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?

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!

世界に一つだけの花

My favorite season

      My favorite season

  Jessica 

     When it comes to my favorite season, I would say “summer” without hesitation. I have three points to give.
     The first point is connected to the summer holiday. In the southern part of China, students would get a 2-month holiday in summer. As lucky as I am a student in the southern part of China, and I could get this wonderful holiday.
      During the holiday, I could go on a trip to relax myself. I had been to Beijing, Nanjing and other wonderful places. During the trip, you can not only relax yourself, but also meet with new guys to see what the real world is.  You could be smarter than before. And grow up as a man.
      What’s more, during the summer holiday, we can share the family time together, as well. Because of the hot weather, my mother and my father could also get a holiday to rest. So we kids could get together with them to talk more and to do things together to get much closer. Except holiday, everyone is so busy in my family. Mother and father are busy with work and my brother and I are busy with school. Our house seems like a hotel, we entered and ate and then slept and got out to work or school. Day by day, we just do the same thing. It’s so awful, isn’t it? However because of the summer holiday, we could change it. Moreover, I could go to see my cousins who don’t live nearby. And we sleep together to say some secret words. That’s our kids’ world. So, you see, because of the summer holiday, we can have so much fun. So I like it and like the summer best.
      The second point is connected to food. As we all know that summer is so hot that we need to relieve it. You may come up with the idea of using air-conditioner. But as far as I am concerned, I prefer the food. Such as ice cream, watermelon, peach and strawberry and so on. Although with the help of the advanced technology, nowadays you can have the access to that food easily in four seasons, the taste is best in summer. So I like summer best!
      Last but not least point is connected to process. As we all know, spring is a season with hope. You plan for the whole year in spring, just like planting a seed. And in summer, you spare no effort to take care of your seed. You push yourself so hard, with sweat streaming down your back. But it is meaningful for yourself, for your life. Because you can imagine that in autumn you would get a good harvest. You keep holding on to your future success. Nothing but only the process is the most charming one. Just wait and see your achievement. It’s like a test for all of us. You should wait , and you should working hard! So I like this process, and I like summer best!
       Summer is beautiful, charming and delicious. You should keep holding on with your courage. Believe it or not, summer is my favorite season. I like it best!   


                                           

makeup class

The makeup class will be in the regular room at the agreed upon time. See you there. -JP

Learning English with the BBC World Service

I learn world news from the BBC World Service, but you can use it to learn English. They have several pages to help people learn English including one with links to things that will help teachers. For example, here's what they say about what I call "verb-preposition combinations": 

Funky Phrasals

But I was looking for something to quote in the blog. Let me find something about the BBC World Service. It's a great way for you to practice listening and keep up with world news at the same time.

 

 You can listen to BBC World Service on a range of platforms including online, mobile, satellite and cable, digital radio, internet radio, AM, FM and short wave. Find a listening schedule and platform wherever you are in the world.

My golden week

                      My  golden week
                           Jessica
      When it comes to "Golden  Week ",most of us will smile and look forward to a wonderful vocation,including me.However ,things got changed this year .Why  ? Because I didn't go on a vocation as usual .Instead,I became a volunteer to guide for the tourists from all over the world,in Hiro-saki Park.

         From a tourist to a guide, it made a big change.It was the first time for me to be a guide ,especially for the languages, for I should act in Japanese,Chinese,and English!!!It was so challenging that it made me excited. On 
 29th of April, we had a brief information meeting about Hiro-saki Park and the beautiful cherry blossoms.And then I did some search for further information.On 3rd of May, the early morning, I  ran into a Chinese tourist,coming from the Yan Tai City, Shan Dong Province,China. It made me feel excited to see Chinese here.And then ,I just guided him through Hiro-saki Park in Chinese.It seemed that speaking in Chinese is more comfortable for me to make it not only clear but also interesting!When I spoke in Japanese ,I just felt that I was a machine not having feelings ,for I'm just not able to find the proper way to introduce things.That made me feel sad. And the first day was so hard.Not only from my confusion ,but also for the bad weather.It rained for a while and then stopped.And then it rained for a while and then stopped...What's more,there was so strong a wind that day. I felt a little sick that day.Ah...

