How I study English(Week 5)

I began to study English when I was an elementary school student. I study English harder and harder. I had been to Washington Institute of Language for 14 years. Teachers taught me English kindly. I am studying English at KGU now. I also have the Eiken grade 2. I am studying the Eiken associate first grade now. I want to go to Canada to see my uncle and aunt, and I also want to test my English ability. My relative lives in Canada, so I sometimes correspond with them in English. I want to talk in English in a house.

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Essay 3: Tell me about something you love!

Today, I will introduce something that I love. I have many kinds of things that I love.

              First, I love my niece. I have some pictures to show you on my iPhone6s. Look at these pictures. This is my niece, and her name is Yumi. She is really cute and charming, isn’t it? She always shows us smiles, so her smile makes us happy. She was born in April 26th of last year. So Yumi is 1 year old now. She is my older brother’s daughter. I sometimes take care of my niece with my parents, and take a walk with my older brother and his wife. I look forward to her growth.

              Next, I love my stuffed toy. I like my stuffed toy very much. Look at this picture. It is really cute, isn’t it? The name of this stuffed toy is StellaLou. This is a rabbit, and she is a girl. She wants to become a dancer. I bought this stuffed toy last week because many people bought it. I went to Tokyo Disney Sea with my parents. This is a new character of Tokyo Disney Sea. I like it very much.

             

Finally, I love my best friend. Her name is Narumi, and she works at the Drugstore Mori now. We are still good friends even now. Narumi is a little shy, but she is always kind to me. She went to Kyushu Gakuin high school, and she belonged to the chorus club. Her sings the alto part, so I sometimes helped her. I practiced with her after school, too. Narumi and I went to Huis Ten Bosch this spring vacation. She also likes Fukuyama Masaharu and Exile, and so do I. I bought some souvenirs for her, my parents, older brother and his wife, and my niece. They liked very much.

              I love these things. 

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My first classes(Week 1)

My first classes are today. This is writing class. I haven't got a credit this writing class yet. So I have to get all credits including writing class. I also have reading class today, too. I don't have enough time to go to school because I have to look for a job. I am currently job hunting. Also, I have to write curricula vitae. I'm very busy now. I repeated a year, so I cannot graduate from KGU this year. I was very shocked. My parents got angry at me.

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My Golden Week plan(Week 4)

My Golden Week plan is to go to Tokyo. This is my first time to go to Tokyo, so I am looking forward to it. One of my cousins gets married on May 7th. I wore long-sleeved kimono two years ago, but I wear a party dress this time.  I will go to Tokyo Disney Resort with my parents and my aunts because I have never been there. Which attractions do you like the best, and why? Please tell me more. I also go to Roppongi, Asakusa, Shibuya, Ginza, and Shinjuku. I can't wait for my Golden Week.

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My hobbies(Week 3)

My hobbies are taking pictures, eating, driving, listening to music, and the others. Particularly, I like to go for a lunch by myself. I sometimes go to Starbucks, Baskin-Robbins, McDonald’s, Mister Donut, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Freshness burger. I went to Ippudo for the first time. It is a ramen shop, and it is very delicious. If you have a free time, please go there. I hope you like it.  But I have to go on a diet because I can't wear a party dress. So I try to not overeat.

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Music I like(Week 2)

I like listening to music, but I rarely listen to K-pop, classical music, and Western music. So I'm not interested in K-pop. My favorite Japanese artists are SCANDAL, SILENT SIREN, Flower, miwa, Breakerz, B’z, GLAY, Mr. Children, NEWS, Arashi, and Wagakki band. Do you know Wagakki band? You don’t know, right? There are 8 members, and they play the electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, Tsugaru-jamisen, Koto, Japanese drum, and shakuhachi. They are very famous all over the world, so I love them. Please listen to the song. I hope you like it. This is really really nice!!!!!!!!!

