Desember 21th 2007

today’s theme is Christmas. Go to the Woodlands Junior School website and find out about Christmas in the UK.
1. What is a nativity play?
Nativity play is the story of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.

2. What is a Christmas carol?
Christmas carol is famous for the winter song in general.

3. What is a pantomime?
Pantomime refers to a theatrical genre, traditionally found in Christmas season.

4.What are mince pies? Find a photo of one.
Mince pies photo is.

5. Find a photo of a Christmas pudding.
Christmas pudding photo is here.

6. Find a photo of a Christmas cake.
Christmas cake photo is here.

7. What are Brussels sprouts? Find a photo of some.
Brussels sprout photo 1, photo 2, photo 3.

It is Christmas photo.

December 14th 2007

1. Visit your classmates’ blogs and read what they wrote for last week’s assignment (December 7th). Leave some comments.
She's great!! I can't work it until the end.
Blog→mintonton

2. Read Mr Sheffner’s answers to last week’s questions.
I read.

3. What is Amnesty International? What does it do?
Amnesty International is human rights group. The human-right violation in the war and the dispute is opposed.

4.
(1) Find one or two news articles about Ikhtior Khamroev (in English or Japanese) and link to them. How many can you find?
Japanese news is it.
イクティオル・カムロブさんが何の罪もないのに拘禁されたうえに、暴行や人権侵害もされ、その父親であるバクティオル・カムロブさんも数々の嫌がらせ及び迫害を受けているものである。

(2) Where is Uzbekistan? Find a map and link to it.
Uzbekistan is here.

(3) Is the sad story of Ikhtior Khamroev “news” or not?
1. If you think it is news, why is not on TV and in the newspapers?
Yes.Because it is not attached importance to sth.

2. If you think it is not news, why not?
Ummm, I don't know.

(4) How many Japanese versions of this British news story can you find? What are the key points of this story (in Japanese)?
Key pointはイクティオル・カムロブさんが何の罪もないということ。そして、親子で迫害に遭っているということ。

５. Read Masa’s blog and leave a message. (Do you know the blog of another Japanese person in the US? Tell us about it on your blog).
I wish I were thanksgiving in Japan.

December 7th 2007

1.

(1) About Beowulf
・Cast
Beowulf : Ray Winstone, Grendel's Mother : Angelina Jolie

・Story
Beowulf goes to kill Glendel's Mother, but he gives way to her temptation.
Then the world bring ruin on himself because of it. So he is fighting!!

This movie is based on Old English poem.

(2) About The Golden Compass
・Cast
Lyra Belacqua ： Dakota Blue Richards, Marisa Coulter : Nicole Kidman

・Story
Lyra fights with Ms.Coulter who is person who is called magisterium.

This movie is based on Northern Lights(novel).

3.
(1), (2) I wrote on the top.
(3) It was used from the 8th until the 11th century in England.
(4) I see it that look like a Greek character.
(5) I sound it like French.
(6) Main character is Beowulf. The place is in Anglo-Saxon . Key events are Bay Area Beowulf User Group(BABUG).
(7) I didn't understand it.

November 16th 2007

3.

1. The Queen in Britain.In
2. Sevenoaks Kent.
3. Because a war memorial.
4. This year Remembrance Sunday fell exactly 89 years after the ending of World War I, Armistice Day.
5. This flower is camellia.
6. Because during every November, we keep the memory alive by wearing apoppy to commemorate those who sacrificed their lives during war.

4.

Royal Ceremonies .

5.

Mayor's show.

6.

David Lewis.

October 26th, 2007

1.
(1) Disneyland, Universal Studios Japan give free ticket of admission every two weeks.
>>mintonton
(2)The door which can come and go anywhere freely.
>>worldnews nc
(3)Money falls from the sky.
>>yukinko yukinko

2. About World Music
I choose about Stevie Wonder. He was born, got sick at once, and became sightless.
However, he contracted to the music company at 11 years old it, and became a musician.
So he was not defeated at the trouble of sightless, invented the hit one after another, and became a top star in the world.

