To Mr.Richardson,
At first, I was so nervous because the member has changed. Actually, I was worried about it from Spring holiday. But I felt relieved by your funny reaction and talking. The introdustion was good so that I could talk to half of the member. But there were few opportunity to talk to people, so I wanted to talk to other groups of member more.
Video production was ok. I had a new ecperienced. However, because I had never used a video camera, I didn't know how to use. It took much time to learn about using video camera, so I wanted to have more time to take a movie. Editing was fun. I was suprised that we could edit like real TV program (laugh).
I had fun with your talking. I learn about situation of America(such as about homeless and street children), about literature and about movie. One thing I cannot understand is that you have too much black humours. Sometimes it's fun, but sometimes I cannnot laugh... But most of you talking, I liked it.
Leaning about Second life is nice because it's becoming popular in Japan as well. I sometime watch about Second Life on TV. It's always good to know about recent information so that we have many knowkedge of society.
Generally, I had a nice time. I don't know If my English was improved. I hope so...
Thank you very much for teaching us.
2007年7月2日月曜日
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist was an orphan and he was brought up in a workhouse, then he was given by Mr. Sowerberry. Because he treated Oliver badly, Oliver ran away. He walked to London for a week. When he sat down with feeling lonely, coldly, tired and hungry, he met a boy named Dodger. Dodger took Oliver to his home to keep company with Oliver and introduce Fagin and Bill, who took care of Dodger and other children, to Oliver. He felt very happy to have such a friend and home. However, after few days, he realized that they made a living robbing. Oliver felt scared and ran away. He was helped out by gentlemen, Mr. Brownlow. Oliver got a happy life with Mr. Brownlow. However Oliver was found and rent away from Mr. Brownlow by Bill. He felt disappoint and had to spend time miserably again. One day he failed of his job and he was hit and thrown away on the street. Then Mrs. Maylie helped and took care of him. Fagin and Bill were worried if Oliver told someone about their rubbing. They tried to find and kill him. Nancy, Fagin’s company, betrayed them and told Mrs. Maylie about Oliver’s danger. Therefore Oliver was protected and finally adapted from Mr. Brownlow. He had a happy life with him after all.
This story had so many characters that I could hardly understand. In addition, it was difficult for me to imagine the children like Oliver and Fagin’s children who didn’t have mothers and fathers, and couldn’t live without robbing. Oliver was described as a pure, innocent and unworldly boy. Although he is a main character of this story, the scene he was speaking was rarely there. This is the point of this story. He was nothing to say, but put up with his situation. This his attitude moved to readers’ heart. This story also tells us how sturdy children were. Although children in this story didn’t have parents and money, they tried to live by themselves and make them enjoy their life. This is not only this story, but also many children are in such a situation even nowadays. If you read this book, I’m sure that you can rethink what the world should be like and realized how happy your life is.
Oliver Twist has become the movie. If you are interested in Oliver Twist, try to watch it!
Take action!!
I'm introducing you to my persuasion essay in IE Writing.
My theme is that Plastic bags should not be free.
I hope you will think of environment in our world and take action by reading my essay.
Most people usually take plastic bags to put the stuff which they buy when they go shopping. According to reuseablebags.com, about 500 million to 1 trillion plastic bags are used in the world every year. People do not care how many plastic bags they waste because they do not pay for plastic bags. Therefore, plastic bags should not be free. People should pay for plastic bags and learn how plastic bags are harmful to the environment. There are three main reasons why plastic bags are harmful and they should not be free; a consumption of natural resources, a destruction of marine life and an addition to landfill waste.
Firstly, plastic bags are made from oil and natural gas. However, oil and natural gas are limited and will run out unless we reconsider using them. According to reuseablebags.com, in Ireland people have to pay taxes for plastic bags and approximately 18,000,000 liters of oil have been saved since 2001. If we did in the same way Ireland people do, it is clear that we would be able to save an enormous amount of oil.
Secondly, plastic bags cause a destruction of marine life. According to Planet Ark, at least 100,000 birds, whales, seals and turtles are killed by eating bags mistaken for food. Some species are threatened by extinction because of plastic bags. People throw away used plastic bags and tens of thousands of innocent animals are killed by swallowing plastic bags. It shows that we only think of ourselves, not of animals. We must think of other animals because we coexist with them.
