2-03b: Revised Essay

Hello everyone! This time, I’m going to introduce everybody about Julia Roberts. Do you know her? Have you heard her name? Surely, you know her because you study “Notting Hill” in the listening class. Her real name is Julia Fiona Roberts, and her age is 45. She has worked long time. Her birthplace is United States. The height is 175 centimeter. She appears a lot of movies and she is a very famous actress. “Mirror Mirror” is a movie quite recently and she appeared the part of a bad witch in it. Did you see it in the theater? I wait for DVD of “Mirror Mirror”, I want to see it quickly. This time, I’m going to introduce everybody about three movies, family, and awards and other movies and scandal on herself.

At the first, I introduce “Valentine’s Day”. Have you seen it? The movie was shown in 2010, and love story. The movie director is Garry Marshall. She appeared the part of a soldier on the American armed forces, and her official name was Kate. Co-stars are Ann Hathaway, Taylor Swift, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, and Bradly Cooper, etc. The movie drew Valentine’s Day of each ten couples who live in Los Angeles. And it is collection of short stories. I saw the movie. Each short stories were very interesting and moving, I was moved to tears. I thought that the movie was a very heart-warming movie after I saw. I recommend the movie “Valentine’s Day” to everybody.And this director “Garry Marshall” is a wonderful director in the world. He has ever invented lots of hit movies. For example, “Runaway Bride”, “The Princess Diaries”, “Raising Helen”, and “The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement”, etc. He invented masterpieces of love movies and he is genius. “The Princess Diaries” is my favorite movie, too. I want to see the movies, I only heard the director was “Garry Marshall”. I am looking forward to seeing the movies which he will invent in the future.

Next, I introduce about “Pretty Woman”. Have you seen it? This movie is my favorite movie because it is very interesting and pretty story. Maybe, Girls like this movie. She played in a call girl at this movie. The name is vivian ward, and she played in a poor woman. She was poor woman at first, but she meet one man. After she met him, she changed her life. He is too rich man and he likes her on the movie. She fall in love him and the end is happy end. This movie is love story. This movie is called cinderella story by everyone. This movie has dream for girls. Her partner’s actor is Richard Gere. He is too cool, so he is much the role. And director is Garry Marshall. He is nice director. So This movie is very good for everyone. in this movie, she is so cute and sexy. If you are free, why don’t you watching this movie?

Third, I introduce Notting Hill. You know or have you ever watched the movie? Notting Hill is a Love story which happens between a divorced man in the UK and an actress tremendously popular among people. The role of Julia Roberts is Anna: she is an actress. In fact, Julia Roberts is also a real actress today. So we think her performance is like herself. She was thinking about the suffering as an actress while playing the role of Anna when she made the film with others. For instance, if she wanted to get along with other people equally, they would not have treated her as a human equal with others because she is a tremendously popular actress. Surely, she experienced the suffering on real life. I seemed to see her role of Anna performance is simply and cheerful personality. I think there are many things we can sympathize on this movie. For instance, the feeling of love which we can’t get along with him well,  So please watch this movie, if you didn’t watch it yet.

I introduce about Julia Roberts’ family. Her family is a husband and the twins of boy and girl and a boy. She got married once in 1993, but it was divorced in 1995. And she got married again to a movie cameraman in 2002.

She had scandals on herself. She was acquainted with a lot of actors. She was engaged with Kiefer Sutherland, but she didn’t marry with him. After that, she went to trip with Jason Patric. He is closed Kiefer Sutherland. In 1993, She married with Lyle Lovett, but she discover in 1995. And she has an affair with Daniel Moder and she married him in 2002.

And I introduce that many awards which she was awarded a prize. She was awarded a prize Golden Globe Award of the Best Supporting Actress on “Steel Magnolias” which was shown in 1989. And she was awarded a prize Golden Globe Award for Best Actress-Motion Picture Musical or Comedy on “Pretty Woman”. She became the candidate the Academy Award on “Steel Magnolias” and she was nominated for the Academy Award on “Pretty Woman”. She was awarded a prize Academy Award for Best Actress on “Elin Brockovich” which was sown in 2000.

Or I introduce that other on her movies. It is “Larry Crowne” Her role is a lazy teacher of speaking at Community College. A man; Larry Crowne who was dismissed from a Supermarket enters there to reemploy other work. They met together and birth a comedy drama. If you watch it, you can see her different performance as an actress in comparison with some movie which we wrote as above.

That is why; Julia Roberts has a great power and depth of her performance. She has a great ability as an actress. As the evidence, she gained many prizes and she has been as a famous actress from her childhood to now; she is 45 years old. Isn’t it great? So we recommend you to watch the movie played her. Thank you for reading.

References

Karz, Mike, & Rice, Allan, Wayne, (Producers) & Marshall, Garry, (Director).b (2010). Valentine’s Day. United States: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.

Milchan, Arnon, & Reuther, Steven, (Producers) & Marshall, Garry, (Director). (1990). Pretty Woman. United States: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.

Kenworthy, Duncan, (Producer) & Michell, Roger, (Director). (1999). Notting Hill. United Kingdom: Universal Pictures.