World News B 2007 Octorber 19th.

Freedom 自由
Integrity　　　　正直
Unique　　　　　唯一の
Creative 創造力のある
Power 力
Beauty　　　　　美
Individual　　　　一個の
Group　　　　　 集まり
Independence　　独立
Compromise　　 妥協

9. I don't mind it.
11.(1) Today big sales!! in OPA.
(2) Come back to Bob Marley in heaven!?
(3) Orland Bloom come to Kishiwada(my hometown)!!
12.Bob Marley was a Jamaican reggae singer. He is very a great person, and keeps still being loved by people all over the world. He made reggae known to the world.

Oct 12th 2007

This blog wrote in Feb, 6th, 2008. As a result, newspaper article is the new it.

3. Read what you wrote for last week’s assignment #1-6.In Microsoft Word, re-write those sentences, like this: “#1. I want my school to be/have/stop -ing… “
(1) I wnat to be stopping the express train.

(2) I wish I were my home close to my school.

(3) I want to be much more comfortable in my hometown.

(4) I want to become a big city.

(5) I want to be much more beautiful hometown.

(6) I want Japanese people not to feel shy.

7. Go to the Japan Times online and read the top 3 news stories and the top 3 National News stories, and the top 3 News Features. On your blog, answer these questions (in English if you can, in Japanese if not) for any 4 of the 9 news items:

A:Second toxin found in Chinese 'gyoza'.
(1) What is the title and URL of the news item?
article URL>>> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20080206a1.html

(2) Is this news item interesting to you?
Yes, it is.

(3) Who (what sort of person) would be most interested in reading this news item?
Japanese consumer, who buy it at supermarket.

(4) Why?
Because they may eat it.

(5) Does this news item give you any useful information?
Yes, I do.

(6) What is the useful information?
I don't buy dangerous.

(7) Could you use this information to improve your life or the life of your family, or your friends or people in the world?
Yes, I'm propmise.

(8) How?
I tell other people about that information.

B: Missing snowboarders found alive on Mount Osorakan.
(1)What is the title and URL of the news item?
article URL>>> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20080206a7.html

(2) Is this news item interesting to you?
Yes, it is.

(3) Who (what sort of person) would be most interested in reading this news item?
People who are going to go to snowboard in that later.

(4) Why?
They can know danger of Snow Mountain.

(5) Does this news item give you any useful information?
Yes, I do.

(6) What is the useful information?
The information is useful for me when I go to snowboad.

(7) Could you use this information to improve your life or the life of your family, or your friends or people in the world?
Yes.

(8) How?
I tell other people about that information.

C: Gangster gets death for murders.
(1) What is the title and URL of the news item?
article URL>>> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20080205a7.html

(2) Is this news item interesting to you?
Yes, it is.

(3) Who (what sort of person) would be most interested in reading this news item?
Japanese gangster people.

(4) Why?
Because gang leader to death.

(5) Does this news item give you any useful information?
No, I don't.

(6) What is the useful information?
Because I'm not relation them.

(7) Could you use this information to improve your life or the life of your family, or your friends or people in the world?
No, I couldn't.

(8) How?
I don't tell other people.

D: Castella returns to its roots
(1) What is the title and URL of the news item?
article URL>>> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20080206f2.html

(2) Is this news item interesting to you?
Yes, it is.

(3) Who (what sort of person) would be most interested in reading this news item?
Japanese customers who like sweets.

(4) Why?
It is happy news for them.

(5) Does this news item give you any useful information?
No, I don't.

(6) What is the useful information?
It can know taste of old Castella.

(7) Could you use this information to improve your life or the life of your family, or your friends
or people in the world?
Umm...I don't tell other people to that information.

(8) How?
I don't need to tell.

9. Find a news item that is connected with your chosen theme, and write about it on your blog (use MS Word’s spellcheck and grammar check first).
I'm sorry I can't find.

