MR:04 Toy Story

 

I will talk about Toy Story.

The movie is loved all over the world and it makes people who watch it happy. I have loved this movie since I was a student of elementary school.

The hero of the movie is Woody. He is Andy’s favorite toy and is one of the popular toys. Andy really likes him. There are a lot of toys in the movie. Surprisingly, they live!!

They can move and talk. But they must not be known to humans that they can do this.
That is the toy’s rule. So when Andy comes into a room, they stop moving and talking.
Woody is the leader of Andy’s toys.

At Andy’s birthday, Woody was nervous. If Andy is given a new toy, he will not play with Woody. Woody has butterflies in his stomach. He makes the other toys go to see what Andy's birthday presents are.

Unfortunately, Andy's mother gave a new toy for Andy. The new one is a toy hero in a space animation that popular wtih the kids. Andy was very glad . The toy is Buzz. Woody didn't like him but he was loved by the other toys. When he fell outside, Woody was blamed by the other toys so Woody can’t go back home.

Buzz and Woody were found by Sid. Sid is a "bad toy player." He likes playing with toys only to break them. So the other toys worried about them. They could escape from Sid. Woody came to like Buzz. They became best friends.

I have the DVD. I watch this when I want to get well. I want a toy like theirs. I have some favorite dolls, if they were alive, I will take them anywhere. It's a sweet dream. My favorite scene is the end roll. The end roll is some mistakes from the movie. That is cool!

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movie review

     I will talk about Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

     The movie is one of my best favorite movies. I am happy to meet the movie that sach a special!

     At the first of the movie, It start when a hero does a black market with brokers. the sean is so real. Indy's drink was in the poison, there are many srills and actions. Of course the hero do not have to die. that so exiting sean I think. The important thing is it's the process. The highlight is that Indy do to how to get through a pinch. This time, willy and shorty became Indy's party. 

     They were arrived the India. I really like the scene to eat a meal that Indy was prepaired from the villagers. Willy did refrain overtly, Indy said to "Eat it". and he eats it. This action is also a behavior that he has taken in order to do smoothly. I was fascinated by him.

     He find that remnants of the evil cult. and, Priest Mola = ram was the author who created the tragedy of the village.

     There is a love story in this movie. Indy was drunk a drunk that was prepaired by Mola. and he became like a marionnette. he did to try to fall willie to magma. the sean is the best exiting situation. Indy who regained consciousness, and do his counterattack! He save Willy at the last minute. And two people fall in love.

At the last, he could save the village. And the peace visited in there. So, two did kiss that is a cliche plot. I like their. If I have children, I want to recomend to see this movie for my children.

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MR-01 Glee

 

     “Don’t stop believing”

     Will is a novice teacher of McKinley High School. He wants to counsel of glee. However, Glee was decline. So Will decided to collect a new staff. And he began to scout the talent. And the new fellow joined, it has been enlivened Glee active, his wife had been asked to change jobs to him. He was lost. Then, he listened to a song that sings by glee. The song is Don’t stop believin’. He decided to keep work teacher job.

     I had moved to watch this drama very much. I think it is good one.

     I recommend it for a languid people, a people who are over giving up something, a people who are lost in something, and a people who are depressed to something. I insist you to watch the drama.

     I got a spirit to watch this drama. I thought never give up everything, and work hard to not give up.

     There is that everyone is over resignation. Even if it is that myself have wanted to challenge. The person lacks give up the passion.

     In order to regain your vitality, it is very good idea that to watch the movies and dramas. It is a drama that following very fun.

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Prison Break season1 #1

I watched a drama that is “Prison Break” season1 #1 so I will talk about the drama.

This drama’s main character is Michael. He succeeds as a first-class building design architect. However, his older brother Lincoln was arrested because they said he killed the brother of the Vice President. He pleaded not guilty but he was sentenced to death. Michael enters the prison to help his older brother. So Michael does a robbery on purpose to get into the prison.

I really like watching movies (my favorite the kind of movie are a SF movie, a suspense movie, an action movie, and so on.) but I don’t usually watch dramas. However, I had wanted to watch this drama for some time because it has been recommended by my friends who love some overseas dramas. We have to teach our recommended movie and drama together. But I didn’t get a chance to watch the drama.

However, I watched the drama in my free time. So I was surprised to watch this drama. As is expected, it is very interesting. The drama became my favorite drama. Michael is different in his level of thinking for other people. (Michael has IQ of 200!!). He thinks how to enter the prison, the way to escape from the prison with his brother. He is in the prison so anyone doesn’t think he can do such a thing!! He is great and so cool. I hope to be a smart person like him.

