Speaking★~travel~

I like travel very much!! Do you like travel too? I think that most people like travel because it is very exciting to go to many places. There are some facilities for travel. For example, airplane, train, buss... I like to travel by airplane because I love airplane. It's so cool!! But recentry, I like travel by train too. Until now, I traveled two places by train.

First, I went to Shimane with my friend in last spring vacation. It took about 14hours, so it was little hard for us to taking a lot of times in train. In shimane, we went to "Sand Museam", "Izumo Taisya" and "Shinji Lake". In "sand Museam" there are many kinds of hourglasses. It's so nice. "Izumo Taisya" famous for very big Shimenawa. It's very big!! We were surprized. "Shinji Lake" famous for Shjijimi, so I bought it for my family as souvenir. It's delicious!! We had a very good time in there.

Second, I went to Kobe and Kyoto with my friend in last summer vacation. It took about 12 hours. I arrived at about 8'o clock. At first, we went to "Mosaic". It is look like big shopping mall and near the horbor. We ate dinner with looking nice night view in there. It's so romantic!! Next day, we went to "Teppan performance restaurant to eat lunch. This restaurant's name is "Kagura" and in near the Sannomiya station. In there, the chef gave me cooking show in front of us. It's so cool and delicious. They are very kind and friendly. After that, we left for Kyoto. At first, we went to "Kinkaku temple". This temple is so famous, so many foreign people visit there. Next, we went to "Kiyomizu temple". There are many visitors too and souvenir shops on the way to temple. But, when we went to there, shops were all closed.

Train travel is little hard, but there are many good points. We can see many beautiful and each prefecture's famous places from train. And I can feel a sense of achievement when we arrived. So, I recommend you to travel by train!!

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Today

I went to down town to meet friends. I promised to eat dinner with my friends. Member is same department of university, Mayu, Midori, Kana, Tomoko, Hanae, Yurimi, Mai, Haruna and me. We reserved "Giardino". This restaurant is Italian restaurant and my favorite restaurant. Because I like Pizza and Pasta. In there we can eat very delicious Italian food. And I like this restaurant's atmosphere very much.

At first, we ordered some Pizza, Pasta, Salada and so on. It's so delicious!! And we talked a lot of thing. It's very nice time in there. I thought that I want to come here again with my friends.

After eat dinner, we went to SWISS to eat dessert. I once worked in SWISS, but today we went to differnt shop. SWISS's sweets are very delicious. In there, we respective ordered some dessert. I choiced cheeze cake. It's very delicious too. And we had a very good time in there too.
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Essay2-02a Website Review

I checked two English web sites.


At first is Anne Hathaway. She is actress. I like her very much because she acts on my favorite movie. That is “The Devil Wears PRADA”. This movie shows one woman’s success story. After I watch this movie, I can feel drive for something. So, I decided to check Anne’s t things on web site.

She was born in 12 November 1982 so she is 27 years old. And she was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. When I read this, I felt that Anne is very urban people. Because she is from New York!! It’s so cool.

Her father is lawyer and mother is stage actress Kate McCauley Hathaway. I thought that Anne grew up looking her mother, so Anne became actress. And I thought her family is very rich.
She said her trade mark is smile. I think so too. Her smile is so nice. We can see that on her movie and so on.

Another her famous movie is “The Princess Diaries”. I watched this movie too. I thought that this movie’s Anne is very cute!! But I like “The Devil Wears PRADA”. This movie’s Anne is very cool and fashionable.


Next is about New Year’s Day. After I watched the websites, I could know many things about New Year’s Day. I knew very interesting things!!

First I knew that some tradition of New Year’s Day. First is making resolution. This tradition dates back to the early Babylonians. For example, popular modern resolutions are promising to lose weight or quitting smoking. But, the early Babylonian’s most popular resolution was to return borrowed farm equipment. Next tradition is the tournament of Roses Parade. This tradition dates back to 1886. In that year, the member of the Valley Hunt Club decollated their carriages with flowers. It celebrates the ripening of the orange crop in California.

And I knew the song “Auld Lang Syne”. This song is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English speaking country. And this song was written by Robert Burns in the 1700’s. “Auld Lang Syne” means “old long ago” or “the good old days”. I didn’t know this song and listen, so I am very interesting in this song!!


I didn’t watch English websites so much. But after I watched I thought it is important to watch this. Because I can level up for reading skill, so I will watch English web sites from now on.
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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004266/
In this site, there are many Anne's imformation.


http://www.wilstar.com/holidays/newyear.htm
In this site, there are many things about New Year's Day.

BR 2-03: Arthur tricks the tooth fairly

I read a book that is "Arthur tricks the tooth fairly".

This book is about one brother and sister's story.
One morning, Arthur run to the breakfast table. Then, he said "The tooth fairly gave me this money". This was Arthur's lie. But, his sister, DW believed this lie. "I want too." she said.
From then, she thought many idea for having a tooth out. But, these lie didn't succeed.

