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Faithful Elephant "If they can live a little longer, the war may end and they will be saved"  This is a story about three faithful elephants in Japan. During the Pacific War,  there were wonderful elephants at the Ueno Zoo.  The elephants were  John,   Tonky  and  Wanly   They could do tricks.  Visitors to the zoo loved to see their tricks. But the situation was getting worse. Bombs were dropped on Tokyo everyday. Then, the zookeepers ordered the zoo to kill all the dangerous animals such as lions, tigers and bears.  Zookeepers did not want to kill them but they had to fallow the order. They decided to stop giving them anything to eat. The three elephants were gradually weakening.  However, they stood up and raised their trunk in the air to get food and water, when a keeper walked by their cage. A few days later, they finally died. Today, the tree elephants rest in peace with other animals under the monument at the Ueno Zoo. This is the most favorite story for me. When I read

The Walkathon "If I finished even one lap I would earn a lot of money for the school and may be I would be able to finish more than one!  Do you know about  Walkathon? This is a kind of the charity event for raising money.  Peter uses a wheelchair but he can do everything by himself because he has a fighting spirit. One day, he asked his friend Hunt to try Walkathon. Peter is going to hike mountains by his wheelchair. At first, everyone worried about him going on uneven street but everyone said  "We could give him a hand pushing his wheelchair!" He managed to reach the goal thanks to support from friends. The next day in class, he received award and gave a charity goods. I think not only for Peter but also for classmate, this experience are meaningful. I want to be the kind of persons that can support whoever challenges hardly.  

Kerry  This story is about the relationship between  Steve, a nine-year-old boy  and  the dog Kerry. Steve have long wanted to have a dog, but his father didn't allow him.  But, he gave a puppy when Steve become nine. He named him Kerry. Steve couldn't stop smiling as they drove home, but Kerry wasn't happy at all because he was missing his his mother. After he getting used to a new house, he chewed everything in Steve's room. His parents make him to put Kerry in a cage. Kerry looks sad. Steve said  "He wanted to sleep in my room with me." "If he could stay in my room beside my bed, I could pat him." So he moved the cage next to him. When the weather began to get warmer, Kerry started to sleep outside. Then, one night, the wind began to below and the rain began to pour. "It's so cold and wet, Poor Kerry could catch pneumonia!" He slept in kennel and was beside Kerry.  I think Steve treat Kerry as real brother. Even though he is young, h

Beyond Strange Street  One night, a girl  Sam  lay in bed with her fingers in he ears because she couldn't sleep due to the noise. She got out of the bed and went into the empty lift. As soon as she pressed the button of the lift soared forcefully and the doors opened, she got to the  "Wild Woods". Sam was cold and lonely. She wondered if she should go back. While she walking along the wild, she met  a strange little creature  which is putting a glasses on his head.  He shouted to her. "Don't just stand there staring, silly big girl" Sam was confused, he shouted again "Where is my glasses?" And then she answered to him "Try the top of your head!"  After having a small talk, they became friends. But she wanted to go back. She asked to him, "Do you know the way to the lift I got on?" He said  "I don't know but... Now, there I can help you!" He clapped his paws. There was flash of green light. A nearby tree trunk spli

Madam Curie  This book is about Madam Curie. She is the only person that was awarded the Nobel prize twice in her life. Her discovery of  radium  saved a lot of people, suffering from diseases. She was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1867. She was, so to speak, a born genius. She could read books fluently though her parents hadn't never taught how to read. Parents were even worried about her extraordinary cleverness.  In those days, it was not with ease that she could receive a higher education in physics at the Sorbonne in Paris. She worked hard and earned money to enter the college.  Finally, she enter the Sorbonne and met her  partner, Pierre Currie,  there.  The couple began to work together and were to succeed in separating pure radium from pitchblende in 1902.  After that, many people sent letters to the Curries asking for information on how to produce radium.  At first, Pierre expected to be able to earn a great deal of money if he take a patent. But Currie answered "It would