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Essay 2-03a: Joint Movie Review about Julia Roberts

Hello everyone! This time, I’m going to introduce everybody about Julia Roberts. Do you know her? Have you heard her name? Surely, you know her because you study “Notting Hill” in the listening class. Her real name is Julia Fiona Roberts, and her age is 45. She has worked long time. Her birthplace is United States. The height is 175 centimeter. She appears a lot of movies and she is a very famous actress. “Mirror Mirror” is a movie quite recently and she appeared the part of a bad witch in it. Did you see it in the theater? I wait for DVD of “Mirror Mirror”, I want to see it quickly. This time, I’m going to introduce everybody about three movies, family, and awards and other movies and scandal on herself.

At the first, I introduce “Valentine’s Day”. Have you seen it? The movie was shown in 2010, and love story. The movie director is Garry Marshall. She appeared the part of a soldier on the American armed forces, and her official name was Kate. Co-stars are Ann Hathaway, Taylor Swift, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, and Bradly Cooper, etc. The movie drew Valentine’s Day of each ten couples who live in Los Angeles. And it is collection of short stories. I saw the movie. Each short stories were very interesting and moving, I was moved to tears. I thought that the movie was a very heart-warming movie after I saw. I recommend the movie “Valentine’s Day” to everybody.

Next, I introduce about “Pretty Woman”. Have you seen it? This movie is my favorite movie because it is very interesting and pretty story. Maybe, Girls like this movie. She played in a call girl at this movie. The name is vivian ward, and she played in a poor woman. She was poor woman at first, but she meet one man. After she met him, she changed her life. He is too rich man and he likes her on the movie. She fall in love him and the end is happy end. This movie is love story. This movie is called cinderella story by everyone. This movie has dream for girls. Her partner’s actor is Richard Gere. He is too cool, so he is much the role. And director is Garry Marshall. He is nice director. So This movie is very good for everyone. in this movie, she is so cute and sexy. If you are free, why don’t you watching this movie?

Third, I introduce Notting Hill. You know or have you ever watched the movie? Notting Hill is a Love story which happens between a divorced man in the UK and an actress tremendously popular among people. The role of Julia Roberts is Anna: she is an actress. In fact, Julia Roberts is also a real actress today. So we think her performance is like herself. She was thinking about the suffering as an actress while playing the role of Anna when she made the film with others. For instance, if she wanted to get along with other people equally, they would not have treated her as a human equal with others because she is a tremendously popular actress. Surely, she experienced the suffering on real life. I seemed to see her role of Anna performance is simply and cheerful personality. I think there are many things we can sympathize on this movie. For instance, the feeling of love which we can’t get along with him well,  So please watch this movie, if you didn’t watch it yet.

I introduce about Julia Roberts’ family. Her family is a husband and the twins of boy and girl and a boy. She got married once in 1993, but it was divorced in 1995. And she got married again to a movie cameraman in 2002.

She had scandals on herself. She was acquainted with a lot of actors. She was engaged with Kiefer Sutherland, but she didn’t marry with him. After that, she went to trip with Jason Patric. He is closed Kiefer Sutherland. In 1993, She married with Lyle Lovett, but she discover in 1995. And she has an affair with Daniel Moder and she married him in 2002.

And I introduce that many awards which she was awarded a prize. She was awarded a prize Golden Globe Award of the Best Supporting Actress on “Steel Magnolias” which was shown in 1989. And she was awarded a prize Golden Globe Award for Best Actress-Motion Picture Musical or Comedy on “Pretty Woman”. She became the candidate the Academy Award on “Steel Magnolias” and she was nominated for the Academy Award on “Pretty Woman”. She was awarded a prize Academy Award for Best Actress on “Elin Brockovich” which was sown in 2000.

Or I introduce that other on her movies. It is “Larry Crowne” Her role is a lazy teacher of speaking at Community College. A man; Larry Crowne who was dismissed from a Supermarket enters there to reemploy other work. They met together and birth a comedy drama. If you watch it, you can see her different performance as an actress in comparison with some movie which we wrote as above.

That is why; Julia Roberts has a great power and depth of her performance. She has a great ability as an actress. As the evidence, she gained many prizes and she has been as a famous actress from her childhood to now; she is 45 years old. Isn’t it great? So we recommend you to watch the movie played her. Thank you for reading.