One day, Arthur's family went to museum. In there, their mother said" You can each buy one little thing". Then, Dw choosed a shark's tooth. She had a good idea.
This night, she went to bed with shark's tooth. Arthur knew that.
Next morning, DW run to the breakfast table. She said, "I get a money". She looked very happy. But actually, Arthur gave her.


I thought that Arthur is very gentle with his sister!!
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Brown, M. (1997). Arthur tricks the tooth fairly. USA: RANDOM HOUSE.

Draft essay(1b): Favorite Places

There are two favorite places. One is B2F of Tsuruya. Second is Kobe. These are both fashionable and nice places. When I am in there, I can feel better.

First, my favorite place is B2F of Tsuruya. In there, there are many favorite shops. It is Afternoon tea, Rope picnic and Lush and so on. Afternoon tea is very cute goods shop. There are many goods of kitchen, bath room, cooking and so on. These are very cute. When I watch them, I always think that I want to live alone soon. Rope picnic is one of my favorite brand of clothes. I often buy some clothes in there. And "Lush" is soap shop. There are many kinds of soap, so this shop's smell is so good!! I often visit this floor in my free time. For example, it is before a part time job. This place is very comfortable for me and I like this place's atmosphere very much.

Second, my favorite place is Kobe in Hyogo prefecture. I visited there with my friend in last summer vacation. When I visited there, I like it very much. Because there are many attractive things!! First is beautiful view. I could look beautiful night view in harbor. This was very nice view. Second is fashionable. There are many fashionable people in Kobe, so I felt that I'm in fashion magazine. Also, there are many fashionable shops in the town. Finally, there are many delicious foods. When I stay in Kobe, I ate many foods. For example, it was Kobe meat, delicious cakes and so on. And there are many cute café in there. I went to café. And, I got cute coffee. I was surprised very much!! Because of these things I thought that I want to live in Kobe in the future.

These two places are my favorite places. When I am in there, I feel happy very much!! So, theses are very important place for me.
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BR 2-02:Arthur and the New Kid

I read a book that is "Arthur and the New Kid".
This story was about one transfer students. His name was Norbert. Suddenly, he came Arthur's class. But, he couldn't be in good with his classmates easily. He ate lunch with other grade students.

One in class, teacher said "Why don't you sit with here". Then, he sat next to Francine. And teacher asked a question for everyone. But, they coudn't answer. Then, Norbert whispered the question's answer to Francine. And she raised a hand and answered.

At recess, everyone played soccer. In there, Norbert came. They said "Want to play?". "Sure" Norbert said. Norbert was very good at playing soccer. From then, they got along with Norbert.

After I read this book, I remembered my elementary school days. I often play soccer with my classmates. I thought that this book is very good story.

Reference
Brown, M. (2004). Arthur and the New Kid. USA: RANDOM HOUSE.

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Draft essay(1a): Favorite Places

There are two favorite places.

First, my favorite place is "B2F of Tsuruya". In there, there are many favorite shops. It is "Afternoon tea", "Rope picnic" and "Lush" and so on. "Afternoon tea" is very cute goods shop. There are many goods of kitchen, bath room, cooking and so on. These are very cute. When I watch them, I always think that I want to live alone soon. "Rope picnic" is one of my favorite brand of clothes. I often buy some clothes in there. And "Lush" is soap shop. There are many kinds of soap, so this shop's smell is so good!!I often visit this floor in my free time. For example, it is before a part time job. This place is very comfortable for me and I like this place's atmosphere very much.

Second, my favorite place is "Koube" in hyougo prefecture. I visited there with my friend in last summer vacation. When I visited there, I like it very much. Because there are many attractive things!! First is beautiful view. I could look beautiful night view in harbor. This was very nice view. Second is fashionable. There are many fashionable people in Koube, so I felt that I'm in fashion magazine. Also, there are many fashionable shops in the town. Finally, there are many delicious foods. When I stay in Koube, I ate many foods. For example, it was koube meat, delicious cakes and so on. And there are many cute café in there. I went to café. In there, I got cute coffee. I was surprised very much!! Because of these things I thought that I want to live in Koube in the future.

These two places is my favorite place. When I am in there, I feel happy very much!! So, theses are very important place for me.
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BR 2-01: Nicky Upstairs and Down

I read a book that is "Nicky Upstairs and Down". This book is about one cat family.
Nicky lived his mother. Their house has downstairs and upstairs. Nicky always run to upstairs to downstairs. One day, he was tired of running. So, he decided to be middle. It's very good idea!!


This story is very cute story. But I thought this book was too short, so I coudn't write long. Next time I will read more long book.
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Reference
Ziefert, H. (1987). Nicky Upstairs and Down. USA: Penguin Group

Draft essay(1a): Outline

●My room
Comfortable
Relax
Magazines
TV

●Kobe
Beautiful view
Fashionable
Shops
Clothes
Exciting
Nice

●Tsuruya B2F
Shops
Clothes
Good smell
Comfortable
Cute goods

Draft essay(1a): Brainstorm

Favorite place

• comfortable
• nice
• relax
• good smell
• exciting
• beautiful view
• clothes
• magazines
• TV
• green
• fashionable
• shop
• cute goods