https://ameblo.jp/ryounkama/ I'm studying abroad now in Australia. I want to write down many experience, memory, impression,etc...But, I sometimed write down the story which isn't related to studying abroad. sorry. Please read it in your free time. 興味があれば読んでください。 ja (Last blog)








PART2

Describe a TV program that you like to watch
You should say
what type of program it is
when you watch it (or, how often you watch it)
why you watch it
and explain what you learn from this program




(Answer)
Sorry, I am not familiar to the TV programs because I really don't watch TV programs at all even if I have a free time. But, there is a only TV program which I often watch to enjoy. In spite of not being familiar to the music, I enjoy to watch the music competitor which opens at every New Year's Eve which is named "kouhaku-uta-gassen". It is true that I like to watch this program itself but I prefer to watch this program with grandparents because this is the precious time to stay together with grandparents for a long time. We can enjoy to watch and talk about this programs because my grandparent know well about some singers and songs. That's why we often watch this programs. I can lead a good end of the year to watch this program. It is slowly and fun for me to spend this time. Actually, I don't watch other TV programs except kouhaku-uta-gassen for the last about 3 years. I can lead a nice life not to watch TV programs. In the future, I don't know whether I will start to watch TV or not.





PART3


Q: Do you watch a lot of TV?
No, I don't. I don't watch TV at all now but when I was child, I have watched TV so many times. Especially, when I was from 10 to 15 years old. I often turned on TV whenever I had a free time. I watched any kinds of program even if I didn't decide to watch them. But, I think almost all of TV programs which recently or in the past broadcast were enjoyable or interesting. Therefore, I didn't get bored in watching TV at all. The more I watched one TV program, The more fascinated I became in those days, though it was a bad bad bad time for me to keep watching TV all day long, I am thinking now.



Q: Why do people watch TV?
People enjoy to watch TV for the reason of entertainment or education. I think there are two reasons like that why people watch TV. First, I would like to state about the first reason. People have watched TV because of entertainment which makes us enjoyable. I think the majority of the viewers have the same purpose of watching TV because people consider watching TV as a important time when people can enjoy to watch. People dare to kill time and lead a excellent time to watch TV. While watching TV, they can only enjoy to watch without any thinking for a while. That's why people get a refreshment or a relax like getting rid of fatigue or stress by enjoying to watch TV as a entertainment. There is a person who aims on just laughing at to watch TV. He has considered watching TV as a tool which makes him enjoyable rather than removal of a stress or a fatigue. Next, I would like to talk about the second reason why people watch TV. Watching TV is for education. There is a person who watches TV to learn something interesting. He thinks of watching TV as like a textbook which helps him to learn or to get some useful information. Watching TV is a part of learning but is not a study which sits down in the desk. He can enjoy to watch TV because most educational program provide us simple and interactive information which motivates us to study deeper. Watching this program, people will rise their incentive for study more. It is helpful and delightful for the person who wants to watch TV for a education to watch some educational programs.



Q: What are the effects of watching too much TV?
I think there is the worst effects of watching too much TV in all the entertainment. I think people would rather play with friends than watch TV alone. The main bad effect of watching too much TV is to stop thinking on one's own because there are all the information on TV, which don't give the viewers a chance to think by themselves. It is true that watching too much TV provides a lot of useful information, but this information is easy to forget and people can't memorize the information for a long time because people can't deal with so huge information at once. TV provides us a great number of information for a short term. Therefore, people don't have time to think and to get information. People are sure to stop thinking by watching to much TV because people may be not able to handle quite a few information which broadcasts on TV and they keep only to laugh and to enjoy in the whole time to watch.


