12.20.07

1) What is a nativity play?

Ebglish celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ.

2) What is a Christmas carol?

It was the oldest in the customs in Great Britain, going back to the Middle Ages when beggars, seeking food, money, or drink, would wander the streets singing holiday songs.

3) What is a pantomime?

It is a traditional British Christmas events.
It is take place in theaters, village’s halls and community centers.
And pantomime start on Boxing Day and perform for two or three months in theaters all over the country.

4) What are mince pies? Find a photo of one.

5) Find a photo of a Christmas pudding.

6) Find a photo of a Christmas cake.

7) What are Brussels sprouts? Find a photo of some.

February 8th, 2008

1.What did you learn in this class this semester?

I could learn how to check much information. I don’t like to check. But, this blog is seen by many people. so, I have to tell true things and true information.

February 1st, 2008

1.Watch the Powerpoint presentation. Write a summary of the key points (in Japanese or English) on your blog.

私はよくタイトルを書くのをよく忘れるし、スペルもよく間違える。しかしそれはしてはいけないことだ。
「インターネットの翻訳機能を使わない」「自分の言葉で書く」「ワードを使う」ということはとても大切である。そしてブログを見に来る人にも失礼である。

2.What is the purpose, objective, of a newspaper company?

I think that the newspaper companies want to inform of many news and interesting events us. They can get money by delivering newspaper every day.


3.What is the purpose, objective, of a television company?

I think that Television Company want to see many immolations us every day.
And they want to advertise many goods. Because they can get money. In a TV commercial advertise many good. We see it and will buy goods. I should think that the company has such purpose.


4.What is the purpose, objective of Yahoo! or Google?

I think that Yahoo! or Google want to inform us much information. Now we can buy many goods on internet. Moreover, we can put a thing up at auction and bid a thing at auction. Yahoo! or Google want to use the system more people. But, we cost money by using our computer. They gave us much information but we are used money by Yahoo! or Google.

5.The purpose of all the above is to make money. That is the purpose of all these businesses. How do they make money? By getting as many readers or viewers (”eyeballs”) as possible. If their purpose is to get as many readers or viewers or “eyeballs” as possible, then what kind of news will they publish? Give 2 or 3 examples. What kind of news will they not publish? Give 2 or 3 examples.

They will publish→sports, happy news(someone marry him or her)
They will not publish→politics and scandal

6.Find a news article in English that interests you, and write about it on your blog. Write a summary of the article, then your thoughts about it, and any interesting English words or expressions or grammar you learned from reading this.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7217225.stm

This article is very interesting.
We can critic Oscar’s film on BBC.
For example, The Golden Compass.

January 25th 2008

1.Look at this photo and answer the questions

1.Where was this photo taken?
2.When was it taken?
3.What does the caption say under the photo?
4.Translate the caption into Japanese.
5.“Crowds cheer” = how many people, do you think?

①BAGHDAD, Iraq
②Wednesday, April 9, 2003
③Crowds cheer as a statue of Saddam Hussein falls.
Many people who lived in Baghdad(Iraq) fall a statute (Saddam Hussein).
④民衆がアダム・フセインの銅像を下ろして、歓声をあげている。
⑤Most people who live in the town
I think crowds are 30,000 people.

2.①I think people are 20,000.
②No, I don’t. I think that I fall the statue, and there are a happy person and a sad person.
③I thought the people work together and they fall the statue.
So, I think it can’t be helped even if this case happens.
④I think we can understand the picture easily.
Because we look the picture and we can understand that square is how large.
And I understand what there is where.
⑤I saw the pictures and could understand that it was bad event.
If I was the place then, I would run away from there.
I don’t want to happen same event in Japan.

3.I think it’s not bad for newspaper to lie sometimes.
If newspaper lies to us, we can’t believe anything information!!

4.I will check on Internet.
And I will listen to many people opinion.
And I will read different newspapers.


・eminemさんのブログを見て
私はcrowdsを数万人と思ったけどeminemさんの予想と全然違うなと思いました。

January 18th, 2008

1. How many Muslims live in Britain?
1,591,000,
2.How many Hindus live in Britain?
500, 000 Hindus
3.Muslims 日本語→http://www.weblio.jp/content/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A9% E3%83%A0%E6%95%99#.E4.BF.A1.E5.BE.92.E6.95.B0.E3.81.A8.E5.88.86.E5.B8.83
　　 English→http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-478/_nr-243/i.html
Hindu→ http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/wie/research/wreru/booksforsale/hcib/




・Student Times
Friday, December 28, 2007
Vol.57 No.52
I read this article "Monks, nuns hold fashion show". When my family and my friend died, I go to the temple. The temple was a place just for funerals. But it was mistake!! Many monks and nuns hold fashion show. Of course, their fashion was “kesa (a surplice or robe worn by Buddhist priests)”. THE show started with a rap version of a Buddhist sutra. Why did they do such fashion show? Because they want to show the young people that Buddhism is cool. I thought that they were hard to approach. But, when I read this article, I was interested temples and Buddhism a little.

January 11th, 2008

1.I had part-time job for New Year holidays. But I ate a rice cake in a house and ate New Year dishes. And my grandmother is going into the hospital now. So, I wanted to go for the visit of my grandmother. However, I couldn’t go for a visit my grandmother because I was very busy. I am very sad. But, she is going to leave the hospital this Sunday.

2.①Scotland
②London
③JRR Tolkie
He wrote "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings".
④Guru Gobind Singh(Sikh)
Because introduced many of the customs that Sikhs practise today.
⑤Elvis Presley
He spread Rock'n’ Roll in the world.→http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley
⑥日本語→http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%A9
　 English→http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijra_%28Islam%29
⑦Yuma Ashura
⑧AA Milne
Winnie-the-Pooh →http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._A._Milne
⑨Sir Winston Churchill
He took Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953
⑩This calendar is very interesting. As well as the event of the day, I can understand what kind of person played an active part in old days. Although I don’t like the world history, I can understand this calendar.

3.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7182334.stm

4.