Finally, plastic bags are difficult to be dumped because they cannot be decomposed. According to Features, it takes plastic bags 20 to 1,000 years to decompose. Therefore, it is not only our trouble, but also it will be our descendant’s. We have a responsibility to protect our world in the future. Planet Ark notes that over 200,000 plastic bags are dumped every hour. Features points that “if each Australian family used one less plastic bags each week, Australians would save 253 million plastic bags a year.” What we have to do is to refuse to take the plastic bags once a week when we go shopping so that we can save huge quantities of plastic bags.
This essay has shown that plastic bags should not be free, due to a consumption of natural resources, a destruction of marine life and an addition to landfill waste to protect our world. Instead of plastic bags, people should bring cloth bags with them when they go shopping. Cloth bags are light, sturdy and reusable and they are not harmful if they are burned. It is important that each person in each country should think and take actions.
Work Cited:
“The Real Cost of ‘Free’” reusablebags.com. 2003-2007.
<http://www.reusablebags.com/facts.php.>
“No bag, thanks!” Features. 2007.
<http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/bags/default.htm>
“Why are plastic bags a problem?” Planet Ark.2007<http://www/planetark.com.campaignspage.cfm/newsid/52/newsDate/7/story.htm
My theme is that Plastic bags should not be free.
I hope you will think of environment in our world and take action by reading my essay.
Most people usually take plastic bags to put the stuff which they buy when they go shopping. According to reuseablebags.com, about 500 million to 1 trillion plastic bags are used in the world every year. People do not care how many plastic bags they waste because they do not pay for plastic bags. Therefore, plastic bags should not be free. People should pay for plastic bags and learn how plastic bags are harmful to the environment. There are three main reasons why plastic bags are harmful and they should not be free; a consumption of natural resources, a destruction of marine life and an addition to landfill waste.
Firstly, plastic bags are made from oil and natural gas. However, oil and natural gas are limited and will run out unless we reconsider using them. According to reuseablebags.com, in Ireland people have to pay taxes for plastic bags and approximately 18,000,000 liters of oil have been saved since 2001. If we did in the same way Ireland people do, it is clear that we would be able to save an enormous amount of oil.
Secondly, plastic bags cause a destruction of marine life. According to Planet Ark, at least 100,000 birds, whales, seals and turtles are killed by eating bags mistaken for food. Some species are threatened by extinction because of plastic bags. People throw away used plastic bags and tens of thousands of innocent animals are killed by swallowing plastic bags. It shows that we only think of ourselves, not of animals. We must think of other animals because we coexist with them.
Finally, plastic bags are difficult to be dumped because they cannot be decomposed. According to Features, it takes plastic bags 20 to 1,000 years to decompose. Therefore, it is not only our trouble, but also it will be our descendant’s. We have a responsibility to protect our world in the future. Planet Ark notes that over 200,000 plastic bags are dumped every hour. Features points that “if each Australian family used one less plastic bags each week, Australians would save 253 million plastic bags a year.” What we have to do is to refuse to take the plastic bags once a week when we go shopping so that we can save huge quantities of plastic bags.
This essay has shown that plastic bags should not be free, due to a consumption of natural resources, a destruction of marine life and an addition to landfill waste to protect our world. Instead of plastic bags, people should bring cloth bags with them when they go shopping. Cloth bags are light, sturdy and reusable and they are not harmful if they are burned. It is important that each person in each country should think and take actions.
Work Cited:
“The Real Cost of ‘Free’” reusablebags.com. 2003-2007.
<http://www.reusablebags.com/facts.php.>
“No bag, thanks!” Features. 2007.
<http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/bags/default.htm>
“Why are plastic bags a problem?” Planet Ark.2007<http://www/planetark.com.campaignspage.cfm/newsid/52/newsDate/7/story.htm
2007年6月29日金曜日
My favourite singer
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Do you know Hayley Westenra?Well,She's my favourite singer!!
She's from Christ Church,New Zealand.She's 19 years old, one year younder than me.I love her voice!Her voice is soft and very clear.I don't listen to music very often but I love to hear her voice.You don't know her attractive singing unless you hear her song.I'm sure you like her!!
Do you know Hayley Westenra?Well,She's my favourite singer!!
She's from Christ Church,New Zealand.She's 19 years old, one year younder than me.I love her voice!Her voice is soft and very clear.I don't listen to music very often but I love to hear her voice.You don't know her attractive singing unless you hear her song.I'm sure you like her!!
If you want to know her more, go to this site!↓
2007年6月27日水曜日
Having the 2016 Olympics in Tokyo or NOT??
