Astronaut Snoopy Exhibition!!

I have two tickets of Astronaut Snoopy Exhibition.
My friend gave me because I like Snoopy!
The reason why I like Snoopy is it is from Minnesota.
I saw big figure at Minnesota Airport.
I took a picture there.
We went the exhibition about Minnesotan History in Minneapolis. We heard explanation about Snoopy by staff.
I bought a cup at one dolor shop near my host family’s house in Minnesota.
Now I use the cup in my house♪
After back to Japan, I said to many my friends that I like Snoopy! Do you know how cute Snoopy is? And so on…
So they know that I like Snoopy.
I am going to see the exhibition with my boy friend in summer vacation.
I am looking forward to go there so much!
Thank you Asami and Tsubasa!!
I want you to go this exhibition if you are interested in Astronaut Snoopy!
Than you for reading my blog. (158words)

spring BR14 My Best Friend's a Genius

I read a book “My Best Friend is a Genius.”
So I would like to write about this book as book review.
In this story, there were two boys. They were so friendly.
Gary is a usual boy. His friend, Miles, is a genius. He is smart and he invents things.
One day, Miles thought he would like to make hyper phone to connect alien.
He believed that aliens are exit and he can talk if he invent hyper phone!
Gary did not think it is enabling but Miles did not listed voices when he wanna make something.
Miles made a hyper phone few days after. They tried to call…but they did not know what number they should call.
But suddenly, the mobile phone rang! Miles pressed the speaker phone button.
A high pitched, squeaky sound came out of the phone. Slowly, the strange sounds turned into words…
“Who are you and where are you from?” the voice said.
“My name is Miles. I am from Earth. This is my friend Gary. We are in Australia on Earth. What planet are you from?” said Miles.
“Planet? I am on Earth.” The voice said.
“You are not an alien??” said Miles but the voice laughed.
Miles looked really disappointed.
At that time, Miles’s mother called Miles and she was angry.
Miles went downstairs.
As Miles left the room, the voice on the phone asked, “You say you are in Australia?”
“Yes,” said Gary.
“But Australia does not exist any more. It became a part of the Oceanic Republic over 100 years ago.”
He was surprised and said “What!? …What year is it?”
The voice said “It is 2156, of course.”
Suddenly, there was another crackle of electricity and phone went dead.
Gary pressed “Last number” button.
But…
“I am sorry, but the number you are trying to reach is unavailable.”
Strange voice said.
It was most strange experience Gary had never had.

I think this story is scary. And I think that I can not put up with these trouble if I was in this situation.(345words)

spring BR13 Clever Rabbit and the Lion

Hello. I am going to talk about a book “Clever Rabbit and the Lion.”

Once upon a time, in a great big jungle lived a great big lion. He had a great big paws and very sharp claws.
“I am king of the jungle!” He often roared.
“I am going to eat you all up.”
“No!” Many small animals cried.
“Don’t worry,” said clever rabbit. He had a plan.
One day the lion roar “Where are you all animal? You are small and weak so I am going to eat.”
Small animals hid from the lion then the clever rabbit was stand front of the lion and he said “I am here. You can eat me!”
“I tried to come before, but a great big lion stopped me…” he said.
“I am the only lion in this jungle!” lion said.
“Not you. This lion has bigger paws and sharper claws!” rabbit said.
Lion was surprised and he said to rabbit to take him to the lion.
Clever rabbit led lion to the deep, wide river and said “He lives in there.”
Lion looked into the water. Another lion looked back. It was his picture but the lion did not notice.
Lion shoo; his head so other lion did too.
He leaped at the lion in the water…and he was swept away!

All animals pleased lion has gone. Lion called “Help!” but they said “We can not! We are small and weak!!”
Lion let out one last roar…and he was never seen again.

I like the last speech, ”We are small and weak!”
It is funny story and it is easy to read so I did not get tired.
I would like to recommend this book to everyone.
Thank you for reading.(292words)

spring BR12 The Hare and the Tortoise

Hi. I would like to talk about the book I read today as a book review. The title of this book is “The Hare and The Tortoise.”
This is famous story all over the world. The story is one of Aesop’s Fables. Nobody knows exactly who Aesop was, but the stories are still popular today, and they are known all around the world.

