2018年9月24日月曜日

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 went to amusement park together. We could enjoyed many attractions without waiting because there were not so many people. Almost the people which were there seemed to be college students. She is my best friend and we cannot play with often, so this time I was very glad to play with her. On Suterday, I had a rehearsal of Japanese dance. I was nervouse when I was dancing front of few people, so I forgot how to dance few times. However, a deshi of my teacher said to me "Your dance was great and I was very moved." Although I mistaook a little, I'm glad to hear that. I will practice harder.

2018年9月19日水曜日

My Plan of This Week

      I have three things I want to do this week. First I want to borrow next season of a DVD I borrow last week. That was very interesting for me, so I can't wait next story and I want to know what will happen next. Second I have a rehasaru (リハーサル) of Japanese dance on Saturday, so I want to practice harder. Third I am going to change my clothes into fall from summer. Do you know temperature of next week? It's getting cooler, so I want to do this. I like cool seasons, fall and winter, because I don't become sweaty, and the clothes of the seasons are very cute. I love clothes of this season, so I'm looking forward to changing my clothes and I can't wait to wear them!! Oh, also I want to buy shoes for this season, so I want to look for nice shoes. I can't help being excited!

2018年9月17日月曜日

Busy Weekend

     I will talk about this weekend. My weekend was a little busy I think. First, on Thursday, I went to DVD rental shop and shoping. I chose a series of kind of vampire story "True Blood" I can choose to watch in English in order to keep and improve my English listening skill, and ones I can enjoy watching in Japanese such as "Narataju," and so on. On Friday, I went to cake shop to do my part time job. Next day, I got up early and went to Yatsushiro for Japanese dance. And on Sunday, I return to Kumamoto city to went to the cake shop. My weekend is often like this. I don't have enough time to relax in Yatsushiro and I have to back Kumamoto city soon. I will spend next weekend like this again.

2018年9月12日水曜日

Rest of Summer Vacation

     I'll talk about what I want to do this weekend. First, I want to know how much I spent money for my trip to Nagoya, and then, if necessary I have to save money from today. Second, I want to watch DVDs I have wanted to watch before. I have nothing to do besides part time job and Japanese dance practicing, so, I have enough time to watch many DVDs! Also, I want to plan to play with my friends. One of my friends is working now, and I can't meet her easily, so I'm looking forward to meeting her. The big fun trip had finished, but I have a lot of things I want to do in the rest of this summer vacation.

2018年9月9日日曜日

Things I did

     Morning on Friday, I arrived Kumamoto by Yakou bus. The way to Kumamoto, I could not sleep in the bus, so when I got home, I fell asleep first. After 4 hours, I got up and took a bath, then ate meal. That day, before I went to the cake shop I do part time job, I took souvenirs of Nagoya from a delivery, so I could give it and I was happy to have talk with chef of the cake shop about my trip and to look his smile. The day after that day, I went to Yatsushiro and practiced Japanese dance, that was fun, and gave my teacher and family souvenirs.

2018年9月5日水曜日

Return Kumamoto

     Tomorrow is my last day of this trip. I am going to Kumamoto the night by yakou bus. Of course this trip is very fun, but there are many people in Nagoya, and there are many things I never seen before, so I am a little tired in Nagoya, and I miss Kumamoto these days. Maybe, I stayed too long. When I get Kumamoto, I want to sleep well in my bed, meet my friends, work hard at my part time job, and practice hard Japanese dance.
Anyway, I want to enjoy the last day!

2018年9月2日日曜日

My Weekend

     As I said few days ago in my blog, I am in Nagoya for trip now, and I had wanted to eat Nagoya foods. This weekend, I ate some of them, for example, misokatsu, and kishimen. They were very delicious although a little expensive for me, and I think it was worthy eating although I spend a lot of money. Also I bought souvenirs for my family and my friends today. It was difficult for me to choose a souvenir for the cake shop I work as a part time job because I can not give sweets to cake shop. Anyway, I want to enjoy rest days.

