2011年11月29日火曜日

Ice hockey in Fukuoka

I took part in the ice hockey meet in Fukuoka two weeks ago. Our team had one win and four losses. My average rate of saves was ninety percent, so I think our team lacks of ability of score, that is the cause of our defeat. Our team demoted from second part to third part of this ice hockey meet. I was very shocked by this fact.
I thought that our team have to practice shooting.
( 76 words )

2011年11月22日火曜日

My favorite high school memory

My favorite high school memory is a school excursion. It was a four-day trip. First day and Second day, we went to Tsukuba university and we attended a lecture. It was about a wheelchair. I thought this lecture was not interesting, because I was not interested in a science and engineering course. This campus tour was not good for me.
Third day, we went to Niigata prefecture to ski. It was my first experience to ski. I was looking forward to skiing. I was a beginner, so I couldn't ski well, but I thought skiing is very interesting.
Final day, we did skiing in the morning. We have to go back to home early in the afternoon. I thought this school excursion was nice, except the campus tour. Skiing was an attractive experience for me, so I shall never forgot this experience. I want to go to Niigata prefecture again, and I want to try to snowboard next time.
( 161 words )

BR6: Roman Adventure

- Summary -
Biff and Chip were doing a project on the Romans. Biff made a chariot and Chip drew a picture. The Romans had chariot races, and the races were dangerous. A chariot was heavy, so it needed four horses to pull it. Their parents played a joke. They dressed up as Romans. Biff and Chip went to Biff's room, and Chip painted the chariot. Suddenly, the magic key began to glow and took Biff and Chip on a new adventure.
The magic key took them back to Roman times. They met the Roman girl, she was Diana. And she introdeced her brother to them. He was Mark and he was a chariot driver. Mark looked at Biff's model chariot, and he showed them a real chariot. Biff and Chip were surprised by it. It was very big. Biff wanted to be a chariot driver.
By the way, everyone was hungry, so Diana introduced her father. He was a baker. Chip suggested to make pizzas. Chip taugh how to make pizzas to Diana's mother. Diana's mother started to cook pizzas. The pizzas tasted good. Diana's father decided to sell them, but there was nobody to buy the pizzas, because everyone went to the chariot races. Diana decided to sell them at the chariot races, but nobody bought the pizzas, so Mark decided to put a banner on his chariot. It was about the pizzas. Many people bought the pizzas. Then, some soldiers came to the place. They said " The Emperor wants to see you." The Emperor was angry about the banner. The Emperor ate pizzas. He said "they taste good."

After reading this book, I didn't know about the chariot races. I thought it was very nice and strong vehicle.
( 295 words )

BR5: Submarine Adventure

- Summary -
Wilf, Wilma, Biff and Chip gathered to celebrate Wilf's birthday. Wilf got a submarine as his birthday present. The submarine looked like a car, because it had windows and headlights. Suddenly, the magic key began to glow and took them to another place.
They arrived at a port, and they found a yellow submarine. It looked like Wilf's submarine. They wanted to look inside of the submarine. Then, a man got off the submarine. He was Professor Tangle. He permitted them in the submarine, because he mistook them for his new crews. Professor Tangle started the engines, the submarine went under the sea. They were amazed by the sight of under the sea. The submarine began to dive. Wilma was scared by this. The submarine went into the cave. There was a lot of diamods in there, but they couldn't get the diamonds.

After reading this book, I thought a submarine is an attractive vessel. I envied them, I want to ride a submarine and watch the sight of under the sea in the future.
( 179 words )

2011年11月21日月曜日

Kung Fu Panda

I watched Kung Fu Panda for the first time. It was a full CG animation film.
- Summary -
Po is a main character in this film, he is an overweight panda and a kung fu nerd. His specialty is to cook noodles. He has a longing to be like the Furious Five, Tigress, Monkkey, Mantis, Viper and Crane. One day, there was an event to choose the Dragon Warrior. Masteer Shifu and Furious Five were very surprised by this and Po was, too. They couldn't believe that Po is a real Dragon Warrior. Po began to train kung fu.
At first, he didn't have any sense of kung fu. Master Shifu was disappointed that Po's his overweight proportions and that he couldn't do kung fu at all. He did not want to hand Po the Dragon Scroll which held the secret of limitless power.
One day, Tai Lung, a brutal kung fu master, was in a prison,but he escaped from the prison and came to get the Dragon Scroll to be the Dragon Warrior. The news of it surprised Po, Master Shifu and Furious Five. At last Master Shifu decided to teach kung fu to Po by himself. To his surprise, foods brought out Po's latent abilities, because Po is a glutton. Master Shifu began to teach kung fu to Po with food. Furious Five was defeated by Tai Lung during Po's trainning. Can Po really protect Dragon Scroll from Tai Lung?

