HW 2-15: The candy I hate

The candy I hate is "Umeboshi candy". I don't like umeboshi. I think its taste is strenge. My friends like umeboshi candies and give me them. However, I can't eat them. My friends say " I can't believe that you don't like umeboshi candy. It is very good. You should try again!!!". But how many times I tried, I couldn't eat them. I want to eat them. I want to know how I eat umeboshi and umeboshi candies. I like almost all the Japanise food, and my mother, father, little sister can eat them. So I think I will be able to eat them someday. I will never give up. I want to say "Umeboshi is delicious!". Umeboshi is very good for health. My grand mother eat them every day. She is very health. I want to be like her in the future. I will reserch the way of people's becoming to eat umeboshi.

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HW 2-14: My favorite place I’ve been

My favorite place i have been is Yufuin. There is in Oita. There are a lot of springs and shops. I went there with my friends. She i from Oita, so she guide me there. First, I look around a lot of shops.We found cute key holder, so we bought them. We can put the letters, so we put "Flumpool". It is our favorite musician. I was very glad and it is my treasure. I want to bring to their concerts. After that, we went to lunch. We found cafe, so we entered. The dishes were very good. There are famous for chicken, so I ate that. We rested there. I stay in the ryokann. There was very beautiful. There was two types hot springs. Both were very good. I could be relaxed. We had the good time there. Yufuin was very good place. The atmosphere and buildings were nice. If I were able to go there, I want to go there with my friend again.

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HW 2-13: My favorite TV/movie star

My favorite movie star is Mukai Osamu. He is very famous actor. He is so cool and kind, so he was loved by a lot of women. He is very tall and slim like fashion models. His acting is very good. I become to like the character whom he act. I like his smile too. It makes me happy. He is good at cooking. He cooks everyday. I watched his dishes in TV. It looked delicious. His arrangement of food is wonderful. He is also smart. He know a lot of things which is history, biology, and more. He goes to a lot of country. He try to understand other countries, so I respect him very much. Recently, he got married. I was shocked when I heard that news. However, I like him no matter what may happen. I  also like Kuninaka Ryoko who got married with him, so I was glad. I hope his happiness and successful.

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HW 2-12: My favorite elementary school memory

My favorite elementry school memory is school trip. We went to Nagasaki. That was the first time I went to there, so I was very happy. I remembered that I couldn't sleep last night. We went to "Dezima". We took a lot of pictures there. Tour guide told us the history. We had the free time. We walked the street of Nagasaki. When I watched Chinese street, I was very surprised and moved. We took pictures. We wanted to buy food, but teacher said "Don't buy anything!". We could do only watching, so we were sad. However, the last day we could buy "Omiyage" for family. We talked about many things until midnight. I was very glad. In hotel, I had the good time with my friends. I have pictures then. When I watched those, I recall school trip and I think I want to meet friends. I want to value these pictures and memories.

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HW 2-11: My favorite dessert

My favorite dessert is "Dorayaki". It is Japanese dessert. It is not too sweet. I don't like too sweet dessert, so dorayaki is very good for me. When I was child, I often ate that with my grandmother and father. I liked that time to talk with eating that. I often ate Dorayaki with green tea. That combination is very good, I think. I recommend you "Kokutou Dorayaki". It is very delicious. My father sometimes bought me. That is my favorite. If I eat that, I am very happy. My family also like that, so we eat together. There are many kinds of dorayaki in the shop which we often go to. However, I have never tried other taste. So, I want to eat others. I may found new favorite dorayaki. I want to know other Japanese dessert shops. If you have the favorite shop, please tell me. And I want to tell you my favorite shop.

 

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HW 2-10: My favorite book

My favorite book is "Shokubutu Zukan". It is love story. The woman, her name is Sayaka, met the man. His name is Itsuki. He was tired and he didn't have money to buy food when Sayaka found him in the way. She took him in her house. After that, they live togater, and they were fallen in love. Itsuki know about a lot of plants. They go out to find plants which people can eat. They took them, and cook well. Istuki is good at cooking. Sayaka loves his dishes. But Istuki went out somewhere. Sayaka was very sad, but she still loved him. After a year, he came back. He finished things which he had to do. Sayaka was very happy. They were married. After I finished reading this book, I was very happy. And I want to eat Istuki's dish.

