Wednesday, December 04, 2013

My hometown


Good evening, everyone!
I'm Nana Chiba.

My hometown is Tono City in Iwate prefecture.
Tono city is in almost the middle of Iwate Prefecture and at the foot of Mount Hayachine.

Tono city is famous for "tono-monogatari".
"Tono-monogatari" is a falk tale which has been handed down
from generation to generation in the city.
Kunio Yanagida , a folklore scholar in Japan, published a book
named "tono-monogatari" in1910.


岩手県遠野市カッパ淵 - 写真 - MAPPLE 観光ガイド



This is a picture of "kappa-buchi".
It is told that  "kappa" live in this stream.
"Kappa" is a river goblin in English.
It  is one of the symbols in the city and  appeares in " tono-monogatari".

In addition, there are beautiful natural scenely, various folk arts
and delicious regional cuisines in the city.

Tono city is a very attractive city and I'm proud of it.
If you are interested in my hometown, please ask me about it and visit in the city someday.

Thank you for reading!


Nana Chiba








Tuesday, December 03, 2013

My hometown

My hometown is Anshan City of Liaoning Province of China. It is located at the northeast of China. The latitude of Anshan City is almost the same of Hirosaki City. But Anshan is in the inland area so its rainfall is far more smaller than Hirosaki’s. Anshan’s population is 3,65million. And the area of Anshan is almost 4times of Tokyo.

Anshan is an industrial city. Anshan is bounded in iron resource. It is famous for its big iron producing company “Angang”, which is the second largest iron company in China. There are almost 100thousand stuffs in the company. In China everyone knows Anshan, just because of the famous Iron company.
Anshan is also a good place for tourist. Mount Qian is the most famous view spot. Mount  Qian means a thousand mountains. So there are many mountains in Mount Qian. And also many trees, rocks.


Anshan’s local special product is a kind of pear called Nanguoli(南果梨). It’s very soft and sweet, the taste is special. It is also a good present.

Anshan has a big figure of the Buddha,which is made of jade. It is the most big jade figure of Buddha in the world. It is treated as Anshan’s treasure and patron saint. Every year,many people go there for pray.

Sunday, December 01, 2013

Self Introduction

 Hi, everyone!
 My name is Williams Shoji.
 I'm a freshman in the college of education.
 I'm majoring in music.

 I love music very much.
 I play the piano and the French horn.
 I sometimes compose the music too.
 I have ever composed ballad, orchestra, and piano musics.
 I wish I could let you listen to them someday!

 I'm from Hokuto-shi next to Hakodate, Hokkaido.
 Not from USA!
 But my father is from Los Angeles, USA.
 I have ever been there about 10 times.

 My favorite food is Tonkatsu.
 Why don't you go to a Tonkatsu restaurant with me someday?

Anyway, let's enjoy this English class with me for 3 months!

Saturday, November 30, 2013

Self-introduction and About My Hometown
Self-introduction and About My Hometown

Hello, everyone! My name is Ryunosuke.
I don't know how many times I introduced myself in this class :) But I'm doing again.

I'm majoring the engineering. I like to make some works; illustrations, 3DCG models, motion graphics and so on. Recently, I started the programming with Processing. Processing has a great graphical feedback so I think it's one of the best languages to learn at first.

I'm from Aomori. I was in Aomori for 18 years and then I came to Hirosaki.
Aomori has a huge object, called Asupamu. Asupamu is characterized by its trianglar shape. It looks like a big onigiri for Japanese.

[ ONIGIRI (Not Asupamu) ]


In addition, Nebuta Festival is famous for its exciting music and graphical objects. Aomori city's Nebuta and Hirosaki city's Neputa are completely different. Natives are proud of each festival; natives of Aomori insist that Nebuta is the best, natives of Hirosaki insist Neputa is the best. So if you disrespect them in front of natives, you will be killed by them :D


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Ryunosuke
My Website

Friday, November 29, 2013

Hi! This is Yuuki Baba!!

Hi!
This is Yuuki Baba.

I'm a member of HIRODAI ENBUJIN. It is YOSAKOI dancing circle. I dance YOSAKOI.
I belong to LMC,too. It is music circle. I play drums. I want to play some music and want to sing.

I major in mathematics,but I don't like mathematics. I study mathematics hard to understand.

I'm from Hirono town in Iwate prefecture. There is a beautiful sea, so I often swam in the sea when I was a junior high school student.

I like watching movies and listening music. If you know good movies and music, please tell me.

Have a nice day! Bye!

Self-introduction


Good evening,everyone!

I'm Mayuko Nara.

I major in English because I want to be a junior high school English teacher.
I need to learn English more,so I take this class and I want to enjoy with everyone.

I like watching Ghibli annimation.I recommend "Princess Mononoke","Mononokehime" in Japanese.This is very interesting!  I removed.

I like listening to rock music. If you have favorite songs,please tell me!


Thank you for reading.Take care not to catch cold.
Good night!