Today's assignment

１．I like that close to the station in my school.
２．School is far away from my house.
３．I like that is comfortable in my hometown.
４．My hometown is a little countryside.
５．Japan is beautiful, and Japanese is kind.
６．Japan isn’t huge, and Japanese is shy.
７．http://iteslj.org/v/j/ck-ej4480-001.html
８．English word is five questions. I learned new English word, and enjoy.
９．I visit “worldnews nc”. I want to be visit to Kobe.

Today's assignment

１．My blog posts have fifteen.
２．I was the most suprising Ekisupoland news.
３．I was the most interesting in this blog.
４．It is good in a similar content in this cemester.

My plan of summer vacation.

(1)
I'm going to go to sea about three times in this summer.
First, I go to there with my family in Wakayama.
Second, I go to there with my friends in Hyougo to Suma.
Finally, I go to there with my friends in Wakayama.
However, maybe I think that go to sea many many times!!
I'm looking foward to go outdoor in summer vacation!!


・Need vocaburaly words
①novels－C 8,000　②spoken English－B 7,ooo　
③children's movies－A 6,000　④newspepers－D 9,000


(2) This vocaburaly is Rowling angered as NYT reviews last Potter

obtain　手に入れる　　　literally　文字通りに　
eagerly　熱心に　　　　　incredibly　信じられないほどに
respond　答える　　　　　retailer　小売商
purport　趣旨　　　　　　instalment　分割払い

Assignment 2

Learning vocabulary

This blog is better than mine.
Because my blogs is not easy to understand.
While this blog we can easy understand. First, it was written Japanese mean of word. Second, The sentence is easy.

Assignment １

私はあいり～らいふのこの記事がおもしろいと思いました。
文も短くてわかりやすかった。
１位のアーティストだけではなくて、２位のアーティストについても書かれていたところがよかった。

もうひとつおもしろいと思ったのはYAYOI'S NEWSのこの記事だ。体重を落とすのは女の子にとってとても重要なことである。この記事を読んで、とてもいい情報を得たと思う。　

七夕について

織姫は、彦星と結婚をするまで父の言いつけを守り、機織をしていたが、結婚をしてからというもの、全く働かず遊びほうけていた。それに怒った織姫の父が天の川の向こう岸で再び機織をするよう命じる。心を入れ替えるならばということで、年に一度（７月７日）、彦星と会うことを許される。
しかし、７月７日に雨が降ってしまうと、天の川が増水して渡れなくなるので会うことができない。

こうして、七夕伝説として現在でも語り告がれている。

Ratatouille Date

１．Ratatouille is interesting story that pixer sends.

２．The movie radio actor
　　・Remy ― Patton Oswalt
He is rat. But, he can cook and understand a taste.
　　・Emile ― Peter Sohn
He is chef probationer. Shit clumsy as for the cooking.

３．The stage is Paris.

４．I show it in Japan on July 28.

５．Go to the movie theater to look!

６．早く見に行きたい！公開が待ち遠しい。

30th June assignment

No.１
A.
(１) I want to world news, and I want to leane how to research the web news.
(２) I want to be able to teach that I reseach the news to people in the world.

B.
ほとんどわからなかった。
単語力がいかにないかがわかった。
これからもっと単語の勉強をする。

C.
１．読み手が得をする情報が載っていないから。
２．リンク貼り付けをしているだけだから。
３．自分が作った記事ではなく、他の web からコピーしただけの記事だから。

No.２
１． I like this one blog. Because this blog was easy to read, and interesting.
２． I think this one better than that one. Because a link is put.
３． I think this one better than that blog. Because that blog isn't understand most of the contents.
４．
(1) minoru
(2) His name is Tadashi.
(3) He lives in Japan, Kyoto.
(4) No, I don't.
(5) I don't want to write a comment. I only read a blog.
(6) uhmm... difficult.
(7) Yes, I can.
(8) Yes, I can.
(9) I write His blog everyday.

５．
In question2 is same author "Heian Shrine Morning".


