2008年2月8日金曜日

Februal\ry 8th, 2008

・What did you learn in this class this semester?
⇒ I learned how to use a blog. I had never had my bolg so it was a little difficult for me. But I enjoyed writing it. Then I was able to be interested in foreign cultures and events more. I think I should study English. From now omward. For example, I read English news paper.

・I will count
1. how many blog posts you wrote
I posted 13 blogs in my blog.


2. the quality of your blog posts
The quality of my blog is not so good, because my sentences were simple and uncollected. I’d like to improve my English knowledge.

・did you answer all the questions?
⇒Yes, I did.

・did you spell-check your work before uploading?
⇒Yes, I did.

・did you add links, and your own opinion?
⇒Yes, I did before.

2008年2月1日金曜日

February 1st, 2008

1) Watch the PowerPoint presentation. Write a summary of the key points (in Japanese or English) on your blog

⇒ ・ 必ずスペルチェックをする
  ・ インターネットの翻訳を使ってはいけない
  ・ 自分の英語、自分の力で文章を書く
  ・ 問題とその答えを書く
・ そのまま文章をコピーしたりしてはいけない
  ・ 引用した箇所はその詳細を明記する(URLなどを示す)
・ 自分の投稿した文章を読み返す

2) What is the purpose, objective, of a newspaper company?
⇒ I think the newspaper company wants to inform us of a lot of news so they write whatever they want to tell even if it’s no true.

3) What is the purpose, objective, of a television company?
⇒ I think the propose of the television is almost the same as the newspaper company.But, they can inform us of news with image on TV

4) What is the purpose, objective of Yahoo! or Google?
⇒ I think the propose of the Internet tools is helping us. When we don’t know anything about news, we can look for the detail of it on the internet.

5) The purpose of all the above is to make money. That is the purpose of all these businesses. How do they make money? By getting as many readers or viewers (”eyeballs”) as possible. If their purpose is to get as many readers or viewers or “eyeballs” as possible, then what kind of news will they publish? Give 2 or 3 examples. What kind of news will they not publish? Give 2 or 3 examples.

⇒ ・They will publish the news which is in the spotlight. For example, an artist’s romance or scandal. And they will publish the terrible case of murder, because we want to know who the suspect is.
   ・They will not publish the news which their company’s scandal, because they don’t want to give a bad image to us. Otherwise, they can’t get a high audience rating.

6) Find a news article in English that interests you, and write about it on your blog. Write a summary of the article, then your thoughts about it, and any interesting English words or expressions or grammar you learned from reading this.

“Handball replay graws crowds”
●my summary of this news●
⇒ Before, Handball game for the Beijing Olympics was not correct judge, so Japanese handball team prospect to the International Handball Federation. Furthermore, Japanese and Korean team played the game again. That game was interested by many Japanese people, so handball became very famous!!
●Interesting words●
 reaffirme,~と再び断言する the International Handball Federation,国際ハンドボール連盟

I had never watched the handball game, but I was interested in it. I think that Handball is very powerful and exciting sports! I want the Japanese team to win in the final game!

7) Read your classmates’ blogs and comment on them on your own blog.
to Bell's blog
●my comments●
You're blog is a polite sentence.I could know new word!Dumpling is 肉入り湯で団子!!

2008年1月29日火曜日

World News B January 25th 2008


-1 It was taken in Baghdad.
-2 It was taken on Wednesday April 9th 2003.
-3 The people cheer as a statue of Saddam Hussein falls.
-4 群集は皆、サダム・フセインの像が倒れるのを見て、喜びの声を上げた。
-5 I think there were about 10,000 people.

-1 I think there were about 140 people.
-2 I think ‘crowds cheer’is accurate.
-3 I think the first picture shows collapsing.
-4 I think the photo can inform to around the world what the status in Baghdad
-5 I think the first photo is scary photo, because the people are very excited. The second photo is easy to understand the country circumstances.

I think that it is important for newspapers to tell the truth, because to lie is bad.

First, I’ll get a lot of information about that on the internet. Second, I’ll discussion with my friend or my family.

2008年1月18日金曜日

World News B January 18

①1,536,015 Muslims are living in Britain. (2001)
②500,000 Hindus are living in Britain (2000)
③Muslims population is here.
Hindus population is here or here.
④o.k!

● Japanese come top in blogging●
( Friday, January 11, 2008 週刊ST )

The Japanese speakers have gone blog-wide. There’re five times English speakers who use blogs than Japanese speakers who use blogs. Japanese speakers are less than English speakers, but more blog postings are written in Japanese than in English.
American people use a blog to promote their think or opinion to the society. So their blog sentence is short. In contrast, Japanese people use it to write about their habit or life like a diary. Japan is very wealthy countries. Almost people have PC or mobile phone so they can write a blog anywhere and anytime.

I use a my blog but I don’t contribute it frequently. It’s very difficult to write a blog. I like to watch my friend’s blog or TV actress’s blog. It’s very interesting for me! I think that they are unique.

2008年1月11日金曜日

World News B 11th January

1・
I went to the Kashihara Shine with my friend. I’ve gone there for 4 years. There were many people!! We took a picture in front of a big ema and bought an omamori. So I felt very happy!! After that, I went to shopping mall. There were a lot of people too, so I was very tired. I couldn’t buy anything. I went my home with my friend, we ate many rice cakes. They were very delicious!! We had a good time!!

2・
1, Scotland
2, In London. picture
3, Birth of JRR Tokien, author of Lorg of the Rings (1892)
4, This day marks the birth of the tenth and final Sikh prophet-teacher in 166 C.E. Guru Gobind Singh introduced many of the customs that Sikhs practice today including the 5 K’s.
5,

2007年12月21日金曜日

World News B December 21


1. The Nativity Play recreates the scene of Jesus’ birth in the stable and tells of how Mary and Joseph were visited by the Shepherds and Wise Men. This play is performed by children.
2. Caroling (singing carols in the street) is one of the oldest customs in Great Britain, going back to the Middle Ages when beggars, seeking food, money, or drink, would wander the streets singing holiday songs.
3. A pantomime is a traditional British Christmas play. They are an important part of our Christmas festivities. The male roles are often played by women and female roles by men. This makes the audience laugh more.
4. Mince pies are an essential part of Christmas. They are small pies, usually between 2 and 3 inches in diameter(5-7.5 centimeters), filled with mincemeat (Minced fruit not meat. In the US, mincemeat is known by the more accurate name “fruit mince”.)
☆Mince Pie☆


6. ☆Christmas Cake☆


7. The Brussels sprout is a cultivar group of Wild Cabbage sultivated for its small leafy green heads, which resemble miniature cabbages.
☆Brussels sprots☆

Lucy's blog is very useful for me!!



2007年12月14日金曜日

World NewsB 14th December

3. The group aiming at release of political offenders.

4. ①I found this story 96 article in Yahoo Japan.
Some examole are following: one, two, three
②Uzbekistan is in Central Asia. The capital is Tashkent. Map
③This story is a sad news, because I think someone may hush this truth.
④ I could find one article about this news in Japanese in Google.
彼の父親の人権活動に対する制裁行為のために、息子である彼が嫌がらせの行為を受けた。
5. I didn't know that. So I'll try to find a lot of the blog of Japanese person in the US!!