2018年8月29日水曜日

Nagoya Foods

     Now, I'm in Nagoya with my mother. I came here for sightseeing and meeting my boyfriend. I had been looking forward this trip and to eating Nagoya foods such as misokatsu, hitsumabushi, and so on. I am supposed to stay here for 1 week and a little. I got off days of my part-time-job, and I send a lot of money in this trip, so when I return to Kumamoto, I want to work very hard. Also I want to buy souvenirs for my family, my friends, andJapanese dance's teacher this weekend.

2018年8月5日日曜日

My Favorite Book in This Semester.

     Tha Phantom of the Opera is my favorite book in this semester. I like horror stories, so I choose it, and this was very exciting to read. Readers won't know what will happen next, and there is unexpected development. The story was long and alittle difficult to read, but very interesting. You will be absorbed in the story and enjoy reading. If you have free time, it may be good to read it, and then, let's talk about the story after summer vacation.

Frankenstein

"An arm moved, then a leg. Then I heard breathing. Yes, the man was breathing. He was alive!" (book cover)

     I read a book "Frankenstein" these days. This story is famous all over the world, I think, and I knew the title of this story, but I didn't know the content, so I choose this book. At first, I want to tell you about what you may be misunderstanding. Actually, the name of Frankenstein is the inventor's name. The name is not the monster's name. I didn't know about this until I read.
     One day, Frankenstein made a monster, he did not know about this world, so he had to learn by himself. Through many experiences, he can get new information.
     This story is like this, so it is not frighting than I expected though this is a horror story. In this hot season, we need some scary stories to feel cool, so I recommend people who like horror read this.

Shelly, M. (2005). Frankenstein. Helbling Languages.

Anna and the Fighter

" 'Hello,' he said. 'You're awake now, are you? Where are you going?' " (p.5)

     I read a book "Anna and the Fighter" recently. Anna is a young girl and this is about her first travel by herself. When Anna and her father were at the station, before they say good-bye, her father said "Don't talk to any strange people" to her. After she sat her seat alone, she fell asleep because she was too excited to sleep well last night. When she was awake, there is a man near her. The man looked ugly and seemed to be a bad man. He spoked to her "Where are you going?" Anna answered "Naira." However, accoding to the man, they had passed Naira two hours ago. He sais "I'll help you, so you had better stay with me." Anna was afraid of him and she saw a newspaper he had. There was a picture of the man and the letters of "This man is dangerous fighter" in the paper. Anna thought this man must be a criminal and she had to run away, but she couldn't. She was took to a hotel and there were his two friends. They seemed to be bad, too. What will happen to Anna? Could she return to her parents? If you are interested in the end of this story, please read it.

Laird, E. (2005). Anna and the fighter. Helbling Langages.

The Truth Machine.

"Success, I want success! Money, I want money! Power, I want power!" (p.30)

     I read a book "The Truth Machine" recently.
     One day, Professor Verty invented The Truth Machine which mekes people speake only truth.  Professer Verity loves truth and he wants to make a peaceful world by the machine. Ahter he invented, people all over the world are interested in it and they send a lot of letters of thanks and encouragement, and a lot of money for his better studies and inventions. Then he choose three people who want to use the machine.
     First, a woman. She wants to know the truth about her husband. He seems to have another woman, but when she ask him about another woman, he won't answer her question usually, so she wrote a letter to Professer Verity. She took her husband to Professer's laboratory, and he answered honestly. He answered "I loves another woman and he does not love you." Then, the wife could know the truth but she became not to know what she should do.
     Second, a police man. He wanted to make the criminals honest. He wanted to know they are realy criminals or not. When he use the machine, one of them was not guilty and the others were guilty. His work was done, so his boss said "I don't you any more, I will you fire." Then, he lost his work.
     Third, a spy. He caught his enemy spy and he wanted to meke the spy tell information he knew, but he won't answer, so he wanted to use the machine. The enemy spy seemed to tell the truth, but according to him, he was always tell lies, and that' sthe truth. So the third client confused and didn't know what to do.
     Finally, they got angry and used the machine in order to ask the Professer some questions. And he answerd that he was not interested in thr truth, he just wanted to get success, money, and power.
      Like this, we can learn a lesson that it is not always good to know the truth. We sometimes say "Shiranu ga hotoke(知らぬが仏)," in Japanese. There are many things we don't have to know in this world, I thought.