Q: What types of television programs are most popular in your country?
It depends on the generation. The most popular programs are different among children, young people, adult and the elderly. I know that children are most fond of animation and don't watch other's program except animation because I also have watched only animation. As they grow up, they start to watch variety programs or drama. Especially, most young people focus on to watch variety programs. And then if they become adult, they tend not to watch TV or to keep watching variety programs or drama. I think adult prefer watch drama to watch variety program because they can sympathize the emotion or feeling in the drama and they have enough skill to understand what the drama wants to mean. And then, getting older, the elderly like to watch TV especially, music program, mainly not pops but Japanese traditional music which is called enka. And the most of them also watch the morning drama which broadcasts in Japan everyday. The drama is about the old period and reminds the elderly nostalgia like the old period which still doesn't developed in Japan. In conclusion, I feel interested that there is a difference of favorite television programs among each generations.


Q: What do you think are the good points and the bad points about TV?
TV is double-edged sword and there are both the advantage and disadvantage of watching TV. At first, I will state about the advantage of watching TV. Watching TV makes us delightful and interested by giving some information which attracts us to watch TV. As the variety program or drama is, I think the news is also interesting because we can hear the opinions which a famous professor or a grate person mentions. In other word, we can get some useful information which is convenient in the daily life. Especially, the university students and I as well can get a good information which haven't ever known or helps us to study. Watching TV is a good chance to collect and to receive many helpful information. In contrast, the advantage of watching TV is to send a wrong information to us. The information which is definitely wrong or leads us to a wrong thoughts or opinions is full on TV. The majority of people have believed that TV information is always correct or a truth. However, the editor of TV often uses the credibility of TV media to deceive the people. TV editor leads the people to the wrong opinions or thought. The trend that TV media makes the people mislead some information is often used in the content of politics or economy. TV changes the opinions or thoughts of politics or economy by sending the wrong information contrary to democracy.



Q: What has satellite TV brought to our lives?
We often can watch the live broadcast of sports competitor. It has been brought to our lives by the satellite TV. We can watch anything we want to watch by using this tool. It is a good tool because our alternative to watch TV will be wide by using this tool and we can watch something interested without restraint of time and existing programs. In the future, the trend will broaden to our society more. I will also use this tool some day when I have a program which is interested in watching.



Last massage
I would like to finish this blog today. Maybe, today is the last time to upload the blog. I would not write down any more in the future.

It was a good time or a hard time to upload the blog every day.

Through the period, I have learned many types of things such as a importance of sending out information on one's own or a hardship of continuation... ,though it goes without saying that writing some massage in English advances me to improve the ability of English writing.

Anyway, I really appreciate the reader to keep reading this stupid English blog.

Well…. It would be certain that the reader's number who reads to the end (this last message) is sooooo few, hahaha.



]]> https://ameblo.jp/ryounkama/entry-11714885518.html Sat, 30 Nov 2013 05:27:06 +0900


PART2

Describe an important traditional event (in your culture/country)
You should say
when this event is held
who attends this event (or, who is involved in this event)
what people do during this event
and explain why this is important


(Answer)
There are many important traditional events in Japan such as New Year Day, cherry-blossom viewing picnic, entrance ceremony, the Bon Festival, carp-shaped streamer, Christmas, Halloween, year-end gift or New Year's Eve. I would like to focus on Setsubun today. Setsubun is the day immediately before the beginning of spring on the traditional Japanese calendar, normally around the beginning of February. This event holds in each Family. In general, people scatter blisters around home uttering the voice "Hukuwauchi Oniwasoto" and then people eat blisters of only the number of their ages. The reason why people do such a event every this season is to drive Oni or evil feeling away , which Oni appears the day of change of season every year. That's why this event is important in Japan.



PART3
Q: Does your country have what we could call "traditional food"
Yes, it has. Japan has a famous traditional food known around the world. Sushi is one of the Japanese traditional foods and is often eaten by foreign country people. I always see the sushi restaurant opens in Australia. The most Sushi restaurant serves sushi roll rather than Nigiri sushi. I think the Australian sushi restaurant mistakes sushi itself or considers sushi as a roll sushi rather than nigiri sushi. As I return the main topic, the sushi of Japanese traditional food is popular around the world and foreigner likes to eat. However, there are many variations of the style of sushi among each countries. I wish sushi could widen more around the world and foreigner could be fond of eating main dishes.