           However,things get changed.On 4th of May , I met with a very excellent guide named Sao  Sato. He is a guide  who had worked for Hiro-saki P ark for over 8 years.He has a very beautiful booklet that  containing  all the information clearly and vividly.There are many tourists  make appointments  with him before they come here. He is so popular among tourists.I followed  him when he did the guide work .He was so excellent! The main point of his introduction was not only to tell tourists how beautiful it is, but also to tell them the reasons why they are so beautiful and special .If I were a tourist ,I would prefer him as my guide.

            I  learnt a lot  from him and other excellent guides,and then ,I tried to guide the Japanese people totally by myself . It was  hard  for the first time .But  when it turned to twice ,three times ,it worked in a right way .That made me excited!!!


            On 5th of May ,the last day for our guide .I did a good job and they gave me praise.

           This special journey ,I met a lot of people ,who not only expanded my experience of life and work ,but also understood some inner things,such as spirit ,love and human sympathy and so on.I was so grateful that I could be a guide .I received a lot from people around me ,and they were all my heroes to guide me in my life . I like this feeling .Trying to give ,not always demanding for yourselves.The world is ours. We should do something to make people feel happy and in turn we ourselves would be happy,as well.

            This golden week,I learnt a lot though it was so tiring.I felt so happy ! What's more ,I just experienced the whole process of  the cherry blossom blossoming .From a bud to a flower ,it was so amazing!!! It changed every day and night, like our life...No one knows what it will be in the future ,we just walked through the life tunnel,some day we may die ,like the cherry blossom's flowers to be fallen and scattered about.But we showed the beauty of ourselves to the world,to ourselves.Then that's enough.We don't have to regret .That's  the best statement,for life, for  ourselves.

            The golden week was gone ,but the experience remained, forever!

              

According to Times,Chinese people have the cult of Apple.http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2117765,00.html
Please read it for further information! Thanks!

me and hay fever

Hello everyone!

I am Nozomi who is one of the students of 3b English class.

Unfortunately, this is first time for me to use this blog, so I am still not sure what I need to write…but I think that it is important to write something in English in order to improve my English skill, so I decided to contribute to this blog.

 
When I was on a way to Hirosaki University in this morning, I found that cherry blossoms were coming out one by one. I know that Hirosaki is very famous of the beautiful scenery in this season, however, spring is difficult time for me because I must struggle against Sugi (cedar) pollen.

As I mentioned in today’s class, I have been suffering from hay fever since I moved Hirosaki. Recently, I cannot go out without wearing a mask and my glasses (Usually I am using contact lenses). Wearing a mask is one of the effective methods to soften the symptom of pollen allergy, however, actually I do not like to use a mask. This is because, my glasses are fogged up whenever I am wearing a mask.

During Golden Week, my friends are going to hold ohanami party at Hirosaki park. Of course I intend to attend the party to enjoy delicious food with beautiful cherry blossoms, but I do not want to think what will happen to me when I take off my mask.

Please enjoy your Golden Week❤

This is my first blog

Hello:
      My name is Jessica.I come from YanCheng City,JiangSu Province,China.I am a fresher here as an exchange student.I like English so much.What's more I have been learning English for over 10 years.But my major is Japanese,I also want to do well in my major.I am also learning Korean.If you can speak English or Korean ,then we can communicate.
   

My Final Update

   I've finished my final class of IIIB the other day. Every week I had a homework to write two paragraphs including blogs. It was hard but I've been better at writing than before that I've making a lot of mistakes. Red letters decreased which was on my paragraph returned from professor. It made me pleased.
   Almost all the class was following a textbook, but sometimes professor tells us some funny stories, trivia, interesting knowledge, and about him. Everything he tells us is interesting and worth knowing.
   I've learned a lot from this class. I thank you, sir, very much. Goodbye few people who watches this blog, IIIB's members, and professor.

from Shun

Chaplin's The Great Dictator

  Hello, this is Misaki.
  I'm so sorry to be late!! I had to do this first. I almost forget what I was going to write;;

  Every scene is so funny except the last serious scene --- one of his movie's features. Why was the WW2 happen even though he made such a moving speech to the world?!