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Essay 2: My self introduction in 2037

I want to introduce myself. It is 2037, and I am 43 years old. I live in Canada with my husband and my children. My husband’s name is Akira. He is 46 years old, and he is 3 years older than me. He is very kind to us because he sometimes buys many kinds of toys, CDs, clothes, video games, shoes, and others things. He is Japanese, but he can speak English, Chinese, Korean, and Italian. He had lived in China, America, and Korea. He is very good at cooking, too. His job is a doctor, so he always helps many patients. He is always busy. He doesn’t smoke, but he loves alcohol. His parents live in Hokkaido.

I have a daughter and two sons. Their names are Aina, Satoshi, and Ritsuki. Aina is 9 years old, and she is very good at playing basketball. She has been practicing basketball since she was five years old. Ritsuki is 7 years old, and likes to listen to music. His favorite Japanese artists are B’z and Mr. Children.

I also have a niece. My niece’s name is Yumi, She is 21 years old, and she is a college student. She goes to Kumamoto University by motorcycle. Yumi likes studying very much. She is good at mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and earth science, but she is not good at Japanese history and old Japanese classical literature. She wants to be a doctor in the future. She also likes to cook.

Satoshi is 12 years old. He belongs to the baseball club. His dream is to be a professional baseball player. He always plays baseball with his friends after school. His position is catcher. Satoshi also likes to listen to music. His favorite British artist is the Beatles. He loves Paul McCartney. He is interested in the bass guitar. He is a left-handed person, so he wants to buy a bass guitar that is left-handed. Aina and Satoshi always help me, and they sometimes take care of Ritsuki. He will be a junior high school student next year, so he is studying English, Japanese, mathematics, science, and social studies with his friends.  

Finally, I am enjoying my life with my children. Thank you for reading my self introduction in 2037.

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Essay 1: Homestay letter

Hello! Let me introduce myself. My name is Rina Takamoto, and I am a girl. Please call me Rina. I am 22 years old, so I have been living in Kumamoto city for 22 years. By the way, do you know where Kumamoto prefecture is? Kumamoto is a prefecture in the center of the Kyushu region. Kumamoto prefecture is very beautiful place to visit. Also, Kumamoto Castle and Suizenji Park are very famous for sightseeing. Many tourists visit these places. When you visit Kumamoto in the spring, you can see many cherry blossoms at Kumamoto Castle. However, in 2016, Kumamoto prefecture suffered several natural disasters including strong earthquakes and heavy rain. I didn't think that an earthquake was generated in Kumamoto. We were very shocked.

Next, I will introduce about my family. There are six people in my family. My father is a police officer, and he works every day at Aso police station. He always smokes, so he does not give up smoking. I wish he could stop smoking. He is very strict, but I like him very much. My mother works at a community center near the elementary school where I went to. She is very good at cooking and sewing. I like miso soup, nikujaga, curry and rice, and cream stew which my mother cooks. I have an older brother. He is a radiologist. He works at Kumamoto Saiseikai hospital. He is very kind to me. He likes driving and traveling. My older sister-in-law is a nurse. She is very kind to us, too. She gave birth to a baby last April. I have some pictures to show you. This is my niece. Her name is Yumi. Yumi is 1 year old, and she is very charming. I have become an aunt. She makes us happy.

Thank you very much for inviting me. I have really wanted to go to many places for a long time, so I am very exciting and nervous. I really want to go to Victoria, Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary. I have some questions to ask you. How many people are there in your family? How many children are there in your family? Do you have any pets? What kind of pets? What is your favorite place?

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My niece

Today, I want to introduce my niece. I have a niece. She is my older brother's daughter. She was born in a hospital in Hitoyoshi on April 26th of this year. Her name is Yumi. She is five months after birth now. She cries, moves, and sleeps a lot. My mother and I do take care of my niece. I have some photographs to show you in my iPhone6s. She is really cute. I think that she is cuter than any other babies.

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high school memory

My favorite high school memory is going to Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara. I went there for a school excursion. Also, I went there for the first time. I had wanted to go to Kansai for a long time, so I had enjoyed it. I went to Universal Studio Japan, Todaiji, Kiyomizu-dera, Ninnaji, Byodo-in Hoo-do, and any other famous places. However, influenza was just prevalent then. So several students have been infected with influenza. I bought some souvenirs for my parents, friends, and teachers. I really want to go to Kansai.But I will go to Tokyo next year because my cousin will get married next year. So I am looking forward to it.

