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The Giver

Wed, 26 Nov 2014 20:31:05 +0900

I finished another book this month! I'm so impressed I started to like books :) This time, I read The Giver! I've been wanting to read this because it seemed interesting. I heard it was going to be a film, so I wanted to read it before the film comes out.

There are not so much to say about the book even though it was amazingly fantastic and the best book I've ever read so far (out of the three books I've ever read.) It was the very first book that made me think about my life a little while reading. I have had a thought on telling lies, how easy our lives will be if we can get rid of all the pains we have now, and at the same time how boring it will be. One thing I found unpleasant, though, was the ending. I think the ending meant two of them, Jonas and Gabriel, had frozen to death. I wanted a better, happy ending.

Sorry for this random post. I bet there are some sentences I don't even understand what I'm trying to say. I am not in the mood to make a post but I feel I need to do this so that I can keep track of what I've read or what I thought about the book! I want to revise this post when I'm not busy but I know I won't. haha

What should I read next??? I bought Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro today. Should I read it?? I also bought GirlOnline by Zoe Sug the other day, which will be in my hand in two or more weeks.

Thinking

Mon, 27 Oct 2014 02:10:08 +0900

I don't like myself trying to cover up my colour not to let people see them. I wanna be proud of myself, my appearance, but I can't. I've been living this 6 years hating myself, especially my appearance. I don't know how I can fix it. How can I? If I were pretty, my life would be much much much brighter. Every time I see pretty girls, I terribly envy them. Though i wanna dress up and make up like other girls do, those make me look worse. Am I feeling really comfortable in my own skin someday??? And will see this thinking how stupid I was and how wasted the time I had spent hating my appearance was??? I hope I will. As i get old, do all of these negative feelings turn into a good memory when I look back??? I hope It will.

Things not seen

Sun, 26 Oct 2014 00:16:51 +0900

I finished another book, things not seen by Andrew Clements, this month. It's super super rate that I read two books in a month! lol

I started reading this book because I just had it in my bookshelf. I bought it two years ago when I stayed in Hawaii, but until recently I had just left it unread in my bookshelf...haha

Here's my summary of the book!
It starts with that Bobby Phillips one day woke up and found himself invisible. He and his family tried to figure out how it occurred but they had no idea. Even though his parents told him not to tell anybody about his situation, Bobby told one blind girl whom he met in the library. He and his blind friend, Alicia, got along with each other because both of them had a trouble, tried to help each other and spend a lot of time together. Her parents also tried to help Bobby. About a month after he got invisible, he finally got back to the real state in the end of the story and can get back to his regular life :)

I won't say my impression on this book here because I haven't had a time to think about it yet. And I wouldn't recommend this book so much to you though I enjoyed it. Basically, this is a book for children. The story of the book is not so fascinating. But written using easy words, you might not need to look into dictionary every second. That's a good point.

Seriously... I'm kidding.

Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:12:06 +0900

Today, I wanna write a book review since I finished reading one book, Seriously...I'm kidding by Ellen Degeneres.

To be honest, this is kinda first book I finished reading. I seldom read a book. I hate reading a book. So I definitely recommend this book to those of you who don't like reading books just like me because I enjoyed it a lot.

i just can't literally stop reading this book. I finished reading it in only like a week, which is incredible for me. It might not be rich in content but it is really funny. I could not help laughing while reading it even when I was on the train! (creepy, right?) It was like watching a comedy show rather than reading a book. Well, I would say I learned nothing from this book but I just had a great time reading this and it was worth reading for me. She was really hilarious in this book as well as on the talk show. I laughed so hard! I like this book :)

Overall, I would give 3 points out of five to this book. It would have been great if it also had been rich in content. But it was really hilarious all the way through the book X)

Youtube動画

Thu, 04 Sep 2014 22:03:54 +0900

Today was the big day! I took the IELTS test. Well, it was fine... i guess... EXCEPT FOR the writing section!!! I wanna bury that answer sheet for good.

Aaaaaaaanyway, it is done!

ということで、今日は私がリスニングを鍛えるために（or just for fun. lol）毎日チェックしているyoutube動画を紹介します。

まずまず、私の一番のお気に入りyoutuberさん、Dan Howell aka (also known as) danisnotonfire <3　He has the most subscribers(チャンネル登録者) on Youtube In the U.K., so you sholud definitely check out his videos. Many people say his accent is a little bit posh(お上品な).