  Anyway, I don't want to eat English mustard as cream sauce. Hynkel's speaking style is also interesting. Actually, sometimes he say "Danke schön" , or Thank you in German, but most of his shouting is not German but something like Germanish words. He must have studied about the real dictator's speech.
  I know he is a double role --- the great dictator Hynkel and the barber, but somehow they seemed to be two different persons. Chaplin's performance is amazing... .

  There are a lot of discovering from watching the movie with English subtitles. I feel like watching Chaplin's other movies again in this way!

  Thank you for reading.

Movie

A movie I recently watched is Ted..!
Do you know this movie and what story is?

The main character is the bear doll and he was presented to a boy who has no friends.
When the boy tried to speek to it, suddenly it began to talk by itself...!

And he and his bear became best friend each other.

After the long time, he was already 30 years old with Ted, the bear!

What happed..?
I could not tell you about it here! 

You should watch the movie if you are interested!!

BUT this movie was too funny, that means so bad expression words..... slang.

Azusa

The Great Dictator

 Hi. This is Chieko.

 In the English class, we watched the movie "The Great Dictator". It is the movie about the terrible war. But Charlie Chaplin's funny action makes the movie fun.

 The model of this movie is World War 2. I found it not only serious but also funny at the same time. I think it could be so because Charlie Chaplin made this movie. I think he is really talented person. Now I want to watch his movie more.

 In this movie, I like this scene the most.

 His speech was about what he really wanted to say through this movie. That was his shout out of his soul. And we should catch his message and think of its meaning.

 Thank you.

The Great Dictator

by Charles Chaplin.
   Did you know its actor was Charles Chaplin and another actor was Charles Chaplin and its producer was Charles Chaplin and its scriptwriter was Charles Chaplin and its director was Charles Chaplin ? I'm choked.
   Speaking of choke, Charles Chaplin shouted to be choked so many times as if he want to. It heard for me "paparappapppatbauuupiquiquipook". Can native really listen to him what he says? I hope not.
   We need to listen to its message behind (or surface). I can't help thinking of justice. I like such a movie , I said I like Aibo too. Don't pretend to be .
   Anyway , it was funny, I enjoyed a lot. Thank you , sir.

from Shun

Music box

  Hello, this is Misaki.
  I like game musics since several years ago, and recently, I knew there are many arranges of them. I like music box arrange the best.


Anyway, please press this link and listen to it! ↓
nm19806302...VALLIS-NERIA

←This is the thumb nail.

  The tempo of the music is much slower than the original song. So I feel relaxed when I listen to music box arranges.
  The original music was made by Yoshitaka NISHIMURA, and it is arranged by many people. For example, NES or Famicom sounds, MAD video using Kabi-killer --cleaner for removing mold-- commercial's voice, piano, high speed arrange, and so on. These are funny. Of course I like the composer, too.

links
Who is the composer? 西村宜隆 / Yoshitaka Nishimura
 ※Please search for more accurate articles. These are Wikipedia's.
Original music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF1-gcudJoc

Thank you... !

My Small Friends

 Hi. This is Chieko.
 I have some small friends in my house. Do you know this? Aren't they cute?

 I liked Sylvanian Families very much when I was an elementary school student. I gathered so many dolls and lots of furniture. I even named all the dolls. My mother is good at sewing, so she made me doll's cloths and sometimes I also did.

 Since I entered junior high school, I played with them less and less. But last summer, I suddenly felt like seeing them. So I put the furniture and dolls in the doll house and took some pictures, not playing. Maybe I will see them before long. They are my friends how old I get!

I want

   I'm not interested in Prius. I just want a stuffed Draemon. How about you ? He's the best I have ever seen. He's cute when he climbs the window. The ball-like hands !
   Where can I get him................................?   Please tell me ! I do want him. If I got him I'll let him stand by my TV.

from shun

I like spring

   Every year when snow melted, a smell comes with a spring bleeze. It is a nostalgic smell. I don't know why, but it's nostalgic though I feel it every year. It reminds me of my childhood without any distress, worry, and bother. It can even make me cry. At that time I was just myself and really happy but now I feel I'm acting someone except for me.
   Spring is a beginning season in Japan, so there must be an ambition and a hardship. It might be a sad memory but I think I like to think of it. Strong sunlight and melting snow exists together, the impressive season.

from shun