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BR 2-18: The Burglar's Breakfast

Breakfast was his main meal of the day. (P.5)

This time, I’m going to introduce everybody a book that the burglar likes breakfast. His name is Alfie Briggs. Breakfast was his main meal of the day. He always ate at least three courses. Breakfast is my main meal of the day, too. This morning, I ate miso soup, oden, stewed dish beef and Japanese white radish, steamed bun, and confectionery. Oden is a Japanese dish containing all kinds of ingredients cooked in a special broth of soy sauce, sugar, sake, etc. Do you eat your fill breakfast every morning? I eat my fill every morning. In this story, someone had stolen Alifie’s breakfast. And he tracked down the thief and got back his breakfast. But no cornflakes, no eggs, no sardines, no waffles. His breakfast was stolen. He felt hungry and there was only one thing left to do. He would have to go out for breakfast. As he drunk his coffee at a café, he glanced at a newspaper. He took a closer look and it was an advertisement for help about detective. “I can do all of these things!” thought Alfie. And he became a detective, he never stole another thing-not even breakfast. It’s a very good story and it was very good for me. The first thing the pictures were so cute and I chosen this book. While I read, I felt hungry as the pictures of breakfast are so cute and great relish. To return to my main topic, it’s a very good story. I thought that he was very great as for that changed his position burglar to detective. I respect him. His life changed by a strange chance. I thought that fortune is lying one’s neighborhood and it’s up to oneself to carve out a career. I might have missed seeing my fortune by now or paid no attention to it. I couldn’t put my idea into action because I’m too lazy and coward. I have been wanted to change myself for a long time. I follow Alfie’s example and I want to challenge everything steadily from now on. I want to change my position on my mental. I plung into the terrible world and I want to amaze, be at a loss, and waver every day.

                               Reference

Everett, Felicity. (2002). The burglar’s breakfast. London, England. Usborne

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BR 2-17: Wizards

But before he left, he gave the king and queen a magic sack of gold which would never run out. (P.46)

Do you believe in the existence of magicians? I have ever believed in it. And I have been wanted to be a witch for a long time. Do you want to be a magician, too? This time, I’M going to introduce everybody a book about wizard. I chosen this book because a cover of it was very cute and I like magician. If you would be a magician, what do you want to do? In my case, I want to fly in the air and travel around the world by broomstick. In this book, there are three good wizards, who helped people and bad ones, who cast evil spells. But this story was different form that I imagine an enchanced world. I imagine that an enchanced world is very romantic like Harry Potter movies. Harry Potter’s world is my ideal. I want to plunge in the world. But I don’t want to do battles with a lot of bad magicians. To be magician is my everlasting dream. If I were born again, I would like to be a magician. Do you want to be it, too? I want to be a magician, but I thought that maybe present-day life is better off than an enchanced world. Because if it exists magic in the present age, it has lots of crimes every day than now. It will be so terrible world. I think that humankind will be very avarise still more if it exist magic in the world. Whatever things will go smoothy and easy and early. Everybody wants to be magician. But the world would go to ruin if all humankind are magician. That’s why humankind maybe is not able to use magic. If whatever things go smoothy and easy and early, we can’t absolutely get pleasures achieve over aim. I thought that only a god can use magic.

                                Reference

Rawson, Christopher. (2002). Wizards. London, England. Usborne

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Mind-map

Free-writing Julia Roberts

I'm going to introduce everybody about Julia Roberts' movies.
I watched "Valentine's Day". It's a very good story and impression.
This movie impressed me deeply and I was moved to tears.
And she is a wonderful character actress.

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Essay prep.

My teammates are Mayu and Hiromi.
We chosen Julia Roberts.
I'm going to watch Valentine's Day.

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BR 2-16: Machines Then and Now

About two million years ago people made stone axes with wooden handles. (P.4)

This time, I’m going to introduce everybody a book about machines. What machines do you use best every day? I use a Smart Phone best every day. Today our life depends on a lot of machines. I want to introduce everybody about histories of machines and now. One is Ramp. It is essential for our everyday life. The Ancient Egyptians used ramps to build pyramids more than 5,000 years ago. The Great Pyramid is 138 meters high and it is the biggest in the world. Two is Crane. The Ancient Greeks used big crane made of wood to build temples. They tried a rope to a block of stone. Three is Windmills. Windmills use energy from the wind. Hundreds of years ago people started using windmills to make flour. Today we use windmills to make electricity. Speaking of windmills, I imagine Holland. There is famous for windmill and turip. I have often watched them in TV and magazines but I want to see them firsthand. Four is Flying Machine. Do you like riding plane? I like it so much. Today we can fly all over the world by plane, but 200 years ago planes didin’t exist. In 1903 Wright brother invented the first plane made of wood and carried one person. The first flight only lasted for 12 seconds. Four years later a French inventor flew one of the first helicopters. He stayed in the air for about 20 seconds. I thought how deadful inventors experimented staying in the air. If the experiments would be unsuccessful, perhaps they fallen from the machine and died. It was the experiments of life and death. Five is television. What programs do you watch in TV every day? If there isn’t television in our life, a kind of our amusements lose. The first television only showed black and white images in 1926. Then 18 years later, inventors made a television that showed images in color. Today we can also watch DVDs and play a lot of games in TV and some modern televisions can be almost as thin as paper. How do you think that our life depends on a lot of machines? It is very comfortable, speedy, and interesting. Machines will develop and help our life in the future. But I think that look back upon and appreciate a lot of inventors who did the experiments of life and death. Thank you for reading!