Q: Do you have "traditional dress" in your country?
Yes, I do. There is a traditional dress in Japan. Most Japanese people regard a yukata or a kinomo called in Japan as a traditional dress. There is a tradition that people tend or like to wear this in some festival. This is a kind of fashion which people have in the daily life. In the modern society, the fashion has not been decline and the trend that people like to wear this has widen contrary to introduction of modern culture. So many design or color are recently made or invented so that even young people can wear without hesitation. As the yukata in the past was thought it was for woman to wear, the number of man who wear kinomo is rising gradually because of development of yukata like above reason.



Q: Do you think these traditions will be lost in the future?
Yes, I do. If we conserve the traditional culture in each countries, it will be fast to disappear the peculiar tradition because the phenomenon has broaden in the world that new culture of different countries like America or Europe has imported into each countries like developing countries including china or Japan despite considered as a developed country. Japan recently has accepted a lot of American culture or system in the free trade without preservation of their own culture. For example, the educational or medical system is.


Q: Do you think it's important to maintain traditions?
Yes, I do. It's so important to maintain traditions because of rising of presence and preservation of history. The first reason why people have to maintain traditions is to increase the presence which appeals own character to other countries. It is important to rise presence because the traditions make foreigner interested in the country itself. The foreigner who gets interested in the country is sure to travel for the country to enjoy the peculiar culture. If so many travelers come to the country, the economy of the country will grow up. The second reason why people must maintain traditions is to protect the country''s history. Those who live in the presence age have to protect the history which people in the past keep to maintain because the present is alive thanks to the contribute of the people in the past. we owe what we are today or a peaceful life to the people in the past.


Q: What is the value of traditions?
It has provided the good value that is goodness on the country. We have many choices to enjoy the traditional culture such as music, a movie, a fashion or a work like a painting or a writing. We can always play with some traditional cultures in the spare time. It is a wonderful to have many entertainments because we can be refresh to do the new things rather than doing to work or to study. It is essential for us to have traditions for the reason of entertainment.


Q: Which do young people prefer, traditional ways of doing things or new ways? (why?)
Young people tend to like doing new ways rather than doing traditional ways in several things such as music, a movie, a fashion or a entertainment. I don't the reason why young people want to imitate to do the new ways like the style of foreign countries. For example, some company introduces the style of foreign country. The company shows us the picture of which foreigner wears one clothes as a model. The young people who saw this picture want to imitate to wear influenced by the new style. Young people dare to imitate the non-traditopnal style and tend to avoid the traditional one in spite of not being any reasons. This is a stereotype which young people falls into.


Q: If a tradition disappears in one generation, do you think it's possible for it to return in the next generation?
I think it is impossible to recover the traditions once the traditions disappeared in one generation because the majority of people recently tend to be fond of the new things rather than the traditions. Therefore, there are not people who try to protect or return the traditions. If there are the people who try to change the new one into the traditions, the most of them will be the elderly who are familiar to the goodness of traditions. It is difficult for them convey the goodness of traditions because most young people are not interested in the traditions or they like the new style very much. I think if we want to recover the traditions, we have to ask the government to return the traditions by investing the traditional industry. Government has to carry on the policy which invests much fortunes to the traditions.











]]> https://ameblo.jp/ryounkama/entry-11714429060.html Fri, 29 Nov 2013 08:55:24 +0900


PART2

Describe something that you bought that you were dissatisfied with
You should say
what the item was
when and where you bought it
why you bought it
and explain why you were not happy with this product
or
explain what you did with the products after you found that it was unsatisfactory


(Answer)
I often am unsatisfied to guy items because I don't examine an item before I will buy the item. It is true that when I will buy valuable or expensive items, it takes too much time to examine all the conditions, though I am wondering which items to buy all the time and I can't decide to buy… But I have bought anything or many things I want on the spot when it comes to low price items. Especially, in case of clothes or food, I am often unhappy to buy things. In shopping center which has opened various kinds of store, I shop around looking for something I want without a specific purpose. I call on one store in spite of not having a plan to buy and one item attracts me to buy and I move on buying the item without hesitate. Only when I bought the item in the store, I was so satisfied or happy. However, coming back to home and trying on clothes or eating food, I regret having bought those things because those items don't match my preference or taste. As soon as I found the item unsatisfied with me, I want to return the product and to throw away the product to disappear my discontent feeling.