In this story, there were a hare called Harry. He is fastest around many animals. They respect him and he thought that he should be fastest in the world. He often be boasting to his friend tortoise called Tom. Tom did not think that Harry was not especially good animal. But Harry was proud of himself and he was always laughing at Tom.
One day, Harry held a race and Tom tried to run with Harry. Harry never believes that Tom is going to win. They thought so too and they could not understand why Tom decided to join the race.
Harry did training harder than before but Tom did nothing.
After start the race, Harry ran so fast and many audiences could not see Harry soon. Tom was running so slowly but he did not in haste.
As soon as Harry was out of sight, He stopped beside a tree to rest. After all his early morning training, he was very tired. Nobody was looking. He had plenty of time t sit down for a while. He would still win the race easily.
His eyes started closing. But he thought taking nap would make it even funnier when he won the race.
Meanwhile, Tom Tortoise was slowly making his was along the course. Most of the audiences had gone straight to the finish line. Nobody saw Harry sleeping under the tree.
Hours passed. The sun was setting and the air was cool. Harry woke with a start. He remembered the race! He hadn’t meant to sleep for so long… Anyway he stared running.
He could see the finish line and there were many animals. At that moment he saw a small. Broun shell shape coming up to the line. He ran faster than ever before. But he could not beat Tom…

I think that this story tells us “slow and steady wins the race.”(378words)

Summer and Autumn

Hi. I would like to talk about my summer vacation.
I thought that this summer is last summer for me to enjoy as a university student! But I have no time to use freely maybe.
I would like to do everything I can for club so I want to use my summer vacation for preparing school festival.
I do not think that is not most important thing in the university but I wanna do my best and I wanna get prize at last!
So I am going to spend my summer time with my friends in my club and I am going to make many memories with them.
Of course I have to go class and study in autumn for graduation!
Anyway, I am going to do my best in this summer and autumn.(134words)

spring BR11 MAKING HEADLINES

Hi. Today, I am going to talk about the book “MAKING HEADLINES.”
I knew that headline is the words on the news paper because we took the class about Reading three. We learned about news paper and headlines by Mr.Kamimoto.
In this story, one boy named Magee was warned by teacher,Ms Cramble, because he did not listen her saying. She said to him to work on news paper as his task.
He joined the team making news paper. There are only one girl whose name is Tilly. She is good at everything. One day, they looked a doubtful boy at the corner in the school ground. Brad Biggens sneaking into the office. And he came out with something in his hand. He quickly pushed whatever it was under his shirt, and ran to the gate.
Few days after, they could take some photos about Brad and he was arrested by police.
Tilly and Magee made news paper about the story.
Next Monday, Ms Cramble was holding the newspaper. “Good headline,” she said. She was giving to Magee funny smile.
Magee thought that she is talking about the headline “BRAD TAKES NOTES, POLICE TAKE BRAD.” But then Magee saw she was looking at a different story “CLOCK COLLECTOR NOT SO CUCKOO AFTER ALL.”

I could enjoy reading this story. It is funny for me. And I like the ending with Ms Cramble’s speech. I think headline is important for the story and it sometime appears rhythmic sentence.(246words)

MY REPORT

I don't know that it is OK to put my report of KAIGAIKENSHU. But I heard that most of the students who had the class about KAIGAIKENSHU put their reports to their blog so I try it.If it is bad thing, I will not count these words. So if it is not allowed please tell me...

1. Introduction
How do you welcome Christmas and New Year? Japanese think these days are special days, and American people must think these days are special days, too. This idea is same among both countries.Christmas is a memorial day of the day Jesus Christ was born. Christians have celebrated this day since a long time ago. But now, many people all over the world are joining this celebration even if they are not Christian. For example, in Japan, some people believe in another god, but they celebrate Christmas day with family and friends and boyfriend or girlfriend.New Year is the beginning of a fresh year. Japan has many customs around New Year’s Day. Maybe some other countries have their own customs as well. It is interesting to compare their different customs and life style on New Year’s Day in America and Japan.To explore these different customs, I made a questionnaire for both Japanese and Americans. They answered the same questions. I will compare the differences and similarities that the questionnaire has.