                            Reference

Robert, Quinn (2010). Machines Then and Now. Oxford, America. Usborne

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BR 2-15: All About Plants

Scientists don’t know how many plants there are, but they think that there are more than 300,000 types! (P.4)

This time, I’m going to introduce everybody a book about plants. There are more than 300,000 types of plants in the world but scientists think that there are more plants that we don’t know about yet. Do you know that the first plants grew in the water more than two billion years ago? It took hundreds of million of years for plants to change and to grow on the ground. What seasons do you like the best? Now season is fall, and autumn colors of plants is very beautiful. The leaves change to yellow, orange, or red. And in winter, there are no leaves on most trees. In summer, plants make lots of food because there is lots of sunlight. And different plants have different habitats. Some plants need sun, and other plants need shade. Most plants can’t grow in very dry, cold, or wet places. But the cactus can grow in hot, dry places like deserts. Its roots are near the top of the ground so it can take in water quickly. There are many people who take cactus plants as a potted plant with beautiful leaves in houses. I want to try it after I read this book. Next, I want to introduce everybody two amazing plants. One is a Venus Flytrap. Most plants don’t need to eat insects, but the Venus Flytrap eats insects. Two is a Titan Arum. It is one of the smelliest plants in the world. Moreover it smells like bad meat so that the Titan Arum is the terrible smell. But I want to try smelling it.

Lastly, we have to save our plants. Our clothes, books, and many other things come from plants. Lots of our doors, chairs, and tables are made of wood. Sometimes there is plant plastic in our cell phones, computers, or even our socks. In the rainforest, people cut down trees, and Earth loses hundreds of different types of plant forever. As a result, pollution is another danger and it puts dangerous chemicals into the soil and these are bad for plants. We have to use paper carefully and use all the paper and recycle it. We have to struggle them in our life every day. Thank you for reading!

                            Reference

Julie, Penn. (2010). All About Plants. Oxford, America. Usborne

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BR 2-14: Wonders of the past

Today, many tourists visit this amazing place. (P.13)

This time, I’m going to introduce everybody a book about some world heritages and histories. Have you ever gone to some world heritages? What world heritages do you want to see? I want to introduce everybody four wonders from this book.

One is Tutankhamun. Tutankhamun is known all over the world. But why is he so famous? He was a king in Egypt more than 3,300 years ago. When he died only 19 years old, people put a gold mask over his face and his face and put all three coffins in a tomb with food and many treasures. However no one discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb for a long time, then British archaeologist discovered it in 1922. There were about 3,500 treasures such as gold statues, boats, jewels, toys, masks, and even a gold bed. Tutankhamun became one of the most famous kings in the world.

Two is the Colosseum in Rome. Ancient Romans watched fights with gladiators and wild animals like lions, crocodiles, rhinos, and even elephants in this big and beautiful stadium. About 500,000 people and one million wild animals died there. I thought that Ancient Romans were so cruel after I read. The Colosseum was the most fantastic building and big enough for more than 50,000 people.

Three is Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Angkor Wat is a beautiful stone temple and was built about 800 years ago. About 50,000 people built the temple, and it took more than 37 years. They built it to look like the mountain where their gods lived. When people built Angkor Wat, they put water around the building to protect themselves from enemies and wild animals from the rainforest.

Lastly, four is the Taj mahal in India. It looks like a palace, but it’s one of the most beautiful tombs in the world. The Taj Mahal was built by about 20,000 people 400 years ago, and it took 22 years. There are gardens and fountains around the tomb where is made of 28 types of stone and jewels.

I want to visit the Colosseum more than anything else. I often watch it in TV but I want to watch it firsthand in Rome someday. What wonders do you feel in your body? Surely, I will change my view of the world if I can see some world heritages. Thank you for reading!

                              Reference

Kathryn, Harper. (2010). Wonders of the past. Oxford, America. Usborne

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BR 2-13: Wonderful Water

People, animals, and plants need water. (P.23)

This time, I’m going to introduce everybody a book about water. About 70 percent of Earth is covered with water and about 3 percent of the water on Earth is fresh water. Do you know fresh water? Most of it is frozen from ice. Some of the fresh water is in lakes and rivers. Some of the fresh water is in the sky. It’s the clouds and the rain. Do you feel mysterious that water is in the sky? I feel so mysterious this fact and the clouds are made in water.

Next, the human body contains lots of water. Our body is about 70 percent water, our brain is about 85 percent water, and our bones are about 33 percent water. Have you ever known this fact? It is not too much to say that we are made of water. I realized once again that water is very important for the human body. We can live for four weeks without foods, but we can’t live without water. And we have to drink about eight glasses of water every day. Do you drink a suitable amount of water every day? I have heard that the human body becomes easy to lose weight if it drinks a lot of water. And our blood is about 50 percent water.

Lastly, people, animals, and plants need water. Do you know how much water we use every day? We use about 80 liters of water when we take a bath. We use about 27 liters of water when we take a shower. We drink water and cook with water and use water for washing. We need everything in the house with a lot of water. But when there is no water, rivers and lakes become dry. Plants can’t grow and animals can’t drink and die. And if there is no food and no water to drink, people die, too. And Earth could be annihilated without water. At the first, we have to save water at home. For example, turn off the water when it doesn’t use water. Take a shower, not take a bath. Collect rainwater to water plants. Don’t throw things into rivers and lakes. People have to clean water. If we don’t use water so much, it leads to water conservation. Thank you for reading!

