My favorite movie

I will introduce my favorite movie. One of my favorite movies is Romeo and Juliet. It was romance movie. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Daines were in it. It was about a man who falls in love with a beautiful woman. They were in love with each other. However, they were not blessed with their family, because there is a difference of status between them. At the last, they committed suicide by themselves. It was a tragic love and a touching story. When I watched the movie for the first time, I was moved very much. If you have never watched this movie, I would love for you to watch it.

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Foreign countries

I have never been to foreign countries, but I want to go foreign countries. My friend went to Canada as a home stay program when we were junior high school students. She stayed in Canada for two weeks. She enjoyed the home stay. I heard her talks about her experiences in Canada when she came back to Kumamoto. So I thought that I want to go foreign countries someday. I want to go Australia, because I want to see koala. My cousin went to Australia before, and he showed me a lot of pictures of koala. They were very cute! So, I want to go Australia.

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BR 1-07: April in Moscow

I read “April in Moscow”. Stephen Rabley wrote it. I chose this book because of the book cover. The illustrations of this book are very cute. So I thought that I wanted to read it. I am going to introduce this story roughly.

The main character of this story is April Fox who is a dancer. She works for the British Dance Company. Her boss is Maria Grant. One day, she says “Can I have a word with you all, please?” also she says “The Russians want us to dance there next month.” Six weeks later, April says goodbye to her parents at an airport in London. In Moscow, the dancers work very hard. Their dance for the festival is new and difficult. The day after, in a street near the museum there is a small market. Two boys work there, and they can speak English. They are Nikolai and Sasha. Sasha speaks English very well. Nikolai only speaks a little. Next morning, they all drive to a lake near Moscow. Everyone is laughing and talking. There is a boat beside the lake. April and Nikolai go out in it. “It is very beautiful here.” She says. Nikolai says “Beautiful. And you are… beautiful…too. I think I…” Just then, “Come on. It’s time to go!” Laura shouts. Back in Moscow there is a lot to do. Then, the British Dance Company’s big night arrives. The festival succeeds. Twenty-four hours later, all the British dancers are at Moscow airport. Then someone says April’s name. She turns. It is Nikolai! He gives her a parcel and walks away. On the plane, she opens the parcel. There is a letter from Nikolai.

I like these romance stories very much. I want April and Nikolai to become happy. I was moved when I finished reading this story.

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My personal language learning history.

I am going to introduce my personal language learning history. My mother tongue is Japanese, but I have learned English since I was a junior high school student. Also, I have learned German since I entered KGU. I am in the Department of Britain and America at KGU. I learn English to communicate with other people, and to employment.

My mother tongue is Japanese. I started to utter words before I became one year old. I was taught a lot of words from my parents, grand parents, relatives and so on. Also, my mother read picture books for me every night. So, I could learn words. By the way, I have learned English since I was a junior high school student. I like English very much since then. So, I learned English harder than the other subjects. I went to cram school. The cram school’s teacher went to University in America. I often heard about her experiences in America. In the cram school, I learned listening, grammar, writing, and reading. When I was in the first year of university, I learned German. It was very difficult for me. So, I was not good at German.

I think that listening, writing, reading and speaking are all important to progress with my English, but it is the most important thing for me to memorize English words. The way to learn English words is by repetition. I usually use power words to memorize English words. If I knew the meaning of words, I can understand rough content of a passage. So, I think learning English words is the most important thing to progress with my English.

I am in the Department of Britain and America at KGU. I learn English to employment. I want to be a grand staff. So, I have to learn English. When I was in the second year of high school, I got an examination of English’s second grade. Also, I took a TOEIC course during summer vacation last year, and I took a TOEIC test. I want to get high score of TOEIC test, so I have to study English much harder than now. Also, I learn English to communicate with other people. If I could speak English, I can talk with a lot of people include foreign people.

I want to progress with my English. So, I have to learn English much harder. I am going to learn English with the aim of getting TOEIC score over 700 this year. Also, it is important to learn Japanese. I want to become a person who can speak good Japanese. So, I have to learn both English and Japanese. I am going to continue learning both Japanese and English.

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Father's day

Today is father’s day. I bought a shirt for my father. When I gave him the shirt, he looked glad about it. In the afternoon, I had a part-time job. There were a lot of customers because of father’s day. Cakes and gifts for father’s day were almost sold out. However, a happening happened! Showcase for cakes was broken. The showcase did not get cold. So, I called maker, and they repaired the showcase. Today’s sales were two times larger than usual eventually. I was very tired. However, I have a good thing today. I took my birthday the other day. So, I received a lot of cakes from the company that I work in. I was happy, because I like sweets very much.

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