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2011-01-09

Quickposts: New Year's resolutions

I have two New Year’s resolutions. One of the resolutions is to improve my English skills. I like English, but I have weak point that speaking in English. I have to practice and increase chance to speak English. Other resolution is to go foreign countries. I’ll go to Korea and Australia. I would like to find various things, for example, language, culture and religion. It will be food for the mine, so I need experiences a lot. I came of age, and start job hunting. It is hard work, but I want to do my best!!
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Essay02-03b: My University Life

There are a lot of great universities in the world now, and they have characteristic school. I think that universities will be more fantastic 25 years after. I will tell you about the present and about 25 years from now university life.

First, I will explain about the present my university life. I am a sophomore of Kumamoto Gakuen University. My school is called Britain and American. I am majoring in English there, and I have a lot of classes. There are compulsory subjects and cultural studies. The former are writing, listening, speaking and reading. The latter are introduction of linguistics, biology, law, Korean, politics and anthropology. Therefore, I have many assignments every week. When I do my assignment, I often use PC because of the renewal of my blog and some reports. At first, I didn’t adapt myself to use PC, particularly Mac. However, I have gradually adapted to use it of late.

Second, I will tell you about my recess. I usually eat a lunch at bakery or talk with my friends, and this time relaxes me. Without these times I often go library, and I study something or watch DVD. One of the appeal points of the university is what there has recess. When I was a high school student, I had my classroom. However, there are not own classroom at university. In other words, I could spend on my recess freely. It is wonderful thing for me. I have a lot of nice friends. They are very precious to me. I would like to keep in touch with them after graduation.
Third, as other activities, I do tutor of overseas students. It is difficult for me that I teach Japanese to them, but it is a challenging activity for me. In addition, I have corresponded with my Korean fiends for a long time. It is very fun, because I can learn Korean languages and culture. I would like to treasure these connections with them.

Next, I will tell you about university life about 25 years after from now. I think that cutting-edges will be innovated in the class. For example, it can laboratory to space and there are monitors on each of desks. Ideally there are amusement centers in the university like a movie theater, sport plants and aquarium. If it will be realized, all students would like to go school. In spring or summer vacations, there are two tour plans. First trip is to tour to the World Heritage Site. There are 911 World Heritage Sites now. There is beautiful nature or buildings and it may give us the power. It is important things to find histories that are background of World Heritage Site. The other plan is eco tour. Recently, environmental destruction is important problem, so we need opportunity to think about ecology. These two plans are clean ideas about how to use our long vacation.

I wonder that so many people likes library. It is wonderful things. I like all my classes, but it may be an improper expression, I particularly like listening class. I like my University, but if I have a child, I don’t enter my child here, because my child has to make a decision what I go in person. I want to improve in my English skills, so I began to tutor.

Finally, I am looking forward to realizing my idea of the future. Anyway, I wish the students could lead a good school life more comfortably from now. I think that I may learn a lot of important things through my university life. It will never forget that in my life. When my child goes university, I compare now with 25 years after. I think that the university is more interesting and convenient. I have some ideal university life, but I satisfy my university life now.

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BR 2-15: The Drive to Dubai

I will tell you about Dubai. I think that Dubai is dreamland, because there is possibility that there will more develop a sightseeing business. Dubai is one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates. It is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula. There has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi. However, there was Dubai shock. Because of this event, the Dubai’s economic growth stopped. Though economy is slackening in growth, Dubai’s gross domestic gross domestic product as of 2008 was $ 82.11 billion. Dubai7s economy has built on the back of the oil industry. Now, there gain publicity as beautiful night view town. I would like to go Dubai someday.
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Reference
Till, Julie. (2004). The Drive to Dubai. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

BR 2-14: The SCAREDY Cat

Do you have a pet? I will tell you about once a scared cat. His name is Stanley. He lived in a big town, and everyone called him Scaredy Cat since he was scared of everything. For example, planes, trains, boys, noise, heights, kites, frogs and dogs. He was the biggest scaredy cat in town. One night, he went for a walk with his friends. His friends found a mouse, and they chased it into a house. There was no one in the house. Stanley thought that there really is a monster in the lounge, and the monster came closer still. Stanley struggled to run. Finally, he caught a burglar. After that, he wasn’t afraid of anything. Stanley was happy cat.

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Reference
Punter, Russell. (2008). The SCAREDY Cat. London: Usborne Rublishing Ltd.