I think it is a bond of brotherhood a little strange. I am looking forward to how he will find a way to help his brother. I thought this drama is very interesting, and want to watch more soon. I wanted to watch all of this drama series during the summer vacation.

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My starting the summer with my friends

     I went to a place by the sea called Wakamiya last Wednesday with one of my friends. We played fireworks on the beach. Playing fireworks was long time no see to me. We enjoyed the day. That day, I went to school and worked at my part time job. After my part time job, I joined my friend. He said shall we go to the sea? I said YEEEEEEEP!!!

     When we had arrived at the sea, there were some people already there. We started fireworks on the beach however there was a strong wind so we struggled to light a fire for the fireworks. It took a long time to fire the one of the fireworks.

     We succeeded in lighting the fuse to the fireworks. We enjoyed a lot of fireworks. We left the Sparklers for the last. Finally, we enjoyed Sparklers at place with no wind. All of us tried to see whose firework would continue the longest. I was the loser. After that, we swam a little in the water. Water of the sea was a little cold, but it was very comfortable. In the car on the return, I fell asleep. Last year, I had never gone to the sea. I was able to get memories of a good summer. Next time, I want to go to the sea for a day.

     The other day, I went to Kami-Amakusa city to see another day. He is my old friend, he is working in Kami-Amakusa city now. We met long time no see. We went to Fukusin that is a famous restaurant for sea foods. I ate a bowl of rice topped with sea urchin and salmon roe. It was very delicious and a surprise.

     I could enjoy summer things. I want to do many summer things more and more.

 

 

 

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Days I will always remember

     Days I will always remember are very great days!
     It was in summer when I was a sophomore. I stayed in Minnesota, America for a month. I went out of the country for the first time then. Until the day to go to America, my heart rose for expectation and uneasiness.
     I could spend nice time every day in Minnesota and I was able to have a lot ofexperiences in Minnesota too.
     I can’t speak English fluently and therefore was worried that I couldn’t communicate with my host family. However when I arrived at Minneapolis airport, my host family greeted me with nice smiles, so I felt relieved. My host family is Pat, Tammy, Shannon, Katie, Sean, Keira, and Kame. Pat is my host father who is very active man. He likes outdoor things. Tammy is my host mother who is very good cook. She has nice blond hair. Shannon is my host sister who is a year older than me. She is a smart girl. Katie is my host sister who is a year younger than me. She loves Japanese animations.
Sean is my host brother who is a mischievious boy. Keira is my host sister who is the youngest girl in my host family. She is like a selfish princess and very cute. Kame is Sean’s pet. They are a very active family. My host family prepared delicious foods for me moreover my host family took me out somewhere afterschool and on the weekends. I love my host family who gave me a lot of memories!
     In addition, Bethel University gave me special experiences too. Our teachers are Joe, Linda, Peggy, Mark, and Sharon. I could listen to a lot of noble lectures and experienced what I could not experience in Japan through this program.
     I appreciate Joe, Linda, Peggy, Mark, and Sharon. And my host family Pat, Tammy, Shannon, Katie, Sean, Keira, and Kame!!
     I would not have been possible without them! I can hardly thank you enough for their kindness. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I’m looking forward to meet again in the future. My deepest gratitude to them.

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July 4th

     I went to Kochi on last Saturday because it was my boyfriend’s birthday. I did a surprise party in celebration of his birthday for him. His birthday is July 4th. I wanted to do a celebration to him.
On last Saturday, I had teacher’s classes so I had to stay in Kumamoto till 5 pm.
     However, the time is very long to go to Kumamoto to Kochi. It is 5 hours and half. I wasn’t compose then because I was not sure if I could be in time for the last train. I went to Kumamoto station immediately after finishing my classes.
     I could catch the train. I felt relieved. But I had a lot of things had to do in the train. There was making a present for him, doing a lot of homework, and sleeping (I had hadn’t slept the previous day because of studying many things.) I finished that, and I arrived at Kochi station. It was 11 pm. I was barely in time his birthday. I left for his house.
     I said “Happy Birthday Togo!!” He had a very amazing face because he didn’t know the thing I had arrived in Kochi. He was glad. I gave him the 1st present, it was a delicious cake. We ate it with a lot of talks. He gave me a glass of wine. After a short time, I gave him the 2nd present, it is a happy set. It is as set of clothes chosen by me. I know his favorite store for clothes. So I choose several items of clothes for him. I gave him a shirt with pink and blue check because pink is his image color, and blue is his favorite color. He was glad too and had put it on immediately. It was much for him!
     Then, before going to sleep, I gave him the 3rd present. It was an album filed with the pictures of him at 25 years old and his friends and me! He went to Kochi alone so he had watching it throughout. He said ‘Thank you very much Minori!’ It made me happy!
     The next day, he went to work so I was back to Kumamoto after eating a dish of Seared Bonito. It was very delicious. I thought I would come again! His birthday surprise succeeded!!