Whitney, N. (2005). The truth machine. Helbling Languages.

Photo Finish

"The four photos show a murder!" (p.10)

     I read a book "Photo Finish" recently. This is about a murder showed by photo. It is very short story, but very exciting.
     One day, Lisa and Alice planned to travel foreign country in their holidays, so they needed their passports. The day they went out to issue their passports, but Lisa forgot to bring her photo, so she went to old bus station to take photo with photo booth there. Fortunately, there was no one, so she could quickly takr photos and go back to Alice, but that happened after her taking photos. She got out of the booth and was suppposed to wait issue of the photos though before long, there was photos in slot. They were not hers, but she took them out of slot and had a look. The four photos were very strange and frightened her because they showed a murder of a man. There were a man and hands which kill the man by holding his scarf tightly in the photos. If the killer came back to took the photos, she may be killed too. She was very scaried and run away with no her photos. She told her story to Alice and they went to a police office. Then she realized that she left her photos and she was in danger because the killer may be looking for her now...

Sweetnam, P. (2005). Photo finish. Helbling Languages.

Dangerous Journey

" Something's wrong. It's the bridge. It's broken. " (p.12)

     I read a book "Dangerous Journey" recantly.
     There were four men in a foerest and it would be storm soon. Leon who is the boss of four knew that they have no time to stay and he wanted to leave there and go to their base right now, but two of them didn't come back, so he and Manuel were waiting. Late, they came back and the storm was very likely to come, so they left ther as soon as they could, but it was too late. It became storm soon and they trapped in the forest. After this, many difficulties happend to them. First, they got stuck in the mud. Second, Leon hurt his left arm very hard. Third..., the bridge they had to pass in order to go to their base had been broken!! What could they do? One of them took out a radio from their car, but it didn't work because they were too far away from their base, so they couldn't call help. Moreover, the boss, Leon was angry and Joe was selfish, so the teamwork was getting worse and worse. Could they be helped or go to their base? How? If you are interested in the end of this story, please read it.

Cox, A. (2005). Dangerous journey. Helbling Languages.

Newspaper Boy

" ' What - what are they doing here? ' Toby asked Mr Spry. ' They're thieves, Toby.' said Mr Spry." (p.7)

     I read a book "Newspaper Boy" recently. This is about a newspaper boy named Toby and the occurences around him. There are three short stories in this book. I'll introduce 1st one.
     One day, he deliverd the newspapers to many houses as usual. One house which is no light usually, but the day the hous was light. He thought it strange, so he tried to have a look inside, but he made a noise and a man came out the house. Toby was caught by the man and went inside. There were two men, Mr Spry who lives in this house and another was the man's group. Mr Spry was held by the man and he told Toby they were thieves.
     Even though they were exposed this dangerous situation, it's a very early morning, so there were no person who help them. Mr Spry was about to give up, but Toby wasn't. He was so clever boy and had a plan. How could they get out of the danger and get Mr Spry's money back? If you are interested in this story, please try it.

Escott, J. (2005). Newspaper boy. Helbling Languages.

The Spring Cup

     " ' Well, with a little help she can be sick...'  ' Fred, what are you talking about?' " (p.18)

     I read a book "The spring cup" recentry. This is a story about horse racing. The main charactor, Caroline, is a good rider and when she joins competitions, she always dose her best, but she can't be winner at any competitions because of another better rider, Sophie.
     One day, her father told her "If you dosen't win the next competition, I will sell your horse." She was very sad to hear that because she was always second place even though she was doing her best, so she thought she can't be winner of the next, and lose her horse, Applewind. She talked her brother about that, and he came up with an idea.
      The day of the competition, Caroline was nervous, but somehow her brother, Fred, was sure of her win. And in fact Calorine became the winner of the competition. However hard she practiced, she couldn't win before, but this time she became winner. However the winning was made by her brother, so it was unsportmanlike one. He gave sleeping pills to Sophie's hourse, so he slept in the competition and Caroline won. He wanted help her and he didn't think well what's going on before doing it. He bwcame very sorry for Sophie and her sister, so he apologize many time. I think Sophie will be angry, but she was so kind and forgive his fault. I was so moved to readd that scene and I want to be a kind person like Sophie and learnd the inmportance of being honest and sincerely.

