Tuesday, September 20, 2011

After the end-of-term test

The breeze in the morning and evening is cool and I feel a little of autum.
It was the day of the harvest moon yesterday.
I could see the full moon clearly.
In Japan and Korea, we see rabits pounding mochi in the full moon.
I heard that people see a person walking in that in Western countries.
Each county has each way of view.

It's very hot these days.The late summer heat is again severe this year.
It was 34 degree centigrade today in Tokyo.
When I was little, it was already cool in the middle of September, but it's getting hotter and hotter every year.

We had an end-of-term exam on September 9th.
The results were.. well , I don't mention it now.
Our students are already thinking about the autum breaks.
The bulletin board in front of the school is full of autum, too.


I made it Shiritori, a word game, but some of them are not quite autum words.
I'm thinking very hard to make and decorate this bulletin board every time.
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The other day, I used pictures to introduce the expression'~to omoimasu' in the class.
Can you tell what they are?
They are all something you daily use.

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1.Photo    2.
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3.Photo    4.

Photo5.Photo   6.

I'll tell you the answers next time^^

September 13th,2011

Events

最近、学校関係でいろいろな講演や講習に行っていますwink
先日9月1日は、池上彰さんコーディネーターでshine
shine笑いと平和shine ~世界の小話(笑いのツボはこんなにちがう!?)」
という講演を聞きましたkaraokehappy01
I've attended several events recently.
On September 1st, I went to a lecture ' Laugh and peace' by none other than Akira Ikegami.
He is a very famous jarnalist in Japan.
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It was very interesting to hear some stories about people from other countries.
Some were social, had black humor and others were just simply fun.
I personally liked the one about Chinggis Khan.
It was like this.
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There was a child who does nothing but play all the time.
The father of the child said 'Why don't you stop playing and do something!?When Chinggis Khan was
about your age, he was already ruling this country!'
Then the child said 'Then when he was about your age, he was ruling about the half of the world!'

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I was thrilled by the child's counterattack:-D
All the stories were very fun.
I was also surprised at them speaking Japanese fluently.

And on September 4th, I went to a Wadaiko, Japanese drum, lesson for Japanese teachers.

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I enjoyed it very much since I love festivals and had been interested in playing Japanese drums.
When the instructor played it, I could feel the vibration and rhythm through my body.
I wanted to shout 'Seiya!!!' like Japanese drummer usually say, but all I could do was just following
the rhythm.
My whole body is aching today:-(

September 5th, 2011