Pygmalion

Eliza is a poor seller of flower. Higgins is a linguist. I think that two don't usually get along well. But because Eliza's talking was bad, she visited Higgins to be educated to speak beautiful words from him. Eliza visited him to be an elegant flower seller, and Higgins educated her to win a bet with Pickering then. But when love feelings are born from there, how will the feelings of two people change? What is difference between the education with love feelings and without love feelings? I talk about them.

Of course two people would not have the love feelings at first. Eliza thought only that she would take a lesson desperately to make her language good. While Higgins thought only that he wanted to bring up ELISA into the elegant woman of the upper class. I thought they had thought nothing but it. That's because he would educate her very strictly and she would be educated very honestly. If he had the love feeling in this point, he would not instruct her so strictly. So it would take Eliza very longer time to be a woman of the upper class. And if she had the love feeling in that point, it would take very longer time too. That's because the purpose of education would be not to make her language better but to be with Higgins.

After the lesson of several months, Eliza was brought up to the very elegant woman of the upper class. Both Eliza and Higgins did not have the love feeling until this. That's why Eliza was able to bear the strict education of Higgins and be such woman. Higgins was also able to win a bet with Pickering. Eliza knew that Higgins had exploited her as the guinea pig of the bet, and she got mad. But Higgins felt gloomy. Certainly, he had exploited her because she had been the just guinea pig. But now she wasn't. She became the woman of upper class. She wasn't what she had been.

As the result, two people were due to be together. The factor was that they had not loved each other at first. The class of them had not been balanced after all at first. But now she was as noble as him. So she didn't have to take his strict lesson from now. Because Eliza realized that, she visited him in the end. And Higgins had regarded her as a woman who had a terrible dialect and a guinea pig. But he fell in love with her who was not what she used to. In conclusion, the love between them appeared not at the stage of education but after the education.

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Esssay 2-02b: Robin Hood

Probably many people recognize Robin Hood as a famous person, but the origin of it is from an animal, a fox that worked with a bear, Little John. Robin Hood and Little John were good at stealing many things from the rich. After that they gave them to the poor. Because of Robin's actions, he was regarded as a hero by the poor, while he was regarded as annoying fox by the rich. There was a reason why they were good at stealing money. It was because they were also good at disguise.

One day,  they stole something worthy from a king who loved money very much. The king rules a place in which people were forced to pay much money and it made them difficult to live. While they were struggling to live in the severe environment, Little John and Robin Hood appeared to help them. Robin Hood pretended to be a augur, who stared at someone’s hands and said their future. While he pretended, he stole much money and distributed money around the town. Little John also worked as a guardsman of Robin Hood. As a result, it made people happy and the king annoyed.

There was a very cute girl in a castle. Her name was Marian which was also fox. She and Robin Hood loved each other  for a long time. They couldn’t see for a long period. That’s why she felt that he didn’t love her or forget her existence, but it was not true and he loved her. Marian had a close friend, Crack which supported their lovely relationship.

One day, Robin Hood heard about a rumor that a shooting competition had been going to be held. As a result, he could attend it and win. This competition was held to attract him by King who hated Robin.The king knew that Robin would win the competition before it was held and he tried to catch Robin after the competition,but he could escape from the king because of support of many people who lived in the country and loved Robin.

Robin’s action reminded me of a phrase said by Mother Teresa. She said: ‘if you want to be loved, you have to love. This phrase is applicable to his action. Actually, he didn’t hope that he was loved,but he was nice and as a result he was loved and he made many people happy. When he was in danger, he was helped by many people who loved or were grateful for Robin’s action. Robin did something morally right but he did something illegally wrong. That’s why I can decide whether what  he did was cool or not. 

We like this movie. We could learn about something we didn’t know and remind me of what justice is. Recently, I am studying the UN. The UN stands for the united nations which is one of the biggest organization to keep the world piece. I think the UN seems similar to Robin’s action because the organization tries to help many people improve their lifestyle and other many things,but there is a totally different point between the UN and Robin’s action which is that he did something for many people with courage and he didn’t expect any return from them,while the UN try to help people and developed countries develop more and earn more money. I sometimes forget what is right and wrong morally. I think I should do something morally right even it is thought to be bad from the vision of many people. I recommend that many people should watch this movie. Especially I want  this movie to be watched by teenagers. Teenagers have lived more than ten years and they have  opinions about what justice is. This movie gives them an opportunity to consider it again. 