Holzmann, C. (2007). The Spring Cup. Helbling Languages.

Holly the Eco Warrior

     Holly was so upset. She couldn't believe this was happening. The old tree! (p.20)

     I read a book "Holly the Eco warrior" recently. This was our last book in Literature Circle activities. The main character, Holly, loves nature and she wants to protect it. And she loved a old tree in her house. The tree was her favorite. However, one day, her parents started saying "We're cutting the tree in order to build father's office there," and she was so upset. She cried and got angry, then, she decided to stay at a tree house of the tree. She had a fixed mind not to go back home untill her parents change their decision. Both of Holly and her parents were stuborn, so the conflict was longer than I expected. Finally, they cut the tree! You will think "Oh, she lost the battle and the adults always won't listen to children's petitions in oeder to have their own way!" But it's wrong, Actually, they became a better family than before and we can learn how to solve problems in our family without anyone who has to be sad or angry.

Hobbs, M. (2007). Holly the eco warrior. Helbling Language.

2018年6月27日水曜日

The Stolen White Elephant

     "All goes well for two weeks — then my problems begin. I get a phone call in the middle of the night: the white elephant is stolen." (p.12)




     I read the book "The stolen white elephant" recently. The setting of this story is not now. One day in old days, the white elephant was sent to the Queen of England as a royal present from Siam (Siam is called Thailand now). Although the white elephant was not well, gradually became to be well by taking rest in New York, so things seemed to go well. However the elephant was stolen two weeks later and they started to find him cooperating with Inspector Blunt. It was more difficult than they expected to find him, so no body could not find. Then the deliverer had to raise the reward to seventy- five thousand dollars. It was a lot of money for him, but he did it because he wanted to find him. Three weeks later since the problem had happen, the Inspector seeked help from the thieves, so the deliverer became to have to pay much higher reward. He thought that makes him penniless, but he did that. Finally, the police found the white elephant, but he was dead because of hunger. The deliverer was sad to see the death and he lost his job and all money. However he admired Inspector Blunt as the greatest detective in the world becouse he never gave up even when the deliverer was about to give up finding the white elephant.


Twain Mark. (2007). The stolen white elephant. Helbling Languages.



2018年6月20日水曜日

The Kingdom of the Snow Leopard

     " 'We have to go,' he repeated urgently. 'Where's Tara?' asked Tom with a note of panic in his voice. 'I found her earing on the ground. Have you seen her? Is she all right?' " (p.52)


     I read a book "The Kingdom of the Snow Leopard" recantly. This book is about a boy who is a prince of the Kingdom of the Snow Lropard.  He is Mahir and a student of the school of America. He has a best friend named Tom, so they planned to his country that winter holiday together, but a man was following them for something. They were aware of the man and felt stangely, but tried to forget and enjoy their holiday. There were some events such as the archery competition and the festeval. They was enjoying those.
     However, in the festival, Mahir's sister, Tara, was kidnapped, and after that they were ,too. One of the kidnappers was the man who had been following Tom and Mahir. He wasa journalist and he wanted Shining Star which is said to be the most precious thing on Earth. He kidnapped them to make Mahir tell him where it is. Mahir took the man to Shining Star to save his best friend and his sister's lives. Finally the man could see what he had been lokking for, but it was different from what he had imagined. The Shining Star was not jewlry or money, actually what he saw was a little boy. This means that in the King of the Snow Leopard, Lives are the most precious and important.
     The lesson of this book is here. We should think our lives to be the most important on Earth. It is not jewelry or money or social states, it is lives!!

Rawstron, E. (2007). The kingdom of the snow leopard. Helbling Languages.







