The last test and task

Tomorrow, I have the last test! The last test is politics. However, tomorrow's low is minus three degrees and the high is five degrees, so I don't want to go out... I'll dress warmly.

My tests will finish tomorrow, but I have to write a paper on English literature. For that, I chose a book written by John Ernst Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath. He was born in California. He wrote books about poor immigrants. In 1939, his work, The Grapes of Wrath, won a Pulitzer Prize. His masterpieces are East of Eden, Of Mice and Men and so on. In 1962, he won a Nobel Literature Prize.He is a grate American novelist. Please enjoy his novel someday.

After I finish this assignment, I want to clean and redecorate my room.

131 words

the last two Speaking classes

In last week, I had two speaking classes on Monday and Friday. On Monday, we had presentation. Our group's presentation was longer than other groups' presentations. We talked so fast.

On Friday, we watched a video which Mr. Bean appears. This video is about Mr. Bean's Christmas Day. It is very interesting! We laughed a lot. We were divided into some groups that have three persons. After that, only one person in groups had to watch the video and explain the story to two others. This activity was so hard for me, but it was interesting. Finally, we learned about Christmas. I knew what I didn't know. This class was so exciting.

112 words

BR 2-18: Twelve Things to Do at Age 12

I read a book about the 13th birthday of a boy whose name is Diego. He has a 20-year-old brother, Paco. Diego makes a list to do in a year on his birthday. Things to do in a year and his age is same. Here is his 12th list.

1. Go biking two days a week. ✔
2. Go camping with Paco. ✔
3. Eat healthy snacks. ✔
4. Do extra science homework. ✔
5. Study with my friends every weekend. ✔
6. Read 10 books. ✔
7. Play tennis every Friday. ✔
8. Make a surprise breakfast for Mom and Dad. ✔
9. Learn to cook. ✔
10. Visit Grandma every week. ✔
11. Collect trash on the beach. ✔
12. Help someone not my family.

Look at this list. He has not done the last one yet. Paco asked Diego to eat ice cream. It was a day before Diego's 13th birthday. However he refused because he had to do the last mission. Finally, he helped two girls and the last mission was completed. He was so happy.

I will try to make a list.

180 words

Reference
Marcia, W(2009). Twelve Things to Do at Age 12. New York. Cambridge University Press

BR 2-17: Night Animals

I read a book about nocturnal animals. I’ll tell you about nocturnal animals. First, about kangaroo rats. They live at hot dessert in Mexico and their tails are short. Their burrows are under the ground. They move with jumps, so their name is kangaroo rats. At night, they hold a lot of seeds in their mouth, return their burrows and eat them next day. They are so cute!!! Next, about bats. Some bats eat insects and others eat fish. I didn’t know that bats eat fish! There are a few bats in my high school. I hate them!!!

I am also a nocturnal animal :> At night, I am in high tension. My study makes rapid progress at night. I don’t know any reasons for this. I want to get over this habit. Please tell me good ways!

138 words

Reference

Susan, M(2003). Night Animals. London. Usborne Publishing Ltd..

BR 2-16: Trees

I read a book about tree. There are a lot of kinds of trees, tall trees, trees that grow at dry area, trees that don’t need water to grow and so on. Trunks are protected from cold by barks. There is a tree that has lived for about 10000 years in Sweden!!! Amazing!!! Trees are mainly divided into three groups, broadleaf trees, evergreen trees and palm trees. We have four seasons in Japan and can see trees change their looks. In spring, we can see trees with fresh leaves. In summer, we can see trees with a lot of green leaves. In fall, we can see trees with red and orange leaves. Moreover, in winter, we can see trees with no leaves. Many animals live with trees, for example, squirrels, birds and so on.

Recently, trees are decreasing because of fires and people. People destroy trees for building and new cities. Destroying trees causes weathers, animals, insects, of course, us. Trees are so important for world. We should think about it.

171 words

Reference

Lisa Jane, G(2009). Trees. London. Usborne Publishing Ltd..

