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Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)

noreply@blogger.com (Ikaros) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:41:00 +0000

Monday 23 November

Weight 9st 9, alcohol unit 0, cigarettes 5 (very good), calories unknown (I have never counted calories.)

I finish reading the book and doing the exercises. It took 3 weeks to read the book. It's not bad but I think it was a little bit slow. At first I was confused because the book is a diary. Working my way through, it is interesting and finally I enjoy reading the book. It is quite funny!

Ikaros,

Continue the story..

noreply@blogger.com (I learn at Luna) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:48:00 +0000

I can see a bright light in the sky. It's moving. It's moving very fast....
Look. It's UFO. Wow. The door is opening. There is a alien. And alien is stretching. An alien catch the people. I think alien is eating Mr Jake. UFO go far far away.
"Are you ok Mr Jake?"

Yuuya

The Penang File

noreply@blogger.com (ZAKU) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:15:00 +0000

3.Sergio tells the police what happened to his family and why he wants to kill the Prince. Write his history.

The family of Sergio lived in U.K. with the immigrant of South America. Sergio's family was young Sergio and his father and his mother. At that time Sergio was two years old. The family was sent to South America forcibly by the U.K. government. Sergio's father and mother were killed by the police of their original country, Sergio was very angry, then he became dislike to the U.K. government. Accordingly, Sergio intended to kill the prince of U.K.

Halloween Alien Story

noreply@blogger.com (I learn at Luna) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:09:00 +0000

Today is Halloween. At school today's topic was of course Halloween.
"Why don't we go to "trick or treat" together? I asked my friends.
"Can I go with you?" my next desk friend asked me.
"sure" I said .
"Yesterday I made a new friend. Can I go with him?"
"OK" I answered again.

School finished and everyone ran to there own house. When I got to my house I quickly did my homework. When the homework finished I tried to where my witch dress that my mom made it for me. It fitted me! I was very happy.

And when it be came 6o'clock I went to my friends houses. And now all of my members are here. "Then lets go!"I said.

On the way to trick or treat I asked my new friend "What's your name?"
"My name is ET"
"Can I see your face?"
"Later please"
I thought, "What is ET?" while we were speaking.

We got to my teacher's house. We knocked on the door and the teacher came out and said "Trick or treat?" Then our teacher gave some candies. "Thank you!" we said to our teacher.

"Now can I see your face?"
"OK" he said.
And I saw it. He was a alien! Then I asked ET "Are you a alien?"

Remi

Very Cute ET

noreply@blogger.com (I learn at Luna) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:51:00 +0000

I can see a big Teddy Bear.
It's coming over there.
Oh! UFO is on the White House.
Obama came out.
He is wearing pajama.
A Teddy Bear pajama.
An ET came out!
Huh?ET is.....SHEEPS!!!
Sheep could speak English!?
But they are speaking with Obama!
So~cute.
I will interview him.
Hey sheep!
ET"I'm not a sheep"
Then what?
ET"I'm a Mery"
What?
ET"Mery!"
I mean what kind of animal.
ET"Kapibarasheep"
What the.......
Um...Where are you from?
ET"I'm from planet Kapi"
Where is Kapi?
ET"I can't tell you.And I'm very hungry."
Please come to my home!
ET"Thank you. We are three."
OK!You will eat very delicious supper!

Yuhi

The Black Pearls

oyajim@gmail.com (Jim George) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:14:00 +0000

Peters disguised a woman with long dark hair. He had a bag in one hand. He seemed to have something to emit smoke. He entered the museum, then he emitted smoke.
During some people running out, he seemed to break the showcase and take the necklace.

He is indeed the "Minute Man".

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The Darling Buds of May

noreply@blogger.com (atsu) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:39:00 +0000

Before I read this story,I imaged this was the story which a visiter from tax office caused some troubles to this big family according to back discription.

It was wrong.

Although the man "Charlton" from tax office visited this big family to fill on tax form ,he fell in love with beautiful eldest daughter "Mariette" at first sight and big husband "Pop" and wife "Ma" led him their attractive country life.

Through some event in the beautiful country, he decided to quit the tax office and marry her.

By the way,In this story,I wondered about Pop's character and the relationship with his wife Ma.

Because he loved deeply Ma but he often met some sweethearts and Ma knew it and didn't appear to mind .

I didn't know if his character could fit this story or gave me depth on this story.

So I was interested in this story, I searched on Wikipedia about it.

I found it was a beginning part of long story.

How does this family become and I came to want to read continuation.