2018年6月13日水曜日

Ricky and the american girl

     " ' Oh, no! ' sighed Ricky. ' I didn't ask her name! ' " (p.20)




     I read a book "Ricky and the american girl" recently. Ricky is a very smart boy and he had never fallen in love someone, I think. He good at culculating in his head and he was always doing like that. Also he is a hero for  his friends because he always teaches them the ways of solving the problems and homework the teachers gave them. And he is liked by his teachers because of his intelligence. He was satisfied with that and he was not interested in anything except for mathematics and computer until he met an american girl.
     One day, on the way his home, he saw a girl who was lost. He was asked the way and told the right direction. Then the girl thanked and walked away down the road, and he was still standing there looking the back of the girl. He fell in love with her. However he noticed he forgot to ask her name, so he fell in love with the girl he didn't know anything. Thence he started thinking of hey always. He could not think about anything except for her.
     Few days after, he gradually became to found the information about her, and he could meet her again. But that was not helpful for improving his love... What this story's ending is like? Could he be together with the girl or couldn't? If you interested in this story, please try this. I have never fallen in love like him.
    
      I think if we could meet people and things which change our lives completely, that is very fortunate for us, and when I meet something like that, I want to thank it and prize it.








Hobbs, M. (2007). Ricky and the american girl. Helbling Languages.

2018年6月6日水曜日

Jack and the Westbourne Fair

     The poste said that he was missing. And the police were looking for him! (p.37)

     I read a book "Jack and the Westbourne Fair." Jack is mischievous boy, and this is about his bad week. On Monday, he forgot to bring his homework to school, and he was scolded. Tuesday, he was involved introuble for fighting. Wendsday, he failed his experiment in science class because he didn not listen the teacher's explanation about the experiment. Thursday, his mom and dad were angry with him, however, at scool is worse than at home. He was scolded again because he did not submit his homework still. Fryday was the worst day. He stole twoo spray cans and wrote graffiti with them. Then, his wrongdoing came to out and he was scolded. While he was scolded, his friend took out the two cans, and he wrote graffiti on the school's wall. Then, he was wrongly accused, and the headmaster was very angry, and his parents was, too. So, he could not go out. He was grounded, despite the Westbourne Fair was coming to his town and it was his favorite moment of the year. But as I said, he was mischievous boy, so he break his parents's order. He sliped out of his home and he went.
     Then, his adventure started. Many things happen to him and he was in terrible trouble. Through this experience and meeting another important in this story person, he developed mantally and found out some important things in life than having fun.

Hobbs, M. (2009). Jack and the Westbourne Fair. Helbling Languages.

2018年5月30日水曜日

Fireball's Heart

       ' "Tell me!" Wise Owl says to Dark Eyes. "How's Fireball?  How's my favorite horse? How's the best horse on the prairie?" ' (p.24)



     I read a book "Fireball's Heart" these days. This book tells us an important thing, I think.
    One day, Two men, Chief Strong Buffalo and Chief Wise Owl, were sitting by a river and they talked with. Wise Owl said "My people always tell the truth," and Strong Buffalo did not believe that. So they tried to check whether it is true or not with a honest man, Dark Eyes. He had never told lies to his chief, Wise Old. Strong Buffalo said that if the man tells a lie in a week, Wise Owl had to give him half of his people's horses. Strong Buffalo wanted to get his horses and he used a dirty way: he sent his daughter to the honest man, and when they got close relation, he made her lie to the man and make him kill his chief's favorite horse! And he thought in this situation, the honest man cannot tell the truth that he killed his chief's favorite horse, so he must tell a lie to his chief, Wise Owl. Even though, the honest man told the truth, why he killed the horse and everything about that. The honest man, Dark Eyes, was really honest, brave, and right. This story tells us it is important to be honest and not to tell lies. Be honest and do not lose reliance by people whom you hold dear, this is the lesson you can get by reading this story.



Puchta, H. (2007). Fireball's Heart. Helbling Languages.

