"Memorable experience"

One of my memorable experiences in my life is when I went to New York city 2 years ago. It was February and very cold but I still enjoyed it. I went there with my sister. I always wanted to go to New York so I worked hard part time and saved money. I had 2 part time jobs and worked very hard. I chose February because it was the cheapest month in the year. We stayed at Hilton hotel near the times square. We went to the statue of liberty, the Metropolitan museum, and many spots very famous. I like just waling around the city. There were so many different people walking so fast and the city has a lot of energy. I ate the food at the vender and it was very good. Vender is a booth sells food on the street. It was very memorable trip. I would love to go back there again. [157 words]

About TV

　I like watching TV. I spend at least an hour per day for watching TV. I usually watch TV a few hours before I go to bed. Sometimes I watch TV as eating snacks. I have the favorite TV programs I don’t never miss every day.

One of my favorite TV programs is "Ururun Taizaiki". It is a documentary of Japanese actors or TV personalities or models or artists go abroad and spend a week to homestay with local families. They always challenge new things there. It's very interesting because by watching that show, you can learn a lot about other cultures. Sometimes they are sent into the jungle and stay with unknown tribes. They ofcourse don't know the languages. I'm interested in foreign cultures so I enjoy this TV program so much every week.

　I'm always looking forward to wathing "Grey's Anatomy" on Saturday nights. Even when I cannot be at home on Saturday night, I record it on the HDD player so I won't miss it. "Grey's Anatomy" is American TV drama about the interns. It's not only about their work at hospital but also about their families, romances, and lives. I like this show because of its unpredictable story and good entertaining performances. I also like the music they play behind the story.

　Besides "Ururun Taizaiki" and "Grey's Anatomy", I watch the TV shows on FOX a lot. FOX is a satellite TV station airs many good shows. They are mainly American TV programs and dramas. They air constantly for 24 /7. They often repeat the shows again and againg so if you missed a show you wanted to watch, you will have another chance soon again. My favorite TV shows on FOX are "So You Think You Can Dance" which is American dance competition show, and "24" which is another American TV drama. I think FOX is a very amusing station.

　I can say that TV is essential to my life. I enjoy wathing it everyday especailly "Ururun Taizaiki" and "Grey's Anatomy". I even have a favorite TV station. TV is not only an entertainment but also a tool to learn about things through the programs like "Ururun Taizaiki". I like TV. It is an important thing to me. [371words] [total 9257words]

bookreviews1-10 Mulan

Mulan is a heroine who is acclaimed as the bravest girl in China. She lived in China long time ago. She is said the bravest girl in China because she pretended to be a guy and went to the war to protect her family.

Mulan lived with her younger brother and parents. One day, the Emperor ordered people to send one guy from each family to joing the army to fight in the war. Since Mulan's brother was still a kid, her father had to go to the war. However, he was ill and too old to fight. Mulan decided to go to war as a man. She wore armor and acted and talked like a man. Nobody could tell she was a girl. She join the army and fought with men. She did very good in the fighting so the emperor called her and tried to give her some money but Mulan just asked him to allow her go home. Some time later Mulan came back home, her friend Ye Ming visited her. They met at the war and fought together. He was very surprised when he found out that Mulan was actually a girl. Ye Ming stayed at Mulan's house for a while and he wanted to marry her. Mulan was confused at first but she ended up get married to him. That's the end of the story.

I have watched the movie "Mulan". It's a Diney's animation movie. I liked that movie so I liked this story too. I thought Mulan was very brave. China has a lot of great people. ［264 words] [total 8886words]

1-9 "The Ransom of Red Chief"

2-09 "The Ransom of Red Chief"
I didn’t know what ransom meant. I looked up my dictionary and now I know what the word means. It means money that is paid to somebody to release a person who is being kept as a hostage. This book is about two men who try to get ransom by kidnapping a son of the richest man in town, Mr. Dorset.
Bill and Sam are in town and have only 200 dollars. They come up with kidnapping the son of Mr. Dorset, the richest man in town. But Mr. Dorset’s son, Johnny is a lot of trouble. When they catch Johnny, he resisted strongly. Johnny likes fighting very much. He says his name is Red Chief, not Johnny. Bill and Sam have a hard time taking care of Johnny because he is very perky and strong. They want to let him go as soon as possible. They write a letter to Mr. Dorset requesting the ransom. But Mr. Dorset turns down their request. Mr. Dorset writes them back requesting Bill and Sam paying 200 dollars to Mr. Dorset so that they can bring Johnny home and escape from him. Bill and Sam don’t want to pay him 200 dollars but they don’t want to be with Johnny even more. So they decide to escape from Johnny paying 200 dollars.
I thought this story was funny. They wanted lots of money but ended up paying some to ransom’s father. They picked wrong one. I hope they will succeed next time.

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Global warming

Today, we have national disasters all over the world such as typhoon and heavy rain. In twentieth century, we had twenty two national disasters by which we were lost over twenty billion dollars. I am not sure whether twenty dollars or not. Why did phenomenon occur? Scientists think it is global warming. It is broken out by “ green house effect “ Do you know “green house effect”? Green house effect is the effect such as greenhouse. In greenhouse, the temperature in the places rises by which covers the greenhouse.

I want to explain about “Green house effect”. Green house effect is a national effect. If it were not been for it, global average temperature -18 ℃. But recently green house effect is stronger than before. So global temperature is warmer than before. Many countries are in Europe. There are attempt for stopping global warming there. Many countries tried to do it. We have global and same problems. I think we must have cooperation and stop and global warming together.