[644 words]

Reference

Reitherman. Wolfgang, & Reitherman. Wolfgang. (1973). Robin Hood. United States. The Walt Disney Company.  

My favorite dessert

My favorite dessert is parfait. When I eat out, I often eat parfait after meal. My favorite kind of parfait is strawberry parfait. That's because I don't like powdered green tea. Though I like green tea very much, somehow I don't like powdered tea. And I don't like chocolate parfait. I like chocolate very much. But I don't like chocolate ice. In addition, I don't like chocolate ice too. That's why I don't like chocolate parfait. So my favorite parfait is strawberry one. My best parfait is Joyfull's one. It is reasonable. So I am easy to order one. And it has very good size for me and many ingredients I like. I want to eat the parfait of Kumamoto Clair. It has a very big parfait. I heard that three friends of mine ate it, but they were not able to eat the whole of it. Someday I want to eat it with some friends of mine.

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My favorite book

My favorite book is "Door D". It's a suspense novel. It was written by Yusuke Yamada. He is a famous suspense writer. His first work is "Real onigokko". It was filmed in 2008. "Door D" isn't filmed, but I like this story. When I was 18, I was suggested this book by my friend. This story is very terrible. 8 club members were shut in a small room. There was a door, but it didn't open. They thought over how they could go out the room, but nothing occurred to them. There was a button on the wall. When one man pushed it, a large quantity of water flowed and the door opened. But it opened while he pushed the button. Though 7 members could go out the room, he had to be sacrificed. That's how remaining members encounter various rooms and become sacrificed one after another. I want to watch a movie of this if this is filmed.

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My favorite class

My favorite class is physical education. That's because I like sports very much. In first semester, I played recreation sports. We had to make a group. All my members were in Foreign Language Faculty. So we were able to get along with. In the class, we played small tennis. In the most of classes we do it. So I was sorry because I had thought that I played many recreation sports. We played pétanque and softball too. I enjoyed them very much. In second semester, I play tennis. I like to play tennis very much. But I had not played it since I was a junior high school student. At first I had a hard time with it, but now I manage to do it. I can get along with members of the class, so I enjoy it. Because the class is on Thursday, I look forward to coming Thursday every week.

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Mrs. Dalloway

This novel is the work which describes a day of Clarissa Dalloway which is a main character. The young man called Septimus appears parallel to her day, too. The story of Dalloway is that she reviews her who gets growing old while recollecting her past. Septimus once went for World War as the member of a party. He experienced the death of his war comrade close. He became mentally damaged by the result. He intends to commit suicide now. These two people are really unrelated as you know, and they never meet each other in this work. However, what would Dalloway think when she knew the suicide of Septimus? How was the life of Dalloway influenced from the death of Septimus? I want to talk about these.

Dalloway is a 52-year-old woman who belongs to an upper class. Generally, I feel that the age of 52 years old is not yet the age which you think about death. However, because Dalloway has experienced many things and they never come back, she might have felt close to death by looking back on her who was past. I was impressed by Mr.Yoshida's phrase "Because you feel the temptation of death, you are frightened at death." I think Dalloway felt close to death still more by recovering from the big disease.

When I consider to here, I am not mysterious even if Dalloway commits suicide finally. But she doesn't die after all. At the stage of the first draft of this work, Dalloway was to die. But Seputimas dies instead of her. But, I feel sense of incongruity from the expression of "instead". That's because nobody usually thinks that they don't die because of death of Septimus.

The reason that Dalloway gave up suicide is that Dalloway knew death of Septimus while she thought about suicide and she projected herself on him. By doing so, she supposed that she had experienced death once. There is life simply because there is death. So she was able to think only that she lived now. I thought that death of Septimus would let life of Dalloway be outstanding more.

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My favorite TV game

My favorite TV game is Kingdom Hearts. It is a role-playing game. I think it is very famous and poplar, but there are few friends who play it. I can not understand why everyone doesn't play it. It was produced by SQUARE ENIX and Disney. At this point in time I wanted to buy it. In this game, many characters of SQUARE ENIX and Disney appear. This is very exciting. And the director of this game is Tetsuya Nomura. He is a famous illustrator. He directed it for the first time. The point that I like this game is the story. Even if you complete one of the series, you are not able to understand the story completely. There are many series and each story is connected. And the story is very interesting and deep. I am sure that you are impressed. So you should play all series of Kingdom Hearts.