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dish

My favorite dish is hamburger, fried chicken, chicken steak, French fries, spaghetti, cream stew, beef stew, curry and rice, Chinese noodles, miso soup, nikujaga, oden, pumpkin salad, beef steak, pork cutlet, potato chips, potato salad, chawanmushi, fish, takoyaki, okonomiyaki, sushi, sashimi, tempura, vegetables, fruit, meat, and the others. I don't like avocados, grated daikon, celeries, turban shell, and so on. Why? I hate them. Avocados are not so tasty and delicious. Many women love avocados. So I can’t understand her their feeling well. I tried to eat avocados, but I could not eat them. I also don’t like sea urchins.  I wish I could eat sea urchins.

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My favorite teacher

My favorite teacher was a teacher of English, a modern sentence, mathematics, and the music. They were nice to me very much. Also, they were worried about me very much. I loved them very much. My math teacher always supported me. His name was Mr. Yusuke Hiyoshi. However, he passed away suddenly four days ago. I was very shocked, and cried a lot at home. I also couldn't go to his vigil. I still can't believe that. He was very gentlemanly and was a considerate person.  I also liked my modern sentence's teacher. My modern sentence's teacher became kind and heard my story.

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dessert

My favorite dessert is bavarois and custard pudding, cheesecake, Panna cotta, chocolate cake, mango ice cream, roll cake, fruit parfait, shortcake, apricot kernel tofu, chocolate ice cream, an apple pie, sweet potato ice cream, vanilla ice cream, strawberry ice cream, green tea ice cream, coffee jelly, tiramisu, waffle, chocolate tip cookies, cream puff, mille-feuille, anmitsu, Sachertorte, crepe, fruit tart, and a pancake. These are my favorites. However, I don’t like chestnuts very much. Therefore, like neither Mont Blanc nor Kurikinton very much. I also don’t like zundamoch and avocados. My mother loves avocados. I do not know what of the avocado is delicious at all.


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vacation memory

My favorite vacation memory is to have gone to Huis Ten Bosch. Have you ever been to Huis Ten Bosch? Huis Ten Bosch is in Nagasaki prefecture. Typhoon 16 seemed to come on that day, but it was fine somehow. I have been there many times. There are a lot of souvenir’s shops and restaurants. I went to Huis Ten Bosch with my parents this summer vacation. Then, I took some pictures in Huis Ten Bosch. We stayed at Hotel Europe, too. I watched the performance of the Huis Ten Bosch opera company for the first time. It was very beautiful and fantastic. I bought many kinds of souvenirs for my niece, my older brother, my cousins, and my friends. Unfortunately, we were not able to get on the Ferris wheel. But we enjoyed it. I had a very good time.

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My favorite seasons

My favorite season is autumn and spring. Why? The first reason is because it is not so hot in autumn and it is easy to spend it very much in spring. When it is autumn, we can watch colored leaves. I was born in November, so it is the season when I was born in autumn. I don't like summer and winter. In summer, it is too hot, and it is too cold in winter. I hate these seasons. And I got sunburned immediately. In winter, I am easy to suffer from a chap immediately. I thought that I didn’t need to be born in summer or winter.

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Students volunteer

From May 6th to 8th, I participated in the student volunteer at the university. There were still several victims there. I didn't know what to do first, so I asked some teachers and students. I cleaned the plural classrooms and library and went to throw away garbage all day. It was a little hot and humid. One day, Chikushi Jogakuen University's student came to be responsible for our university. We ate lunch that they cooked together. We talked about each other's universities and damage situation a lot. I got very tired but I made new friends. I had a very good time.

