2008年7月4日金曜日

English conversation

On Friday,I went to English conversation school as asual, and I found that the teacher changed. Yeah,and the new teacher was there.
He's from Virginia in the U.S. He's a nice man. He spoke in American English so it was easy to listen. And sometimes during the class, he pointed out my pronunciation,
I mean he corrected my accent. His class was so funny and sometimes serious.
And today on Friday,I'll also go to the English conversation school. Because I go there twice a week so that's why.
And today's teacher is a man from South Africa.
He is so quite and speaks in small voice but he is an old man so it can be helped.
But his class is useful for me.
(127 words)

2008年7月3日木曜日

UNITEC

UNITEC it's a university which I've wanted to go to for a long time.
It's in New Zealand and to be accurate, it's in Oakland.
And this KGU has a good connection as a exchange student to this country.
I'd like to study abroad for UNITEC.
And I have many reasons why I wanna go there.
First, I'm interested in NZ culture and history. I heard that there are some Maori people, they are ancient people in NZ.And they have unique customs.
It's conspicuous at the rubgy match. At the beginning the their announce their dance.
It's a kind of ritual i think, and something else they have custom which name is bone carving. Maori carves the bone of cows and whales and it means sometimes love and forever friendship and tie.
I took the class related to NZ culture last year and I knew the ancient people Maori for the first time and I thought I wanna study much more about this culture.
And only in UNITEC,I can take the class related to the culture and can learn there.
I often hear about NZ and UNITEC from Danny. k who is an exchange student from UNITEC. He is really a nice guy. I often go to international dormitory and hang out with him and I often ask about NZ and UNITEC.I think NZ is the best place.

And second, NZ is famous for its warm weather so easy to live and beautiful nature and nice people.
I've never been to NZ and I've never got out of Japan so I don't know how foreigners live in another country. And I'm interested in the deference between Japan and foreign country.
And the result of this year's ryugakushiken will be found out on September 4th.
It's a long time and I can't wait so long.
But before it, I'll take the TOEFL test this weekend. It's a last test.
And I wanna get higher score compared with previous one.
And these days I' studying hard for it and I have 3 days left until the test.
So I have to hit the books. And After the test I wanna go to the dorm and I wanna hang out with exchange students because they’ll go back their countries in 1 month, I mean they have only 1month left here in Japan so we don’t have enough time so much.
And I wanna make good memories with them while they’re in Kumamoto.
So I’ll enjoy myself everyday!!
(412 words) Total ( 10089 words)

book review 1-6



This time I read this book which title is 'A day in London`
This story's main characters are Kipper and Gran and their relatives.
this Gran is Kipper's grandmam and she is so aggressive and usually good woman but sometimes she makes happening.
And this time in the garden, Kipper was about to play with the golf club but at the moment Gran came by and showed him how to do.
And at the next moment, she hit the ball, but she hit too hard and it smashed a window.I mean she broke the window.(Oh my god!)
She is so funny. Gran looks old but she can drive a car by herself. And she took Kipper and his friends round the London.
They visited waxworks and see and go around.
And Gran went off to look at the Royal Family while the children stayed at the street scene.
Gran dropped her handbad and some money rolled among the models.
As she bent down she knocked into the waxworks and they began to fall over.
This old woman is so funny and hasty I guess.
And anything else, she picked the models up and put the heads back on.
She broke some waxworks carelessly.
One lady ran up and rebuked her.
I think this Gran is too careless and hasty.
( 219 words)

Book review 1-5



I read this book whose title is 'The kidnappers`.
this book's main character is Kipper. He is a boy and somehow he has a majic key.
One day Kipper was sleeping with the majic key and surrounded by his toys.
And one of the toy, exactly the teddy bear made him wake up.
And told Kipper to shake the key.
And Kipper shooked it as he was said, and the majic key started to work.
And kipper's adventure started.
kipper found himself in the airport and there were so many bears around him.
He got on the airplane for Switzerland. And after he landed on the country, he saw a surprising scene. He saw some nasty bears were pushing the famous bears into a car.
He was so surprised at the that time and ,he got on a van and started to follow the kidnappers.
Finally he arrived at the house and he brought honey to the bears.
The bears were greedy so while ther're absorbed in it, Kipper got into the house silently and got the famous people out and ran away.
The famous bear pleased with Kipper and his friends.
And after that the crime was arrested and the majic key began to glow.
So he came back to this real world safely.
(215 words)