　By the way, how do global warming rise? I will explain about it. The earth absorbs heat from sun. And the earth puts out ultraviolet rays. But the ultraviolet rays couldn’t be put out. That is because heat-trapping gas disturbed it. By it, heat is collected in the earth. So global warming rises. Do you know Heat-trapping gas? Heat-trapping gas pronounces “ ONSHITUKOUKAGASU” in Japanese. So how is trapping gas made? I will explain about it.

We use many oil by riding a car, make a cloth so on. And using oil make Carbon dioxide. It is called CO２. CO2 has a effect which absorb heat. So increasing CO2 makes Global warming. So I must make a effort to decrease CO2. I think we must consider about global warming more and more for “ future of we humans”　[311words]

The computer I kike

Computer is a very useful tool for us to do whatever you do. You can do many things with computers. You can write an essay, or you can draw a graph, or you can listen to music, or you can watch a movie and of course, you can learn with computers. Computer is now one of the necessary things to learn with. Lately they teach kids how to use computers in elementary school. It's getting important more and more to be able to use computers mainly for students to learn.

Computers are very useful when I write an essay for class so I use computers a lot for assignments. But you need some skills to write essays with computers. Before I started to learn with computers, I couldn't type as fast as I do today. I had known how to type but I used to type so slowly. Now I use computers almost everyday. It doesn’t take so much for me to write with computers. There is a proper way to write an essay and I didn’t know that before. After I wrote with computers, I didn't check for typos or grammar mistakes. Teacher once gave me back my paper with a lot of red marks and taught me how to check for typos and grammar mistakes. Now I make sure that I don’t have any typos or grammar mistakes on my essay every time after I finish writing them. I just didn’t know that it was very easy to do with computers. Nevertheless to say, editing is also much easier when you write an essay with computers than when you handwrite it. It’s troublesome to use an eraser and rewrite paragraphs with a pen, but with computers, you can do it all by dragging clicking. It takes only a few seconds. That’s what I like the most about writing essays with computers.

I had never written blogs before I took Writing IV. For Writing IV, I had to take write something on my blog almost everyday. I had never done it before. To be honest, I was pretty lazy to write blogs everyday at first. It is just like taking diaries. I thought I couldn’t do it at first. I wasn’t good at keep doing the same thing everyday. I didn’t want to do that even for the credit. But as I tried to keep writing it, I became used to it. Whenever something good or bad or extraordinary happened to me in life, I thought “I’m gonna write about this on the blog”. Blog became a part of my life. As a matter of fact, I now enjoy writing blogs very much. I also enjoy attaching the pictures on the blog. After I write a post of the day, I go on to the internet and look for a picture. Blog can look much better by decorating with pictures. When you keep taking diaries on blog, there will be many posts. To organize them, you should label each post so that the posts will be classified in categories and it’s easy to read or find a post you want to read or edit.

The internet is something helpful for us. If you wanted to know about something, you can search for the information on the internet and mostly you can find what you want. There is an internet site called Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an online dictionary where you can find various kinds of information. Besides Wikipedia, you can discover so many things if you use the internet. By using the internet, you can communicate with people all over the world. If you install a messenger into your computer, you can chat with people far away. You can exchange opinions or make friends with people anywhere on the earth. You can know what is happening in other countries by using the internet. It broadens your perspective. I have a messenger installed into my computer and I chat with my friends in Canada one and off. It’s very fun and easy. I feel them very close to me even though they’re across the Pacific Ocean.

I think computers help you learn better. It provides you with a lot of things. You can write essays much easier than you do with your own hand and the typed sentences look better. You can learn many things from the internet. And the internet gives you the opportunity to experience other worlds in your room. You can even talk to the people on the other side of the planet. So I think computers are very important.
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My favorite novels

I want to read many books. So Today I want to introduce the book which I like the best of I had ever read. It is a “ Bovary fujin” Do you know it ? It is a French novel. And It is a famous novel. I think many French know it. So I will describe i ’s content from now.

This story has five persons. They are “Jeanne” and “Shimon” and “Adelaide” and “Julian” and “Rosary”. Jeanne that had grown up in the monastery in Rouen was a daughter who tended to dream and had pure heart. She left Rouen at 17 years old, and lived in Repupuru with her father’s “Shimon” and her mother’s “Adelaide”. Shimon was a little goodness and the man which have eccentric character. And, Adelaide was a fat woman and was cheerful.

One day, Jeanne and her parents want to church. They met priest there. He was with a cool and rich guy which is Aristocrat too. And the priest introduced him to them. They felt good for him. Jeanne liked him. And he liked her too. Next week, Jeanne and Julian strolled in the park. They talked about many things. And They promised to marriage.

They got married after three weeks. Jeanne thought that she was able to lead a happy married life. But It was completely a different thing that she had thought. That is because Julian was completely another person, compared to what he was. He had become the worst since then.

They employed a maid. She is “Rosary” She is a kind and gentle girl. Jeanne likes her. One day, she brought a baby into the world. There Jeanne knew the baby which was born between Julian and Rosary. Moreover, she brought a baby into the world between Julian and her too. She was crazy. But she loved the baby very much. He was not interested in her any longer. And she forgave him.

However, Julian had an affair with another woman. And he was killed by a husband　of the woman. Finally Jeanne and her baby were left. There are like this a lot of novels on French literature that make fickleness theme. However, I like French novel even so. [371]