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Introduce of my friends

     My friends are Mizuno, Inoue, Itazaki, Uwashitomi, Sakaguchi. We don’t call
each other by our first names.


     The first one is Mizuno. She called Secchan too. She is a very crazy girl. She can eat anything. And she can sleep anywhere and anytime. She is very cute but she is duty girl. I have known her since when I was elementary school.
     The second one is Inoue. She can also sleep anywhere and anytime. Mika is called Sleeping beauty in my class mates. When we were high school students, we enjoyed to compete in our biology test. I had to have the first in our biology test, and she had to have second. She was student who was good next to me.
     The third one is Itazaki. She was the best student in the high school. She was student council officer, but she was very shy. She is working in kindergarten now. She is a children’s teacher. I like Itazaki very much.
     The fourth one is Uwashitomi. Uwasitomi called pyorinn. She is a good runner. She is good at all sports and she is a very powerful girl but she is very kind to everyone and she is bright. You would think she is a perfect girl. It is not wrong but she has a strange character. She will sing a song anywhere and anytime. So she often talks using onomatopoeia. So it is very fun when I talk with her.
     The final one is Sakaguchi. Sakaguchi is called Mackey. She is a malicious language speaker however she is tender inside. She is also bright. She belonged to the bookkeeping club when we were in high school. I was taught bookkeeping by Maki. It was very difficult but I enjoyed studying with her.

     Six of us got to know each other at the time when we were tenth graders and we have been very close. We do a BBQ together in summer vacation.






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The best 5 places I want to visit

     I will talk about the best 5 of countries I want to go.

     The 5th best place is a country, it is England. I want to go make a tour of noted places and museums and see actual a lot of cultures and the old streets in the England. Then, I want to ride the old railroad. I want to feel “the history” in there.

     The 4th best place is a country, it is Germany. I want to go to watch soccer and to eat a lot of delicious foods and beer. I want to go to a Christmas market. My friend said it is a very good country.

     The 3rd best place is a country, it is France. I admire that country because I interested in fashion. There are a lot of interesting things from many girls. I want to go to watch an opera, a concert, a museum. I feel “art” in there.

     The 2nd best place is a county, it is Italy. I really love pizza. It is very famous country because it has a delicious pizza. If I were to go to there, I would want to go to eat a delicious pizza and to go to a lot of churches in Naples. I want to see the arts of Da vinci and Michelangelo in Florence. My friends said this place is very fine.

     The best place is a state, it is the Hawaii. There is my admired place when I was a student in the elementary school so I really want to go there. I have never been there. If I could go to there, I want to spend a tranquil time on the beach. Then I want to eat a very big hamburger. I want to go shopping and to do an astronomical observation.

 

     I will go to there before I die.

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My practice teaching 2

     Ms. Nakanishi taught me about classroom management. She has a class 1-1. The class is very powerful and they have a good relationship with each other. I was part of this class. The class has 34 girls.
     On the 1st week, I introduced myself to the class. I went to the class at a short home room. I watched everyone then. Ms. Nakanishi asked me to please watch her class’s short home room carefully, because I would do it. I did it on Thursday later in the week. I told them information. I couldn’t do it. It was too noisy to tell them. I helped clean up the classroom after lunch time with students. They did very well. Then, they told me a lot of things. I was so glad about it.
     On the 2nd week, I did an evening short home room. The students heard my information very well. After school, I went to the class, they were glad. It made me happy. On Thursday, that day had a sports test. I was to a booth for a sitting height measurement. I related to all of the high school. Everyone did a good greeting me. It was fine.

     On the 3rd week, I wrote a class diary. It is a diary that is written by some student in the class. I wrote a lot of comments. It was very fun. I felt I like a teacher. I was a teacher. I remembered the name and face of almost everyone. They remember my name and my face. I had been sad. It was painful to think about saying goodbye. The last day, I said my message for them. Then, they had given me a lot of message. It was a surprise. I was amazed. They said please come back to this high school if you are an English teacher. I was glad very much. So I have to study English harder to be a teacher. I do my best.