Good evening everyone! This is Tomoyuki Noshiro!

Good evening.
This is Tomoyuki Noshiro.

I belong to the faculty of the education.

However, I have'nt decided whether becoming a teacher or taking other job yet.
So,  I hope to find out what I really want to do in the future in this university.
That's why I belong to six clubs now.
I believe that I could broden my horizons through the clubs.

If you want to know the clubs I belong to, please ask me!!



hmm...
I don't come up with what I should write more.

So, see you next class!


P.S
I'm from Tochigi prefecture which is well known for Utsunomiya and Nikko.

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Good evening, everyone.

I'm Yuya Terui.
I was born in Hanamaki city in Iwate prefecture.
It is famous for Hanamaki East High School which has a strong baseball club, and Wanko-Soba, a kind of noodle. Let's try it!!!


I like listening to rock music. Back Street Boys, Ellegarden etc.

I like watching soccer games too.
I love AC Milan, a soccer team in Italy.
So I want to watch them in a stadium someday.

Well, it's almost time to sleep.
See you tomorrow.
Good evening, everyone!!
I'm sorry to be late.
I'm Nana Chiba.

I am in a depertment of education and I study a lot of things in order to becoming a junior high school
English teacher.

I was born in Iwate prefecture.
There are beautiful natural scenery and delicious regional cuisine.
Please visit Iwate someday.

I like cooking dishes, eating something, watching star, reading book, and so on.
Recently, I become addicted to cook Japanese dishes.
I also interested in various educational systems all over the world.

I want to enjoy talking in English with you.
Thank you for reading! Good night!


Self Introduction



Good evening,everyone.

My name is Erika Nishimura.

I major English education, and I want to be an elementary school teacher.

I like English very much, so I want to speak English well.

I was born in Hirosaki and I have lived in Hirosaki for 19 years.

Hirosaki is very attractive city, isn't it?

I hope everyone loves this city.

The snow season is coming soon. Take care of yourself.

Thank you for reading. See you tomorrow!

Good evening, I'm Yujiro Osanai.
I'm from Kuroishi city in Aomori.
I major in English education , but I can't speak English well.
So, I want to learn English more.
I like playing video games and watching animation.
Recently, I watch "The world God only knows".Japanese name is "Kami no mizo shiru sekai".
Please watch this animation.That's very fun.
Thank you for your reading.

IIIB English Class Blog: Self Introduction

IIIB English Class Blog: Self Introduction

 Good evening,everyone.

My name is Peng Lijuan.The name which looks similar to the first lady--Peng Liyuan.(^^)

I come from Hunan province of China.My hometown is famous for its varity programs and hot foods.
I like singing songs,listening to music,playing badminton and playing Ma Jiang.

Thank you.See you!

Self Introduction


Hello everyone! My name is Ayano Saito.

I’m sorry I didn’t write this sooner but I don’t know how to use it.

 

I was born at Hirosaki.

Do you like here?

Hirosaki is famous for good apples and nice cherry blossoms.

I hope you find that Hirosaki is a charming city.

 

My major is educational science, studying education in different points.

I want to study system of education and history of education and I would like to be a teacher.

However, I haven’t decided yet that I’d like to be an elementary school teacher or a junior high school teacher.

 

My hobby is visiting café and enjoying tea and coffee.

I recommend “Tea and Coffee Company”. Have you ever been to the shop?

It sales tea leaves and coffee and it is near Nakasan.

You can buy various teas and also you can enjoy drinking tea, coffee and cakes.

Let’s try it!

I like listening to music and painting pictures,too.

 

I'm looking forward to seeing you in next class. Thank you for reading. See you!

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Good night everyone.
My name is Yushi Itagaki.
I'm from Izu city in Shizuoka prefecture.
My faculty is education, and I belong to the English major.
I like English, but I can't speak fluently.
So I'd like to study English more here.
I like dancing and singing songs.
And I'm a member of the yosakoi club which is called Hirodai Enbujin.
Yosakoi is folk dance.
There are a lot of yosakoi teams in Aomori.
Thank you for reading.

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Hi my name is Kubo Makoto.
My faculty is Science and Technology, and my department is Frontier Materisld Chemistry.
I am sitting in the first seat form the front, and wear glasses.
I have watched Blues Brothers. Its music is so good. But, I didn`t know the interest of the story. Please tell me, anyone!

self-introduction

Good afternoon everyone. My name is Hong Chunzi.Japanese pronounciation is Kou Syunko. I am an exchenge student from China.And I am a Korean ethnic group of China.So I also can speak Korean. I mainly learn Japanese here. And I like learn English too.So I take this class. I like traveling and cooking.Now I am leaning how to cook Japanese food.And I am planning to have a trip to Oosak and Kyoto. Sorry for still not know well about how to write a blog.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Welcome to English composition class!

Hello, Everyone! Please introduce yourselves and get to know each other here. If you have any feedback for the class, questions or suggestions, this is the place to put it. But right now, mostly explain to us who you are and what you hope to get out of this class. How can we make English class a better experience for you?