                              Reference

Cheryl, Palin. (2010). Wonderful Water. Oxford, America. Usborne

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BR 2-12: Incredible Earth

Did you know that there are mountains and valleys under the ocean? (P.6)

This time, I’m going to introduce everybody a book about Mother Earth. Are you interested in earth, nature, and a lot of natural phenomenon? I want to introduce everybody about iceberg, hot water, mountain, cave, and desert. One is iceberg. Do you know Ilulissat, near the North Pole? In passing I might mention that I haven’t ever known there before I read this book. There is one of the most incredible places on Earth-and glacier and icebergs here are very big. The glacier is about 40 kilometers long and it moves slowly about 30 meters to the Arctic Ocean every day.

Two is hot water. Do you like hot spring? Do you often go to there? Hot water and stream pour out of the ground. Suddenly, the water can’t stay under the ground and has to come out. I imagined New Zealand after I read. I have watched that New Zealanders worn bathing suits and took a natural hot spring bath in TV. In Japan, at the Jigokudani Monkey Park, when the weather is cold, monkeys take in the warm water.

Three is mountain. Do you know the biggest mountain in the world? It’s Himalayas. It began when two pieces of Earth’s crust met and moved up. Have you known this fact? I thought once again that Earth was so magnificent after I knew this fact. And the top of Mount Everest in the Himalayas is the highest place on Earth, it is getting bigger about 5 millimeters every year. Do you want to climb there? If I would climb there, maybe I die.

Four is cave. Have you ever gone to some cave? I have gone to a cave in Okinawa on a school excursion when I was the second year of junior high school. The cave was pitch-dark and very wet. Because the raindrop mix with minerals. And thousands of years ago, people lived in caves. They drew pictures on the cave walls. I often watch pictures in TV and books but I want to watch them firsthand.

Lastly, five is desert. Have you ever gone to some desert? I haven’t ever gone to there. I want to go to Bolivia in South America, there’s a desert made of salt called the Salar de Uyuni. It was a saltwater lake about 40,000 years ago, now the ground is hard and dry. The ground looks like a big mirror. It’s so beautiful and an incredible place.

This book was very good for me. I read it, and felt nature and Earth was so magnificent. I couldn’t care less about my tiny troubles. And I want to feel in my body magnificent nature firsthand sometime. Thank you for reading!

                               Reference

Richard, Northcott. (2010). Incredible Earth. Oxford, America. Usborne

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BR 2-11: All About Ocean Life

The plankton lives near the top of the ocean because they need sunlight. (P.6)

This time, I’m going to introduce you a book about ocean. There are five oceans, and they cover about 70 percent of Earth. Do you go swimming in the sea in summer every year? Do you like fish? At the first, I introduce you about various fish. One is whale. Whales are ocean mammals. The blue whale is the biggest animal in the world and it can be more than 30 meters long. It’s as long as bus. It has no teeth, so it only eats plankton and small shrimps. Have you ever known that whale has no teeth? I have known that it doesn’t have fish but I haven’t ever known that it has no teeth. That’s why it can’t eat fish and eats plankton and small shrimps. Two is grobe fish. Do you know how it makes its body big? It drinks lots of water and this makes its body big and round like a ball, its spines stand up. It knows that another fish can’t eat it so they don’t come near. Three is angler fish. It lives in deep water, where it’s very dark and cold, but it has a small light on its head. A small light on its head is like lantern. When small fish see the light, they think that it’s something that they can eat. When they swim near, the angler fish eats them. The looks and how to eat small fish are very fearful. At the second, I introduce you about danger. There are many dangers in ocean. The oil goes into the water, birds and other animals eat it and can kill them. Dirty water and chemicals from the toilets, factories, and farms also go into the oceans. They can kill plants, fish, birds, and other animals. We have to keep the ocean clean and safe. For example, it enacts a new law for ocean environment. Everybody all over the world have to enfact for oceans clean and safe, and hand over to future generations.

                               Reference

Bladon, Rahel. (2010). All About Ocean Life. Oxford, America. Usborne

[360 words]

Draft Essay 2-02b: My favorite place

I’m going to introduce you about my favorite place. My favorite place is my home. There are three particularly favorite rooms in there. One is my room. Two is the living room. Three is the bath room. I’m going to introduce you about three rooms.

The beginning, I introduce you about my home. It’s in the southern part of KUMAMOTO City and the country. A rural landscape spread out as far as the eye can see. People of the area where I live are very gentle and heart-warming. And I like a peculiar to smell of my home. I can breathe a sigh of relief when I get back to there from the university and the part-time job.

First, I’m going to introduce you about my room in my home. My room is about six mat room and places bed, desk, closet and dressing table. There isn’t television. Furniture is few. I don’t know why, but I feel that things are much and my room is mixed up together. Furniture is few but small articles are many in my room. But it’s a point of that I can breathe a sigh of relief. And I introduce you about my favorite furniture. It’s my bed. My bed is particular because it’s low repulsion bed. It’s very comfortable bed as I’m able to soon fall asleep and have good sleep.

