Around the world in eighty days

Around the world in eighty days, 2000 words

Phileas Fogg promised his friend Stuart that he goes round the world in eighty days. If he can, he gets a lot of money from his friend, but if he can't, he loses all his money...

I think this story unfolds too quickly.

The wrong trousers

"The wrong trousers" , Oxford Dominoes 1, 4000 words

It is the story about Wallace and Gromit. Wallace gives Gromit a pair of techno trousers as a present. It is to take Gromit for walks, but when the penguin comes to stay, he uses them for something different.
This penguin is a bad man but looks very cute!

Rip van winkle and the legend of sleepy hollow

Rip van winkle is a story of a man who sleeps for twenty years. It is similar to Urashima-Taro.
The legend of sleepy hollow is a story of headless horseman and his victim, Ichabod Crane. It is little scared.

Typing 4: My favorite shop

I like Mary Quant very much. It is my favorite shop. The shop sells clothes, bags, accessories, and many kinds of cosmetics. I especially like clothes of Mary Quant. I have a lot of clothes of that. These are really cute! (41 words)

Hot springs of Kurokawa

Kurokawa hot springs are very popular. There are a lot of nostalgic hotels. Kurokawa hot springs are good for neuralgia and rheumatism.
You can try three different hot springs if you buy an admission ticket. It is 1200 yen.

Hot springs of Oguni and south Oguni

Oguni is famous as a source of Japanese cedar. There are a lot of historical hot springs, Tsuetate, Hagenoyu, Otani and so on.

Hot springs of Kikuchi

These hot springs are good for beauty, neuralgia, and rheumatism. They called "skin of virgin". You can get smooth skin from these hot springs.

Hot springs of Ueki

Ueki hot springs are good for neuralgia and rheumatism.
Ueki is the birthplace of gate ball. There are many hotels with gate ball fields. Ueki is also famous as a source of melon and watermelon.

Hot springs of Yamaga

Yamaga hot springs were discovered 800 years ago. It is good for neuralgia and muscular pain.
Yamaga-Toro festival is held in Yamaga every August 15 and 16. A lot of visitors come to see it.

William Tell

I read "William Tell".
There are a lot of stories in this book. William Tell, Tom blood, Lord Bao and the stone, King Matthias and the good shepherd, Johnny Appleseed, Lady Godiva. I like Lord Bao and the stone the best.
Every stories are written in easy English and have comic styles. It is easy and interesting to read.

Typing 3: My favorite book

I like reading very much. When I have free time, I spend most of the time reading books. Now, I’m reading Haruki Murakami’s book in English. I can’t understand the meaning of every single words, but I can understand most of them. I’d never read Haruki Murakami’s book, (48 words)

The Great Fire of London

I read "The Great Fire of London".
It's a simple story. It's London, 1666. A small fire starts in a baker's shop and it's getting bigger and bigger, soon it burns the city of London. How can people stop the fire?
I wonder is it true that there are no rats in London.

Just good friends

I read "Just good friends".
It is a story of two couples. Stephany and Max go to Italy and stay at Stephany's friend Carlo's flat in summer holiday. Max is not very happy to see Carlo and Carlo's wife Ruth is not very happy to see Stephany. Stephany and Carlo say 'We are just good friends.' but...
I just taught it is hard for a man and a woman to be just good friends.

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At the writing class (My favorite place)

My favorite place is my home. I don’t need thinking anything there and feel relax. Especially I like the time I’m taking a bath and sleeping in my bed.
I like the library the best in this university. It is very quiet and have a lot of books. (48words)

The Tempest

I read 'The Tempest'. Actually, I tried. I borrowed this book because it has a comic form and written in easy English, but I didn't think it is interesting. It was the first book I gave up to read.

Mulan

I read Mulan. It has comic form and written easy English. A woman whose name is Mulan wears men's clothes and fights for the Emperor. I think it is a too quickly unfold, but I could read this book quite a short time. I recommend this book to busy people.

Zorro!

I read Zorro.It was easy to read and not so long. There is a masked man called Zorro. He punishes bad people and helps poor people. It was also an easy story to understand.

Little Women-2

I finally finished reading 'Little Women'. It is long story, so took a long time to read this book. But it is easy to read.I recommend this book if you have enough time.

May 2-2

My birthday is comming soon. I'll be 20 at May 15. I think this is huge thing. I'm no more teenager, not a child. I feel scare more than joy.
I went shopping and bought Gucci's shoulder bag. It's a present to me from me. It was expensive but I'd wanted something special for my big day. I paid for it all by myself. Now, I'm looking forward to my birth day comes.

May 2

I worked 26 hours for three days. It was hard to wake up this morning. I don't have a work today so I want to rest myself. But I have to do homework after classes. I don't have another day off and I have a lot of reports! It's so tough!

At the writing class (favorite movie)

My favorite movie is Pirates of The Caribbean. I watched it at a movie theater with my friend. We both like Orland Bloom very much.