My favorite movie star

My favorite movie star is Jim Carrey. He is a Hollywood star and 49 years old now. When I watched Bruce Almighty, I became his fan. It was very interesting film, I've wathed it at least four times. His masterpieces are The Mask, Liar Liar, The Truman Show, The Majestic, Yes Man and so on. He is always cheerful and friendly on films. He was a comedian in the old days. His performance makes me cheerful and happy, so I watched his films when I became dispirited. His new film is Mr. Popper's Penguins, but it hasn't put on view to the general public in Japan yet, so I'm looking forward to watching it at a movie theater. I don't konw about the new film's story, so I hope that it will be an interesting and exciting film. ( 144 words )

My favorite drink

My favorite drink is Mountain Dew. It is soft carbonated drink. I always drunk it during my stay in Minnesota last year. Mountain Dew is not so popular in Japan, so many supermarkets don't have it, but I can buy it by a vending machine. I drink it once a week. I go to costco twice a year, but there is no Mountain Dew. I was shocked by this fact. So, I buy a Doctor Peppar instead of Mountain Dew at there. Watching movies with drinking Mountain Dew and eating snacks, I think this time is supreme bliss. If you don't like a carbonated drink like Coca-Cola, I'll recommend Mountain Dew to you. You can easily drink it, because it is soft carbonated drink.
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Toy Story

It was first time to watch Toy Story in English. I was an elementary school child when I watched it for the first time. It is a full CG animation film.

-Summary-
Most of children play with toys, these toys have lives and wills. Andy has many toys and his favorite toy is Woody. Woody is a toy cowboy. He is happy to be Andy’s favorite toy. But Andy got a new toy on his birthday. The new toy is very popular for children, so he was happy to get it. Woody was shocked by Andy’s new toy, because Woody became Andy’s second favorite toy. The new toy’s name is Buzz Lightyear. He is a space ranger, he doesn't think he is a toy. He has many functions, so he is popular for children and toys. Woody envy him, because Andy always plays with him.

One day Buzz fell out of a window in Andy’s room to the outside by an accident caused by Woody. Many toys got angry with Woody, then Andy took Woody to the pizza shop. Buzz got angry with Woody, too, so he got into the car. At the pizza shop, there re a lot of playthings, there is a crane game in there which is shaped like a spaceship, so Buzz mistook it for a real spaceship. He entered the crane game, Woody went into the crane game to stop him. Then, one boy tried to play this crane game, and he got Buzz and Woody. He took them to his house. His name is Sid, he is very bad boy, because he always enjoys breaking and destroying toys. Many toys detest him, so Buzz and Woody tried to treat him to a terrible experience with his toys.

I haven’t thought that toys have lives, so this film made a deep impression on me. I’ve watched it at least three times, and my favorite actor is Tom Hanks, he is an actor specializing in dubbing this film. It is very interesting film, and I watched Toy Story 3 last year. It was good, too. I recommend you watch it.
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Super Size Me

I watched " Super Size Me " on a class last week. It was d documentary film.
-Summary-
The rate of corpulence in America has been increasing since the fast food industry appeared. In Mississippi, one of the four persons is overweight now. One day, two overweight girls sued MacDonald for damages, they said " the source of the corpulence is McDonald's ". But a court rejected their suit, because a court thought there is no causal relationship between the source of the corpulence and McDonald. So, this film's director is Morgan Spurlock, he tried to prove the causal relationship between the source of the corpulence and McDonald's by himself.
There are some rules in this project, he must eat three meals a day, he can eat only McDonald's foods for a month, he must order super size when clerks recommend super size to him.

Many doctors said repeatedly that you should stop this project, but he continued to eat McDonald's foods. He carried out this project, but he gained about 11 kilograms and he had liver trouble.

I don't eat fast food so much. But this film changed my thinking about fast food. I understood fast food isn't a health food. I'll want to careful not to eat fast food so much from now on. ( 220 words )

Canoeing

This is my precious memory in Minnesota last year. I'll introduce about it.
We went to the St. Croix River to go through canoe with some host families. I have ridden a canoe in Japan when I was an elementary schoolchild, so I was looking forward to riding a canoe. I rode a canoe with my friend and his host father.
We had to wear to life jacket while we were riding a canoe and swimming in the river. I couldn't row a canoe well at first, but I was used to rowing a canoe as time went by. The river's stream was very calm and we could see beautiful view of forest.
We landed at sandy soil on the way, and we swam in the river. Life jacket was an obstacle to swim. We jumped off the criff into the river. It was very interesting. We could enjoy swimming.
After swimming in the river, we ate lunch at sandy soil. My host mother made me two sandwiches. Its were very delicious. After lunch, a canoe trip resumed. Yuki rowed a canoe, and I took a rest. I rented a water gun from classmate. I shot some classmates, and they counterd to us. I had a fun.
It was very long canoe trip, so I was little tired. I brought a fishing rod, but I couldn't fish any fish. After canoe trip, we went to Roseville Central Park. We had to do skit from 6 p.m, but we reached at the park at 4 p.m, so I played card game ( Daifugo ) with Yuki, his host father and classmate. His host father's name is John, he was very good at speaking Japanese and he likes Japanese comic books and animations. He is interested in Japanese culture and custom. He studies Japanese by reading comic books and watching animations. I was surprised to hear his stories, I recommended him to read ONE PIECE and NARUTO, and I explained him these are my favorite comics.
After dinner, our group did skit first, but I said only " Here is your important paper ". Our group story was... A queen demand important paper, so her followers bring some important papers, newspaper, notebook and money. But these aren't important paper what queen demand. Finally, she gets her important paper. This is a toilet paper. She want to go to a rest room.
It was very interesting and excitinga experience. I want to go back to Minnesota in the future. ( 420 words )