Second, I’m going to introduce you about the living room. There are of the living room is more than three times the area of my room. And the living room is the place where my family gets together. Everybody stay in there when we eat dinner and watch TV. The living room is a symbol of the pleasure of a happy home. And there is a lot of furniture. There are television, two tables, sofa, dressing table, computer and many photos of my family in the living room. When it’s fall and winter, a table changes to a kotatsu; covered table with a heat source underneath. And an ordinary carpet changes to an electrical hot carpet and a gas fan heater appears on the living room. And we eat oranges and one-pot dish cooked on the kotatsu together. Sometimes, my mother and sister sleep in kotatsu because it and the electrical hot carpet are very hot and comfortable.

Third, I’m going to introduce you about the bath room. I like there because I love taking a bath. I take in the bath tub more twenty minutes every day. I disliked taking in there until I was an elementary schoolchild. I don’t know why, but I gradually liked taking in there. Now, I’m in the bath room about one time every day and I recover from the fatigue of my journey. It’s very relax time for me. And I do facial massage every day while I take in the bath. It’s also very relax time.

Considering the circumstances mentioned above, my favorite place is my home. Sometimes, I think that I want to live by myself after I graduate from this university. Because my hometown is very country and my family is very faultfinding. But I realized happiness that my family and hometown is very pleasant place for me. The whole my home is my favorite place.

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BR 2-10: A New school

A cold wind blew in her face and tears filled her eyes. (P.19)

Are you in shy in front of strangers? How do you make friends? This time I’m going to introduce you a book about making friends and become familiar with a new school. How do you make friends when you enter a new school? In my case, I speak to nearby people for the time being. When I talk with, I’m always careful to keep smile. And I don’ talk only myself, I’m careful to ask. In this story, a sister called “Sunita” is in very shy in front of strangers and she can’t get along with her classmates. That’s why Sunita’s brother called “Ravi” has to look after her all day. This was very awful for him because he was holding hands with his baby sister. And he can’t play with his friends because she will be left alone. But one day, Ravi’s friend helped Sunita when she lost her way in the school. And she became familiar with a new school in good condition. I thought that Ravi is very good brother and he takes good care of his sister “Sunita”. When I have to adapt myself to my surroundings, off course I feel the strain, too. For example, a new school and a new my place of work. Before about three months, I began to a new part-time job. The first day and when I hadn’t became used to yet, I was very nervous and I wanted to go back early. But I was careful to keep smile for the time being and I answered promptly and clearly. Luckily, I became familiar with my place of work and all employees are very kind and gentle. My place of work is very easy to work and I am living a comfortable life. I think when it steps forward, everybody is terrified. Everybody is terrible coward. But it can’t begin nothing and grow up if it doesn’t step forward and challenge. I always want to grow up and graduate cowardly myself. That’s why I’m going to have a good go at it and live my life.

                               Reference

Strong, Jeremy. (2001). A New school. Usbone

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BR 2-09: Free time around the world

Some modern music, like jazz, reggae, and rock, came from traditional African music. (P.17)

How do you spend your free time? Or what hobbies do you have? This time, I’m going to introduce you about free time around the world. I wanted my hobbies all over again after I read this book. I only go to the university and study or work part-time job every day. I don’t have practically free time because there are a lot of homework every day. Maybe students who belong to the department of British and American are pressed by homework every day and don’t have free time. But I wanted to enjoy my life after I read this book. At the first, do you like soccer? And do you know futsal? I haven’t ever understood about futsal but I have often heard. There are five payers in each team and the ball is small. It’s futsal. It started in South America, but now it’s popular in many countries. At the second, have you ever played snow sports? In Nunavut in the north of Canada, winter is from September to June. So, there’s a lot of time for snow sports. And do you know that Dubai has the biggest snow dome in the world? People come here for skiing, snowboading and tobogganing from many countries.. At the third, do you know Bollywood dance? In India, it is very popular and many people are learning it in their free time. Bollywood dance is fast and colorful. Dancers wear colorful clothes and jewelry, the have mark or jewel called a bindi. Bollywood dance started in India, but now it’s popular and lessons all around the countries. I came to want to learn Bollywood dance because it’s very colorful and good for health and diet. At the fourth, do you like music? What music do you like? What music do you often listen? I often listen to Western music recently. But this time wouldn’t you like to listen to traditional Nigerian music? Unexpectedly, it’s a very important part of life in Nigeria, in Africa. In traditional Nigerian music, there are percussion instruments like drums, bells, and rattles. I take advantages of this opportunity and want to listen to traditional African music. At the end, do you like beach sports? Most people live near the ocean and many Australians spend a lot of their free time at the beach. Surfing, Kayaking, swimming and snorkeling are popular water sports. But do you know beach cricket? I know beach volleyball but I didn’t know beach cricket. It started as a fun activity, but now it’s an official sport. Did you think that you want to enjoy your free time? I really want my free time and want to enjoy” That7s why I finish off my homework early. And I work my part-time job and enjoy big events and my free time from now on.