2008年7月1日火曜日

These day

I have a TOEFL test this weekend. Actually on Saturday I have it outside of school.
The reason why I need to take is to apply for document for the ryugakushiken.
And I also took it the other day in June and now is July and I've studied for the TOEFL test ever. So this time I have a little bit confidence.
And at the last time's test my score went up a little so I'm expecting it.
And my final goal is over 500 and my score needs more 10 score.
And I've studied it since the last test and every day I make it a point to study for something related to English of course I solve the questions on the textbook. And I finished all the textbook which I have now. So I wanna review and brush up the contents which I have learned through it.
And in order to take the test as preparation span, I took this week's part-time off.
So I made time to study.
And after the TOEFL test, I have to prepare for some exams.
So I'll be busy not only present but until the end of July.
But I'll do my best and in one way or another I could succeed in everything.
( 212 words)

2008年6月30日月曜日

Farewell party

On the weekend actually on Saturday from 7:30 I went to TAIGEKI with English conversation members. It's a bowling centre. About 30 people came there to the farewell party. And the another English teachers came there. It was held to enjoy the last class with the teacher whose his name is Daniel and he's from Oregon state in the U.S.
I have taken his class since on June in 2007. So I know him a lot.
He is so big man maybe 185 cm and he is so funny so I liked his character and his class as well. He was so intelligent because he knew about American literature so much. For example when I told about the man of letters of the U.S. history who I learned on that day he knew it a lot and could tell about it much more.
If I think that I can't take his class any more, I'm so sad.
And at the last his class, he taught me his PC address.
And he said' please tell me when you find out the result of exam of studying abroad and send me an e-mail` so I said sure of course I'll send you and let you notice the result.
I promised.
And I hope I can give him good information.

His class was so funny every time or he tried to make it funny i think.
And he also knows about me.
And he knows the reason why I commute to this English conversation school.
You know, of course for studying abroad as a exchange student. And in order to develop my English abilities. And through this teacher I learned a lot of things I guess so.
And he'll come back to Oregon state and I heard that he'll enter the graduate school.


And at the bowling centre, we made some groups with 4 or 5 members in each group and played it. It's been a long time since I played bowling last. So It took time a little to get used to it. But I felt it's so fun.
And after that we went to NIJIKAI. And we went eating.
It was so fun and we could eat and drink as much as we want during 2 hours. I was so satisfied with it. It was so tasty!!
And at there, I wet three women who hope to be a flight attendant what is called CA
or FA.

We often meet each other at English conversation school and at school as well.
2 of the 3 the women were from Kumamoto Prefectural University. And their majors were English. and the one person was from Kumamoto Gakuen University. She was junior, third grade, and we often see each other at school.
And at as the conversation was going on, I thought she was thinking me as the same grade as her. She was misunderstanding.
And I said, No, I'm not the same grade as you, I'm sophomore of KGU, I said.
After listening this, she was very surprised at the fact.
She said, you look very adulthood and I thought you are the same grade as me.
And we burst into laughing.
But I'm used to these things. Because I'm often looked older for my age.
And sometimes some people say `we I meet you for the first time I thought you are 4th grade student or more'. But it's ok. I'm used to be said so.

And the same grade woman who is from Kumamoto prefectural University talked to me a lot. For example 'why did you start to think that you should study English conversation?, And 'What's your dream and so on. And I also asked them some questions the reason why they home to be a FA or CA. And they answered this question.
They like travelling to different countries and like the feeling when they on the airplane.
The English conversation school which I commute to twice per a week has a lot of women who hope to be FA CA and other related to airplane.
So I can hear a lot of talks.
I felt important things through this farewell party, encounter has a time limit and I have to treasure time everyday.
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2008年6月29日日曜日

book review 1-4




This time I read this book whose name is `Key Trouble'
This book's main character is Kipper.
One day he was watching TV at the living room and at that time he was taken into a strange grey world. He went into the television.
Every thing was grey there of course Kipper was grey, I mean he become like an old film.
And wished come back to this real world but he couldn't understand what to do for it.
And he had a majic key. And he banged it and after that he succeeded to get back to this real world, but something was wrong. Kipper was a grey color yet after coming back.
So when his relatives except his parents looked him at the garden, they were surprised at his appearance. They didn't know why he is grey.
And Kipper's parents didn't know what his condition so he tried to cheated by hiding his true shape. And as much as possible he tried not to be with his parents to hide this accident.
And after that he went upstairs and went into his room.
And he was in depression for his appearance. And he looked back himself and at the moment the key which he had twinkled a little and the color came back.
I think this is so funny book ever. I can't imagine this.
He was just watching TV at ease.
And the key point was this majic key which he had.
( 245 words)