Minnesota History Center

This is my experience in Minnesota last year.
I went to Minnesota History Center, before watching some exhibits, I took lesson. It was about history of immigrants. About 300 years ago, immigrants from all over the world to America by ship. This ship was very crowded with immigrants. There are some reasons why most of immigrants wanted to come to America. First of all, there is no foods in their countries. Second, a civil war. They escaped from a civil war. Finally, they want job and freedom. They had few luggages and little money. I thought it was very difficult for them to live in America.
After taking the lesson, I watched some exhibits. I could take pictures at there. In Japan, Japanese history museums usually forbits visitors to take a picture of an exhibit. I was happy to see pictures of ice hockey, because I belong to ice hockey club now. These pictures were about American ice hockey team became the champion of the 1980 Winter Olympics. America defeated Soviet Union for the first time. By the way, I have watched "Miracle", it is a movie, it describes ice hockey games of the 1980 Winter Olympics. It was very interesting and exciting. And I watched some pictures of World War Ⅱ. There were some pictures of holocaust at there, After watching thesse, I fell into an unpleasant mood. There was a Japanese sword at there, I was surprised to watch that.
This experience was very good for me. I had a good time. ( 253 words )

BR2: LONDON

I read LONDON, it is written by John Escott. I didn't know about London much. After reading this book, I got new informations about London. I want to go there in the future.
-Sammary-
About nine million people visit London from all over the world every year. There is a lot of old buildings. Originally, London came from the Romans. In AD 43, the Romans made a town near by the River Thames. The town's name was Londinium. There are some means of traffic, an underground train, buses, London taxis and so on. Most of buses are red, these buses are very famous vehicles in London.
There is a lot of historic spots in London, Buckingham Palace, The Tower of London, Tower Bridge, St Paul's Cathedral and so on. Many tourist from all over the world come to London to see them. To my surprise, people don't have to pay an admission ticket to enter a museum, the National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery. There is very famous parade for the Queen on Saturday in June every year. It is Trooping the Colour. Covent Garden was a big food market, but it has a lot of small shops and cafes now, and many street performers show their special tricks for spectators.

I want to see Big Ben, and I want to ride a red bus in London when I become a working member of society. But there is a difference of pronunciation between the United Kingdom and the United States, so I am worried about whether I can catch what a person says in London. ( 269 words )

BR1: New York

I read New York. It is written by John Escott.
-Sammary-
New York, this city is commonly know as The Big Apple. In 1920 to 1930, jazz musicians said there are a lot of apples on the tree in New York Cith, thisis the origin of The Big Apple. About twenty million people visit New York every year. New York Cith has five borouhs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Staten Island. By the way, I'll explain this beginning of New York City. Originally, there were Algonquin Indians in Manhattan. And after War of Independence( 1776-1782 ), George Washington became the first president of the United States of America. In 1790, many people began to come to America from all over the world, they were New Americans.
New York Cith has many means of traffic, subways, buses, taxis and ferries. First of all, many people go to work by the subway every day, but the subway is noisy and dirty. The subway is cheep and quich which is their aim. Second, buses run for twenty-four hours every day, but people have to wait a bus for a long time between midnight and 6 a.m. Third, most of taxis are yellow, it is very famous for all over the world. Finally, ferries run for twenty-four hours every thirty minutes.
New York City has a lot of sightseeing spots, China town, skyscrapers, The Statue of Liberty, The Empire State Building, Central Park and so on. This city is very noisy, so many people go to Central Park to get away from its. To my surprise, Central Park has Delacorte Theathre and zoo. Most of New Yorkers love parades. St Palrick's Day parade and Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade are especially famous parade for the people.