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HW 2-09: The class I hate

The class I hate is Listening. I can't listen to English. When I was junior high school student, I started learning English. However, I didn't be good at listening. I thought Listening to English was difficult when I was high school student. That was different from English which I learned in junior high school student. I didn't like listening, but I thought to speak English well, and to talk with English were very cool. So I practice that. I watch movies in English, and listen to westen music. I don't practice hard, so I have to do more harder. Now, we learn about English which is spoken in England at listening class. It is more difficult than American English. However, I am interested in that. I want to be good at listening to English, so I will listen to English everyday.

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HW 2-08: My favorite sport to watch

My favorite sport to watch is volleyball. It is very easy to understand its rule. When I was elementary school student, I liked them very much. My mother taught me how interesting volleyball was. Now, I watch that with my mother. My mother and I are always excited when we watched that. Points are gotten quickly. The rally is often continue, I am tensed up. I have  the favorite player. She is Kimura Saori. She is good at plying. She is very tall and very cute. In 2013, she became the captain of the Japan team. I think her heart is very strong, and she has talent of the captain. I like her and her play style. I want to go to watch volleyball in stadium. I think it is more interesting than to watch TV. My mother also says that, so we go there together.

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HW 2-07: My favorite animal

My favorite animals are dogs. They are very cute and kind. There are many kinds of dogs in the world. For example, bulldog, chihuahua, dachshund, poodle, and so on. I like small dogs better than big dogs. I like watching small dogs run. It is very cute. It is easy to take them some places. I like chihuahua the best of all the dogs, because I have the chihuahua. His name is Moco. He is very cute. When I am tired, he makes me relaxed and happy. My family loves him very much. My father often takes a lot of pictures. Everyone say "you are cute!" to Moco once or more a day. I like the time to stay with Moco very much. He is not pet. I think that he is family. I want to treasure the time to stay with him.

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HW 2-06: My favorite high school memory

When I was high school student, I was a member of Kyudo club. I like that time to take it easy in the dojo after we finished practicing. We talked about what happened that day with lying down. We sometimes played card games. Everyone did that our best, so it was very fun. I often eat snacks the outside. It made us happy because we were tied by practicing.   We also took a lot of pictures. We wanted to make many memories. We stood in various poses. Those were very funny, but I like these pictures very much. We were like the family. If I hadn't met them, I couldn't have had such good memories. These are my favorite memories. I want to make a lot of memories with them more, so we will together if we are adults.

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HW 2-05: My favorite TV show

My favorite TV show is Music Station. It is music program. There are many kinds of musicians every Friday, so I am looking forward to watch that. I can listen to songs which I know. After watching that TV program, I often find these songs on Internet. I like listen to music, so that makes me happy.

 

Sometimes, my favorite musician appearance. I am exciting then in front of TY. It is like going the concert. I am very happy to watch my favorite musicians, so I check which musicians appearance. The performance is very cool, and I am glad that people watch and listen to the songs of my favorite. I want a lot of people to like them.

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HW 2-04: My favorite flower

My favorite flower is cherry blossom. There are very beautiful. I think all Japanese people like them. I like spring because it is warm, there are a lot of flowers. The Chinese character of my name means flower. I like my name very much.

I like cherry blossom the best. Because its color and shape are very cute. Cherry blossom makes me relaxed.

Cherry blossoms in the Kumamoto castle are so wonderful. If you see them, I think you can't forget that. I want to recommend that for people who live in other area.

I also like "Ohanami". It means that people enjoy watching cherry blossoms with eating food or talking with family and friends. It is very fun.

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HW 2-03: My favorite drink

My favorite drink is coffee. Its smell and taste are very good. When I was elementary school student, I couldn't drink that. Coffee was very bitter for me. Growing up, I could drink it. There are a lot of coffee shops which I like. For example, there is Starbucks. There are many kinds of coffee. I like dark mocha chip frappuccino the best. It is not too sweet, so it's easy to drink for me. The normal coffee is also nice.

