tom Hanks plaied the part of Forrest Gump. My father likes him. This story is life of him. I like simple story. Forrest Gump taught me to life is wonderful. This story moved me deeply. Secondly, I watched "The Shawshank Redemption". This story is in the prison. It has encouraged me. At first, it was difficult to listen to English but could listen to Ebglish. I want to watch other movies.

ELLLO

1. 949 Life in Winter
Aiste and Christophe talks about winter in their countries. Llthuania is very cold in the wintertime. Usually we have snow from the beginning of April. Belgium in wintertime is really miserable. It's raining all the time, almost every day rain. It's so miserable that people just look at the pavement when they are walking outside all the time.

2.MX74 Favorite Music
Jeff listens to all kinds of music. He wants to listen to something mellow. Shibika likes listening to Indian music in fact, all kinds of Indian music, and she likes listening to English music. Rebecca likes best is the bands that play live in the pubs. Swinky's tastes are so diverse.

3.MX54 Favorite Colors
Adrienne actually don't have a favorite color. She likes all colors at certain times and at certain locations. Barbara prefer black or, at a stretch, dark green, burgundy red. Skip's favorite color has a long name in English. It's called aquamarine.

4.109 What Makes a Good Teacher
Chery thinks that a good teacher is able to listen well to a student's concerns, answer question well, explain anything that the student might not understand. Jeff thinks makes agood teacher is patience.

5. Football Culture
Daniel and Valeria talk about how football is such an important part of their culture. Argentina is really famous for soccer. Daniel has seen some people who have changed but they're not really like into soccer.

6. 494 Soccer vs. Baseball
The best sport in the world is unquestionably what is known in America as soccer. Todd thinks hoe baseball is better than football is that in baseball it's more democratic in that everybody has to bat.

7. 143 High School Memories
Mike's high school is an international school. Paul's high school was a grammar school. Tim's high school was from Grade Eight to Twelve. It was a fairly large school.

8. 1107 Girls Camp
Lindsay talks about what she remenbers most from going to summer camp. Lindsay did go to camp. The camp she went to was called Pilgrim Pines. It was great. It was one week away from my family.

Reading

I read three books. Firstly, I read "The Secret Tunnel". Five people found old box. John touched old painting. The next day, they back to Bayview Hall Museum but the painting was not there. Suddenly, a secret door opened behind the statue.  David saw something on the ground. Faye took the diamonds from David. There were a lot of money in the box. Two men tied up them with ropes but the police officer came here to help them.
Secondly, I read "The Old Promise". Faye often came and helped Ryan with his nomework. She helped pick up the papers. Mr.Jenkins read this paper slowly. He called his family lawyer. Faye and John ran out of the house. They went into Mr.Walsh's house through the window. She found the note. The police officers caught them.
Thirdly, I read "Jennifer Lopez". She is not only beautiful. She is interesting too. She performs for the family. She goes to her dance school every day. 1997 is an important year for her. She is in four popular movies, and she marries Ojani Noa. Her success is good for Latin Americans.

My dreams

Firstly, I want to work in foreign countries as a volunteer. I want to help the poor children there. There are many things in Japan. So we think it is natural that get anything. I want to change own's sense of values. Second, I want to work at the hotel. I want to work at the front desk. I want to wait on foreign customers in English. So I study English in this university. I read many books about hotel to work at the hotel. Thirdly, I want to travel in Korea. I like Korean music and Korean food. I want to know about Korean culture and the Korean language. Fourthly, I wanto to make many foreign friends. I want to go to each countries and exchange e-mail. I teach them Japanese culture. Fifthly, I want to travel in Easter Island. I want to see the Statue of Moai. There is very beautiful place.

3 summer challenges.

a) Challenge1: Cooking Western food, Japanese food and Chinese food.
b) It succeed because my mother taught me how to cook these.
c) It was very useful. It was difficult for me to cook but I like cooking because I learned how to cook. I cooked hash and rice for members of my part-time job. They said "It's delicious." and I became very happy. I thought want to learn how to cook different food. I read many cooking books. I tried to cook a hamburger and Chinese food. I want to learn more recipes to live by myself in the future.

a) Challenge2: I want to be friendly. I talk to customers friendly in my part-time job.
b) It succeed because I works hard in my part-time job every day.
c) At first, I tried to talk to customer with a smile but I couldn't smile well. I learned how to wait on customers from woman of experience in my part-time job. She said "You should greet customers with a smile and talk them with confidence." Next day, I tried to greet them with a smile. Then, they also smiled. I thought they smiled by our smile. It was very useful.

a) Challenge3: I read three books.
b) It succeed because I read books a few every day.
c) I read three books. Firstly, I read book about Tokyo Disney Land. I decided to read this book because I interested in story of Disney. I was impressed by this story. There were many stories useful in the future. Secondly, I read book about hotel because I want to work at the hotel in the future. I learned how to wait on customers. Thirdly, I read a mystery story. I like Higashino Keigo. I want to read different story.

2013年6月19日水曜日

The Lost City of Machu Picchu

There is a place called Machu Picchu in Peru, South America. It's sometimes called the 'Lost City of the Incas,' and nearly 8,000 feet up in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Julio explains to tourists that Machu Picchu is known all over the world and it's one of the magnetic centers of the ancient world. He is a tour guide. Machu Picchu is more than 500 years old. Many visiters who are from all over the world come to there. They climb up the mountain in the sunshine or fog. When the Inca civilization ended, Machu Picchu was lost to the outside world for a long time. In 1911, an explorer found it again. His name is Hiram Bingham. Machu Picchu was forgotten by people but many people comes here every day. Machu Picchu became a very special place. Tourism is certainly changing the area.

