How I study English in summer vacation

 In summer vacation, I will have much time, so to watch animation, movie, or game in English and to listen to music in English are how I study English in summer.  Recently, I watch the movie of game, named Asura's Wrath, on YouTube.  It is a game translated to English.  There are not a lot of comments, but I think it is a way to study English.  I think studying English become easier with something interesting.  Also, each comments have sentences on each scenes.  I can understand the comments by sentences even if I can't listen to it.  However, if I listen to it twice, I would be able to understand better than once.  It is studying English.
 Also, I listen to music.  I like Michael Jackson, The beatles, Taylor Swift, and Stevie Wonder.  I listen to them on my Windows Media Player.  To understand and to study English, I read the lyrics listening to music.
 In summer vacation, there are a lot of time, so I won't waste my time.

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The classes I will take

I will take Writing IV class, the History of American Literature, the Introduce of the global society, Speaking, the History of English Literature, Spanish, the Introduce of English Language, the Chemical, ... and more.  I am looking forward to the History of American Literature, the History of English Literature, and Spanish because their teachers are very fun and the class is interesting.  I like the classes.  In class of the History of American Literature, we learned about American writer and watched movies retold from American literature in spring semester.  And we wrote report about the movie.  In class of the History of English Literature, we learned about English writer and English language.  In the era of Old English, there were nothing to say literature but there were something to become literature.  It was myth and poem.  It was transmitted by word of mouth.  The teacher, Mr. Hori, is interesting person.  I like the class.  In Spanish, I learned about daily conversation in Spanish.
 However, I am thinking whether I will take the Introduce of understanding other cultures because I don't like the class.  I am interested almost all classes I will take, of course, I am interested in that class, but I don't like only that class.  If I don't take it, I will take the theory of politics because I want to get forty eight cashes.

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My vacation plan

 I am a teacher at a cram school as a part time job.  At cram school, we have a special summer course, so I will work hard in August.  I will work for about twenty days.  In the days, I will have two or four classes, but it is shorter than others who work hard.  They will have seven classes in a day.  Seven classes are all classes in a day.  So, in August, I will spend working almost days.
 Then, I will go to Tokyo by local train.  I will do via Kobe.  In Kobe, I will stay may aunt's house.  Then, I will go to Tokyo, and return to Osaka to gather my aunt, cousin, sister, mother.  We will go to Universal Studio Japan.  In Tokyo, I'll see my friends.  I haven't seen them since last March.  I'm looking forward to seeing them!
 Also, I will post some dailies to this blog because I will have to do fifteen thousand words.  So, I want to post in summer vacation to reduce the number of posting words in 2nd term.

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Awesome PV

 This is an awesome promotion movie.  The sing sung by OK Go and the title is This Too Shall Pass.  The first scene is pushing down dominoes by mini car.  Then, dominoes fell down one after another.  This is not unusual, but the next, the scale is bigger and bigger.  Yes, it is big Rube Goldberg machine!  Of course, I listen to music, but also  I watch it in spite of myself.  It is very interesting movie.  I think that the most surprising point is that noises also make music.  The big Rube Goldberg machine makes some sounds, which is said rather noise than sound, but in this promotion movie, the noises are included in music sounds.  It is great!  Please watch it!

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Spanish restaurant

  We will have to make a restaurant.  My group think Spanish restaurant.  We decided the name of restaurant would be "A delante".  It means "Welcome." in Spanish, so I proposed it.  Then, we are going to make the menu of restaurant.  Spain is famous about sea food, and you must hear paella.  It is known as one of the most famous Spanish dishes.  So, I think paella can't be removed from our menu.  However, it is only dish in Spanish dishes I knew.  So, I researched on google, haha.  As a result of researching, I found gazpacho as a soup, marinade and salad of anchovy  as salad menu, and more.  Desserts are churros, cooking apple, and comport of a pear. Thinking about our restaurant is fun, but we will have to presentation...  It make me nervous...