The governor of Tokyo,Shintaro Ishihara insists on having the 2016
olympis.However,Tokyo should not have the 2016 Olympics for the following
reasons;economic and security.
First reason is economic.These days many cities have money trouble.They cannot
pay for their arrears.Yubari city in Hokkaido is a good example.Yubari city made a lot
of entertainments such as an amusement park and museums.However,because of
depression,Yubari city were bankruptcy.There are some cities like Yubari city.It costs
too much have the Olympics in Tokyo.Instead of spending money for Olympics,we
should spend money for those cities to help.
Second reason is security.Nowadays Tokyo has become more dangerous city.Bad
news such as cases of muder with guns broadcast every day.If Tokyo would have the
Olympics,the law of not having guns in Japan would become easy to break because
there are some foreiners possibly bring guns to sell for Japanese
gangsters,pretending that they come to cheer for Olympics.
In conclusion,Tokyo should not have the 2016 Olympics due to economic and
security reasons.There are othe problems we should solve rapidly such as economic
problems,gun problems,the problem of pension and envirnmental problems.Ishihara
wants people to be cheerful through the Olympics,but there are many people who
have troubles and cannot be cheerful anyway.We have to think of those problems
and those people before thinking of Olympics.
olympis.However,Tokyo should not have the 2016 Olympics for the following
reasons;economic and security.
First reason is economic.These days many cities have money trouble.They cannot
pay for their arrears.Yubari city in Hokkaido is a good example.Yubari city made a lot
of entertainments such as an amusement park and museums.However,because of
depression,Yubari city were bankruptcy.There are some cities like Yubari city.It costs
too much have the Olympics in Tokyo.Instead of spending money for Olympics,we
should spend money for those cities to help.
Second reason is security.Nowadays Tokyo has become more dangerous city.Bad
news such as cases of muder with guns broadcast every day.If Tokyo would have the
Olympics,the law of not having guns in Japan would become easy to break because
there are some foreiners possibly bring guns to sell for Japanese
gangsters,pretending that they come to cheer for Olympics.
In conclusion,Tokyo should not have the 2016 Olympics due to economic and
security reasons.There are othe problems we should solve rapidly such as economic
problems,gun problems,the problem of pension and envirnmental problems.Ishihara
wants people to be cheerful through the Olympics,but there are many people who
have troubles and cannot be cheerful anyway.We have to think of those problems
and those people before thinking of Olympics.
2007年6月21日木曜日
My favourite movie
I reccomend you to see the movie titled "Pay It Foward." This is my favourite movie. I have seen it many times.
The summary of this story is that the 11 years old boy, Trevor tried to healp 3 people. In his social class, a new teacher gave students an assignment, 'Think what we can do to be a nice world'. Trevor thought hard and he had an idea. 'I will help 3 people, and these people will help also 3 people each, so there are 9 people who are helped. They help other 3 people each again...and again and again...' First he explained to his classmates, they laughed at him because no one believe it couldn't do. However, Trevor tried to help his mother, a homeless man and his classmate who was teased by senior. However, it seemed to be hard for the 11 years old boy to help others. He was depressed and giving up his assignment, but...
the miracle was happend.
Main actor is Haley Joel Osment who played in Trevor. He was also in The Sixth Sense and Artificial Intelligence:AI. His acting has powerd of letting people feel moved, which is wonderful.
Many people think this world was bad, umcomfortable and not fair same as Trevor. There were a thousand of things which are sad, disppointed, cruel and terrible. This movie tried to change people and this terrible world. It is a heartwarming movie. This movie has some kind of power which we forget to have. When I finished to see it, I could not stop crying. Now we have to think about ourselves, our countries, our natures and our worlld. See this movie, let's try to do action!!
If you want to have more information, go to this site!↓↓
2007年6月15日金曜日
Classification Essay
I'm introducing to my Classification Essay.
Religions are indispensable to many people. People’s faiths are so firm that it is no doubt to say that their whole lives including customs and personalities revolve around religions. Religions are roughly divided into four categories; Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism.
The first category is Christianity. Christianity was established in 4 A.D. by Jesus Christ. Christianity is distributed in Europe, America and Oceania. According to the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, the population of believers called Christians is 2 billion and this means Christianity is the biggest religion in the world. As defined by The Christian Life, their customs are doing fellowship with God, studying about a bible, preaching a gospel so that non-Christians know about Christianity and going to church on Sunday to pray to God.