                                Reference

Penn, Julie. (2010). Free time around the world. Oxford, America. Usbone

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BR 2-08: Super Structures

Did you know that people also build structures under the ocean and on ice? (P.18)

This time, I’m going to introduce you a book about structures. This is the most interesting book I have ever read. I came to have a different outlook on the world and I came to want to travel all over the world because this book introduces various structures that I haven’t ever known. Super structures are tunnel, bridge, skyscraper, dam, Olympic structure, different shape, glass and ice, amazing place, structure in space and animal structure. At the first, one of the longest tunnels in the world is Seikan Tunnel in Japan. I have heard Seikan Tunnel but I haven’t ever known that it is the longest and world-famous. It’s nearly 54 kilometers long and it goes between two islands. Next, I introduce about skyscraper. One of the tallest skyscrapers is the Burj Dubai in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. It’s 818 meters tall!!! It’s amazing. The Burj Dubai has apartments, shops, swimming pools, restaurants, and a library. Didn’t you come to want to go there after you read? If I would travel to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, I want to go Burj Dubai by all means. Next, I introduce you about different shapes. It’s David Fisher designed the first rotating skyscraper. It uses energy from the wind. Each floor rotate a full circle and the skyscraper can be a different shape very day. I thought that an architect who designed a rotating skyscraper is genius. Next, do you know Ice Hotel in Sweden? It’s a hotel made of ice in a village in Sweden near the Arctic. The hotel is open from December to April. And the beds, chairs, and the table are also made of ice. Even the drinking glasses are made of ice. Did you come to want to travel around the world? There are a lot of super structures in the world. I have filled with motivate in my heart after I read this book. I want to study English and work my part-time job to travel around the world! Thank you for reading.

                               Reference

Undrill, Fiona. (2010). Super Structures. Oxford, America. Usbone

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BR 2-07: Stories of WITCHES

He kept asking her to turn back into a horse, just to show him the secret. (P.19)

This time, I’m going to introduce you a book about witch. I choose and read a book because I have been a longed for witch for a long time. Harry Potter movies are all started that I had a longing for witch. But, three witches in this book are all horrible witches. There are three stories in this book. I introduce a story that I got deeply impression the most. A witch called “Bess” loved parties. But there was just one problem, she couldn’t remember where she had put her broomstick and she couldn’t fly without her stick and it was too far to walk. Then, she turned a wife into a horse and rode to the party. After the party finished, she met a man who is a husband a wife turned into a horse. And she sold a horse to a man. With the horse to carry him, the man was home in no time and he took off the rope and jumped back with surprise. The horse had turned into his wife. But her hands have been hoofs and every time they went shopping, her husband had to do it. He kept asking her to turn back into a horse, just to show him the secret. She never did. If I’m able to be a witch, I want to do various things that humankind is never able to do. For example, I want to fly through the air on a broomstick. Next, I want to go to an enchanted school like Harry Potter. Surely I will be able to live a wonderful life. BY the way, do you believe the existence of witches? I believe it. Because European countries were conducted with hunting and a witch trial from ancient times. And a lot of people with preternatural power exist all over the world now. I think that a lot of people who have a natural specific capacity. I will have been wished to be a witch until my last moment.

                               Reference

Rawson, Christopher. (2002). Stories of WITCHES. London, the United Kingdom. Usbone

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My favorite countries

This time, I'm going to introduce about my favorite countries. They are Norway, Germany and Canada. I haven't ever gone to foreign countries. So, these countries are that I want to visit someday. At the first, I want to visit Norway. I don't know why I have been had admiration for there since I was in a junior high school student. I want to see an aurora in Norway. Aurora is very mystic. The light color is white and red-green, the form is curtain and indefinite. Aurora appears at altitude of one hundred kilo meters in the air. I want so much to see an aurora. If after I see it, I would surely change a my view of the world. I might be able to fearlessly challenge various things that I haven't ever been able to. And the next purpose that I want to visit Norway is that I like a cold climate and snow.　Norway belongs to the Frigid Zone and I want to feel in my body genuine cold. Maybe I think nothing of cold but I want to enjoy cold climate and snow. And I want to experience the midnight sun, I learned about it in the class of geography when I was in a high school student. It is a phenomenon that the sun doesn’t go down all day. So it can’t see daytime and night if it doesn’t watch clock. I want to experience the midnight sun in Norway a land of severe cold. But I can’t understand the Norway language and I want to have only a smattering of it.

At the second, I want to visit Germany. When I was in the first in this university, I learned the German language. It was very difficult for me but I think that it resembles to English a little. I want to visit Germany because I learned German. I want to eat sausage and hamburger in there because they are the home. The origin of the name of hamburger is Hamburg that a place name in Germany. And I want to drink the German Beer. I want to enjoy the home of taste but I would surely become intoxicated soon. And I want to visit tourist place of interest such as a world cultural heritage. For example, church and castle. And I want to appreciate nature and culture characteristic of Germany. I appreciate the atmosphere of fashionable and adult, I want to grow up.