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My favorite subject

My favorite subject is mathematics. When I say this, I am often said "Why you are in the British and American Department?" I don't know. Anyway I want to be in it. Then I talk about the reason I like mathematics. By the way, I am often said "Why do you like math?" and "I am not able to understand number." too. On the contrary, I want to ask you. Why don't you like math? I think math is the easiest subject. After all, you do nothing but add, subtract, multiply or divide. So you just memorize how to do so and formulas. It is very simple. I think the other subjects have many things to memorize. So I don't like society and science. I can not memorize many words of them. So I like math because it has few things to memorize.

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My favorite drama

My favorite drama is "Majisuka Girl's High School". It was projected by Yasushi Akimoto. Performers are members of AKB48. When episode 1 was broadcasting, I was up by chance. I was not interested in it, but I watched it because I was free. After I watched it, I receive big impact. I really liked it. I became a fan of AKB48. Though I had not been interested in AKB48, the drama changed me. The main character is Atsuko Maeda. She transferred to Majisuka Girl's High School. And she fought members of wind-instrument club called Rappappa. She fought people who are not members of Rappappa too. After fight, they became on Maeda's side and fought together.There were many friendship stories, so I was impressed. Season II of it was also interesting. I think this is a god drama.

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My favorite place

My favorite place is my home. My house is located in Yamaga. It is my mother's parent's house. Yamaga is very rural. The scenery I look at from a window is very good. Paddy fields spread around my house. So I like my house. I always feel calm there. My room is not extensive. It is very narrow. My room has four and half mats, but it is very comfortable. There are many comics, and there are many goods of my favorite singer. I display them on the shelf. Of course, they are unopened. I want to keep goods unopened. That’s because I want to keep them new. I just like to look at them. I have the other room. The room has my clothes and toys that I got at an amusement park. I like my room very much.

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My favorite idol

My favorite idol is AKB48 as you know. But, in fact, I like them as not idol but singer. I think they have made an effort very much. So I like them. There are many people who do not like them. But I think the other singer do not make an effort as much as AKB48. So, I think if they know AKB48's effort, they like AKB48. My best song is "Anatagaitekuretakara". In this promotion video, their effort by now is showed. When I watched it for the first time, I was impressed very much. Of course, the other songs are very good, too. I want to go to the handshake party, but I have to pay much money because there are many members whom I want to handshake with. Someday I want to go there. I believe their popularity does not decline forever.

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My favorite member of AKB48

My favorite member of AKB48 is Aika Oota. She is called "Lovetan". When I tell that I like her, everyone is surprised. I do not know why. There are many units composed by members of AKB48. My best unit is "Watariroukahashiritai". Lovetan is in this unit. I like members of this. And their songs are very cute. That's why I like it. AKB48 acts at Tokyo. But SKE48 acts at Aichi, and NMB48 acts at Osaka. My favorite member of SKE48 is Rena Matsui. In Majisuka Girl's High School, her role's name is Gekikara. I liked her. So I like Rena Matsui. My favorite member of NMB48 is Nana Yamada. She is very cheerful. So I like her. I have talked about my favorite members, but in fact my favorite member was Erena Ono. She had graduated from AKB48 in 2010. If she hadn't graduated, I would be fan of her still.

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Essay 2-01b: Comfortable place

I will introduce my favorite place. My favorite place is my home. My house is located in Yamaga. It is my mother's parent's house. I will talk about the environmental, my room and comfort of my house.

Yamaga is very rural. The scenery I look at from a window is very good. Paddy fields spread around my house. So I like my house. I always feel calm there. In the morning, I hear birds singing. In the afternoon, I hear voices of neighboring children playing. At night, I hear cries of frogs, and sometimes owls. It is very nostalgic. If I lived in the city, I was not able to feel nostalgia.

I also like my room. My room is not extensive. It is very narrow. My room has four and half mats, but it is very comfortable. There are many comics, and there are many goods of my favorite singer. I display them on the shelf. Of course, they are unopened. I want to keep goods unopened. That’s because I want to keep them new. I just like to look at them. I have the other room. The room has my clothes and toys that I got at an amusement park.

One reason I like my house is the time that I stay home. My mother manages a cram school at my house. So I work there. Now I work six days a week. Of course, I have to work on Saturday and Sunday. So I hardly go out then. The time that I spend home is very long. So I think that my room is the most comfortable place.

