2012年10月30日火曜日

What to do

There are some things I have to do. I know 'some things' are not many things and I think I can handle them quickly if I work hard.However, all of people, not only me have a tendency to become lazy when we don't have to do things that don't require to finish in the near future

When I was an elementary school student, I went out almost everyday to enjoy swimming, fishing, and hanging around with my friends during summer vacation. I could make various memories. Even though I could get materials to write about, I really hesitated to write a diary. On the last day of summer vacation every year, I tried hard to remember what I did during summer vacation and could finish 40-days diary. This case is probably applicable to my personality, so I would like to talk another story of people's laziness.

There are international students in KGU. Some of them are very eager to study Japanese. Once they receive an assignment, they do it by themselves and ask a Japanese to check their answers. They usually finish assignments on time, while other international students won't do homework until the day before they have to hand it to their teacher. I don't think the latter case of exchange students are lazy because they finish in time for deadline.

What I want to say in this post is that I want people not to recognize other people as being lazy just with a fact that they don't finish homework on time.
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2012年10月19日金曜日

My favorite time in one day


My favorite time in one day is morning. Every time I get up in the morning, I feel hungry. After I eat breakfast, I feel really happy and go to KGU or play soccer outside almost every day. In the morning, I can eat meals as many as possible because I exercise or study hard afterwards. Also, in the morning there are many people who active and talk to me friendly. Some days ago, I went to KGU library and saw some librarians. They usually talk to in a way that I feel uncomfortable to hear and hesitate to response,but at that time, they said hi actively. I was surprised and said hi actively, too. It is difficult to see things at night and it is likely that the number of crimes are more
than in the morning. On the contrary to the bad thing, people can spend safely in the morning.
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My favorite animal


My favorite animal is dogs. There are many kinds of dogs in the world. Even though I haven't seen all of kinds of dogs, all of kinds of dogs I have seen both directly and on television are very pretty and attractive. When I was a first year student in an elementary school, I read a book in which there are many world records. Some of them are related to dogs. For example, biggest dog in the world, smallest dog in the world like these. Records are introduced with pictures. Since I read the book, I have found the biggest dog at pet shops I go. However, I have never found the dog there. Probably, I will not see it there forever. Also, I have a dog in my house, which is called Love. The name comes from Labrador of Lab which changed to Love. I don't walk the dog often, but I like the dog.
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My favorite teacher


My favorite teacher is a teacher, who teach me to solve my problems, not solve my problems. I have ever been taught from many teachers since I joined an elementary school. I hate some of them because they don't try to make what they say understood and they just told me about contents on textbooks by reading aloud. However, I like almost all of the professors of KGU. They often give advice,but they don't talk to me for a long time. I consider how to solve my problems with their advice. It helps me to grow up and recently I can think express my opinions little by little. If I don't have such teachers, I wouldn't be able to get credits I have ever gotten in KGU. Probably, I will ask professors when I have problems,but I will not try to ask them deep.
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My favorite application


I have ever used iPhone for almost a half year and used some applications. My favorite application is Eijiro. Eijiro was originally made on the internet. It is an internet-based dictionary. When I want to know the meaning of words, the website offers detailed explanations and example sentences. After I see the result of words I don't know, I remember them easily because of those services. The dictionary is offered as an application for free. Soon after I bought an iPhone, I downloaded the application. Although the application doesn't offer full services that are offered on the internet version of Eijiro, with the application, I can easily look up words that I can't understand even after I use an electrical dictionary. Applications for iPhone are often updated and meet our satisfaction. I hope that Eijiro is updated to make it easier to use in the near future.
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My favorite thing I often have in my pocket


There are some things I often have in my pocket. One of my favorite thing I have is iPhone. It is very useful. I couldn't have imagined a few years ago that I have it now. It has a variety of functions that it originally has. In addition, iPhone users can add more functions by downloading applications from App store. Many of the applications offered are free. If people want to study English, they can study with iPhone. In the case of improving listening skill, people can download music files on iTunes, some of which are free. They can also get files to improve listening skill by just utilizing internet. Because iPhone is a kind of smartphone, it allows people to view websites for personal computer users. People can get a lot of files and scripts of the files for free on the websites. I want to know how to use iPhone more.
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My favorite website


My favorite website is Amazon. Amazon is a giant company and offers a variety of items from foods to appliances. When I want to buy books, I always use the site. The site offers free shipment and quick service. Almost ll of the items I have ordered arrived at my house within a few days after I ordered. Amazon company also offers a product which is used to read e-books. The product is very attractive to me. The product can be used as an English tool. Because Amazon company originally started from the US, people can use American version of Amazon which also helps me to study English reading reviews and explanations. In the future, I want to order Kindle by using American version Amazon with my English. I want to work for Amazon company if possible after I graduate.
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My favorite shoes