Star Trek movie night

noreply@blogger.com (Tana Benzon) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:39:00 +0000

Wow! Well, I must admit that I never expected this film to be so good. I also didn't realize that it was the 40th year of Star Trek anniversary remake of the original 1963 film. The Star Trek fans amongst us (namely Jim) were impressed with the casting as well as the script. The story itself was action packed, full of nail-biting moments and emotional drama. Wonderful stuff! Stuff which had us crawling up the back of our chairs at times and stuff which had us want to hide underneath them!

Thanks to all of you who came dressed up. Your costumes were wonderful!!!! We had Big Ears, a Big Nose, and some visitors from The Desert (not dessert - although the dessert was wonderful too - Home Made?? hahahahahahaha, not to mention the yummy pasta and party snacks!)

Live long and Prosper!
In other words....... Good Luck!

Definition

oyajim@gmail.com (Jim George) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:00:00 +0000

The person who can post a comment to this posting with a definition, closest to midnight, gets a prize. (Haven't decided what it is yet!)

The word: paraskevidekatriaphobia

Rendezvous with Rama

noreply@blogger.com (H.Toyoshima) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:31:00 +0000

This is a science fiction story written by Arther C. Clarke. Arther is so famous author who wrote "2001: A Space Odyssey".
In the year 2131, an object was discovered beyond the orbit of the planet Jupiter. It was a 40 kilometres wide...
To tell the truth, I was bored with this story. This is a science fiction story. I expected this is a science fiction and an adventure story, but this wasn't. So I wasn't excited but felt sleepy...zzz... and I couldn't read this quickly...

Perhaps I could enjoy this with better ability of English reading. I have to study more!

Points for understanding
2-1 Why has Commander Norton decided to land Endeavour at the center of Rama's north end? Give two reasons.
Because speed of rotation of there was slower than the edge, and there was a big enough area to land.
2-2 Norton is worried about the landing place that he has chosen. Why?
There was a circular groove, and he guessed that this circle was the door of some kind of airlock. His ship would be damaged if something inside Rama tried to use this airlock.

2-3 'Do Ramans have hands like us?' Karl Mercer asks. Why does he ask this question?
Because there were ladders inside or Rama which need grab with hands.
2-4 'Perhaps Rama is a tomb,' Norton thinks. Why does he think this?
Because there were no living things.

The Picture of Dorian Grey

noreply@blogger.com (hana) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:23:00 +0000

I read the book "The Picture of Dorian Grey". This story is two times film up to now. But I never seen those film.
I think this story is very strange. Because the picture changed ugliness. Why??
Dorian Grey was very beautiful and young boy. His portrait was very beautiful too. That portrait was painted his friend artist. But Dorian gradually became bad man. He went to opium den and killed his friend. Then the picture (his portrait) changes if he does something.
Many years ago, Dorian was still a beautiful young man. But his portrait was wrinkled and ugly. It was evil. The portrait changed instead of him.
I felt interesting and strange. But I don't think to see that strange picture.
Noriko

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"A" is for Alibi

noreply@blogger.com (Hideki Kato) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:37:00 +0000

This story is about a private detective. She investigated the real criminal person who killed a divorce attorney. The client was second wife of the attorney. She had been in jail by being falsely accused. The attorney was very popular guy because he had many affair with several women. There were 2 or 3 person who I guessed as real suspect by progressing to read. But the truth was not simple. There are complex relationships with dark plot between each characters. And three people were killed one after another, during the investigation by the detective. At first I thought that this book was too difficult to understand the relationship of all characters. But the story had became thrilling and I wanted to read further. At last, she found the real criminal person with her love and hate.

Q5: Why does Grace Glass put headphones over her husband's ears when Kinsey starts asking questions about Libby?

A: Because her husband gets upset and angry if he hear about her daughter Libby.

Hideki

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

noreply@blogger.com (reiko) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:16:00 +0000

I was very surprised when the sword name of King Arthur in English class.

The name was "Excalibur", and that was as same as the Hotel name of Las Vegas that our family stayed about five years ago.

The hotel's logo was the castle and the sword. I didn't know what means it was.

Now, I knew the story of King Arthur and the sword "Excalibur".I was very satisfied to know the origin.

Question 13-1. Why did Sir Bedivere not want to cast Excalibur into the lake?

Answer:Excalibur was too good to be thrown away.

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By the stream

noreply@blogger.com (I learn at Luna) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:51:00 +0000

Mum is by the stream.

Kipper's teddy sits on the rug.

A frog is in the stream.

Three children are on the bridge. They drop sticks in the water.