Sunday, July 21, 2013

My home town



Jessica
      My hometown is Yancheng City which is in Jiangsu Province, China. It’s a prefecture-level city with the largest jurisdiction area in Jiangsu. Yancheng borders Lianyungang to the north, Huai’an to the west, Yangzhou and Taizhou to the southwest, Nantong to the south, and looks out to the Yellow sea to the east.
       Yancheng, literally “Salt City”, is named after the salt harvest fields that surround the city. According to historical records, collection and production of sea salt in the region began as early as 119BC during the Western Han Dynasty, when the settlement on the current location of Yancheng was named Yandu County. According to the 2010 Census, Yancheng has a registered population of 8,203,728 which along with 7,260,240 permanent residents. It also named after “Piao City” as the shape of the city looks like the “Piao” in Chinese. Just the shape of a ladle made from a dried gourd. And it is also have a name of “Hundreds Rivers City”, as it has hundreds of rivers.
       Yancheng was in the limelight during the Chinese Civil War  from the 1930s to 1940s. The New Fourth Army (N4A) led by the Communist Party of China was reestablished in Yancheng after being ambushed and battered by the enemy. After the revival, the N4A played a very important role in the war and finally the foundation of the People’s Republic of China.  Many monuments in honor of N4A heroes can still be found around Yancheng.
       The city flower is peony and crape myrtle. The city tree is ginkgo. And it has a large area of salt marshes, which is the home of some unique and endangered species, including Pere David’s Deer and the Red-crowned Crane. Yancheng determines to set a tourist place based on the wetlands. What’s more; it has unique opera show named “Huai opera”. It’s so famous but it appeals more to the elders like the Beijing opera. The young like me don’t like it so much. 
      Yancheng treats so many tourists every year. If you want to travel around the city, you can by the BRT, which cost you only 1 Yuan. And you can get changed without a second pay. You can go to the Yongning Temple, which was set in Tang Dynasty. And you can go to the Dafeng, to visit the famous author Shi nai’an’s home. He is the author of The Water Margin. And other famous people like Lu xiufu and Fan zhongyan and so on. They are all from Yancheng City. And it’s also famous for acrobatics. The group from Yancheng also received the invitation from the USA. 
      Yancheng is also famous for its education. And people here are so friendly and kind. They are so diligent and bright. And they will make the city better and better. As the slogan goes like, “better city, better life!”  Anyway welcome to my hometown.
   


Global warming



                        Jessica
     Have you ever seen the film in 2004 named “The day after tomorrow” or the film in 2010 named “2012”, which were all directed by the famous director Roland Emmerich? If you had seen the two films, you must be scared of the changes of nature would bring to our human beings. And it all points to the global warming.
     According to the statics from the NASA Goddard Institute, we can definite that global warming is the rise in the average temperature of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans since the late 19th century and its projected continuation.
     There are so many factors causing the global warming happened and continue. However we can divide them into two parts. One is non human factors, and the other is man-made factors.
     First of the non human factors, they are not directly caused by human beings. For example, the crustal movement comes first. The movement would cause the volcanic activities and would give a rise to the greenhouse gases, like Carbon Dioxide and so on. Also some nature changes and solar activities will push it, as well.
     Next about the man-made factors, it will be a long list. For example, we overuse the fossil fuel. We produce so many cars and use them in our daily life. The cars not only consume fossil fuel but also pollute the air. And more seriously, we do too much damage to our environment. The days have gone, when we used our hands to plant food and sew clothes. It all changed when the machine was invented. We paid so much to develop the industry. And the Industry Revolution has caused a dramatic rise in Carbon Dioxide. We cut down too many trees and polluted the air, including lost too much nature resources. Moreover, our agriculture activities also do some damage. We over exploit unfarmed land and overuse the pesticides and so on. They all cause a lot of problems. We also build too many buildings and cause the “urban heat island effect”. It made the city much hotter than the countryside. The list seemed endless.
    The two are all lead the greenhouse gases going up and finally procure the global warming.
    Global warming is so serious that it brings about a series of problems. For example, it leads the glacier melting away faster than usual and the sea level gets higher that drowned the cities and countries. It results in natural disasters like mud-rock flowing happening more frequently than before, as well. Besides, the infections diseases and desertification also counted. It breaks the ecological system and destroys the agriculture turning into famine…Our food supply and living environment is getting into danger. We must do something to stop for our time is running out!
    We are glad to see that many people are joining our team to prevent the global warming. Many people choose to walk to work or by bike instead of cars. And try to take the public transportation is also a good choice, I think. And many housewives bring themselves reused bags to the market instead of plastic bags. That will do a lot of help, I think. In a word, we need to cut down the emission of carbon dioxide, immediately. The way to stop the pace of global warming is to live in a low-carbon life. Not only you but also me and other people in the world, we need to cope together to solve this serious problem.               It’s our duty to move now! Let’s hand in hand, to stop global warming!