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My favorite shoes

  One of my favorite shoes is the brown one of Vans.  It is a sneaker.  It has brown base and white lines.  I bought it at Tosu Premium Outlet.  In fact, I had the same one.  I bought that one when I graduated from high school.  When I was a high school student, I was in a club, so I went to high school almost everyday.  I didn't need many shoes.  I had two or three shoes then, but I needed to buy some shoes when I entered university and went to Hiroshima.  The shoes was one of them I bought then.  I liked it and had put on it many times.  I used it for about five years.  It became very old.  I walked a lot with the shoes.  When I needed to buy another shoes, I wanted the same one.  However, I could not find the one because it had not produced then.  When I went to Tosu Premium Outlet, I could find it fortunately.  I bought it by about fifteen hundred yen.  It was very reasonable!  I got it!  I was very happy.  Some might say that it is stupid to buy the same one.  But, it was natural for me because I liked the shoes.

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My favorite sport to watch

 My favorite sport to watch is Judo.  I was in Judo club in high school, so I like it.  I wasn't interested in Judo in junior high school, but I started to Judo in high school, so I like to do it and to watch it.  I was not a good player, but I was able to enjoy practice.  Of course, I like to watch soccer or other sports, but I like to watch Judo better than other sports because I had played it.  I don't understand a person who said that he/she hadn't play it but like to watch.

 Incidentally, I watched a game of a champion ship in Japan.  At the final round of open weight division, the person who is lighter than 90kg won the person who is heavier than 100kg.  It was a fantastic game!  Almost all of champions of open weight category are heavier than 100kg.  Most people tend to think that the heavier is stronger than the lighter, but Judo is said that the lighter can win the heavier.  Of course, it is difficult... So, I was moved the game.  The winner was the lighter!  It was the very Judo that it was said.

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Drum line

 Drum line is about a boy named Devon, who graduated from high school and entered a college to join the drum line a marching band.  Yes, I can say that it's also about a marching band.

 My favorite scene is when Devon and the captain of drum line, whose name is Sean, were fighting.  Devon used to think that he was the best player and other members including Sean should follow him, so he often looked selfish.  One day, he started a fight with another college because of their provocation and he was given a warning and after that, it was found that Devon could not read music.  He played music by only listening to music.  That was great but was cheating because he pretended to read music, and all members thought he could.  He was depressed in his room.  While he was in his room, he received a package.  It was from his father, and there were some cassette tapes.  He wanted to listen to them, so he went to the practice room because there was a cassette tape player only in that room.  Then, he came across Sean. Sean told Devon that it wasn't his room, and they started to fight.  The fight was showing their skills at playing the drum.  At the end, Devon won and Sean was impressed that Devon was the winner, but Sean said him "Okay, then you can play alone."  The comment made Devon realize that, in marching band, all the members played music.

 However, the fight also gave Devon a person to recognize him.  In other words, after the fight, Sean and Devon recognized each other.  Devon knew that his way of thinking was wrong.  He was the best player but, in marching band, there were other players and all members including him played the SAME music.  Sean also thought that Devon's skill was great in spite of not being able to read music.  They started to make the music for the next competition and apologized to Dr. Lee, who is the leader of their marching band.

 Before the fight, Devon often pushed his lower lip out.  It may express his discomfort and his vanity.  He thought that he was a best player, but he also worried about being found out that he couldn't read music.  The vanity means that.  After the fight, Devon tended to laugh and he was on mind of another.

 I think that Devon was happy to be released from his secret and to find a person who recognized him.  And I can say that for not only Devon but also me.  When I have any secret or stress, I tend to express my discomfort.  But, if I can see a person who recognizes me, I can be happy and don't have steel myself so much.  So, I think that it is important to find someone who recognizes me.

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My favorite classes

I like all of classes I take, but if I had to choose, one of my favorite classes is the introduction of English language.  I am learned it by Masahiro Hori.  Mr. Hori speaks funny, and the class is interesting.  I learned about the history of English, the theory of pronunciation, the construction of sentences, and more.  All of knowledge are very interesting for me.  Of course, we take the class in Japanese, so I have chances to think about difference between English and Japanese, such as the rhythm, construction of sentences, the way to think by language.  Japanese don't have rhythm and all letter are pronounced equal strength of accent, but English is against.  Like this, Japanese and English are very different.  And Mr. Hori often give us such chances in class.  In these days, I learned about semantics, such as autonym, homonym, hyponym, and more.  It is also interesting.  Mr. Hori also speaks about his experience in foreign country, most of them are in Britain, in the class.  A story is like this; in an airport, he was spoken to someone and said that your shirt stained with something.  Mr. Hori knew that someone spoke to somewhere like airport, which was dangerous, so he paid no attention to it.  After that, his shirt stained with ketchup.  He didn't notice but there were another person nearby him and the person tried to steal his baggage if he paid attention his shirt and took his hands off baggage.  The story surprised me.  There are more other interesting stories I listened.  I like the class!