次は、お気に入りyoutuberさん、女性編！She makes videos about a variety of topics from beauty stuff to how to deal with your mental problems! She's beautiful, isn't she??

イギリス人ばっかりなので、アメリカ人youtuberさんも紹介しときましょう！
私が好きなのは（あまりアメリカのyoutuber知らない）Anna Akana！ She's Asian and freakin' funny :)

紹介したいyoutuberさんはもっとたくさんいるけど、上の人たちのコラボとか見て、お気に入りyoutuberさん見つけると良いと思います！好きだと、英語でも理解しやすいかも！

で、最後に紹介するのは、私も全部は理解できないくらい難しいけど、John Oliverのlast week tonight with John Oliver！色んな社会問題をコメディアンであるJohn Oliverがジョーク言いながら、訴えかける番組です。シリアスな問題ばっかりだし、難しいけど、面白いからついつい見ちゃう！またイギリス英語で、イギリスばっかじゃんってなるけど、一応アメリカの番組です...笑

ということで、こういうのを見て毎日半分遊びながら英語勉強してます笑

See ya!

I am so sorry.

Mon, 01 Sep 2014 20:50:00 +0900

It's been a loooong loooong time since I made the last post on this blog. I'm sorry about that. The worst point was that I said I was gonna write what I studied for Eiken pre 1 but I completely forgot it.haha

最後のポストからほんとに長い間が経ってしまいました。すみません。英検準一級の勉強について書くって言ったのに忘れてて最悪ですね。

So, more than 2 years have passed since I passed the Eiken pre 1 test. Time flies! First of all, I gotta explain about my last 2 years.

それから２年も経ってしまいました。時間経つの早い！まず、ここ２年間について説明しなきゃですね。

After the Eiken, I entered the university in Tokyo which was famous for its education on English. In most of the universities, students have English classes and study English as a foreign language. However, in my uni, students study a variety of subjects IN English. We discuss things IN English. Therefore, for now, English is just a tool to communicate and at the same time, a part of my life.

英検のあとは、英語で有名な東京の大学に進学しました。普通の大学では、英語の授業があり、英語を外国語として学びますが、私の大学では、英語で色んな教科を学んだり、ディスカッションをします。だから、今では、英語はコミュニケーション手段であり、生活の一部です。

I managed to survive the freshman year... It was really tough. Students were classified into the English classes of four levels. I got in the second one. Almost all of the other students in the second level were 帰国子女, so i had a really tough time. They speak English without thinking in their brains. It's like, for them, the words or the sentences come out naturally as they speak. At first, I just thought I had been assigned to the completely wrong place. Throughout the two terms, I was stimulated a lot by my classmates. I learnt form them when you speak English, it is better not to try to construct the sentences grammatically. Try to let the words come out naturally. (It sounds nonsense, right? lol) Once I realize it, i had a breakthrough in my speaking skill.

一年生をなんとか生き残りました。本当につらかったです。生徒は４つのレベルの英語クラスに分けられます。私は２つ目でした。２つ目のレベルでは、ほとんどの生徒が帰国子女だったので、私には大変でした。みんな考えることなく英語をしゃべるんです。その子たちにとっては、話すと、言葉とか文が自然とでてくるみたいな。最初は完全に場違いなクラスに入っちゃったよって思いました。２学期間を通して、そのクラスメートにたくさん刺激を受けました。彼らから学んだのは、英語を話すとき、文法的に文を組み立てようとしないほうが良いということでした。言葉が自然と出てくるように頑張るんです。(意味わかんないですよね笑)それに気付いてから、スピーキングスキルがすごくあがりました。

Last Summer, I stayed in Oxford for one and a half month! It was fun! I went to the language school on weekdays to study English and went to many places in England on weekends.
This Summer, I studied in the university in the US for summer. This was the first time for me to study in the university outside of Japan. Before taking the classes, I thought I had no difficulties in understanding English but it was wrong! Listening to the lectures in English is one thing and understanding them is another! I was able to hear the words the teacher was saying but was not always able to get what exactly he was talking about. Since I am planning to study in a foreign university for a year in the future, i have to overcome it somehow.