At the third, I want to visit Canada. It can see an aurora, too. I don’t know why I want to visit Canada. I want to feel in my body an extensive nature such as the Rocky Mountains and lake and NAIAGARA waterfall. If after I see such extensive nature, I would surely think that my worrying is very small. And I want to eat maple syrup that is the home. I want to eat many delicious sweets that it can’t eat only Canada.

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My favorite facial massage and execise

This time, I'm going to introduce you about my favorite facial massage and exercise. I take exercise a little after breakfast every morning and I take facial massage while I take in the bath tub and I take in there every day. I haven't found out the fruit of my effort yet. But I'm often spoken well by my friends recently "Did you lose weight?" and "Your leg is slender!". It's very happy words for me. Get back to what I was writing about, I introduce you about my facial massage and exercise. At the first, my exercise is very easy. First, it stretches oneself while it stands on tiptoe. It's conscious of like that the hands touch the ceiling. Next, the hands touch the floor while it stands up straight. I became that whole my palm of the hand touch the floor because I always take exercise. Then it bends backward and one's upper part rorates right and left.  Lastly, it spins the arms. It’s very easy. I take these exercises every morning while I bathe in the morning sun. I can wake up and feel refreshed. As a result, I can have a bowel movement and I have been in excellent health since I started taking these exercises. And I often take them when I am very tired out as I use the PC and study. As a result, I am able to refresh my body and feeling. Lastly, I introduce you my facial massage. First, it carries the surplur layer from the center of one’s face to the outside with using one’s finger of the second joint. Repeating this massage on the skin around the eyes, cheekbone, cheek and jaw about three times. This massage is painful a little because it uses one’s finger of the second joint and carry layer with pushing. But this massage makes my face refreshed so much. I always take this massage while I take in the bath tub. Next I introduce about the second massage after I take bath. At the first, it pushes the cranium of right and left and in front of the temple and the upper of the ear for that straight the distended cranium. For that it makes eyes big, it pushes up the bones of the eyes with using the thumbs while close one7s eyes. For that it makes nose high, it pulls the nose and the palm of the hand pushes up the forehand with using the thumb and the forefinger. For that it makes the breadth of the face narrowed, it pushes the cheek with using the palm of the hand while it breathes out. For that it makes the cheek small, it pushes the cheek up with using the palm of the hand. I take these facial massages every day. I believe that they have effective for my body!

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Draft Essays 2-02a: My favorite place

Hello! Everyone! This time, I’m going to introduce you about that the most my favorite place. It is my home. It’s in the southern part of Kumamoto City and the country. A rural landscape spread out as far as the eye can see. People of my hometown are very gentle and heartwarming. And I like a peculiar to smell of my home. I can breathe a sigh of relief when I go back to there from the university and the part-time job. I’m going to introduce you about three rooms where among of my home, I can breathe a sigh of relief.

At the first, I introduce you about my room. It’s about a six-mat and there are bed, desk and closet in my room. Furniture is few. I don’t know why, but I feel that things are much and my room is mixed up together. But it’s a point of that I’m able to breathe a sigh of relief. There are two windows in my room. So, it’s very cold when it’s winter and it’s very hot when it’s summer. So, it became gradually cold now. And sunlight from the windows is very strong. But I can wake up with the morning sun when sunlight enters throw the window. And I can breathe a sigh of relief and happy when I go to bed. Because I changed a before ordinary bedding to a new low repulsion bedding recently. It’s very comfortable. And I like a peculiar to smell of my room. I can be composed so I mostly stay in my room when I stay in my home.

At the second, I introduce you about the bath room. I like there because I love taking a bath. I take in a bath tub more twenty minutes every day. I disliked taking in there when I was a child. I don’t know why, but I gradually liked taking in there. Now I’m in the bath room about an hour every day and I recover from the fatigue of my journey. It’s very relax time for me. And I do facial massage every day while I take in a bath tub. It’s also very relax time. That’s why the bath room is a one of my favorite rooms.

Lastly at the third, I introduce you about the living room. There is the place where my family gets together. Everybody stay in there when we eat dinner and watch TV. There are TV, tables, sofa and snacks in the living room. When it’s fall and winter a table changes to a kotatsu; covered table with a heat source underneath. And an ordinary carpet changes to an electrical hot carpet and a gas fan heater appears on the living room when it’s winter. That’s why my family tends to gather in there than usual. And we eat oranges and one-pot dish cooked at a kotatsu together. When it’s winter, my mother and sister often sleep while they enter in a kotatsu. I appreciate it’s very pleasant but it often makes people caught colds. But the living room is surely the favorite room for my family, too. And I love an atmosphere in there when it’s winter. I feel like heartwarming and breathe a sigh of relief because there are a kotatsu, a hot carpet and oranges on a kotatsu and everybody encircle around a kotatsu. That’s why the living room is a one of my favorite rooms.

I have any other favorite rooms in my home, such as the kitchen, the garden, the toilets and a Japanese-style room. Sometimes I would like to think that leave out from my home and Kumamoto Prefecture. And I would like to think that live by myself in unknown place. But I love my home and Kumamoto prefecture after all because I’m able to breathe a sigh of relief. After all, the most my favorite place is my home.

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