The best reason I like my house is family. I have parents, a grandmother and a dog. I like my family very much. Of course, I like my pet too. I often go out and eat out with them.

Everyone thinks that their own room is the most comfortable after all. There is my family. When I go home, dishes my mother cooks are waiting. There is a pet. When I go to school, I play with my dog before I ride the motorbike. Of course, I play with him after I get off the motorbike when I go home too. This is my daily work. I am able to relax in my room. There is not anywhere I am able to do so. I think my house is the best place.

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BR 2-16: The Scarf

A girl knit a scarf. She makes a long scarf. She likes it very much. She goes out with wearing a scarf. She goes to the park with her friends. The pond freezes. They met three children. The children make fun of her because her scarf is too long. Then, the boy of the children goes on the pond. The ice breaks and he falls in the pond. But his friends run away. They are terrible. The girl who wears a long scarf, her mother and her friends decides to help him. They help him by the long scarf. Then they can help him. She thinks that the long scarf is very helpful.

After I read this book, I thought that we can use a scarf for other purpose.

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Reference

Hunt, Roderick, & Brychta, Alex. (2003). The Scarf. Oxford: Oxford University Press

BR 2-14: The Three Billy Goats Gruff

This is the story about three goats. When I heard this story for the first time, I was maybe 5 years old. The name is "Garagaradon of three goats" if I remember correctly. It is a Norwegian old tale. Three goats which appear on this book are family. They see green grass on the opposite bank. They have to cross the suspension bridge to go there. When the smallest goat is going to cross the bridge, the goat meets the troll. The troll wants to eat the goat. But the goat says "I am so small that you are not satisfied. The goat which is bigger than me comes later. You should eat that one." And the goat can cross the bridge. After that, the goat of the average size tries to cross the bridge. Then the troll appears. But the goat says "I am so thin that you are not satisfied. The goat which is fatter than me comes later. You should eat that one." And the goat can cross the bridge. After that, the biggest goat tries to cross the bridge. Then the troll appears. The troll says "You are very fat." and tries to eat. But the goat says "And I am very strong." and throws the troll into the water. All goats can cross the bridge after all.

I felt nostalgic when I read this book.

[244 words]

Reference

Williams, Melanie, & McBride, Angus. (2000). The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Harlow, England: Pearson Education.

BR 2-15: Camping Adventure

This story is about camping. A family camp. They assemble the tent by themselves. They like camping. They eat supper under the tent. They like camping. When they sleep, the storm comes. The wind blow the tent. A woman who lives near them is expecting. Her husband has to take her to the hospital. But the storm blows down. So the road to the hospital is obstructed by the tree. They decide to call the hospital to come by helicopter. They make the landing point. When doctors arrive, the baby is born. It is a boy. They hope he will like camping.

I have camped once. Probably, I was 6 years old. I went camping to Ashikita. I found much jellyfish on the beach. At night, I tested my courage with my family. I was small, so I was frightened. Now, I have grew. I want to test my courage again.

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Reference

Hunt, Roderick, & Brychta, Alex. (2003). Camping Adventure. Oxford: Oxford University Press

BR 2-13: Pirate Adventure

This is the story about pirates. Four children fly to another world by the power of the magic key. They get to the sea. They meet some pirates there. They take children to their ship. A captain gets into the ship. He and his crew welcome children. They hold a party for children. Children were afraid of them first. But they are very kind, so children are not afraid them. In the middle of a party, the magic key blows and children go back to the real world.

After I read this book, the pirates looked like Luffy's Corps. It appears on "ONE PIECE". The crews of the corps are very kind. They beat bad people. I wish all pirates were kind like them.

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Reference

Hunt, Roderick, & Brychta, Alex. (2003). Pirate Adventure. Oxford: Oxford University Press

BR 2-11: Superdog

This is the story about a dog. His name is Floppy. He is the common dog. So his family trains him to be a super dog. But he wants to live a normal life. Then the magic key blows. It is the adventure only for Floppy this time. He flies to the big city. He has never seen such big city. So he explores the city. He meets a woman leading a pram. She thinks that she puts the brake on. But the pram begins to work. It goes down the slope at great speed. He notices it and goes to stop the pram. The woman thanks him and praises him with Superdog. After that, he does a good thing many times. He catches a thief. He helps a drowned boy. He helps a tormented dog. But then, the magic key blows. He goes back to the real world. He returns to a common dog again.

