2017年12月22日金曜日

Different Worlds

     "You want a girlfriend who can hear your music. I'm not good for you."
     "Don't say that, " he said. " It isn't true. I know what I want, and that's you. " (p.38)

     I read the book "Different Worlds."This is a love story about a deaf (deaf is not being able to hear any sound) girl and a nomal man who can hear.
     Sam was born as a deaf, and all boyfriends she had before were deaf, too. She has not fell in love with nomal man who can hear. But one day, she falls in love with a man at a first sight. The man, Jim, works at a shop, so she starts to go there often to see him. After thet, she knows that he is friend of her friend. So, she can join a party Jim comes thanks to her friend, and they meet there, then, fall in love.
     Jim is a good boy and very kind to Sam, so she is very happy. However, suddenly Jim's before girl friend appears and tells Sam that Jim plays music and you are deaf, you can't hear his music. And of course, Jim wants a girlfriend who can hear his music, not like you. Sam didn't know Jim plays music, and not knowing that is very sad for her. She starts to think he didn't tell me about his playing music because I'm deaf, I can't hear his music. Sam is very hurted by her words and she is not happy anymore. She starts to think that she may be not able to be with him anymore. Can I stay by him? Is it ok for him? And she tells him what she thinks. Jim becomes so sad to hear that, but he tells her how he loves her. But she can't choose to be together, or not...
     How it ends? If you are interested in this story's end, I do want you to read this. I was so moved and I almost cry. You must be moved!!

Johonson, Margaret. (2003). Different Worlds. Cambridge University Press.

2017年12月14日木曜日

The Man from Nowhere

     He does not know where he is or who he is. He must keep the sun on his back/ Keep moving, or die. (p.16)

     I read this book "The Man from Nowhere." This story is about an accident in a desert.
     One day, a rich family fly with their private jet and they are going to enjoy their vacation. However when they are crossing the desert, one or some birds crash into the jet and the engine breaks down and they fall down the desert.
     The mother is injured her leg, so she can't move. The father is hit his body and cut his head. Their child is OK. Fortunately, none of the family dies.
     However they don't have enough food and water in the severe situation. The father is too weak to move, but he has to go and look for help for his lovely family. So he starts to walk with very injured body and unclear mind. Moreover walking in the soft sands of the desert makes him more tired, so he gets weaker and weaker. Finally he falls down the desert, and when the people find him, he loses his all memory. So the people can not know about him anything and he is "The Man from Nowhere."
     By the way, can his family be found and rescued? If you are interested in the end of this story, I want you to read it!

Smith, Bernard. (2000). The Man from Nowhere. Cambridge University Press. 

2017年12月13日水曜日

Dead Cold

     I read the book "Dead Cold." This is a suspense story. One day, a dead girl is found in a swimming pool, her name is Janine, 23 years old, a student who wanted to be a writer of newspaper. Detective Flick is given a order to find the killer by her boss but she looks for another criminal of another case. She had a partner named Scotts before, and he was killed. So she wants to look for the criminal, but she has to find this case's killer as soon as possible for Janine, for her parents, and for her friends, because it's her job.
     However there are not enough information to find the killer, so she starts to collect the information about this case by meeting and taking with the around people of Janine. At the begining, the information is very little, but as time pass, it becomes increasing. The more Detective Flick investigates, the more she can understands the whole of this murder and this case seems to have something to do with another case which Flick wanted to investigate. She knows everything, too much things, so she is almost killed by the killer. Although there are many dangerous in investigating, she can find out the killer and arrest him. Moreover this story has another end, you know Flick wanted to arrest the killer who had killed her partner, actually the killer and Janine killer is the same person!

Leather, Sue. Dead Cold. Cambridge University Press.

Happy Week

     I'll talk about this week. On Tuesday, I met my best friend and she stayed my house that night. We talked a lot and the next day we...