2010年1月13日水曜日

Book review2-18

I read “Alissa”. This story is about a poor girl.
One day, she read a book in her room. She likes reading very much. Then, her father said ‘My friend has work for you in the city. There isn't any work here in the village. You mast go with him.’ She went to school in her village and had a lot of friend, so she was sad very much. However she must obey her father. She looked the moment the friend of Alissa's father gave some money to her father. Alissa was angry and felt sad.
She worked at the clothes shop in the city. She worked all day with making clothes. She worked 12 hours in a day. At night, she slept in the floor. Each month the shop owner gives her a little money. Alissa bought a book with her money and read it after lunch.
The owner asked her ‘Can you write? Can you count?’ She said ‘Yes, I can.’ The shop owner take her in the shop and said ‘You are going to work in the shop.’
Alissa started to work in the shop and served the customers. There was a lady who always smiled at Allisa. One day, she left her purse in the shop. Alissa took the purse to the lady. However the owner was angry with Alissa because she went out of the shop arbitrarily. Alissa cried. Then, the lady run to the shop owner and said ‘Alissa is an honest girl. She won't work. Pack your things Alissa, let's go home together’ Alissa went with the lady and went to her new home. She lived happy with the lady.
I think Alissa is sorry girl but very lucky girl. I wish her happiness.
(301words)

Book review2-17

I read American Life.
Most people around the world know something about American life. We can see American movies on TV, listen to American music, and eat in American restaurants.
Of course, Americans are not all the same. The United States of America is a big coutry. There are many different ways of life. New York City is one of the most exiting and famous city in the world, but life there is not the same as life in a small American town. I saw the many faces of American life in this book.
Do you know how many people move to the U.S. every year? The answer is 750,000! Recently, many different kinds of people lived in the U.S. In 1798, more than 60% came from Britain, Ireland, Germany, and France. About 20% came from Africa, but they were slaves. Between 1880 and 1914, most immigrants cane from south and west of Europe. Today, most immigarants are from Latin America and Asia.
America is a big country. Americans loves their cars. There are 200,000,000 cars on the road. Only 5% of Americans catch buses and trains to work. In most states, American can drive when they are sixteen. Life without cars is difficult. Schools, stores, and work are usually a long way from home. When I visited the United States, I saw a lot of Japanese cars. When I saw them, I felt that Japan and America are close. In Montana, on some roads, you can drive as fast as you can. I want to go and drive there someday!
We can watch American movies in Japan. American movie-makers make about 570 movies each year. Not only American people but also people in many other countries love these movies.
Today, the name Hollywood means movies. Before 1910, Hollywood was only a small town near Los Angeles. Movie-makers moved there from New York because they wanted the Californian sun. Their job was easier with good weather.
There are many differences between American life and Japanese life. But I like both of them. I want to visit to America again.
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2010年1月11日月曜日

Went to Aso

I and Tomomi went to Aso to eat delicious food. We gathered at noon in Yamaga and she drove her car.
We went to Nishihara village. We want to go to "Milk's village"
and "Kugino in sweets village". They are situated in Kugino village in Aso city. First we dropped in Milk's farm and eat parfait ( including good soft cream). We enjoyed eating and chatting and viewing nice view.
Second we went to Kugino village in Kugino village. We couldn't reach the place because Kugino village is not familiar place for us. We asked how to go there and found the place.
It is the time maybe 4:3o to reach there. When we reached the place, the shopper was just going to close the shop. We thought it is so early to close the shop so we were going to go the shop. The shop owner explained there were not so much cakes to sell for customers so he wanted to close the shop.
We wanted to buy and eat cakes at there because it took so long time to reach the shop. Maybe 2~3 hours.
But shop owner showed us some cakes. maybe there are 8 cakes are there. We bought 2 cakes from them. The shop owner are so good man so he gave us 4 cakes at free! Because there are cakes but it is no use for him. Maybe he ate many cakes at there. We are very excited to his nice spirits.
After that we went to Yamaga city to eat dinner at joyful. We ate dinner and cakes (we went there with cakes secretly).
(291words)