Albert Schweitzer  Do you know about  Albert Schweitzer ? He was a doctor, a philosopher, and musician. He was so talented that he made a large contribution in all fields.  Especially, he is famous as a doctor in Africa.  He was born of a noble family in Alsace, and always conscious that his family was better off than those of the people in the village where he lived.  But he couldn't stand this truth that he and his friends are not equal though mankind is made equal by God.  When Albert was studying at University, he made up his mind to go to Africa, as a doctor, to save sick people. He studied further about tropical medicine so hard. He said  "It is true that I had saved a lot of African sick people, but my great efforts must have been only a small piece of contribution in the view of whole Africa." He was not satisfied with his achievement though he devoted his whole life to the end of his life. I believe he is one of the greatest man who had an unwavering belief. He l

Helen Kelle r  This story is so famous that almost everybody knows this great woman's name,  "Hellen Keller".  She could neither see, hear, nor talk because of her illness at the age of 2. But one private teacher,  Sullivan  changed her life. Sullivan tried to tell her everything in the world over and over again  by spelling the name of all objects on the palm of Helen's hand.  Helen gradually learned great deal of words with Sullivan. Finally  she was able to enter Radcliffe College which was the best women's college in America. "I've made up my mind to work for the handicapped from now on" "You've done everything you could for me, sacrificing yourself, ever since I was a child. I have no words to thank you enough Sullivan." After her graduating, she started giving speeches to people all over America, writing books, and establishing some institutions for the handicapped. She continued encouraging disabled persons until she died on June

"Animals way of life" .  This is a book about the features of animals.　There are many kinds of animals in the world.　Each of them have an interesting characters to survive for long time. ”Legs" Animals often have to move fast to get away from danger.　If they can run fast, they can get away and be safe. 　Horses have four legs. So, they can run fast, but their legs are so slim that they can be easily broken. Penguins don't have four legs, and they cannot fly.  However, they have protected themselves by making full use of their skill in swimming. I believe the animals which are living under many kinds of situations had changed their body little by little.   "Arms" There are a lot of animals which have strong arms, such as Koalas and Monkeys. They can live on trees all day long because they are sleeping and eating there by using their powerfully arms!! Eagles are one of the largest and strongest birds in the world. Their large wings let them to fly down quickly

"The Japanese foods"   I read a book about Japanese food. The Japanese have one of the the healthiest diets on Earth. Unlike some other nationalities, the Japanese do not eat too much.  Because of this, only 4 percent of the Japanese population is obese, compared to 17 percent of the French and 34 percent of Americans. The reason foe this is the history of our food culture.   At first, Japanese has a history  "Ama" Ama  means "Female diver" in Japan. They can dive very deep in the sea without oxygen tanks to help them breathe. They have been looking for shellfish to eat since 2000 years ago. It can be said their few way of surviving.   Next, Japan is one of the rare countries that people eats tuna. Even if a fishermen, it is difficult to catch them. Because they are so big and fast to swim!! At worst case, fishermen are pulled over the side of the boats and into the sea. However, they have put their lives in danger to eat to survive. Like this, Japan is an

"ALASKA"   I read a book about ALASKA. Alaska is a very big place. Its the biggest state-more than twice as big as Texas but not many people live there. There are only 730,000 people live in all of Alaska. Alaska is broadly composed of three regions Kodiak Island, Juneau and Anchorage.   Kodiak Island has a lot of high mountains, green forests, revers and lakes. Every year, many visitors come to here to enjoy Bear watching. One of the important bussiness in this place are fishing and tourism because of the plenty of natural environment.   In addition, many tourists came to Alaska to enjoy walking outside.  But it isn't easy to climb to the top of Mount Mckinley.  It takes about three weeks!  Writer says that we must pay particular attention to the cold!!     Not only climbing but also skiing is popular in Alaska.  There is a lot of snow, so they have many good places to ski. Eagle Crest, only 20 kilometers from the state capital, Juneau, is an excellent mountain for skiin