PART3

Q: What do young people in your country like to buy?
The majority of young children in Japan like to buy toys or games to play. As I was young, I also liked to buy toys or games. The most of the toys or games shown on TV were popular among young children. The reason why I liked to buy the popular toys or games was that my most friends have already had. I wanted to buy what everyone have owed because if I also get those items, I can play with my friends through those games or toys. The trend has often changed, which one popular game has widen among young children. Therefore, I will buy a item again if one item is old-fashion and the other item become fashionable. I repeat to buy many times every time one item's popularity comes among young children.


Q: Which do you think is more important, the cost of a product or the quality of the product?
In my opinion, of cause, I focus on the quality of the product. I am sure to focus on the quality even if the item is food, clothes or electrical appliances. The reason why I choose the high quality one rather than low cost one is to make me satisfied to use the items. I often regret having bought one cheap item because the item doesn't meet my need at maximum because of low quality. In my country, there is a shop which sells everything 100 yen. Those goods are most reasonable for the consumer. But there is a disadvantage of this store. Most of the items sold in the shop are useless or fragile so that it is not easy to use the goods. For example, it is difficult to cut the knife or scissors, to write a letter by the pencil or to use the wristwatch which often changes the present time by 1o or 20 minutes.


Q: Why are important products more expensive than locally made products?
Important products are more expensive than locally made products because it is valuable that many people need to buy. In other word, the demand of the products is so high that so many consumers try to buy. In the result, the stock will be soon lost in the store. Therefore, the seller has to set on a high price to lessen the demand for the consumer. Thanks to high price, the seller or company which sells the products receives many benefits because there is a large gap between the prime cost and the retail price. For example, a medicine, a detergent, a cosmetic, furniture or a service product.



Q: What do you think of those people who only buy expensive things and who look down on other people who buy cheap products?
I have nothing to do with those who only buy expensive things and I don't care them at all because those people take to buy only expensive things for granted. It is not bad to for the richer buy only expensive things because they contribute the economy of society by consuming a lot. We are only envious of them. However, this is a problem which the richer look down on other people who buy cheap products. They are arrogant and they can't sympathize other's feeling. There is a gap between the poor and the richer in Japan and the difference has recently widen. In our gap-widening society, the richer have to support the
poor as possible.


Q: Which do you think is better, buying things online or buying things in real shops?
We need to make good use of online products and the products in real shops. When we will buy heavy products such as furniture or electrical appliances, it is better that we use online shopping because it is difficult to carry to the home when we buy it in the real. In case of perishable foods or daily necessities, we had better buy them in bulk at one time because we can check their goods directly or it's easy to carry to the home. If you want to examine the heavy products such as furniture or electrical appliances, you should first go to the shop directly and check the quality. And then, you should buy the same thing online later. It is efficient to make good use of online products and the products sold in real shops.



Q: Why do you think online shopping has become so popular?
I think there are many causes of popularity of online shopping. I will focus on the benefit of online shopping which is that we don't need to go outside to shop in the store. We can get anything we want anywhere or anytime if we have a computer which can use a internet. It is so easy to buy compared to shopping in the real store. Online shopping produces some benefits that it doesn't take time to buy and shorten time to move on the store. As soon as we hit on the idea of what to buy, we can search the online shopping and immediately cab buy if we found the thing which we hope rather than heading for the real shop. Later, the product will send us in spite of only using a computer.