2018年5月16日水曜日

The phantom of the opera

     ' "But you can help them, Christine."
     "How can I help them?"
     "You must choose, Christine," Erick said. "Choose me or choose your young lover!" ' (p.57)

     I read a book "The phantom of the opera" these days. This is a horror story and I like horror, so I could enjoy reading this. This was made from the strange stories of the Paris Opera House, France. There were some strange stories about the Opera House and the writer of this story head those, and it is said that he wrote this story.
     There are many people as the workers for the Opera House. They are frightend by a stranger who is a man in a black cloal and a white masc in his face always. he suddenly appers and watchs plays and he leaves after watching before someone notices him. They say that he is a ghost. There have been accidents, for example some audiences had been hurt because of a chandelier's dropping, and a musician had disappeared and he has never been found. The Opera House is obviously something strange and it has a secret. What is the secret? And is the man really a ghost? Did he cause the accidents? Who is he?
     If you are interested in this story, please read this. This must make you exciting and maby you will be frightend...
    


Leroux, G. (2005). The phantom of the opera. Macmillan Heinemann ELT.

2018年5月9日水曜日

The big balloon race



     ' "Please," she asked, "can I go up in the balloon with you?"
     "You are too young," she said, "and winning a race is hard work." ' (p.5-7)

     I read a book "The big balloon race" today. There is a balloon race and a girl, Ariel wants to join with her mother, Carlotta. She turnes down Ariel's offer. But She aloows Ariel to stay in the balloon until race starts. Ariel go into it and fall asleep in it. Then, she keeps on sleeping and even the race is about to starts, she doesn't wake up. Finally, the race starts with sleeping Ariel inside. When she wakes up, her mother is so surprised because she has thought Ariel had already been out the balloon. The balloon is for only one person, so Ariel is extra weight. But she can't get out of balloon because it is far away from ground. Can they win the race together? If you are interested in this story, please read it. There are some difficult words in this story, but this whole story is easy to understand.











Coerr, E. (1981). The big balloon race. New York:, N.Y.:Harper & Row.

2018年5月8日火曜日

Good wives

     " Meg has John and her children, and now Amy has Laurie. But Jo has nobody."  (p.52)


    I read a book "Good wives" these days. There are 4 sisters and they are different characters. Meg gets married first in these members, and then Amy. The youngest girl, Beth is sick and she is going to die, so Jo takes care of her hard, but Beth dies. Besides Jo, two sisters got married and Jo feels lonliness. She has feeling of  kind of impatience and she is alone... Jo talks to her mother about her thinking, and goes to New York, touchs with people, makes friends there, and then she returns back to her home. She has some experiences and graually changes her mind. After that, can she get together with anyone? If you interested in this story's ending, please read it. I thought relation with friends and family is important to read this because it can be our support when we are in trouble.







Louisa M. Alcott. (2005). Good wives. Macmillan Publish.

2018年4月25日水曜日

The big test

     "'You're not studing. How can you pass the test?'
     'It's our secret! We're not going tell you.' They are smiling because they have a plan." (p.5)

     I read abook "The big test" today. In a school, the students will have a big test tomorrow. There's no time and it is not easy to pass, so they study very hard in the library, but two boys don't study for the test. Some students ask them "Will be able to pass the test without studying?," and the boys answer "Yes." Actually, they have a plan, a bad plan. They scheme to steal the data of the test from the teacher, Mr. Harris. Their plan work well and they can get what they wanted. They print the data and sold those data to some friends of theirs. However, the teacher sets a video always and they are of course recorded in video. So, theirwrongdoing is noticed by the teacher and he changes all the test questions before the test. On the next day, they are surprised to see the changes of the test and of course they can't answer at all. They are scold by Mr. Harris and their friends who bought the data from them.
     I think we should study hard for tests if we worry about them. We shouldn't do
foul play or wrongdoing.










Waring, R., & Jamall, M. (2006). The big test. Boston, MA: Thomson ELT.

2018年4月24日火曜日

The promise

     " 'This bbaby will become a great man,' she said. 'One day, he will be rich. He will give happiness to many people and he will help pooy people like us.' " (p.6)


     I read a book "The promise" yesterday. The begining of this story was unhappy. There were poor people and it was not easy for them to live everyday. One day, a man, Pedro had a baby. And old woman who was said that she can see the future told him the baby will be big and famouse in the future. But Pedro didn't have enough money to feed the baby and he had no job. How can he bring up his baby and how can he see the baby's future the old woman said...