I read "Get Smart"   This is a book about our brain.  This book shows humans personality, languages and senses from various perspective.   First, Personality. In the 1980, studies were carried out  on identical twins who had grown up with different families. Although the children often grew up in different places with different people, they keep having extremely similar personalities.  Writer also referring to Brain changes. If we want to change our personality such as neurotic, shy and so on, we should repeat the same experiences to overcome  them. It is possible to change ourselves by controlling our own brain!  Second, Languages. Each parts of our brain works as a different roles.  We speak or understand languages by using them unconsciously.  Children are best languages learners because their brain where work as a role of understanding languages are developed.  Last, Senses. This chapter shows about the connection between our brains and sight, smell, sound and feeling

I read "The Fall of the Spider Man" Canadian tale. In older times Spider Man lived in the sky-country which is connecting the sky and earth. They roam about and do good deeds for women and little children. One Spider Man very tired of his toil so he hope that down to the earth and marry some wives who would work for him while he would take life easy. In the earth-country, he married four wives as he had planned but men so lazy that the   country he lived reduced to starvation.   He finally left his country to gain some foods. After that he met a humped man and he gave him four pots. On his way to home, he ate them up. Actually, humped man knew that he wouldn’t bear his desire to eat them. When he come back to his country everyone   beat him and bore him to the ground because they had been anticipating having the  feast. Humped man with the lamp at his back hiding behind the trees looked on him and laughing in his glee. I read this story for the first time.   I li

I read "Skin"         This book is about skin.   First, Animal skin. Human skin can vary from as thick as 1.5 millimeters on the hands and feet to as thin as 0.05 millimeters around the eyes, which is why this is often the first place to show sign of aging.  However, some animals, the rhinoceros for example, have skin that can be four centimeters thick! This difference is, of course, by the place they and we live. There is an animals which can change their color of skin to protect themselves from hunters.  Second, Body art. There are some regions where have the tradition of Tattooing.  Most of them are a form of scarification. Scarification is a way to show social or political status. In other areas, people with tattoos were seen as less responsible and trustworthy. There are many kinds of opinions  among each countries.  Third, Makeup. Since 4,000 years ago, the history of makeup has existed. Ancient Egyptian women paomted their lips and eyes to make them seem bigger. Upper-

I read “Hansel and Grethel” There was a poor family. They could no longer procure daily bread. So, the mother and father decided to leave their two children, Hansel and Grethel in the thick forest. Two children got lost and they couldn’t arrive home. After three days they have been lost, they found the house covered with sweets. There is a old woman who intend to eat one of them. One day, Grethel killed this old woman to help her brother. After that, they could go home and live happily.

I read “TURTLES” Turtles have many interesting characteristics. I’ll show you them. First, turtles are among the oldest animal species still alive. They are definitely the oldest reptile. There are about 300 species of turtles, including tortoises. Turtles and tortoises looks similar, but there are big differences.                For example, turtles have flippers to swim and to cover the eggs. On the other hand, tortoises have heavy shells and thick legs. Second, turtles are appear in a lot of historical tales such as Aesop or Terry Pratchett’s work because turtles have had an influence in many countries. In one Chinese myth says that the turtle’s rounded carapace or top part of the shell is a symbol of the heavens. But on the other hand, in Ancient Greece, turtles were considered to come from hell. Whether they are loved or hasted, feared or admired, one thing is sure; turtles have earned the respect of humans around the world and throughout time. Third, turtles having been

"Global Lounge" Today I visited the Global Lounge for the first time. I played English Karuta  with my friends! There are many interesting goods such as movies , MONOPOLY , cards and original world flyer. I wasn't able to see all of them, but I believe my English skill will be improved by popping into this room.  I'd like to try to come here with my friend, if an event is held next time!