去年の夏は、オックスフォードに一ヶ月半滞在しました。楽しかったです！平日は語学学校に行き、休日はイギリス色んなところに行きました。
今年の夏は、アメリカの大学で夏の間勉強しました。日本の外の大学で勉強するのは初めてでした。授業受ける前は、英語での授業なんか大丈夫って思ってましたが、違いました。英語の講義を聞くのと理解するのは別物ですね！教授が言ってる単語は聞き取れるけど、何について話してるのか全部はわからなかった。一年留学も考えてるから、なんとか克服しないと。

So, those are the stories of my last two years!
これが二年間の話ですね！

In three days, I'll take an IELTS test. I took it before and my score was overall 6.5. Not bad but not enough. Since I prepared nothing last time, I hope this time it will be better.
３日後、アイエルツ受けます。前に受けたんですけど、オーバーオール6.5でした。悪くはないけど、足りないかな。前回は何も準備しなかったから、今回はもうちょっと良いといいな。

See ya!

3/5

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 02:00:38 +0900

お久しぶりですf^_^;)

今回は、英検準一級の二次試験の結果発表を行いたいと思います。

結果は…

合格でした(^-^)/！！

合格点22点のところ、25点とだいぶギリギリではありましたが💦
まあ、一発合格できたので良いことにしましょう！(笑)

英検準一級を高校在学中に取れたこと、一発で取れたことは本当に良かったと思います😊

今は、心機一転、TOEFL ITPの勉強をしています！前に受けた時は554くらいでした。次は600を目指して頑張っています(^O^)／

今度、英検準一級の勉強については書きますね！
あと、他に全体的な英語力向上の勉強法も書きますので、少々お待ちを🐶❤

大学生では、英検一級を取れたらなーなんて思ってます(*^_^*)
まあ、その前に留学のためのTOEFL・IELTSですね！

11/2

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:46:12 +0900

英検準一級の一次試験受かりました)^o^(

一発合格できて良かったです！高校在学中に取りたいなー♪( ´θ｀)ノ

点数は87/99でした！
合格者平均が77で合格点は71点でした(*^_^*)
余裕の合格でしたね！

やったのは、一ヶ月くらい一日短くて10分ながくて1時間半やったくらいです。前日だけは気合い入れてやりましたけど笑

英検準一級を合格するのに一番大切なのはまず単語力ですね。
私は、パス単準一級をやって、7日間完成模試の単語を覚えて挑みました！それで本番には24/25で通ることができました( *｀ω´)

あとは長文読解リスニングは特にやって伸びるものではないですが…形式になれる意味で5回分くらいやりました。

それくらいです！

では二次も頑張りますーo(^▽^)o！！

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2/3

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:47:58 +0900

I'm leaving Japan to Hawaii tomorrow!! I'm gonna stay for about a week:)

Now, I'm really busy packing but also excited!! Can't wait.

Tomorrow, in the afternoon, I'm gonna go and help with my school's entrance exam. In the evening, I'm gonna go to Haneda Airport and leave Japan to Hawaii!! It's really a busy day, isn't it?

P.S. 英検の結果8日に出ますが、9日まで帰って来ないのでそれ以降に報告します！

英検準一級

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:23:32 +0900

今日は日本語で(^-^)/

昨日英検準一級の一次試験を受けてきました。自己採点の結果、英作文の14点が何点とれるか分からないのでそれを抜いて77点でした。毎回合格点は70前後なので、余裕で合格できそうです(´Д` )良かった。

この一ヶ月頑張って勉強したもん！！
意外と単語力がとても大切！！私は、受験勉強でターゲット1900をやっていたので、それがすごく助かりました(^^)
＋で英検準一級の受験を決めてからの一ヶ月、パス単と7日間予想問題の単語をやりました。

最終週の7日間、大問1は4～10問くらい間違えてました笑。でも、前日に単語頑張ったら、本番は1問間違えでした( *｀ω´)

長文系は3つくらい間違えてしまった…けど2点配点のとこは一つで…まあね。

リスニングも3つくらい間違えてしまったんですが、2点配点は間違えなかったので。

とにかく、良かったー！！
2次も頑張ります。

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