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Up!

 Up is a very fun story!  It is about Carl Fredricksen, who is an old man and has a dream that has never come true, and Russell, who is a boy and a Wilderness Explore.  They went to South America in a floating house and did an exciting adventure, such as seeing a big bird and meeting speaking dogs.

 My favorite scene is when Carl notice the photos in his wife's adventure book, which he think there are nothing in the next pages.  At the introduction of the movie, little Carl and his wife named Ellie promised to go to South America and to build their house on the cliff overlooking Paradise Fall.  Then they got married and earned money to make their dream come true, but it was hard.  And they became old.  Then Ellie became ill and died.  Carl couldn't carry out his promise.

 However, the movie showed that it was not true!  He carried out his promise!  Her life spent with Carl was her adventure!  There were a lot of pictures that showed Carl and Ellie, in which they were very happy.  Yes, Ellie was happy even if they didn't carry out their promise.  Then, at the end of pictures, there was a comment from Ellie to Carl.  It said "Thank you, Carl, for the best adventure.  Please make your own new adventure!  love, Ellie."  Of course, it is not a comment to criticize Carl but a comment to thank him and to encourage him.

 The comment made Carl to go on his adventure, which is to help the bird and Russell and to overcome his longing for exploring.  And, to do it, he threw out his old furniture.  They were memories of Carl and Ellie.  I think that it is no problem because he received the comment to encouraged him and his worries were solved.  So, he threw out his old memories but held those important words in his mind, and then, he went on his new adventure!

 I think I tend to keep my current life and to regret my past days.  However, I also think I should do something like an adventure, such as looking for something new and enjoying everything.  Not regretting the past days is the way to be better my life.  If I regret them, I should restart then, I think.

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My favorite place in Japan

 One of my favorite places in Japan is Uji in Kyoto.  I went there 2 years ago with my cousin and my sister.  I went there in winter and I spent the last days before new year.  Before I went to Uji, I went to Kyoto.  I hadn't been to Kyoto, and I imagined that Kyoto had a lot of old buildings and was a beautiful city in Japanese style.  However, the exact city was different from my image.  First, Kyoto Station was a big building and very new, and it was not in Japanese style.  Next, I heard that Kyoto is supposed that the buildings' height is ordered, but the buildings were taller than my image.  I was very disappointed.  When I arrived at Uji, I thought that this is the very place that I imagined!  There are not a lot of people, the buildings are not high, and there was a nice atmosphere in the city.
 In Uji, there are some temples, for example, Byo-doin Hohoh-do.  And there is the Uji river.  Both Byo-doin and Uji river are very beautiful.  Uji is famous about powdered green tea, named Uji-macha.  I ate an ice cream made from it and drunk the tea made by it.  Both of them were very delicious.  I love them.
 By the way, in winter, there are not many events in Kyoto.  Maybe, there are only two events, Christmas and New Year Day's Eve.  But I think cold temperature or snow make Uji be nice atmosphere.  So, I recommend that you go to Uji in winter.  If you like Uji powdered green tea, you will be able to enjoy more.

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My favorite clothes shops

 I like to go to cloth shops.  I introduce two of my favorite shops.
 One is named 'Natural'.  It is an used clothes shop.  It was in Kokai Shopping Arcade.  I got along with the owner.  He is a graduated student of Kumamoto Gakuen University.  I found the shop on the way to go back to my home from the university.  I bought some shirts, T-shirts, and pants at the shop.  On one occasion, he sold me a pant at a reduced price.  He is very kind.  But, in these days, the shop, Natural, have been closing, so I worried about it.
 Another is named 'Orange County'.  It is a select shop in the Namiki Street.  The shop is on second floor and the first floor is a cafe.  The shop's name is a city in USA.  The owner went to the city to buy the clothes and he liked the city.  When he opened the shop, he thought to name the shop the city's name, such as Memphis. In these days, Natural is closing, so I go to the shop more than before.  I bought a shirt, four T-shirts, and a pant.  In the shop, the clothes are not reasonable, so I don't often buy them.  All the clothes I bought at the shop are my favorite ones in my closet.

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