I wanted to visit New York City by reading this book. I think that New York is the most interesting and exciting city in America. I have never been there, so I want to go sightseeing in there for a graduation trip. ( 340 words )

Go sightseeing by motorcycle

This was my experience in Minnesota last year.
This was my first time visit to America. I have never been abroad, so I was looking forward to visiting Minnesota. My valuable experience in Minnesota was touring by motorcycle. After coming back from Mall of America to home, I went sightseeing by motorcycle with my host father(Mike). We went to several spot: a park, a lake, Wisconsin and so on. When I was the lake I thought this lake is like the ocean. Minnesota's lakes are huge. And we could see some eagles. I was happy to see them because I have never seen eagles in Japan. Eagles were very cool and I took pictures of them. After taking a rest we went to Lund. There were alot of cornfields at this village. I knew that corn is a principal food in America, but I was surprised to see huge cornfields.
To my surprised, most American rider's don't wear helmets. I thought they don't worry about accident. However, Mike always wears a helmet. I am relieved to hear that. We rode the motorcycle for four hours so I had sore hips. Mike, too. I was very happy to ride a motorcycle because I seldom ride a motorcycle in Japan. I shall never forgot this experience, I really enjoyed it. ( 223 words )

Difference of eating habit

There are some differences of eating habits between Japan and America. First of all, there is a large amout in American foods, but Japanese foods have a small amount. I was surprised at American food's amount on TV, I thought that I can not eat all American food. Second, American foods are very sweet, but Japanese foods are not sweet. Fast food is very famous for American foods, fast food has a lot of sugar content, so fast food is high in calories. Third, American foods, hamburger, hotdog and steak, for example. On the other hand, Japanese foods have a lot of vegetables, miso soup, okayu, sukiyaki and oden, for example. Japanese foods are low in calories, so Japanese food are very suitable for diet. Finally, Japanese food's balance is very good for the health, but American food's balance is bad. Recently, Japanese foods are watched by all the world with interest, because Japanese foods are low in calories and very delicious. Rice is the center of Japanese foods, sushi is famous for Japanese food. The number of sushi's store is rising steadily. In this way, there are some differences of eating habits between America and Japan. ( 212 words )

My favorite animal

My favorite animal is a dog. My parents have 4 Toy Poodles and 1 Yorkshire Terrier. They are very cute and smart. I like them very much, but I live in Kumamoto with my brother, so I can't see them much. I want to see them, and I want to take them out for a walk. They are very small dogs, so I want to have a big dog in the future, for example, Golden Retriver, German shepherd and so on. By the way, I also like a cat. I like to touch their hands, because its are soft to the touch. My parents also have 2 cats. Unfortunately, I have an allergy to cats. Sometimes I watch pictures of my pets, and its make mehappy. I want to return to my family to see them. ( 137 words )

My favorite TV

My favorite TV is Ryomaden. This is NHK Taiga drama. This drama is about Ryoma Sakamoto. He is a great person who made Japanese history. He accomplished a great feat like the Restoration of Imperial Rule. This act changed the course of Japanese history. Government by the shogunate ended by it. I think this drama is very good for students to study Japanese history, because I didn't know about him much, so I learned him by this drama. This drama's famous cast is Masaharu Fukuyama and Teruyuki Kagawa. I like them. By the way, this drama ended last year. I recommend you to watch this drama. It will be useful for you. ( 114 words )

Natsume Yujintyo

I'll introduce about Natsume Yujintyo. It is popular comic for girls. It is written by Yuki Hidorikawa and it was published serially in the magazene in 2003. This comic which is now appearing serially in the magazine for girls. Its name is LaLa. In 2008, made this comic into a cartoon. And this cartoon is appearing on televison now.
Sammary
The hero of this comic is Takashi Natsume. He has an inspiration, so he can see ayakashi. In passing I might mention that ayakashi likes a ghost. One day, he found a written contract with ayakashi. It was left to him by his grandmother. There was a lot of ayakashi's names in the written contract. By the way, these names which his grandmother got its from ayakashi. She also had an inspiration. That was how it all started. Many ayakashi started chasing him for his written contract with ayakashi. And he met Madara. He is ayakashi, too. His popular name is Mr. Nyanko. He became Takashi's bodyguard by a passing whim. Takashi made up his mind to start to return names to many ayakashi.

One of my friends recommended this comic and cartoon to me when I was a high school student. It was very interesting and moving comic, so I recommend you to read it. Please watch this cartoon, too. ( 224 words )

My favorite place I've been

My favorite place I've been is Minnesota. I took part in a homestay program in Minneosota last year. I have never been any foreign countries, so it was an entirely new experience for me. I did many valuable experiences horseback riding, canoing, shopping at Mall of America, firing with live ammunition and so on. I am attracted by real guns for long time, so I was very happy to shoot a gun. By the way, I did't shoot a gun at a firing range. To my surprise, I shot a gun in the forest. This fact surprised me. I was very surprised by many things-a huge supermarket, huge snacks and meals, the report of a gun, for example. I stayed in Minnesota for a month, I thought time flies when the homestay program ended. I shall never forget this experience. ( 143 words )