BR 2-15: Mount Fuji

Have you ever climbed the Mt. Fuji? I read a book about Mt. Fuji. This mountain is very high and very famous in Japan. A lot of climbers come and climb up. When you climb Mt. Fuji, perseverance is more important than physical strength. At the top of this mountain, there are small shops and a vending machine, so you can get food and drink when you reach the top. From the top, you can get great pleasure and see beautiful view. According to this book, women couldn’t climb the mountain until 1930, so only men could climb it. I knew that for the first time. When climbing season is end, there are a lot of trashes. A certain group clean Mt. Fuji. However, climbers should clean it because Mt. Fuji is Japanese treasure! I would like to try to climb this mountain someday.

144 words

Reference

Waring, R(2009), Mount Fuji. Boston: Mapping specialists, Ltd..

BR 2-14: Saving the Pandas

I read the book, “Saving the Pandas”. In China, there are a lot of pandas and a team which help panda’s conservation. Chinese think the pandas are Chinese treasure. If pandas have twins, mothers take care of only one child. The team takes care of one and they return a child panda to mother when child panda grow up. This is not easy. Moreover, destruction of forests causes a crisis of panda’s life. the area which panda live and their food are decreasing because of destruction of forests. That is why there is an afforestation project. With this project, the area which forests cover land is spreading. I hope that projects for pandas’ conservation will be promoted.

This book contains some cute panda’s pictures. Please read this book.

128 words

Reference

waring, R(2009). Saving the Pandas. Boston: Mapping specialists, Ltd..

BR 2-13: The Lost City of Machu Picchu

Have you ever been to Machu Picchu? I read a book about Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu has a long history. It shows history of Incas. A lot of tourists visit there. If the weather is bad, you can enjoy Machu Picchu. Tourists help people in poor area of Peru because tourism activates economy of this area. Some oppose tourist visiting there. They say that visitors are not good for Machu Picchu. This problem is so difficult.

My high school teacher went to Machu Picchu. I also want to go there. If you have been to Machu Picchu, please tell me about it.

102 words

Reference

WaringR(2008). The Lost City of Machu Picchu. Boston: Mapping Specialists, Ltd..

BR 2-12: Rainforsts

I read a book about rain forest. There are many kinds of creature. Moreover there are also tribes there. They made their house with woods of rain forest. They get along with nature. According to this book, there are a few plants under the tall tree because the place under the tall tree doesn't get much sunshine. In rain forest, there are also strange flowers. I want to see it.

70 words

Reference

Beckett-Bowman, L(2008). Rainforests. London: Usborne Publishing Ltd..

about restaurant presentation

On Friday, I had a listening test. I am confident of getting a high score a little, but I had many mistakes... Oh no... After school, I talked about restaurant presentation with my group members at the library. I've got a feeling that this presentation will be successful. We'll have this presentation on December 20th, so we'll do my best.

60 words

restaurant presentation

Hi everyone. I am ‘Mozzallera’ restaurant’s staff. Today, I’ll introduce my restaurant. My restaurant’s owner is Cheeza Macarroni and he is very fat. However, he is very kind and interesting man. He has unique idea and he can make very unique dishes. He is liked by every staffs, moreover town’s people too. And, there are 4 staffs in my restaurant. Daisuke Yamaguchi is second owner and he is very smart. He is always in this restaurant and he takes charge of restaurant’s accounting. We respect him very much. Kana Ooki is designer of my restaurant. She decorated the inside of the restaurant and she has very nice sense. Recently, she decided to change the inside od restaurant. She wants to design more beautiful and clean. Chihiro Yamashita can make delicious sweet. Her sweet is very famous and she win the contest of sweet. Aoi Nozoe is regular staff and she can carry dishes very quickly.
And, I’ll introduce my restaurant’s history. In 1960, Cheesa Macarroni opened this restaurant. He loved pizza and pasta so he ate these dishes almost everyday. Then, there were many mozzallera cheese in this restaurant dish’s menu. Gradually, he gained his weight and he had become fat. That’s why people said ‘he looks like mozzollera chese’. After that, he called ‘Mozzallera chef’ from towns people. He is very famous chef because his dishes were very delicious. Moreover, he was the fattest chef in the world. Then, this restaurant had no name so he decided to name this restaurant ‘Mozzallera’. Now, this restaurant is very famous restaurant and high class restaurant. Many people come to this restaurant from all over the world. Please enjoy our restaurant.
Next, I’ll introduce my restaurant’s menu.

Salad
Chicken salad
This salad is very healthy, chicken’s seasoning is basil. The flavor is so good. You can eat not to mind the calorie.