2013年6月17日月曜日

ELLLO 3

345 Holiday Hobbies
Lesie talks about what she like to do when she has free time. Firstly, her hobby is going to the gym. Her favorite thing to do is auqa-aerobics. It's just like an aerobics but it's in a swimming pool. Secondly, her hobby is baking. She sometimes bake pumpkin pies or pecan pie. This year she is going to be baking traditional Christmas sugar cookie ,which is a big cookie in a kind of a Christmas shape. It's very yummy.

1203 Food for Independence
Daniel talks about the food and drink people consume on Independence Day in Chile. Chilean Independence Day is in September the eighteenth. They have parties for pretty much the whole week and they do some special. They can eat empanada. They always drink chicha. It's kind of wine. It's made out of grapes and apple. It's just juice.

2013年6月9日日曜日

English books 2

I read two books. Firstly, I read 'Trouble at the Zoo'. Main characters are Mike, Jenny, Mr. Jenkins and kangaroo. Mr. Jenkins works at the zoo. Some students looked around the zoo. One of the students is Mike. He played a trick on animals. Jenny worried about him. Mr. Jenkins said ''Please don't go near animals. They are dangerous'' but Mike didn't listen to it. They went to the kangaroo area. Mike picked up the baby kangaroo. Jenny said ''Stop it!'' Then, the kangaroo's mother came to them. She was very angry. Mike run to the gate but Jenny staied there. She said ''Help me!'' Mr. Jenkins said ''Put the baby kangaroo down.'' Later she walked to the gate. Mike said ''I'm sorry, I'm really sorry.''

Secondly, I read 'Marcel and the White Star'. Main characters are Marcel, Miss Zaza Dupont and two men. Marcel is a French mouse. One day he heard two men's talk. They planed steal Zaza Dupont's diamond. Its name is White Star. Marcel chased them. Two men were laughing but Marcel wasn't laughing. They gave a woman a diamond. Then, Marcel took a diamond from woman. He returned it to Zaza. In the morning she found it on the table. She was very surprised. Next day this story is in all the newspapers.

ELLLO 2

13 Summer Vacation
Jeanna talks about her summer vacation and what she did. She went to five places. The best place is Las Vegas. It is most interesting because it was really busy and never rests. She went shopping a lot and visited the Hoover Dam. By plane from Oakland to Las Vegas. It took about an hour and forty-five minutes.

589 Italian Food
Marion talks about the wonderful food of Italy. Pasta and pizza are the most common foods in Italy. The ice cream is good beside the pasta and pizza. Fish stews is really good. Pesto is favorite tastes. She had it at least once a week. There are many dishes in Italy because there are many different regions. Each region has own special dishes.

English books 1

I read two books. Firstly, I read 'The Fifteenth Character'. Main characters are Sally Brown, Ken Parry, Zapp and Happy Hills the characters. Every day lots of different people come to Happy Hills. It is an amusement park. Sally works there in her holiday. Mr Parry is the manager. Zapp is a famous singer. One day he came to there to sing songs. He took a new CD. It is going to sung at his big concert next Saturday but it was steal by someone. He was very angry. The police looked everywhere for the CD. Then, Sally noticed that there are fourteen characters on list but there are fifteen in the room. A robber was Charlie Clown. She weared the costume. Sally went to Zapp's concert on Saturday night.

Secondly, I read 'Sara Says No!'. Main Characters are Mister Fruit and his daughter is Sara. They work at the market. She couldn't understand his way. She wanted to work at the market with her father because he cheated customers. Next day some customers came back. They were very angry because their fruit wasn't fresh. They said that want our money back but he didn't give them any money. Sara was very angry. She prayed help me. It is Wednesday morning. He touched an apple. The apple went bad. Everybody laughed. Instead of him she worked at the market. Next year, Mister Fruit was Miss Fruit and he cleaned the house.

2013年5月29日水曜日

Cities poster presentation

I researched on culture, sports, festival, geography and climate of Dubai. I learned that there are many places where we want to visit in Dubai. For example, I want to go to shopping mall in Dubai. I want to ski in shopping mall.  Food of Dubai looks very delicious. I want to eat Tabboueh and Kebab. I thought that population of Dubai is increasing rapidly every year. Other countries are also very interesting. I interested in Ottawa. I want to eat Beaver Tails. I also want to see tulips garden.

ELLLO 1

889 National sport
Brian and Fanny talk about the national sports of their each countries. Ice hockey is the most popular in Canada. It was expensive for him father. The practice was always very early in the morning. Many children and hockey teams are play ice hockey. It is not popular in China. Table tennis and soccer is very popular. Table tennis is very strong in China because get medals in the big events. It is not expensive. Her mother plays very well.


800 Student life
Tini talks about student life and her plans for the future. She likes studying and spending with her friends. She is enjoying her student life. She will miss spring vacation and summer vacation in the real world. Teacher staying young but not make good money. She wants to try banker.

2013年4月29日月曜日

My English goals

 My English goals are get 700 score on the TOEIC,get a grade 2 of the EIKEN Test in Practical English Proficiency and communication with foreign friends.