2010年1月10日日曜日

Lovely

I have one female dog. Her name is Choco. She is very cute and active girl. She is 1 and half years old. Her kind is Pomeranian. She is very small but She is my precious family. I like take a nap with her. She has very warm body. I always feel very happiness. She is always running my living room. She likes running!!!! I think she is very active girl. She always plays with bowl with me. It is really fun!! She likes chicken. My mother cooks chicken for her. She is really glad to eat chicken!! She is very quickly to eat. She likes potato and carrot. …like human!! So she is little fat now…. She always walks with my father. She likes walking. My father and she go to every night. I want to go to with them but me always loss the chance. I want to walk with her.
(173words)

Busy

I think the most important thing is keep writing on your blog. It is very important to keep typing speed and your English skills. If you have good typing skill, you can write good posts, essays, reviews. And if you get some homework, you can finish homework very short time!!
Next, please try to read English books in your free time. First, I didn't like read to English books but I tried to read easy English book in the library. I couldn't read first but I like English books to keep reading. There are many easy English books in your University's library so If you want to read English books, please go to library and rental them.
Last, please search article about your blog. I have to write blog so I always search article about my blog. If I get good article, I try to take a photo to use my mobile phone. Some photo to be easy to see my article and photo is help to understand article.
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Cold

Today is very cold. I don’t like winter. Because, I don’t wake up in the morning. Its cold I scared every day. But, Kumamoto is little hot more than Aso. Aso is very very cold. Last winter I went to school by train. I wake up so early in the morning. It’s very hard for me. Because, train was very cold and I slept. Then, It’s takes 1houre 30 minits. Then, train times are very early. My parents worry to me. But, I am thanks full to my parents. And, I and my younger brother are move house in this springs. I cried every day. But, my younger brother was not cried. I proud of my mother and my father. Kumamoto is very nice place, but Aso is very nice place.
(150words)

2010年1月9日土曜日

Book review2-16

Guccio Gucci, who was a creator of Gucci, was born in 1881 in Florence, Italy. When he was 19 years old, he went to London and England and worked at the famous Savoy Hotel. There were rich people who wore nice clothes and jewelry in the hotel and he often saw these people. It gave him many ideas for his future.
In 1901, he went back to Florence and met Aida Calvelli who became his wife. Aida made clothes and he learned about money and customers and gradually he wanted to sell leather products so he found a new job. One Sunday in 1921, he and Aida went for a walk around Florence and saw a little store and he wanted to have a store. Then, he bought a little store.
Guccio and Aida had six children, five sons and one daughter. Everybody in my family helped at the store. Guccion and Aida made luggage and leather products for horses and sold them and their children took packages to customers on their bikes. One day, Guccio had a good idea. He wanted to use the designs of the leather products for horses and make handbags, so the famous Gucci GG logo came from a strap and the Gucci lines of green/red/green came from the design of a horse's saddle.
Many people liked these products and in 1937, he moved the company to a larger place. The Gucci logo became famous in Italy. Gucci became more and more famous and the family opened a store in Rome.
Guccio wanted all of sons to work for the company but one of the sons died when he was nine years old and the other son wasn't interested in the family company. He liked movies and he became a movie actor.
In 1953, Guccio Gucci died and gave the company to his sons. His sons opened a store in New York. Gucci name was very famous and meant beautiful Italian fashion around the world.
In the 1960s, one of his sons made Gucci a greater success in the United States. He opened stores in Chicago, San Francisco, and Beverly Hills and in 1965, he opened the first Gucci store in Japan.
In the 1970s and in the 1980s, Gucci products became very famous and rich people wore Gucci clothes and used Gucci products. Gucci became too famous so the Gucci logo went out of fashion; however, today, Gucci is in fashion again.
Maurizio, who was the last of the family at Gucci, was shot outside of his office by somebody. He worked hard for two years but he died. Many people talked about it and it was very big news. In the case, Patrizia Reggiani Marintelli, who was Maurizio's wife from 1976 to 1990, wanted more money from him and she paid people and they killed Maurizio for her. Patrizia and they are now in prison.
Now Gucci is very famous!! Gucci has fashion shows and Gucci has a famous fashionroom in Florence, Italy. Also, Gucci sells its perfumes and we can see Gucci productions on the newspaper or on the Internet. Many people wear Gucci clothes and have Gucci products and Gucci is loved by people around the world.
I also like Gucci. Gucci products are cute and we can use them for a long time. I didn't know who was creator of Gucci. He started a little store and he succeeded. It is great and I think Gucci will become famous more and more.
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