Toru (10)

The Promise

oyajim@gmail.com (Jim George) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:53:00 +0000

I enjoyed reading book. I like story with a happy ending like "THe Promise". However, I do not know soccor enough. So sometime it is difficult to image details of the game for me.

Life has its ups and downs. Such is life. But I learned that it is important to work hard to make some dreams come true.

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Recipe

noreply@blogger.com (I learn at Luna) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:24:00 +0000

Dear Tana

My specialty is Maubou-tofu

You need

100g minced pork

1 tofu(momen)

1/2 onion

2 table spoon soy sauce

some garlic

some toubanjyan

some salt

some ajinomoto

some starch

some salad oil

some sesame oil

1 Boil the tofu and cut to a cube.

2 Finely chopped the onion and garlic.

3 Heat the salad oil in a frying pan.

4 Pan fry the onion and garlic add the minced pork,soysauce,ajinomoto,salt,toubanjyan.

5 Add the tofu and sesame oil.

6 Add dissolve starch.

See you later

From Mutsumi Maruyama

Grey Owl

noreply@blogger.com (You) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:53:00 +0000

Q26: There were a lot of women in Grey Owl's life. What do you think they felt about him? Why?

I think that Grey Owl was awful person for women, because he abandoned his wives and children several times.
He was generous for animals, but he was selfish for women.
I think that his first 4 wives (Angele, Marie, Ivy, Anahareo) and her children felt same as me. But his last wife Yvonne might fell that he was generous for women, because they hadn't divorced.
I think that Yvonne didn't know his love affair well.
If Grey Owl was born in modern age, he shouldn't supported by women.

Yoichi

Room 13 and other Ghost Stories

noreply@blogger.com (yoshiro) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:34:00 +0000

This book consists of five horror stories. One of those story is Room13. I knew that 13 was an ominous number for a certain people. So I was able to imagine that it would be a horror story. I was weak in English, so I had a long time to read... I understood that you should read this book in the daytime!

The Eye of the Tiger

koaku2@happy.email.ne.jp (koa) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:15:00 +0000

The Eye of the Tiger is a name of the big diamond which put into the hole in the golden tiger’s head, The Tiger Throne. This is a kind of suspense story, but it seems the author wanted to include a love story. Unimaginable ending was interesting for me, and I want to know the rest of the story about Harry and woman who called Miss Sherry North.

Chapter 16:
Q1: Harry told Sherry his plan. What was his plan?
A1: Run away to Zurich and live together at there
Q2: On the way to the airport, Sherry tried to tell Harry something. What do you think she wanted to tell him.
A2: I think she wanted to tell him about her real identity.
Q3: What arrangements did Harry make at the airport at Zurich?
A3: He made an appointment to meet Sherry.
Q4: Who did Harry see walking behind Sherry?
A4: Policemen
Q5: How did Harry manage to speak to Sherry alone?
A5: He called up her at the phone-booth by asking the girl at the information desk.
Q6: What had happened to the real Sherry North?
A6: She was killed by Manny Resnick.
Q7: Where was the Tiger Throne?
A7: It was at President St Mary.
Q8: Harry gave the woman a choice. What was the choice?
A8: Whether she live together with Harry at Turtle Bay or not.
Q9: What was the deal Harry had made with the President?
A9: He gave the Tiger Throne the President, and the President promised his safe.
Q10: What had Harry kept hidden in Turtle Bay?
A10: He had the gold plates hidden in Turtle Bay.
Q11: What would be the first question that Harry would ask the woman when he met her at St Mary’s airport?
A11: Could you tell me your real name, please?

Koa

A Town Like Alice

noreply@blogger.com (jun) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:16:00 +0000

This is the story about Jean, who was English woman and was thrown into the World War II in Malaya. The Thirty-one English women and children, including Jean, were taken by Japanese as prisoner at Pangon, and were forced to keep on the move from area to area over six month. They totally have marched more than hundred miles, and half of them were dead. Then...

After I had read this story, I rearized that We Japanese are the victim of war and at the same time are the victimizer of war. I think that We must not only urge the banning of nuclear weapons in the name of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we must atone for role in war in countries in Asia

Tales of Horror

noreply@blogger.com (takeho) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000

This book is horror.Three strange and frightening short stories;

・The Judge's House

・The Iron Maiden

・The Return of Abel Behena

I felt to be afraid of me is The Iron Maiden. A man dropped the stone near the kitten to be puzzle the black cats. The stone fell and hit the kitten. The kitten died immediately.The mother cat was angry and revenged on the man...

It is said that once a black cat is a symbol of no good luck in Europe and America. It is said that once a black cat is the symbol of the amulet, luck, and the business prosperity in Japan in the old days.