Seared born-less
This chicken is very tender. It was roasted, the surface is crisp and inside is juicy. The seasoning is lemon.

Pasta
Tomato and cheese
Our shop’s special is cheese, so this menu is our recommendation. The tomato is so fresh. Please try this one.

Vongola
Vongola is a bivalve’s pasta. We use this shellfish’s extract. This pasta’s seasoning is garlic.

Carbonara
We recommend this pasta. We cook this pasta with much cheese and bacon. The seasoning is strong, but you find the good taste.

Pizza
Salmon and Cheese 1000
Mushroom and Teriyaki chicken 1500
Pizza has two kinds. One is Salmon and Cheese and the price is 1000. Owner, Cheeza Macaroni goes fishing every morning, so the salmon is fresh. Also, you can choose one cheese of the six. So you can enjoy many kinds of taste. The other is Mushroom and Teriyaki chicken and the price is 1500. The teriyaki chicken is so juicy. The teriyaki chicken matches mushroom, so it is delicious pizza.
Dessert
・Pudding 600
・Chocolate cake 700
・Cassis mousse 500
Dessert has three kinds. Pudding is custard pudding and the price is 600. The owner, Cheeza Macaroni keeps chicken and the hen lays eggs every day. He uses the eggs, so it is so fresh. It is smooth and delicious. You can choose cool pudding or hot pudding. Chocolate cake is the most popular of the three. It is used expensive chocolate, so it is rich cake. The price is 700. Cassis mousse has a sweet and sour taste. Animals in the forest bring good cassis every day. The color of the mousse is pink and the shape is heart, so it is cute. The price is 500 and it is reasonable.
If you order Course Dish, you can enjoy anti pasta mist with 5 kinds of vegetable, pate de foie gras, couliflower potage, bream and scallop or beef and avocado and dessert buffet. We have a lot of kinds of dessert.
Our restaurant is particular about cheese. You can choose cheese. There are 7 kinds of cheese, red cheese, green cheese, blue cheese, black cheese, slim cheese, rose cheese and sunflower cheese. Of these cheese, we recommend rose cheese. This cheese is rare one, so you can't eat this cheese at other restaurant. Please try to order this cheese.
Third, I’ll introduce one how to cook for you.
Ingredients
A pizza’s dough
Boiled tomato: half of can
Salt: One teaspoon
Mozzarella: A block
Three of basils
Olive oil: Moderate amount

Strain boiled tomatoes, and remove seeds and the skin. Then Add salt the strained tomatoes. Spread the tomato sauce on the dough, put sliced mozzarella cheese, basil, and salmon. Next, bake the pizza with 250℃ for 10 minutes. Let out the pizza from oven when it is scorched.




This is our summary of restaurant presentation.

788 words

about Speaking class of this week

At Speaking class of this week, we talked about "favotites", for example, favorite movie, favorite actor/actress, favorite place and so on. This is second time to talk about "favorites". I gave Chikako a same question carelessly:> After that, we practices on a test. We watched a video that was made by Mr. Tomei and had a discussion. I did this activity with Ayaka.M and Takuya.N. I enjoyed that. After the class, I talked about restaurant presentation with my group members, Aoi, Kana and Daisuke. We decided that we make a summary of own part that assigned to each person and send it by g-mail to Aoi by Wednesday.

108 words

My favorite dessert

I like to eat sweet dessert! Of all desserts, I have two favorite desserts. One of them is ice cream. I like ice cream of Thirty-one in particular. Thirty-one is a shop of delicious ice cream. There are a lot of kinds of ice cream. I eat it on not only hot days but also cold days. Shall we go to the Thirty-one together? Let's go!!! Another one is pudding. Recently, almost every day, I eat one or two puddings par day. Whenever I have no time to have breakfast, I eat it. Yesterday, I ate two puddings. I like 'Puchin-purin' in particular. I am very happy when I eat these desserts. If you have information of delicious ice cream and pudding, please tell me.

125 words

My favorite motto

My motto is "Fortune comes in by a merry gate.", "笑う門には福来る" in Japanese. It means whenever we have a smile, we can get happiness. When I was little, I am a delicate child and I was hospitalized many time. So, I wanted go to a nursery school, but I couldn't. My mother said "Smile, smile. If you smile, you are happy." She gave me candy if I smiled. As she said, I was happy. This motto is what I learned from her. Moreover it is said that smile is so good for our health. It maybe be difficult for you to smile when you have a hard time, but please try to smile. You must be happy. What is your motto? Please tell me.