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Essay 4: My self introduction in 2036

I want to introduce myself. It is 2036, and I am 42 years old. I live in Canada with my husband and my children. My husband’s name is Akira. He is 44 years old, and he is 3 years older than me. He is very kind to us because he sometimes buys many kinds of toys, CDs, and the others. He is a Japanese person, but he can speak English, French, German, Chinese, Spanish, and Italian. He had lived in Spain, France, Germany, China, America, and Italy. He is very good at cooking, too. His job is a pilot, so he sometimes travels around the world. He doesn’t smoke, but he loves alcohol. His parents live in Kyoto.

I have two daughters and a son. Their names are Yui, Tomomi, and Satoshi. Yui is 7 years old, and she is very good at playing volleyball. She has been practicing volleyball since she was three years old. Yui also likes to play the piano. Her dream is to become a professional volleyball player. Her favorite volleyball player is Saori Kimura, Erika Araki, and Haruka Miyashita.

I also have a niece and a nephew. My niece’s name is Yumi, and my nephew’s name is Ritsuki. She is 19 years old, and she is a college student. She goes to Kumamoto University by motorcycle. Yumi likes studying English very much. But she is not good at Japanese history and old Japanese classical literature. She wants to be a cabin attendant in the future. She also likes to cook. My nephew is 16 years old. He is a high school student. He goes to Marist high school by bike. Ritsuki likes to play the guitar. He likes studying math, physics, biology, chemistry, and earth science. He wants to be a super doctor.

Tomomi is 4 years old, and she is a girl who is very much a spoilt crybaby. However, she is very affable. She is interested in electric guitar. Her favorite guitarist is Takahiro Matsumoto. The food she hates is fish, but she loves vegetables, meat, and fruits.

Satoshi is 11 years old. His dream is to become a baseball player. He always plays baseball with his friends after school. He is a member of baseball club. His position is catcher.Satoshi likes to listen to music. His favorite British artist is the Beatles. He loves Paul McCartney. He is interested in the bass guitar. He is a left-handed person, so he wants to buy a bass guitar that is left-handed. Yui and Satoshi always help me, and they sometimes take care of Tomomi.

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Earthquake in Kumamoto

After a main shock, I stayed at a grandmother's house with my family. My grandfather passed away in November last year, so she is alone now. In Ueki city, water, electricity, and the gas are usable there, too.  We couldn't take a bath because of the earthquake.  When we went to her house, we felt relieved very much. My father went for work from Ueki to Aso police station. It took 2 hours to arrive there. My mother got up early to make his lunchbox. They got up from 4:30 to 5 o'clock. My mother and I helped her. We cleaned her house, cooked meal, and went shopping. I made 100 rice balls with my mother, my cousin, and my aunt.

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My new family

On April 26th, my older sister-in-law gave birth to a baby in a hospital in Hitoyoshi. She named the baby “Yumi”, and she is a girl. I jumped out of bed hastily. She was going to give birth to a baby in Fukuda hospital in Kumamoto city, but we were very glad that a baby was born safely. On April 30th, I went to the hospital in Hitoyoshi to watch a baby with my older brother and my parents. When we arrived at the hospital, Yumi was sleeping on the bed. She was very cute, and her cheeks were very soft. I held a baby in my arm for the first time.  I thought that my parents held me in their arms when I was born. I have become an aunt. I am looking forward to my niece growing up.


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Food

I have a lot of favorite food. I like Japanese food. Also, I like Korean food, Chinese food, Italian food, French food, and Spanish food, too. I like sushi, sashimi, tempura, udon, ramen, beef steak, chicken steak, pork cutlet, rice bowl topped with seafood, miso soup, omelet, fried rice, chocolate cake, cheese cake, hamburger, somen, cold noodle, curry and rice, tortilla, French fries, chicken nuggets, hashed rice, beef stew, cream stew, waffle, tacos, lasagna, spaghetti, pizza, pancakes, scrambled eggs, okonomiyaki, takoyaki, yakiniku, sukiyaki, macaroni au gratin, chicken doria, meat and potato stew, sandwiches, fried chicken, potato salad, pumpkin salad, gyoza, minestrone, quiche, and the others.

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