Some people, especially young Japanese tend to like to wear boots, while other Japanese people like to wear sports shoes. In my case, I like to wear sports shoes. I have some pairs of boots,but I have never felt comfortable when I wear them. On the other hand, sports shoes are very good. They are less fashionable than boots apparently. However, sports shoes have greater advantages offsetting the disadvantage. When I have to run to go somewhere to attend an important event, I can't run fast with boots,but I can run with shoes. I have had many experiences that I'm grateful to myself for wearing sports shoes many times. Sports shoes I have recently found in a shoes shop were fashionable. I wanted to get them but they were very expensive. I hope sports shoes become more fashionable and cheaper.
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My favorite color


My favorite is black. When I buy clothing, I tend to choose black-colored clothing because I don't have to care about it too much when I hang out and go to a restaurant. If I wear a white-colored t-shirt when I eat dinner. I can't eat comfortable and maybe feel tired afterward. Black also has a good point. When I feel chilly outside but it is sunny, in that case, black color tends to collect light and heat at the same time,so I feel slightly warm even when I don't exercise. I think black color has a good effect for women. When they make up, they use a certain cosmetic to highlight their good part of their face. The way is to hide bad parts by make them black and women look thinner.
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My favorite movie


I have ever watched some movies, not a loot of movies in my life and one of the my favorite movie is Spider man series. The main character has a special skill which as the title shows, he can move with sticky strings putting out from his both hands. He is a kind of shy boy and he is not good at talking to girls, but he likes a neighborhood girl, who is beautiful woman. One of the most favorite scene is an action scene in which many people are in danger and spider man is also in danger. Finally, he helps all of them. The movie series is still produced and popular among young people. New series of the movie features a man who is not featured on other series of the movie. I'm looking forward to watching it.
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My favorite class


Because I am not good at writing, I don't like to write in both English and Japanese. However, I like to take writing class. In the class, I can write about any topics I want to write. That's why I worked hard on the class last semester,but I couldn't get the degree. This seems unfortunate for me at first glance, but I'm NOT disappointed with my English at all and because of additional opportunity to take that class again, I can improve writing skill more and I will be able to pass Eiken 1st in the near future. I think I have to work on typing homework more eagerly to come to be able to enjoy writing. Also, I should know how to write English sentences logically. This encourages me to speak English logically, too.
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My favorite high school memory


I spent so boring high school life in Shoyo high school three years ago that I don't remember a lot of favorite memories there, but I have some memories. Because I was separated into a certain department,like universities education system offers, I had to be with twenty or thirty students for three years. During that time, I couldn't be friends with them and I tried to make friends in other departments. Other department's students were really friendly and kind to me and talked a lot. We had some common subjects to talk. Because of that, I didn't feel alone even when I take some classes alone. One favorite moment is to cooperate with some friends to complete a group project.
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My favorite phrase

My favorite phrase in English I have ever heard is 'you never know what you can do till you try'. This phrase has helped me many times. When I was faced with many problems about English, I remembered the phrase and said in my mind repeatedly. Also, when I was a first-year university student, I asked a senior student about how to get high score on a TOEIC test and he said that the score I said and wanted to get is too high for me to get. I was really shocked by his words and almost cried but then I remembered the phrase again. The phrase encourages me to study. Now I am faced with a problem that I can't remember many words efficiently, but I don't it's impossible to remember the words forever. 139 words (1088 words)

My favorite dessert

My favorite dessert is ice creams. They are usually seasoned dessert,but they aren't for me. I often eat them recently. I like them so much that I eat two or three of them every day. They sometimes cause stomachache. It is really annoying and interfere with my happy moment. If possible, I want to eat fried ice creams which are famous in a prefecture in Japan. I have ever heard how to make them,but it is really difficult for laymen to do so. I think I have to pay much money to eat them. Because ice creams make my stomach really painful, I don't have good memories with ice creams. The reason why I still like ice creams is because TV commercials of them feature beautiful women.131 words(949 words)

My favourite place

My favorite place is KGU. KGU offers many things to do. When I want to eat or drink something, I can go to cafeteria or bakery. When I need to buy stationery, I go to maruzen and buy them. Also, I can study at many places, like empty classrooms, library, and English lounge. English lounge is probably the best place to study English. If I want to practice to speak, I can practice by talking to international students from Canada, the US, and the UK. In the place, we can communicate with each other in some kinds of languages. Some people speak Japanese or English,while other people speak Chinese or Korean. Many interesting people come there. I think people who want to study English should go there. 128 words (818 words)