Q: How do people pay for things that buy online?
Most people pay for things either by credit card or by cash on delivery. Some people pay for things in convenient, ATM. Others pay for things by net banking or electrical money. If you want to keep private information secrete, you should use a cash on delivery or paypal. Paypal is the new way of paying which can be used in smart phone application. It is convenient to use because we don't need to hold on cash or credit card when shopping outside. We can shop in the real store only to hold on smart phone which has already confirm paypal. We will be relieved to hold on paypal even if we left the wallet in their home.



















]]> https://ameblo.jp/ryounkama/entry-11713667244.html Thu, 28 Nov 2013 06:30:46 +0900



PART2

Describe a book you recently read that you would like to read again
You should say
what book it was
what the book was about
why you read it
what you learned from this book
and explain why you would like to read it again


(Answer)
I started to read the book written about a religious when I belonged to the yoga club. This is about a bible for people who believe in God and written about the whole things about yoga mantra or spirit of yoga. I started to read this book because I can learn about the importance of religion or pray and I can be happy by reading this book. The reason why I will be happy by reading this book I can know about God world or I can be close presence to God. I have learned about what God is and say, who I am or who is human. I would like to read it again because it cab be a bible which helps me to live in the future.



Describe a book you enjoyed reading
You should say
what book it was
what the book was about
who wrote it
why you read it
and explain why you liked this book


(Answer)
Sorry, I can't find the interesting book which I have ever read. It is true that I have ever read many books but I can't focus on the most interesting one because all the books which I have read ever were interesting or helpful to me. I almost read novels but I often read some essay written by the great person. I regret not reading many novels in the youth because there are many novels to read in the young period. In the future, I want to rise the number of reading books especially novels to not acquire many knowledge but to enjoy the novel spirit or world which one author tries to mean. Also, I would like to get a skill to understand the books written in English to wide my horizon or idea which Japanese people don't think.








PART3

Q: Do people in your country like to read books?
There are both of people who like to read or don't like to read books. Apparently, the percentage of people who like to read books is less than that of people who dislike to read, especially, the majority of young people tend to dislike or have read only one or two books ever. Even university students almost read books expect the books related to their major. Actually, most people know the importance of reading books a little but they don't last to read books because they don't have enough time to read or have been bored in reading. I can sympathize the feeling which doesn't motivate me to read. The number of completed books which I have ever read is actually low. In the future, I would lime to rise the number of books to read.


Q: what kinds of books are most popular in your country?
The best seller books are often used as an indicator of the popularity in my country. Most people tend to buy the best seller books even if they are not interested in the book content. However, I think the most books are shown in TV or magazine or the books which he famous writer or sport players wrote by themselves. i don't know whether the books are worth reading or not. I don't like the tread which caters to the public's popularity. It is important to read the favorite books which we really are interested in reading rather than reading the books which is shown on TV or some medias.



Q: Do you think reading is important?
Yes, I do. Reading is good for mind. The more you read books, the more wide or intelligence your horizon or mind is. To get a lot of useful knowledge, we have to many books rather than reading a little. Most books provide us newest information which nobody knows. The information written in books is interactive or the newest, which those information are almost written on the internet because only the author has thought the original idea. Those information are not known in the society that they are rarely and valuable. We need to read many books to know the newest idea.


Q: Some people like to collect books. Why do you think they do that?
It was first time to hear that there is a man who collect books. I think the people who like to read many books don't gather many books as a collector. They read many books. In the result, they have collected a number of books in the book cabinet. Especially, the professor or librarian gathers a lot of books and their room is covered with many books. They mainly read novel or essay. It is the reason for living to read a book and reading books for them makes me happy in their life. They may consider books entertainment which can enjoy because they never are bored in reading books and they have completely forgotten time passing.