126 words

BR 2-11: Under the sea

I read a book, "Under the sea". I like creatures under the sea, so I read this book. This book introduces creatures under the sea, dolphin, turtle, penguin and so on.


According to this book, baby turtles go to the sea without their parents. I am surprised at that. When a dolphin is sick, other dolphins take care of him. Dolphins are so kind! Penguin is my favorite animal!!! They are not birds but fish. However, they can’t fly, but they can swim very fast. They are so cute!!!


This book contains cute animal’s pictures. Please try to read it.

99 words

Reference

Patchett, F(2008). Under the sea. London: Usborne Publishing Ltd..

BR 2-10: The Last of the CHEJU DIVERS

I read the book, “The Last of the CHEJU DRIVERS”. The Cheju Island is famous for beautiful nature. Something else is also famous. Have you ever heard “haenyos”? It is a group of female divers. They dive in the sea in order to take seafood. To my surprise, they dive with nothing and stay in the sea over 5 minutes. Diving is their work. They can sell the seafood they caught at a high price, so they dive. However this work is so dangerous! That is why haenyos is decreasing. The youngest one is 45 years old and the oldest one is 75 years old. This tradition of Cheju is being extinct.

I’m sorry that this tradition is being extinct… I hope that the new tradition will come into existence.

130 words

Reference

Waring , R. (2008). The Last of the CHEJU DIVERS. Boston: Mapping Specialists, Ltd..

BR 2-09: Alaskan ICE CLIMBING

I read the book, "Alaskan ICE CLIMBING". The weather of Alaska is so easy to change. According to this book, if we want to climb the mountain, ski down glacier and so on, we think it is not sure to be able to do that because the weather. Do you know Matanuska glacier? It is very big and shaped 2000 years ago. To my surprise, it always moves and changes the shape! It is very difficult for us to climb. Moreover climbing this glacier is so dangerous! Some climbers fell down and died. However, if you can climb to the top of glacier, you can see beautiful view.

I also want to look at the beautiful view, but I'm afraid of climbing... The beautiful view is a present for climbers.

130 words

Reference
Waring , R. (2008). Alaskan ICE CLIMBING. Boston: Mapping Specialists, Ltd..

BR 2-08: Farley the Red Panda

I read a book about a red panda that has no parents. His name is Farley. He was born at a zoo in San Diego. His mother couldn't take care of him when he was born, so he was alone. One day, he was found by workers at zoo. He was raised at the nursery of the zoo. Workers of the nursery took care of red panda for the first time. Farley got healthy thanks to them. He could get a friend, Banshee. He is also a red panda and is younger than Farley by 3 months. They got along very well and play together a lot.

Farley is a lucky panda!!! This story is very good. Please read it.

120 words

Reference

Waring , R. (2008). Farley the Red Panda. Boston: Mapping Specialists, Ltd..

My favorte junior high memory

My favorite junior high memory is an English speech contest. At my junior high school, an English speech contest was held once a year. For this speech contest, one student was chosen as a representative of a class. When I was in the third year of junior high school, I was chosen as a representative. Every day, I practiced hard with my English teacher after school. I had to recite sentences of my textbook. The speech contest had come!!! On that day, I was very nervous. I began my speech, however, I forgot sentences when I met my boyfriend's gaze. I was confused, but then he taught me the nest word with a lip-sync. Thanks to his help, I can finished my speech. I'm grateful to him.

127 words

My favorite club/ circle

At KGU, I join a volunteer circle, Aozora-katudoutai. Now, there are 81 members, freshmen and sophomores, in our circle. Until the Takuma Festival, there are over 100 people in our circle because there are juniors, too. We have some volunteer activities in a month, for example, we help orphanages to hold festivals, we take care of children while their mothers are cooking, talking and so on. We have activities else. On Wednesday, we play sports, drive, eat out etc. There are a few groups in our circle. A group is one that is in charge of liaison with facilities we do volunteer activities. I'm a leader of this group. There are 2 volunteer activities in this month. I can't wait it!

121 words