2007年7月27日金曜日

July 27th, 2007

1. This semester I wrote 19 blog posts.

2. The most surprising news was about Earthquake hits south-east England.

3. The strangest was about the Tanabata Festival.

4. Next semester, I want to focus on a foreign film.

2007年7月26日木曜日

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world news kanna さんのブログを見て

ディズニーシーには修学旅行で行ったことがあるけど、ディズニーランドは行ったことがないから、私も行ってみたいです。

2007年7月20日金曜日

July 20th, 2007

①novels ー D 9000語
②spoken English ー B 7000語
③children's movie ー A 6000語
④news paper ー C 8000語


私は Vocabulary: *Beginner の English-Japanese Vocabulary Quizzes をしました。Animals がおもしろかったです。単語の勉強に役に立つと思います。

summer vacation

I'm going to go to play with my friend. We haven't decided the place we play yet. But we want to go to the amusement grounds such as Universal Studios Japan. I'm looking forward to play with my friend.

http://www.usj.co.jp/

2007年7月15日日曜日

Learning vocablary

「Blue」 さんのブログは、単語と日本語の意味と両方書かれているので、記事の内容も読みやすかったし、また単語も覚えられるので勉強になると思います。

2007年7月13日金曜日

July 13th, 2007

1. to read news in English quickly and smoothly

1) 5000 語

2) background knowledge はウィキペディアで調べます。

2. to find news in English quickly and smoothly

1) 私は Yahoo をよく使います。

2) RSS はよく知らなくて使ったことがありません。

Thank you

1. 「Yayoi's news」 さんのブログを見て

「Yayoi's news」 さんの七夕のブログが気になりました。七夕のかざりひとつひとつにそれぞれこんなにいろんな意味があるとは知りませんでした。
http://yayoi-news.blogspot.com/

2. 「Be Our Guest !!」 さんのブログを見て

「Be Our Guest !!」 さんの The Star Festival のブログは、写真がたくさん載せられていてすごく見やすくて、内容もわかりやすかったです。
http://be-our-guest.blogspot.com/

2007年7月6日金曜日

Tanabata Festival

Tanabata Festival in Japan

July 7th is called tanabata in Japan. It's a Japanese tradition wherein people write their wishes on tanzaku papers (colorful, small strips of papers) and hang them on bamboo branches. People also hang many kinds of paper decorations on bamboo branches and place them outside their houses. Many cities and towns hold tanabata festivals and have tanabata displays, decorating the main streets. In some regions, people light lanterns and float them on the river, or float bamboo leaves on the river.

History

Tanabata originated more than 2,000 years ago with an old Chinese tale called Kikkoden. Once there was a weaver princess named Orihime and a cow herder prince named Hikoboshi living in space. After they got together, they were playing all the time and forgot their jobs. The king was angry at them and separated them on opposite sides of the Amanogawa River (Milky Way). The king allowed them to meet only once a year on July 7th. This is why tanabata is also called the Star Festival. People say that Orihime and Hikoboshi can't meet each other if July 7th is rainy, so they pray for good weather and also make wishes for themselves.

Cartoon rat bites into US chart

1. Ratatouille features aspiring chef Remy the rat
2. Bruce Willis, Ian Holm, Peter O'Toole and Evan Almighty.
3. US
4. Monday, 2 July 2007
5. An animated adventure about a rat living in a Paris restaurant beat the return of Bruce Willis in Die Hard to the top of the US box office.
6. I want to watch this movie because I like Pixar's movie.