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My practice teaching

     I went to Hitoyoshi city to do practice teaching. I did it at the high school I graduated. I have been stayed for 3 weeks there. The high school I graduated from is Kuma commercial high school. There is a Comprehensive Business Class, Information Processing Class, and an International Liberal arts Class. I graduated an International Liberal arts Class.
     My advisers were Ms. Imura and Ms. Nakanishi. Ms. Imura is an excellent English teacher. Ms. Nakanishi is a great commercial teacher. I had learned a lot there. Ms. Imura taught me how to teach English to students.

     On the 1st week, I was very nervous however Ms. Imura had an orientation. She taught many things to me in a gentle manner. I made too much of a desperate effort. On the 4th, I did my first English class. I really strained to teach students. She gave me a lot of advice. Other English teachers also talked me so I was glad. They are Ms. Yoshimoto, Ms. Esaki, and Ms. Ohkuma.

     On the 2nd week, I did a lot of English classes. I was very very very busy. I couldn’t sleep because I was too busy. I had to study my teaching materials. Every day, I left my home at 6:30, and cleaned my high school, and did English classes, and studied a lot of teaching materials, and left the school at 8:30 pm. I didn’t have a break so I couldn’t have any free time.
     On the 3rd week, I was busy to studying for my English class. It was my demonstration English class. So, this week slept even less than the 2nd week. I asked a lot of questions to Ms. Imura. She taught me strictly. Then, I did my demonstration English class. My English class was a failure. English teachers told me a lot of my wrong points. But all my efforts didn’t meet with only failure. I could know my wrong points so I can do better in my future English classes.

     I am deeply grateful to them.
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My pets

     I had had a lot of pets.

     When I was elementary school, we had an iguana, a lizard, three frogs, five turtles, and a lot of hamsters.


     The iguana’s name is “Pochi the 2nd.” He is an Iguana iguana. He was a very smart iguana. He could run away from his hothouse so he was often hiding outside of the house. I was good at finding him. He often came to my room. I really like him. We often went to a park to take a walk.

     The lizard’s name is “Hyoumon Tokage Modoki.” It is a just an original name we put in Japanese for his kind. He is a Eublepharis macularius. He was eating crickets and worms. My father had taken care of him. He has a very beautiful pattern on his back.

     We also have three frogs. These were two Ceratophrys ornatas and one Pyxicephalus adspersus. They are kinds of frog can’t live without water. They also eat some bugs. One was an albino. He was the one of two Ceratophrys ornatas. He has an orange body. It was so beautiful. His name is “Kuisinnbou” because he had a lot of meals every day.

     We also have five turtles. There are three turtle living in water. These are a Macrochelodina expansa, a Chelydra serpentine, and Trachemys scriptas. They were not good friends in a water tank. Then, we had two turtle living on land. They are two Agrionemys horsfieldii. They were turtles that don’t move. But they often needed a sunbath so I made do a sunbath them with Pochi 2nd. They looked like it felt good.

     Fianlly, we had a lot of hamsters. They increased in geometrical progression. I could know there were how many hamsters. But, they were so cute. My brother fondled them very much.


     I really like them!




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My weekend

     I have a lot of things I have to do this weekend.

     1st, I will write a letter to my high school because I went to my high school until last week. Then I was given a lot of letters by my students. I was very glad .

     2nd, I will go to eat a noodle with two of my friends, Yukino and Ide on Friday. Yukino is a graduate of this university. She is one of my best friends in this university. She is a lovely girl. I really like her smile. Ide is an ex-student of this university. He looks like a Furby. His eyes are so big. I am envious of him. They are smart dressers. So I try to model myself on them.
     We are going to go to eat noodles. Where are we going? We are going to Gyorai noodles. There is place nearby Tsuruya in Kumamoto downtown. Gyorai is famous forhot noodles. Yukino and I really like the noodles so we will take Ide there.

     3rd, I am going to spend the night drinking on Saturday with my teacher who taught me when I was a student at high school. I often drink with this teacher. We really like drinking. He is a very interesting man. I am taught by him about things of a teacher’s job every time. This weekend, we are going to eat grilled meats for the celebration of my practice teaching. I love grilled meats. I almost could not eat some foods during practice teaching so I will eat it my fill.

     However, my weekend’s plan is not only enjoyable. I must do a lot of homework and some procedures must be completed by the end of this month. My weekend doesn’t have free time so my weekend will be a busy weekend. I do my best.

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2035 self-introduction

     Hello. My name is Minori and I am an English teacher at a high school. I am in
Kumamoto city and I am 42 years old and I live here with my husband and three
daughters.