In question3
(1) Haisa.
(2) He name is same.
(3) He lives in Malaysia.
(4) No, I don't.
(5) I don't know him.
(6) Yes,it is.
(7) No.
(8) No.
(9) Because I don't know his address.

６．
(１)一般人だと思う。
(２)状況がわかりやすくていいと思う。

RUSH HOUR３

My blog today is about movies.

I found this news article on the movie “RUSH HOUR３”.

This movie stars Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker and Hiroyuki Sanada. This stage is Paris!! RUSH HOUR３ is sequel to RUSH HOUR１,２. It's so very exciting!!

I like Jackie Chan. His action movies are very fun!!

Today's assignment

１．（A）about Harry Potter's new movies
Hollywood studio Warner Bros. has begun promoting the fifth Harry Potter movie, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", which is due to premiere in Japan on June 28 and in London on July 3.


(B)Clean-up begins after killer floods

Many in South Yorkshire - the worst affected area in the country - are still not allowed back to their houses and spent a second night in evacuation centres.

I'm looking foward to wacthing a Harry Potter's new movies!!

２．list 20 vocabrally items your learned today.

wizarding、denied、encounter、claim、return、appoint、evacuation centres、Ulley、reservoir、amid、concern、significant、collapsing、failure、consequences、stable、precautionary、fully、junction、confirm



３．visit your classmate's blogs+blog about them.

選挙のことについて書かれていた。
私も選挙のことについて書こうと思ったが、内容が難しかったのでやめた。

http://yukinkosworldnews.blogspot.com/2007/06/1.html

Today's class assignment

１．Madeleine McCann　が埋められた場所を知っているという匿名の手紙が送られてきた。彼女はまだ見つかっていない。

２“bread and circuses”の意味は”食と娯楽”である。最初にその表現を使ったのは詩人ユウェリナス。

３．Mr.Matuoka the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries died.He made trouble.

Please look here in detail.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshikatsu_Matsuoka

４．bread and circuses、extremely、publication、anonymous、credibility、opportunity、investigate、appropriate、irresponsible、cruel

５． White tigers news from UK.

Please look here in detail.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20070619/tsc-entertainment-us-wildlife-tiger2-c2ff8aa.html

６．すごい書いてるなと思った。私もこれくらい英文を書けるとうになりたい。

http://ayafis-ayafis.blogspot.com/

About Madeleine McCann

１．Madeleine McCannが埋められた場所を知っているという手紙が送られてきた。彼女はまだ見つかっていない。

U2 working with Eno.

U２がブライアン・イーノとともに新曲に取り掛かっていることがわかった。

ボーノは、どのようにセッションしてきたかを説明した。

「私たちには、音楽のためのプランが全くまだありません。」
「私たちはプランを出さないままで、ただそれを作るつもりです!」

今後のU２の動きに目が離せない！！

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/dotmusic/20070607/ten-u2-working-with-eno-31c8aba.html

Kate's happening story

She is a british girl her name is Kate.
She is four year old.She is always smiling,and her favorite colors are white,orange,pink.

続きはPart2へhttp://yukinkosworldnews.blogspot.com/

BBCwebを見て。

TVのBBCにあるこのサイト必見！！
子どもたちがどんなTV番組を見ているのかわかる☆
皆も是非見てちょーだいな！

http://www.bbckids.ca/default.asp

エキスポランドのジェットコースター事件。

　楽しいゴールデンウィークのはずが、一転して笑顔も凍りつくような事故が起きてしまった。

大阪府吹田市にある遊園地、エキスポランドでジェットコースターが脱線するという異例な事故が起き、死者一名、重軽傷者数十名を出した。
遊園地側の見解では、「点検の際に異常はみられなかった。」としている。

　本当に身近な所で起きた事故なので、未だに信じられない。


ジェットコースター好きだったのになぁ。。。

初書き。

はいは～い。ブログ初日やね。

「このブログのタイトル何なん？」

とかなぁ。。。うちもわからん（笑）
なんし関西好きやからってかんじやな。うん。

これからちょいちょい更新していきますわ。