R. L. Scott-Buccleuch. (2005). The promise. Macmillan Heinemann ELT.

2018年4月18日水曜日

The dog and the bone

       " Be happy with what you have." (p.47)


      I read one of Aesop's Fables, " The dog and the bone." The story is good for not only children but also us.
     One day, the dog stole a bone from butcher. He was running away and came to a bridge. Then he saw another dog on the surface of the river's water, and the another dog had a bone too.  The bone seemed to be bigger than his one, so he growled "I want your bone." At the same time he lost his bone from his open mouth. He regretedwhat he has done and he thought that he should not have so greedy. The moral of this story is "Be happy with what you have."
     This moral is tend to be forgotten often, but I think this is very important thing. This book might have made for children, but it is good for us to read books like this sometimes because we tend to forget so simple and so important things in busy lives. These stories tell us what we have to keep remembering.








Waton, C. (2007). Aesop's Fables. London, UK: Usborne.

2018年4月17日火曜日

Hunter in the darkness

     "You can't win if you don't kill Aku. But the old vampire is still outside. What do you do?" (p.24)


     I read the book "Hunter in the darkness" in Extensive Reading and Listening class. This book has some endings. Those depends on your choices. You will ask two questions in this story and you have to chose an answer, and then you have to go the page which is showed by the book. So you can enjoy your own story, or you can read some stories by reading it some times with different choices.

     There was a vampire hunter and a prbation. The probation is you in this book. You were learning how to hunt vampire and you were about to be a master of hunter. But one day, your teacher (vampire hunter) was killd by vampire, Aku. So you went out to revenge.

     In this book, you are the main character. You can decide what you want to do. I desided some choices and I could kill the vampire, Aku, but I died, too. I saw other pases of the endings, and I found a happy ending that Aku is died and I'm still alive. I wanted to read tyhe story like that. Can you kill the vampire without being killed you?

Habeeb, R. (2014). Hunter in the darkness. Tokyo and Florida. Atama-ii books.

2018年1月31日水曜日

John Doe

     "I don't kow what my name is." (p.6)

     I read a book "John Doe." This is suspense story.
    The main character is John. He is a man who was brought from the street and seems to lost his memory.When a doctor asks about him, he can't answer at all. So people in hospital call him John Doe. But this is not true. He knows who he is and where he is from. His real name is John Roberts and actually he is a killer. He killed his own wife, Mary. After killing her, he pritended to be sick and have no memories about him because by doing so, he can escape from being found out and arrested. And also he was looking for next target in the hspital, I think. There is a nurse called Angela who is so beautiful, and she talked a lot with him to help him recall his memory.
     But, actually he was just pritending to lose his memory, and it is not truth, John is fine except withhis memory, so the hospital asks him leave hopsital for another patient who needs a bed. John have been waiting this time. Then he can kill another, it's Angela...

Moses, Antoinette. (1999). John Doe. Cambridge University Press.

Within High Fences

     I read a book "Within High Fences." This is nice love story.
     The main character is Nancy who works as a guard of a building for refugee. There are some rules such as one biscuit for one person, the guard can't make friends in the refugees.
     One day, a man took two biscuit and he was scold by other guard, but he just wanted to give the biscuits even his one to a boy who was afraid of too much rules and couldn't get biscuit. She saw the scene and his kindness, she started to think about him all day long.
     But like I said, it is not allowed the guard and refgee even to be close, so Nancy should not think about him too much because they can't love each other. Moreover, she had a lover who lived with. So it is bad thing to fall in love another man. However she couldn't help falling love.

     Obviously, this is a forbidden love story. When I read this,  I forgot the time and just kept reading because I wanted to know the end of this story so much! If you are interested in too, please read it!

Hancock, Penny. (2005). Within High Fences. Cambridge University Press.