     I have been working in Kumamoto city for 10 years. I really like the city. The city
has 3 good points. The 1st point is the city has a lot of water. There is a lot of clean water.
Anytime, everywhere, we can drink water in peace. The 2nd point is the city has very
convenient ways of transportation for people who don’t have a car license. There are
many buses and trains. This is a big help because I don’t have a car license. For the 3rd
point, the city has many delicious foods and drinks. My favorite foods in the city are
dishes of Horse sashimi and Karasi-renkon. It is lotus roots packed with mustard. I
started to eat it when I became an adult. I find it has a good taste. I also really like
Kuma shochu. It is a famous shochu in the city. Then, I love the city.

     I will introduce my three daughters. They are Aya, Nami, and Rei. They are three
sisters. I named them Ayanami Rei because it is my favorite name. My eldest daughter
is Aya. She is a very powerful girl. She is good at tennis because she goes to a tennis
club almost every day. My second daughter’s name is Nami. She is a shy girl but she has
a tender heart. She likes reading book. So she is reading books all the time. My third
daughter is Rei. She is a talented woman. She has good grades in her school.


     I am very happy now. But I have a dream. I want to be a good grandmother. I hope
my family becomes happy too. Thank you for reading.


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My hometown

      My home town is Hitoyoshi city is a very beautiful city. Hitoyoshi city is in Kumamoto. Everyone says Hitoyoshi city has a lot of nature and culture.

     There is the Kuma River in Hitoyoshi city. The Kuma River is one of the three fastest flowing Japanese rivers. The Kuma River is a fast flowing stream however there are parts that are slow. When I was a high school student, I was swimming in the Kuma River with my friends. The Kuma River’s water is very pure and clear. Fishing is good in the Kuma River because a lot of fish live in the Kuma River. In the Kuma River, there are sweetfish living in only pure water. In my local school meal, the grilled sweetfish with salt would be served. It is very delicious. The Kuma River is loved by all of Hitoyoshi city.

     There is a jinrikisha in Hitoyoshi city. A jinrikisha is a vehicle carrying baggage and a person and moves with the power of a person. I have never ridden a jinrikisha so I wish I could ride on a jinrikisha sometimes.

     An SL locomotive runs on the track of Hitoyoshi city. This is called SL Hitoyoshi. SL Hitoyoshi has a lot of SL enthusiast. They love SL Hitoyoshi so they take a lot of picture when SL Hitoyoshi arrives at Hitoyoshi station.

     The kanji name of Hitoyoshi means a kind person. According to the name, all of the people of Hitoyoshi are very kind to everyone. All of Hitoyoshi city, they do greetings and chat very well. Therefore they all are very close.

     In this way, there are a lot of good points in the Hitoyoshi city. If you want to heal, you should go to Hitoyoshi city. I like Kuma River. I like sweetfish. I like the jinrikisha in Hitoyoshi city. I like the SL Hitiyoshi. I like all of Hitoyoshi city. So I like my home town.

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Essay 1-01: host family letter

Hello! My name is Minori, and I’m 20 years old. I study English at KGU because I want to talk English more fluently. Thank you very much for being my host family. I will be staying with you for six weeks this summer. I look forward to becoming a part of your family.

Let me introduce my family and myself. We are family of five, my parents, my older brother, and my younger sister. My father and my sister are very funny! My mother and my brother are very shy. I’m very cheerful!!!!! How many are there in your family? My family has a turtle. His name is Kamex!! He is a Russian turtle. Because my father likes animals, I have had a lot of animal in my house. However, my father and I have allergy for animals with hair. So I have kept only reptiles, amphibians, and fishes including a lizard, a frog, an iguana, a tropical fish, a beetle, and a stag beetle.

My home town is Hitoyoshi city in Kumamoto. Do you have been to Kumamoto?

 My hobby is watching animations. I’m an Otaku!!!!!!!! My favorite animation is EVANGELION!!!!!!! This animation is so gooooooooood!! Do you like watching animations? What animation do you like?

 My special skill is playing the piano. I have been playing the piano since I was six years old. I’m good at playing the piano. Does anyone play any music instruments in your family? Please look forward to my playing for you.

I have been to Minnesota, but I have never been to New York.

 I want to go to your house early! I have studied English for 8 years. But my speaking skill is so-so. I cannot speak English fluently. I want to try communication with you a lot of the time, because I want to speak English more fluently! I excited to learn English and culture during my stay. I’m looking forward to see you. Good bye!

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