2. In Kumamoto
In Japan, we spend Christmas with family or friends or boyfriend or girlfriend. We get together in our house or restaurant to eat something special. Children get Christmas presents from Santa Claus, even though it is actually a surprise from their parents.New Years Eve’s is welcomed with family eating buckwheat noodles and going to temples. We ring the watch-night bell each time we go there. We also go to a shrine on New Year’s Day, and often draw a fortune slip. Of course some people spend New Year with their boyfriend or girlfriend. They go to a shrine and draw a fortune slip, too. There are fortune slips especially for “LOVE” so many Japanese couples buy them. But they enjoy these events after cleanup. It is one of the main customs in Japanese end of the year. We have a custom to clean the house. The reason why we clean our house before welcome New Year is to have “TOSHIGAMI” in our house. It is a name of god who comes to each house on New Years Day. From old days to now, many Japanese have continued this custom.According to the questionnaire, some Japanese tend to take a lot of time to spend some events; for example, New Year's visit to a shrine, with their boyfriend or girlfriend. Of course they like their family and friends. But they had an idea that they should to spend these events with their boyfriend or girlfriend.

3. In the US
According to the questionnaire, American people tend to spend Christmas day with their family and friends. Surprisingly, they do not spend Christmas with their boyfriend or girlfriend. They have a lot of time to spend with their family; they often go to dinner with their family to eat chicken or Mexican foods.Before New Year, they do not clean their house especially like Japanese. They spend time relaxing, eating some foods and watching TV. They do not do any special work. Some Americans wrote on the questionnaire that they were lazy.On New Year’s Day, they gather at someone’s house and eat foods they brought. It is similar to Christmas in America. They enjoy New Years days without customs. If they have boyfriend or girlfriend, they spend New Year’s Day as a couple. They may go to parties with their boyfriend or girlfriend.A few weeks later they do clean their house like Japanese year-end cleanup because the temperature gets warmer. They do this with the good weather in spring, and this is called “spring cleaning.”

4. Conclusion
Japanese people have some stereotypes about American people. It was that Americans must be crazy about their boyfriends or girlfriends. So I thought that maybe the questionnaires’ answers would be filled by the word “boyfriend” and “girlfriend” and that surely they must be deeply in love. In Japan people are ashamed to be close to their boyfriend or girlfriend in the public places, and they tend to spend annual events only by themselves. They spend with their family before or after that. But, in America, they spend these events with family and friends and it includes their boyfriend or girlfriend. They are so friendly and parents do not mind that their daughter or son is necking.I could not experience the Christmas and New Year in Minnesota directly, so I asked people how they spend Christmas and New Year. My host mother, Alaina, said that they always gather at a friend’s house and all of them bring some special foods. They have a buffet party and they play some games. There are many foods in the kitchen so they go there and dish out what they want to eat as they like.In Japan, they often go outside. They go out to dinner, they go shopping and they go to see Christmas illuminations. If they spend Christmas in their house, they buy or make some special foods and they put dishes which have these foods on the table. They sit on the chair and surround the table. Then, they start to eat and talk together. In Japan, there are Christmas presents for children from their parents. According to the interviews to the Japanese students in Kumamoto Gakuen University, they get these presents on the bedside. In America, they put these presents from parents and relatives under the Christmas tree.In Japan, they prepare the house for New Year. They clean their house and their office hard. They buy round rice cakes offered to the gods at New Year’s time. They eat special foods in the New Year Eve and go to temple to ring the watch-night bell. On the New Year Day, in Japan, children can get New Year’s presents of money from relatives. We eat “Osechi.” It is traditional meal in Japan.After New Year’s days, when it is coming that warm season, Americans begin spring cleaning. They do cleanup their house. It is similar to Japanese year-end cleanup. They are wiser than Japanese because they can do it without cold. They have this opportunity so they do not clean their house at the year-end. They do not do any special work before New Year.(1097words)