However, I didn't think the man entered "that" .I thought all people who appeared in this book were funny.

Silver Blaze and Other Stories

noreply@blogger.com (yasuhiro) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:34:00 +0000

This book is made up of stories that Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson help the police with the strange cases. There are three stories in this book, Silver Blaze is the most interesting.

I predicted stories as follows before I read book at class. Someone will bet one horse at horserace, but He can't win. Then Someone had killed, so It's relation to a horserace.

I read a story actually, I was interesting and be supried. Silver Blaze is horse name and racehorse. This horse's trainer had been murdered. His name is John Straker. The mystery of muder has a unexpected answer. Sherlock Holmes inverstigated and slove with Dr Watson.

I am telling a bit answer, John Straker was thinking a trick and had been killed.

In reality, The murderer is Silver Blaze. Whoa!

Hamlet

noreply@blogger.com (tomato) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:49:00 +0000

Dear all
This story is well-known on stage drama of William Shakespeare.

This book is written by Scenario. Hamlet is a play about revenge in it.
why does he revenged?

Hamlet is a young prince of Denmark. His father died but the ghost appeared to his son to tell Hamlet the deadful truth. King Hamlet had been killed by his own brother with poison. Uncle Claudius married with Hamlet's mother. The ghost tells Hamlet that it is his duty to kill his wicked uncle.

I red while imagining the scenes. If I watch a stage of Hamlet ,I will recall this book.

I recommend this story.
keiko

The Perfect Storm

noreply@blogger.com (Masao Kuroda) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:12:00 +0000

This book was very interesting for me. This story is nonfiction and some people such as the crew members on the Andrea Gail, on a boat named Satori, and a lot of rescuers really fiercely fought against the perfect storm.
The most exciting scene was chapter 8 and 9. I’ve finished reading these chapters quickly. All members except Ray on the boat named Satori did their best to survive, but the violent storm discouraged against their efforts. For example, first, the rescuers tried to rescue the crew members by dropping a raft into the water, but due to the big waves, they couldn’t because the boat made a big hole in the raft. Then they changed their plan. I don’t want to disturb someone’s interesting for reading this book, I’ll stop to explain the continuation.
Before reading this book, I didn’t know the meaning of the title “The Perfect Storm”. The perfect storm means that three powerful weather systems hit each other like a huge bomb exploding out at sea. In other words, the perfect storm means a very very awful dangerous strom. The perfect storm consists of three powerfull weather systems which are a front of cold air moving south from Canada, the line of clear dry air moving east from the Great Lakes and Harricane Grace moving north up the US coast. From this, I wonder we can use the word “perfect” for something. For example, can we say “The perfect food”? Maybe this has not only bad smell, dirty looking, but also awful taste, further more, dangerous to health....... :-)

Masao Kuroda

Trains, vowels and a picnic in November

oyajim@gmail.com (Jim George) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:03:00 +0000

Hijiri joined us in pre-school on Tuesday - he's been away for a while and was really sweet to see the girls literally take his hand and guide him back into the swing of things; it didn't take him long to get totally immersed in things and 'forget' about mummy! (He was going to come today, too, but mummy got a cold & best stay away from school).

As we know he into his trains, we showed him our train set and he helped us cobble it together - trains crashing into each other, bridges and tunnels in no time at all. Carnage!

We showed him a couple of our favourite songs and games, and he particularly liked the physical aspects of the Hokey Kokey and our vowel race, as you can see.

The weather today was so nice we just couldn't bear to stay inside; we took a blanket and had a picnic lunch on the riverbank outside Luna. The girls enquired about Trolls, but we couldn't see any :) It was a great change of scenery for us, with butterflies and ants to watch. There was a plane circling around, and a troop of kindy kids paraded past us too.

Lovely funshine and healthy appetites, all made us a bit sleepy in the afternoon. We know how Goldilocks felt when she gate-crashed the three bears' house - we watched her on DVD and started to remember the songs! Creative & problem solving puzzles are in high demand, no less so today. A new 60 piece one posed no real challenge, apart from size - took up the whole table!

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Teachers Lives
Darren Elliott has been teaching English for ten years, mostly in Japan with a stint in UK higher education in the middle. He has taught at private conversation schools, businesses and universities and has even been allowed to train other teachers
an interview with barbara hoskins-sakamoto
Barbara Hoskins-Sakamoto Interview from darren elliott on Vimeo. Barbara is an EFL materials writer, teacher and teacher trainer working mainly with children in Japan. This interview was conducted for the lives of teachers website at http://ww

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