The second category is Islam. Islam was built up about 610 A.D. by Muhammad. According to Wikipedia, most believers called Muslims live in Asia and North America. The population is 1.3 billion and Islam is the second biggest religion in the world. Their customs are attending worship to pray, fasting on Monday and Thursday, wearing a scarf (only women) and going on pilgrimage to Mecca.
The third category is Hinduism. Hinduism was set up in 4 B.C. by Aryan. Hinduism is distributed in India and South Asia. The population of believers called Hindus is 90 million and this means Hinduism is the third biggest religion in the world. There are many strict rules. For example, Hinduism has hierarchy which is decided by nature. HINDUWEBSITE notes that other their rules are fasting, not eating meats of most animals and serving food to the poor and needy.
The final category is Buddhism. Buddhism was established in 5 B.C. by Gateman Siddhartha. Buddhists live in China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. The population is 36 million and Buddhism is the fourth biggest religion in the world. As defined by Better Health Channel, their customs are chanting a prayer to the Buddha, avoiding meats and dairy products. Buddhist monks fast in the afternoon and they also avoid meats of bears, dogs, elephants, horses, snakes and tigers.
In conclusion, each religion has different characteristics. However, believing strongly to live believer’s lives is same as all religions. For them, which religions they belong to is very important because religions are based on their whole lives. Therefore, sometimes they criticize other religions. However, religion is implicit for them and makes their customs and personalities, so it is not strange they don’t like other religions.
Works Cited:
“Food Culture and religion: Better Health Channel” Report from the Victoria Minister for Health, 1999/2007.
<www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au>
“Islam-kyo”Wikipedia.org 8th of May 2007.
“Kirisuto-kyo”Wikipedia.org 8th of May 2007.
<http://www.wikipedia.org>
“The Christian Life”Soc. Religion. Christian.
<http://geneva.rutgers.edu/src/christianity/life.html>
V. Jayaram. “Hinduism and Food” HINDUWEBSITE, 2000-2007.
<http://www.hinduwebsite.com>
Religions are indispensable to many people. People’s faiths are so firm that it is no doubt to say that their whole lives including customs and personalities revolve around religions. Religions are roughly divided into four categories; Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism.
The first category is Christianity. Christianity was established in 4 A.D. by Jesus Christ. Christianity is distributed in Europe, America and Oceania. According to the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, the population of believers called Christians is 2 billion and this means Christianity is the biggest religion in the world. As defined by The Christian Life, their customs are doing fellowship with God, studying about a bible, preaching a gospel so that non-Christians know about Christianity and going to church on Sunday to pray to God.
The second category is Islam. Islam was built up about 610 A.D. by Muhammad. According to Wikipedia, most believers called Muslims live in Asia and North America. The population is 1.3 billion and Islam is the second biggest religion in the world. Their customs are attending worship to pray, fasting on Monday and Thursday, wearing a scarf (only women) and going on pilgrimage to Mecca.
The third category is Hinduism. Hinduism was set up in 4 B.C. by Aryan. Hinduism is distributed in India and South Asia. The population of believers called Hindus is 90 million and this means Hinduism is the third biggest religion in the world. There are many strict rules. For example, Hinduism has hierarchy which is decided by nature. HINDUWEBSITE notes that other their rules are fasting, not eating meats of most animals and serving food to the poor and needy.
The final category is Buddhism. Buddhism was established in 5 B.C. by Gateman Siddhartha. Buddhists live in China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. The population is 36 million and Buddhism is the fourth biggest religion in the world. As defined by Better Health Channel, their customs are chanting a prayer to the Buddha, avoiding meats and dairy products. Buddhist monks fast in the afternoon and they also avoid meats of bears, dogs, elephants, horses, snakes and tigers.
In conclusion, each religion has different characteristics. However, believing strongly to live believer’s lives is same as all religions. For them, which religions they belong to is very important because religions are based on their whole lives. Therefore, sometimes they criticize other religions. However, religion is implicit for them and makes their customs and personalities, so it is not strange they don’t like other religions.
Works Cited:
“Food Culture and religion: Better Health Channel” Report from the Victoria Minister for Health, 1999/2007.
<www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au>
“Islam-kyo”Wikipedia.org 8th of May 2007.
“Kirisuto-kyo”Wikipedia.org 8th of May 2007.
<http://www.wikipedia.org>
“The Christian Life”Soc. Religion. Christian.
<http://geneva.rutgers.edu/src/christianity/life.html>
V. Jayaram. “Hinduism and Food” HINDUWEBSITE, 2000-2007.
<http://www.hinduwebsite.com>
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