I believe *Narumi*

June 1st, 2010
 
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 I believe the hope. I think all people have the hope. Then hope for peace, life, love and future etc. There are many kinds of the hopes. If we do not have the hope, we can do nothing, and we will be sent trivial life.

  First when I was a high school student, I belonged to karate club. Of course I did many games. I always have the hope that I will win the games. I think this is part of the hopes. The hope gave me rising up motivaton.

  Second I have a dream since I was a elementary school student. It is police woman. But it is not enough my tall. But I could not give up the dream. I can not become police woman,but I can become police officer!! Then I though. And the hope gave me continue different dream. About this, I have the hope that I will come true in the future. So now I study hard in the university to my dream. Recently I look forward to imagine my future.  

   I think the hope is good. Maybe best thing. And no good thing ever dies. In addition, I have heard this poetry “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them” by Walt Disney. If there is no hope, then people lose the spark of life. So I think hope is very important for our lives. Moreover, everyone can have it.

MY EFFORT

June 1st, 2010
 
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I believe that these words. “His genius, he was quite content in one brief sentence to define: of inspiration one percent, of perspiration ninety-nine. ” Thomas Alva Edison .

There are various things for an effort.  The effort is very important for a human being.

When I was high school student, I belonged to a baseball club.  Japanese high school baseball is strict. Our baseball club had more than100 members. In many members, I must gain a regular. Therefore, I had to make a lot of effort. For example, I ran for a long distance many times, and I can’t count how many practice swings I did.

However, I had a splendid manager.  He is a greatest person in my life. He has a strong passion, and I met good friends in our baseball club. We got over the hard practice together with my friends.

Furthermore, I was not only the regular but also captain. I learned the importance of effort through high school baseball!!

 

Light your life up

May 31st, 2010
 
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Have you ever had a setback in your life? What do you do when you feel blue? Move on or stay the same?

My father’s best friend’s son killed himself four years ago. He jumped off a building because his parents didn’t allow him to marry with the woman he loved. He was in despair. But many of us will think,  “Why did he kill himself ? ” There must be many ways to figure the problem out. But, none of us could be him, we can’t know what he thought or felt. The only thing we can be sure is he despaired enough to end his life, no matter how many people cared about him.

What I want to say is when you lose your hope, you can’t see light, you can’t find the exit, everything will be covered with gray. And when there is no hope, there is no dream, only the nightmare that you can’t walk away from.

But if there is hope, everything will be changed. No matter how difficult your position is, you can cross it. Hope is the fire that lights our lives up. With it, you won’t lose your target. With it, you won’t get lost. You may fail, you may be sad, you can cry like a baby, but never ever give up hope. As long as you harbor hope, tomorrow will visit you with a smile. Like the story about the king of Scotland-Robert Bruce, you may fail, but if you harbor hope, you will win tomorrow.

I believe in hope. Only the one who moves on, can reach the goal he or she wants.  Happiness won’t visit the one who stay as they are. As the famous lines said “Tomorrow is another day”. No matter what happened, we should always remember, the sun will still be able to rise tomorrow.

Self Introduction

May 26th, 2010

Hello.My nama is Hanako Otsuka. I’m 20 years old. I’m from Tokyo in Nerima.

When I was high school student, I played hand ball.

In my free time,  watching movies, cycling and listening to music.My favorite artists are Jack Johnson,Norah Jones,Bjork,Sigur Ros,T.Rex, The Blue Hearts and so on…

I’m Interested in foll music recentry.

Nice to meet you.

Sun-soaked Island of Love

May 25th, 2010
 
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Cyprus Worksheet – Download, listen to the podcast above and try!

Have you heard of Nicosia? Do you know about Aphrodite? Have you ever eaten halloumi? Can you guess what country all these are connected to?

Hi. My name is Damon. Welcome to this country spotlight. I’d like to introduce Cyprus to you on this show. Cyprus is a beautiful island with lots of history that lies in the Mediterranean Sea. I’ll be talking about a few basic facts, some history and Cypriot cuisine. Let’s start.

A Few Facts

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Mizuki’s interview.

May 25th, 2010
 
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I interviewed Mizuki. 

She likes trip abroad and perfume very much!

Please get to know about her.

Interview

May 19th, 2010
 
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Interview with Narumi.

I asked Narumi about music.

Interview with Wang He

May 19th, 2010
 
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Interview with Wang He.

I asked about music or movies.

Kaho

May 19th, 2010
 
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 Hello. My name is Kaho Takaesu. Pleas call me “Kaho”. I’m from  Isigaki island, Okinawa. I have lived in Sgamihara for one year. I belonged to Handball Club in my high school. I like to play soccer and basketball now.

  My hobby is listening to music and wacthing movies and sleeping. I like wacthing sports games. For example soccer games, basketball games and baseball game. But as for baseball game I only wacth “Kushien” . My fevorite singer is Nisino Kana and Shimizu Syouta. They are very cool and have a nice voice. My favorite food is yaeyama-soba, okonomiyaki and sushi.

 I will study hard in obirin university beccause I want to become a English teacher. I hope to dreams come true.

Thank you!

Self Introduction

May 19th, 2010
 
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Hello. My name is Emi Kamei.

I’m from Kisarazu in Chiba. But now I live in Tokyo with my sister. Kisarazu is linked to Kawasaki by an undersea tunnel. This tunnel’s name is the Aqua line. It’s very convenient. So I offen go to Tokyo through it. And I can easily return to the place where I grew up.

 I like to play and whatch sports. when I was in third year of elementary school I stared to play basketball. I played basketball from 9 to 18. I was good at three point shoot.  Thought I play seldom basketball now, I sometimes go to play basketball in elemntary school’s basketball club.

Thank you