My favourite thing to do

My favorite to do is to hang out with my friends. Because I am a university student, I don't have much free time and I have to concentrate on my study, whenever I have free time I hang out with my friends, Mitsuki, Tukaji and sometimes Sirakado. Their schedule is very flexible. When I ask them to go somewhere, they often say yes. Because of their schedule flexibility, I can have enjoyable time with friends. I think I have to think about other people schedules and decide when we hang out. When we have free time, we play soccer very hard so that we get our weight down to keep our body healthy. I believe hanging out with my friends. 120 words (690 words)

Something special I did during vacation

I don't like to go somewhere fur from my house because it takes long to go home. It causes me to stop studying, but I went to Fukuoka the other day. Before summer vacation started, one of my close friends told me she wanted to go to Fukuoka to go shopping. We also went there last year same season. She really likes to go shopping and I often wait for it so long time that I sit somewhere and read a book. It is enjoyable for me to go somewhere with her because I don7t have to care about anything. What all I have to do with her is just talk to her and smile. I went to some shops and some clothes. She has a good sense of fashion, so I get two kinds of clothes and ask her which one is fashionable. 145 words (570 words)

Good and bad points about summer

I think there are many bad points about summer,but they offer us points which make us think summer is the good season. In summer, people don't want to go outside because it is too hot to enjoy something outside. Because of that, people notice how important an air conditioner is. Fireworks are also good point in summer. Japanese people don't often see fireworks in winter. However we can see them in summer. If there is not summer in the seasons of Japan, we may not be able to see fireworks. That's why I think summer has both good points and bad points. 106 words (425 words)

2012年10月9日火曜日

UP corrected


I don't like to go travelling and I think travelling is a kind of
time-consuming thing. I also think I can experience the same feeling as travelling by watching movies. I like to watch movies. I can't often watch movies recently though. Today,I watched a movie named Up. The title is totally different from the Japaneseversion The name of the Japanese version is A Flying House of Uncle Curl if translated in English I guess. Because of the difference, it was difficult for me to find the name in English on the internet.
In this movie, there are two protagonists. Two are a couple. They knew each other from the time when they are young to when they are old. They had the same dream from the time when they were children. The dream was to going to a place which is far away from their house but they were dreaming that they can go someday. After they saw each other, their life story goes so quickly. Even though life is too long to be shown in part of section, this movie tells their life story with just minutes. With the short minutes I was moved by the moment the most in this film.
Recently, I often think about the future and I wonder whether I can marry, have children, get a job. I want to escape from reality whenever I think about such things. If I could kill myself now, I wouldn't have to do anything , especially things I don't want to do. I couldn't experience enjoyable things happening in the future though. This movie reminded me of the memories of mine. Looking back to the time when I was younger, there were many things I didn't want to experience but there were also many things I thought they were good to experience. One of my memories I want to forget the most is my junior high school life. At that time, I couldn't catch up with many classes except for Physical Education I let my parents and teachers down. I hated myself so much. The time was the worst time I have ever experienced and I wouldn't want to back to the time even if I could.
This movie was a good movie. I want my friends to watch this movie and think about themselves. I was happy to have watched it with a simple reason why I watched. .

2012年10月3日水曜日

Typing Homework 3 How I Study during Summer Vacation

Before this summer vacation started, I had already decided what I study for and I've recently been interested in economics. The way I study in very simple. I listen to music to improve listening skill and I read a lot to understand English quickly and deeply and I write as much as possible to sophisticate my writing. The easiest way to improve speaking skill is ,I think, to communicate with people in English. I will go to the residence hall of KGU some time during summer vacation. Though I know somehow how to study English, I don't know much about how to study economics. If possible, I want to study the subject in English.
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Typing Homework 2 What Classes I Will Take

Because I have taken almost all of the obligatory subjects as a student in English department so far, I don't have to take any classes that I don't want to take any more. I will take a few classes. One of them is called TOEIC TOEFL, in which students study English for TOEIC standing for Test of English for International Communication and TOEFL standing for Test of English as a Foreign Language. I took the class last semester and I studied English for TOEIC. I asked the teacher of the class what thing we will study next semester and he
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Typing homework 1 Vacation Plans

There are many things which attract me during summer vacation,but I have to do many things especially this summer vacation. First, I have to study English for Eiken 1st, the highest level of that examination which is famous for Japanese English learners and many of them take it. It is important for me to concentrate on remembering many words as many as possible and reading many English writing to pass it. Second, I have to work on the preparation for job hunting. I think that is the most important thing for Japanese university students, who are in third-year grades.   101 words