A Picture to Remember

     There was something strange about the picture today. It didn't make her feel happy. It gave her a strange feeling inside. (p.17)

     I read a book "A Picture to Remember." This is suspense story.
    The main character is Cristina. She works at a museum and loves paintings in the museum. She was happy to work being surround what she loves.
     But one day, an accident happens to her and then everything changes. That day, she rode her motorbike without her helmet as usual. When she atooped at a corner with red signal, she saw the two men in a next car. One of two had a gun, and he had a tattoo of red flower, poppy, on his neck. She was too surprised to see the gun to move even red sibnel changes into green. Then she was crashed the back of her bike and she hit her ead the road so hard.
     Fortunately, she didn't die but she lost her memory about the accident. Maybe you think "Oh, that's good and it is not so serious problem." But this is big problem because the two men was a bank robbery actually, and they wants to kill her in order to stop her tell about the gun to the police. They don't want to be arrested.
     So, after the accident, she became target and even people around her were involved...
     If you are interested in the end of this story, I want you to raed this. This story will make you exciting.

Scott-Malden, Sarah. (1999). A picture to Remember. Cambridge University Press.     

2018年1月17日水曜日

Tales of Horror

     "You can't live in that house. That's the Judge's House."
     "Why are you so afraid? " (p.8)

     I read this book "Tales of Horror." I like horror stories because they make me excited.
     This book has three stories. This is a collection of short stories. My favorite is the first story about an old house which has a scary past. No one wants to live there.
     One day a boy looks for a place to study hard. He wants a quiet room to concentrate on studying. He finds the old house and starts living there. Then strange things happen to him one after another. How is this story's end...?
      Always I read horror, I expect what happen next and what appears, which is scary but also interesting and exciting for me. I often become to be afraid of night because of horror stories, but I can't stop reading, and I want you to enjoy reading it. You will not take so long time to finish reading this, so it's easy to try.

Skater, Bram. (2005). Tales of Horror. Macmillan Heinemann ELT.

2018年1月11日木曜日

Love by Design

     It is winter. It is raining and Tom is bored.
     Then the door of the library opens and a girl walks in. A beautiful girl in a red coat. She smiles at him - and Tom falls in love. (the book cover)


     I read this book. This is a love story.
     Tom is a boy who wants to be an artist. He is very good at art, but other subjects are bad, so he can't go an art college. So, against his will, he starts to work in a library. Working there is boring for him, but one day, a beautiful girl come into the library and Tom falls in love. The girl is Rita and she wants to be a fashion model. They talk about their dream and make efforts. They can't succeed easily. One day, a man, Spooner, comes to Rita and brings a chance to be a model and it seems to be good. But Tom feel it is too good to believe, so Tom can't help her and they start to pass each other from this time. They become not to contact for a long time.
     During the time, Tom studies hard to enter to art college, and he doesn't want to listen anything about Rita because he can't forget her and she makes him sad, and Rita works very hard under Spooner to earn money to be a model. Then, Tom passes the entrance exam and he is invited the welcome party. But he does not want to join it because he cannot feel joy without her, and its date is his birthday, he wanted to be with her, but he can't, so he want to stay home. However his friend takes him to the welcome party by force and Tom sees Rita there! Tom's friend knew Tom and Rita still love each other and both of them are the new students of the college, and Rita knew Tom's coming, too, so they planned this meet to make them be together again. So this story's title is " Love by Design."

McGovern, Kieran. (2005). Love by Design. Macmillan Heinemann ELT.

2018年1月10日水曜日

Room 13 and Other Ghost Stories

     ' Please stop that terrible nois, ' the man said.
     ' Mr Jensen! ' 'We thought you were making the noise! ' (p.10)


     I read this book. This book has some stories about the room 13. This is horror. The nomber 13 is thought unlucky number, like we think number 4 is unlucky in Japan. So, in foreign country, they often choose not to make the room 13 or 13 floor. I had heard stories of this kind ever before. And I like to read stories like this, so I chose this book. This is a collection of short stories, so you will not take so long time to finish one story. But if you like horror stories, I reccomend you read this when you have enough time because this book has interesting stories and you must become to want to read more. By the way, when you finish reading all this, you may be frightened at night and you will not want to go bed. Something may be wating for you in the dark of night...



M. R. James. (2005). Room 13 and Other Ghost Stories. Macmillan Heinemann ELT.

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