It was an action comedy film. I was not interested in this film, because I thought that a panda doing kung fu in not funny, but my thinking of this film was wrong. It was interesting. And there were a lot of action scenes in this film. This film made me laugh. I want to watch Kung Fu Panda 2 in the near future.
( 312 words)

BR4: Seasons and Celebrations

I read Seasons and Celebrations. I learned about the beginnings of many celebrations. I'll explain some celebrations.
At first, The New Year. New Year's event is on 31 December. In New York and London, many people go to a big square and they count the last ten seconds before the New Year begins. New Year's Day is a holiday for most people. And many shops don't open.
Second, Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day started about two thousand years ago as a winter festival. A lot of people give chocolate as present.
Third, Easter. Easter is the most important festival for many Chrisitans. It is more important than Christmas. Christians believe that Jesus Christ returned to life on that day. Many people give chocolate Easter eggs as presents on Easter Sunday.
Fourth, The Fourth of July. This day is an Independence Day for the United States. Americans celebrate this day every year. There are parades through the streets in many towns. American flag has fifty white stars and thirteen stripes. The fifty stars mean the fifty states in the United States and the thirteen stripes mean the first thirteen states.
Fifth, Hallowe'en. People believed that bad spirits like ghosts hundreds of years ago. They wanted the bad spirits to go away, so they made fires with big fruits or vegetables to make jack o'lanterns.
Sixth, Christmas. Jesus Christ was born at Christmas. Many Chritians remember that. Christmas is a very important day for Christian, but it is also important for not Christian people. Many people buy and give presents and doing parties with family.
After reading this book. I got many new informations about festivals and celebrations. I didn't know about Easter and Hallowe'en much. Many celebrations are related to religions. Today, most of people do not know about the beginnings of celebrations, people just enjoy these festivals and celebrations.
( 318 words )

BR3: Pollution

- Summary -
There is a lot of causes of pollution in this world. First of all, coal. Every winter many old people and children died from breating problems. Many trees died from the soot form the smoke of factories. New Clean Air laws in Britain said people cannot burn wood in the 1950s. These laws made the air clean. People can breathe safety.
Second, oil. We send out about 450,000 tonnes of lead into the air every year. Half of this lead comes from the waste gases of traffic. People can buy an unleaded petrol car more cheaply than leaded petrol car in many developed comtries.
Third, acid rain. Acid rain is a big problem in many countries. Factories and power stations produce the gases when they burned coal or oil. The gases goes high into the sky by the wind. They come together with water or snow in the air to the ground as acid rain. Many millions of trees have died in Canada and Europe, because of acid rain. Many rivers and lakes have been polluted by acid rain and acid snow from power stations or factories, so fish and other animals cannot live in polluted water. Sweden is a clean country, but most of Swedish lakes are polluted because of acid rain. Acid rain is bad for buildings, too. Acid rain did great damage to many famous and historic buildings. It is a great problem for all over the world. We can clean the smoke from factories, but these activeies's cost is very expensive.
Fourth, water and chemicals. Polluted water kills more than 25 million people every year. Every day, a lot of wastes from houses, farms and factories get into rivers. The waste takes oxygen out of the water, so every animals can't live in the water. Farmers often use chemicals on fruit and vegetables, but some of these chemicals are very poisonous for our bodies. In the past, famers used DDT to kill insects, but DDT is a poison, so many countries forbade using DDT, but every year, chemicals like DDT kill 40,000 people and make a lot of people ill.
Finally, radioactivity. Nuclear power does not use much fuel and prodece smoke and poisonous gases, but nuclear power stations prodece a specila kind of waste. It is a radioactivity. A liitel radiation is OK, many doctors use it, but too much radiation is so dangerous.

After reading this book, I thought pollution is a big problem for all over the world. People must continue to recycle. I think recycling is one of the best way to reduce pollution. Pollution kills people and make people ill every year, so we have to clean the air from now on.
                 ( 456 words )

2011年11月2日水曜日

School of Rock

School of Rock is one of my favorite films. I've watched it at least four times. There is a lot of nice musics in this film. I'll introduce the story of School of Rock.

Dewey in not a popular rocker. He lives with Ned and Patty. Dewey owes them a lot of money, so he needs money. One day, his rock band members tell him that he is fired. He was at a loss. One day, Ned gets a phone call, but he didn't at the apartment, so Dewey answerd the phone. The phone cal was from Horace Green preparatory school. Ms. Mullins asked Ned to be a substitute teacher. Dewey pretended to be Ned and accepted the job.

Dewey began to give his true character. He didn't teach his students seriously, but he began to teach them rock music after watching their music class. They are very good at playing musical instruments. He was surprised by this fact. He was determined to participate in the Battle of the Bands with his students. He lied to his students. He said “ taking part in the Battle of the Bands is a school project. ” His new rock band members are Zack(guitar), Katie(bass guitar), Freddy(drum) and Lawrence(keyboard). And Dewey takes charge of main vocal and guitar. And this band's chorus is Marta, Alicia and Tomika. This band's name is School of Rock.

I've liked listening to American rock music since I was a child. There is a lot of famous music in this film, Edge of Seventeen(Stevie Nicks), Smoke on the Water and so on. I didn't know these songs before watching this film. It is a very interesting and exciting film. This film made me happy. I didn't know about Jack Black much, but I became a fan of him by watching this film. He was cheerful and good at singing. I want to watch it again. I'll buy the sound track CD of this movie.
( 339 words )