I have a dog. His name is Rocky. I named him it because I wanted him to be a strong dog like Rocky acted by Sylvester Stallone. He is very strong and cheerful just as his name.

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Reference

Hunt, Roderick, & Brychta, Alex. (2003). Superdog. Oxford: Oxford University Press

BR 2-03: In the Garden

This is the story that children become small and have an adventure in the garden. They become small by the power of the mysterious key. Grass in the garden looks like a jungle and the small sand hill in the sandpit looks like a big mountain. They find a strawberry field. Strawberries are very big. The children run to eat them. By the result that strawberries are too big, they can't eat all. After that it rains. When they hide under a big flowerpot, they get big and the adventure is over.

I think this story has a dream. But I don't think I want to be small. That's because I don't want to watch insects from a close distance. I hate insects very much.

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Reference

Hunt, Roderick, & Brychta, Alex. (2003). In the Garden. Oxford: Oxford University Press 

BR 2-12: Survival Adventure

This is the story about survival. Three children want to camp. But the magic key blows and they fly to another world. They are in the forest. They meet two children there. Then they are attacked by a bear. They don't know what they should do. So the girl anyway opens a umbrella and spins it round and round. Then the bear is surprised and runs away. After that they go to the river. The boy whom children met there catches fish. And he makes a fire by a bow and a stick. He is very cool. After that the boy's family comes. They are surprised that the children frightened the bear by an umbrella. When they apart, children give him the umbrella. It seems to be useful to frighten a bear.

I often watch TV program of survival. Each time I want to live in an uninhabited island. I want to catch fish without diving equipment.

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Reference

Hunt, Roderick, & Brychta, Alex. (2003). Survival Adventure. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Essay 2-02a: Robin Hood

Probably many people recognize Robin Hood as a famous person, but the origin of it is from an animal, a fox that work with, a bear, Little John. Little John is good at stealing many things from the rich. After that he gives them to the poor. Because of his actions, he is regarded as a hero by the poor, while he is regarded as annoying bear by the rich.There is a reason why they are good at stealing money. It is because they are also good at disguising.

One day,  he steals something worthy from a king who loves money very much. The king rules a place in which people are forced to pay much money and it makes them difficult to live. While they are struggling to live in the severe environment, Little John and Robin Hood appear to help them. Robin Hood pretend to be a augur, who stares at someone’s hands and say their future. While he pretends, he steals much money and distribute money around the town. Little John also works as a guardman of Robin Hood. As a result, it makes people happy and the king annoyed.

There was a very cute girl in a castle. Her name was Marian which was also fox. She and Robin Hood loved each other  for a long time. They couldn’t see for a long period. That’s why she felt that he didn’t love her or forget her existence, but it was not true and he loved her. Marian had a close friend, Crack which supported their lovely relationship.

One day, Robin Hood heard about a rumor that a shooting competition had been going to be held. As a result, he could attend it and win. This competition was held to attract him by King who hated Robin.The king knew that Robin would win the competition before it was held and he tried to catch Robin after the competition,but He could escape from the king because of support of many people who lived in the country and loved Robin.

Robin’s action reminded me of a phrase said by Mother Teresa. She said: ‘if you want to be loved, you have to love. This phrase is applicable to his action. Actually, he didn’t hope that he was loved,but he was nice and as a result he was loved and he made many people happy. When he was in danger, he was helped by many people who loved or were grateful for Robin’s action. Robin did something morally right but he did something illegally wrong. That’s why I can decide whether what  he did is cool or not. 

Totally, I like this movie. I could learn about something I didn’t know and remind me of what justice is. Recently, I am studying the UN. The UN stands for the united nations which is one of the biggest organization to keep the world piece. I think the UN seems similar to Robin’s action because the organization tries to help many people improve their lifestyle and other many things,but there is a totally different point between the UN and Robin’s action which is that he did something for many people with courage and he didn’t expect any return from them,while the UN try to help people and developed countries develop more and earn more money. I sometimes forget what is right and wrong morally. I think I should do something morally right even it is thought to be bad from the vision of many people. I recommend that many people should watch this movie. Especially I want  this movie be watched by teenagers like me. Teenagers have lived more than ten years and they have some opinions about what justice is. This movie gives them an opportunity to consider it gain. 

[643 words]

Reference
Reitherman. Wolfgang, & Reitherman. Wolfgang. (1973). Robin Hood. United States. The Walt Disney Company.