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The Double Bass Mystery

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My first foreign trip. Wonderful, don't you think? But that's just the problem. It wasn't wonderful at all. (p.6)      Penny Wade is a member of the orchestra. One day, The orchestra will hold a concert in Barcelona. It was the first time for her to go abroad, she was very looking for it. However, her trip turned out to be a bad experience. When she arrived at Barcelona, her double bass has stolen, but it was only the entrance of the series of an accident.     Harmer J. (1999). The Double Bass Mystery. New York, Cambridge University Press.

Duolingo Diary4

Today, I learned the greetings of French such us “Bonjour” and “Ça va?”. In addition I came to be able to say my name in French. “Je m’appelle Hiroki.”

Duolingo Diary3

Today, I learned the basic rule of the grammar of French. During the lesson, I learned that “un” and “une” means the article, “a” in English. For example, “un garçon” means “a boy” and “une fille” means “a girl” in English. Why does French have two words of this article? That’s because all the nouns of French is divided into masculine and feminine, and masculine nouns use “un” and feminine nouns use “une”. Therefore, if we use French, we have to memorize the the gender of none. I knew the difficulty of learning French.

Duolingo Diary 2

I’ve finished the level1 of basic1. At first of theit shows the French vocabularies and pictures, so it was easy for me to understand. But it became difficult gradually.

Duolingo Diary 1

Today, I started learning French with the app, “Fuolingo”. This time, I remembered four words, “Homme”, “Femme”, “Garçon” and “Fille”. They mean “man”, “woman”, “boy” and “girl” in English.

The African Mask

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That night, Janet had a very bad dream. In her dream she saw an African mask that looked like Donald. The mask could speak, but Janet didn’t understand what it was saying. (p.18)      One day, Janet recieved a letter from her old boy friend, Donald. He invited her to a dinner at his house. During the dinner, he told Janet a story of the mask. It's the mask which his friend got in Africa, but he really wanted it, so he replaced it to a fake one. After the dinner, she stayed at his house, and next mornng, Janet couldn't find Donald. Then, she realized that he has left this world. Gerngross G. (2007). The African Mask. Helbling Language  

Fireball's Heart

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"I don't believe that your people tell the truth all the times." (p.12)         One day, the chiefs of two tribes, Strong Buffalo and Wise Owl were talking each other. Dark Eyes who is a chief of Wise Owl said people of Wise Owl always tell the truth. The Chief Strong Buffalo didn't believe it, so he made a bet that if Wise Owl didn't tell a lie in a week, he will give horses to him. One day, Derk Eyes met a woman named Blue Feather. They got along each other, but she proposed that she has an ill. She said she needs Fireball's heart to cure it. Fireball is the most favorite horse of Wise Owl. He finally decided to kill Fireball and gave its heart to Blue Feather. Then, he was in trouble whether he should say this truely or not.     In the end, he said the truth and the chief Strong Buffalo changed his mind. It seems a good story, but I thought it's bad idea to tell a lie to test his scincerity. Their way irritated me. Puchta H.(2007), Fireball'

Holly the Eco Warrior

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She turned back to the house, picked up Eco, and waved goodbye. Then she climbed up the rope ladder and disappeared among the leaves and branches. A few moments later she pulled up the rope ladder... and she was safe. (p.14)     Holly is a girl of ten years, and she always cares about the environment. One day, her father said he'll cut down the old oak tree in the garden and build a new office there. Holly liked the tree, so she got really upset. Then she decided to stay in the tree house on the oak tree in order to save it. However, a few days later, a disaster was approaching to Holly's house...     It's the story of a girl who cares about the environment extremely. In the end, the book reached a happy ending. However, although the actions for the environment themselves are  good, a too stubborn mind cause many troubles, I think. Hobbs M.(2007) Holly the Eco Warrior. Helbling Language

The Sping Cup

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"If you don't win, Caroline, I'll sell your horse. No trophy, no horse!" (p.10)     Caroline loves riding a horse, but her parants are against about it. One day, her father said "If you don't win the spring cup, I will sell your horse." to Caroline. Caroline was in trouble because to avoid it, she has to beat her rival, Sophie who always win every cups. She finally made promice with her father, but her brother was hearing this. Then, the result of the cup became a surprising one.     I was very moves  by the main character's action. She put honesty before victry. She told me the more important thing than winning. Holzmann, C. (2007). The Spring Cup. Helbling Language

The Stolen White Elephant

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 “He wants to talk to the thieves and offer them half of the reward money. He says they will accept fifty dollars for the elephant. That means I have to raise the reward to one hundred thousand. He says the poor detectives who are working on the case will get the other half of the reward I will be penniless, but I do it.” (p.46)       "The Stolen White Elephant" was written by Mark Twain. The narrator, the main character was transporting a beautiful white elephant from Siam to Britain as a gift to the Queen. However, when he stopped in New York, the white elephant was stolen. Then, he asked Blunt who is a chief inspector to find the stolen elephant. He was very confident, and after he asked the characteristic of the elephant, he commanded other inspectors to detect the elephant and asked the narrator to set the reward. However, many weeks later, there were only eyewitness reports, and no one caught it. So, Blunt proposed the narrator to raise the reward many times. The n

The North Fence

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"As you get near the north fence, you see something big moving on the other side. You sit up on your horse. There's a large brown animal walking around on the other side of the fence."(p.4)       "The North Fence" is a book of Atama-ii Books series. In this book series, you will be the main character of this book and you can choose action. Every books of this series have multi-endings, and it depends on your choice whether you reach good ending or bad ending.      In this book, you'll be a new member of the group of hunter. However, unfortunately, you encounter a big and fierce bear. It's too strong so that it break the fence. Can you survive at this situation?     Fortunately, I could reach the best ending at first time. I read a few books of this series, and I found that these books have a tendency. It's "if you fight, you defenitely reach bad ending", so you probably reach good ending if you avoid fighting. However, each endings