Questions about Blog

I asked 5 my classmates 8 questions about blog.

1. Do you search the Internet in English?
Never: 1, Often: 3, Sometimes: 1

2. How many comments do you leave on your friends' blogs?
Never, Once, Three times, Seven times and Ten times

3. What is the most difficult thing for you when making a blog?
All of them said it was translating into English.

4. What is highlight of your blog?
Pictures: 2, Articles: 2, Design: 1

5. Why do you name your blog the title?
Vaguely: 3
Because she learns French.
Because she lives in the country

6. What is the most interesting topic for you?
Summer Vacation: 2, Movies: 2, New Zealand: 1

7. What is the most difficult topic for you?
Summer Vacation: 1, Festival: 1, New Zealand: 2, Nothing: 1

8. How do you feel when you get comments?
All of them said it was happy.

The Best Blog 1,2,3 - Other Classes

1st. totoro: Her blog is cute because it's colorful. She also uses big words. Articles aren't too long so if there are words I don't know their meaning, I think I can read all of them using a dictionary. I can read them easily because there are some paragraphs.


2nd. sei: This blog is very simple and cute. I like its template. I think all articles are interesting information. My favorite article is "★Let's waiking!!★". Way of walking is explained by point and pictures so I can understand it easily than only words. Of course you can learn more information. I would like to try to walk.


3rd. Atom: This blog is simple. You can watch a movie which is put it on "Beauty Is NewZealand". It's like a travels of New Zealand. It introduces about food, nature and town and so on. Nature is very beautiful. My favorite article is "Not Too Old!?". It's written like a conversation.

The Best Blog 1,2,3! - My Class

1st. Kroe: She puts nice pictures on her blog and there is some interesting information so her blog doesn't make me boring. It’s simple and cool. I think her sense of titles is good. For example, there are "Why Don't You Wear Those!?-Speech" which is about workmen's clothes of New Zealand, "Trick or Treat?" which is about Halloween and "Enjoyable vacation." which is about her summer vacation.


2nd. TommyRe: I think her blog is simple but cute because titles are written different colors. There are some nice pictures so her blog doesn't make me boring. I can read it easily because there are some paragraphs and space. There are also some links which are interesting information so I can enjoy reading it and learn other things too.


3rd. RiN: Her blog is simple and cute. Words aren’t small. She uses own words. Her blog is written interesting information. You can read an only part you want to read after you click its title.

Official Birds of Japan and New Zealand

About Official Birds of Japan
The Official bird is Green Pheasant or Japanese Pheasant (in Japanese kiji). They were decided by The Ornithological Society of Japan (in Japanese nihontorigakkai) in 1947. There are four reasons why they were decided. First, you can see them all year in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu because they are not migrant- they don't move abroad. Second, males are elegant and their wings are also beautiful. Third, they are big, their meat is delicious and they are good to hunt. Finally, they are birds proper to Japan- Japan used to own them. In Japan people hunt them but other countries don't hunt their official birds, only Japan. They are main birds for hunting all over the world. The males' size is about 80 cm. The females' size is about 60cm. The males' weight is 0.8kg~ 1.1kg. The emales' weight is 0.6kg~ 0.9kg.

About Official Birds of New Zealand
The Official bird is kiwi. Their size is like chicken. They can't fly but can run fast. New Zealand is heaven for birds because there aren't animals which eat birds and the country was rich in foods. So they stopped flying. Their eyesight is weak. They are nocturnal- they act during the only night. They hide in a hole of a tree during the day. After evening they act for finding foods. They put their bills into ground and catch worms (in Japanese mimizu) and larvae- insects'babies then eat them. They also eat fruits. They are disappearing so they are preserved.

Guy Fawkes Night

I’m going to tell you about other Guy Fawkes Night’s things.

This is Guy Fawkes.

‘Guy’ is derived from his name. This festival is also called ‘Guy Fawkes Day’, ‘Bonfire Night’ and ‘Fireworks Night’. It’s not held in Northern Ireland. In around Wales, he is a convict, but in around Scotland, he is a hero. Parliament decided that every November 5 was a national holiday for thanksgiving the joyful day of deliverance in 1606. This festival is derived from the national holiday. The plot couldn’t be succeeded but after 229 years, on October 16, 1834, big fire broke out in the Houses of Parliament in London. Gunpowder Plot is told by British nursery rhyme.

Remember, remember,
The fifth of November,
Gunpowder, treason and plot
We gunpowder treasonShould ever be forgot!

Beer Festival

Germany=Beer Festival, Beer Festival=Germany!

About 600 million people come there from around the world. It's traditional event in Munich. It's held at a large place which is called Theresienwiese in the western part of the Munich. The area of this place is 42 hectare. It has been held since 1810. It has 14 big tents which are called Beer Hall and 16 medium and small tents. It also has thousands of seats outside of the tents. There are about 6000 or 7000 seats in the big tents. Theresienwiese is filled to capacity all day. There are stages in the center of the tents. Brass bands play Pop songs and cheerful Bavarian ethnic music. Some people who have mugs for beer dance with music. When there is a sign for cheer, people say 'prost (cheer)' loudly. Everybody, not only young people but also old people wear ethnic clothes. Women wear checked, striped and flowered one piece which is like a farmer clothes. Men wear leather half pant.

How fun!

My Favorite Movie

Have you seen Enchanted? In Japanese, Mahonikakerarete. I saw it recently on DVD. Director is Kevin Lima. It is distributed by Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures. Release date is March 14th, 2008.

Giselle lives in Andalasia where is the happy animated world. She is kind.
One day, she meets Prince Edward and she is proposed by him. On the day of her wedding, she meets a bad witch who is Queen Narissa. She is pushed in a fountain by her. The witch expels Giselle from Andalasia for her place. Giselle comes to the not happy animated world, New York. Everlasting happiness doesn’t exist there. She bothers about its situation but she is helped by a man and a girl. The man’s name is Robert Philip and he is a lawyer for divorce. The girl’s name is Morgan Philip and she is his daughter. He has divorced before. He is a realist. He doesn’t think ‘dreams’ and ‘magic’ exist and he tells his daughter that. Giselle tries to tries to tell him everlasting love because he doesn’t think it also exists. Prince Edward who is very cheerful and Pip which is a chipmunk and brave come to New York to help Giselle but they are blocked that by Nathaniel who is a Queen Narissa’s servant. They can’t find her.
Giselle begins to think everlasting love doesn’t exist. Queen Narissa and a dinosaurian which spits a fire appear and people where live in New York panic. Can Giselle go back to Andalasia?

I think Amy Adams (Giselle) is cute. In New York, Pip (chipmunk) is CG but I think it's also cute. Clothes which Giselle wore were cute. I thought I wanted to wear them too. Giselle sang about three times. These songs made me fun. I like a song which she sings with many people. It also made me fun and I like lyrics. It says if you have a person you like, you should say your heart. I think this story says it's important to know each other. I like this movie. I hope you'll like it.

Giselle: Amy Adams
Pip: Jeff Bennett (Andalasia), Kevin Lima (New York)
Prince Edward: James Marsden
Queen Narissa: Susan Sarandon
Robert Philip: Patrick Dempsey
Morgan Philip: Rachel Covey
Nancy Tremaine: Idina Menzel

Nathaniel: Timothy Spall