I also like Doutor Coffee. The coffee in that shops are delicious. I often drink the cafe latte. It is very mild. I like drinking it with eating cake.

I think I can't live without coffee. Before I study, I drink it. I can concentrate by it.

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HW 2-02: My favorite country

My favorite country is Australia. I have wanted to go there since I was junior high school student. When I was elementary school student, I was a member of blass band. We played the song. Its name was "Barrier Reef". That song was about Great Barrier Reef.

When we practiced that song, our teacher told us the story of Australia. It sounded like very fun. He also showed us the picture of Great Barrier Reef. It was beautiful. I was fasinated with its beauty. I decided I went there someday.

There are many good point in Australia. There is good nature like Great Barrier Reef. There are squirrels around the university.

The food sounds like delicious. Australian seem to like meats. I like them too, so I want to eat them. There are a lot of cafes. I want to go to many kinds of cafe.

 

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HW 2-01: My favorite movie

My favorite movie is "Swing Girls". It is about blass band. They play many jazz songs. When I was elementary school student, I watched it. It was very interesting for me. There were a lot of gags, so I laughed. These characters were very nice. I like Takenaka Naoto. His role was good and very funny.

Their plays made me moved, because those were so wonderful. They played songs merrily. Some of them turned the trumpets. It was very cool. I liked jazz very much by watching this movie, and I became to be a member of blass band.

I learned how importand we try something without giving up. I also learned how important friends were, and how wonderful music was. This movie made me happy. If you have free time, you should watch this movie.

 

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HW 2-E: Something special I did during this vacation

I went to Yuhuin, in Oita. This is my frist time to visit there. I went there with friend whom I became friend in Osaka. Her name is Misa. She is from Oita, but she go to university in Toyama. That time, she guided me to Yuhuin. First, we found spa for legs. It was very good for me because I was very hard. We talked there for about 15minutes. After that, we went around the town. Thre were a lot of shopes. I bought ice cream, key ring, and so on. We visited many places with talking. I enjoyed everything with her. That day became the special day for me.

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HW 2-D: Good and bad points about summer

Good point about summer is to be able to swim in the sea or river. It is very cool and fun. There are some waterfall in Kumamoto, so we can go there soon. In addition, ice cream is tasted good. When I eat them, I feel cool. Bad point about summer is too hot. There is so hot in Kumamoto. I can't live without air conditioner. I don't do anything because it is hot in summer. There are also a lot of insects. I don't like them, so I don't like summer. Therefore, I like winter better than summer.

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HW 2-C: How I study during the vacation

I want to watch foreign movies. I took class which was literary history of England. We watched some movies. For example. we watched "Othello", "Pygmalion", "Mrs Dalloway", and so on. That was my first time to watch them. I thought it was very exciting for me to watch foreign movies. They are difference from Japanese movies. I am interested in foreign movies, so I try to watch them. I am able to listen to English. If I watch them, I remember lines. I want to imitate lines. I also want to listen to Western music. When I have free time, I do that. I want to sing Western songs in karaoke.

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HW 2-B: What classes I will take next term

I will take almost same classes in spring. I can get all credits in spring, so I want to take same subjects. I also take literary history in America. When I knew that subject, I thought it was difficult. However, literary history in England was very fun for me. Therefore, I think literary history in America will be fun. My friends also take that class, so I am glad. I study hard with them. I also take teaching course, so it is harder than spring. I have to buy new textbook for new classes. I study hard to get free time in next year.

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HW 2-A: My vacations plans/preparation

I went to Osaka to go to the live. I met a lot of people who I wanted meet. I took many pictures with them. I gave letters for them, and I got a lot of letters and presents from them. I was very glad.That live was wonderful. That was different from the live in Kumamoto. Set list and stage direction were changed. I was jumped and turned towel. I was very excited. I caught balloon which was written "MOMENT". It was very cool. The words which Yamamura Ryuta said moved me to tears. I have never forgotten that day. The count down live will be held, so I want to go.

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