Q: Do you think compulsory reading (in school) is a good idea?
Yes, I do. It is necessary to increase the time for children to read books because most children don't have times to read books in their home because of many homework or hobby. Giving much time to read books makes children to notice the interest of reading a book. It is good for children to give a chance to read books. Compulsory reading in school is better than occasional reading because they tend to dislike to read books because it is not fun for children to read only much letters and to imagine what is written about in the books. I think the compulsory reading in school needs one class like about 50 minutes to encourage children to read books.








]]> https://ameblo.jp/ryounkama/entry-11712965796.html Wed, 27 Nov 2013 05:47:08 +0900



PART3

Describe a plan you have for the future (but not related to work or study)
You should say
what it is
what you have this plan
what the first step in your plain is
what you will need to do in order to make the plan work
and explain how you think you will feel after you achieve this


(Answer)
I have many alternative of my future but I still don't decide what I will do in the future or I don't know what I really want to do. For example, I want to be a government worker on civil engineering because I have majored in civil engineering in my university and I will focus on to study it for a while. Therefore, I have one plan to get a job related to civil engineering in the future. In contrast, I have an another plan in my future. I now stay in Australia to study English until July 2014. I have kept studying English since I came here about 3 month ago. I do my best to acquire the speaking skill of English like native speakers. Therefore, I want to work like I can make use of English ability such as a English conversation school in Japan, a English teacher or a translator. I want to work a part-time job only whoever can speak English. If I can get higher salary than the job of civil engineering by using English, I will get a job which use English instead of. I will study both English and civil engineering so far to wide a possibility of getting a good job in the future. This is a strategy to realize my dream.


PART3

Q: Do you think it's important for a a person to have a career plan?
Yes, I do. It is important for a person to have a career plan because the person will realize the hope of getting a ideal dream or job. The person who don't have a target of a career or haven't thought anything about the future won't get a ideal job and they will get a worse job than they thought. I think people should have a clear plan in the future which they really want to be. If so, the clear plan motivates them to do something hard in the present and they can strive because they can't be satisfied with the presence circumstance.


Q: How do most people plan their future education and their future career?
The majority of young people can notice their future in the school especially, a university. Their future career depends on the university education because they start to prepare the job hunting from period of university. They focus on to study one specific subject and learn it deeply. After finishing to study and graduating the university, social life will start if they can get a job. This is a general way of plan of the future career. In other hand, there is also a person who start a new business by himself. He has a desire to earn a lot of money by himself rather than working in one company to contribute the company. They invest much money to make their own business. The business is not necessary to last for a long span but If they success the business, they each huge money which can use for them. This is a creative that nobody is not necessary to realize the business.



Q: Do you think it's important to include the factor of one's salary in a career plan?
Yes, I do. But I don't understand a little bit what the question will mean. In case of publicity a book, the writer have to do him best to write a superior content which makes the reader impressed to read it and to meet the costumer'e needs that the reader asks. When one writer publics a book, they focus on not to write what he wants to state but to write a book which anyone can understand easily. This has to be simple and interactive. In case of a novel, the writer should write a novel which gives the reader strong message or deep emotion. This is a good novel that attracts the reader to read or makes the reader not bored while reading the novel. If the writer's novel is not sold well, they should improve the next book by seeking the factor of not selling well.



Q: Do you think planing is important?
Yes, I do. The person who always have no plan is stupid though I don't state the reason. I think having a plan is to have a target in the future. For example, if one person has a solid plan to become a sport player, the possibility of being a sport player in the future will be rising. I have heard the story that the first-class baseball player had written down and spoken the target of being a baseball player in the youth. It is important to fill out in the notebook or speak the concrete target all the time rather than only thinking in their mind. The possibility will be sure to increase.



Q: What kinds of personal plans should people make for themselves?
In general, most of people attend a high school and can choose next life from graduation of a high school. The people who don't go to a university try to get a job not a part-time job and they are independent in parents. In contrast, the people who go to a university will study more and will have attended for more 4 years. I think personal plan depends on the future from graduation of a high school because the majority of people lead the same life by the high school life.


Q: In general, how do people make plans?
For example, to make a reservation of the Shinkansen, some people go to the station to buy a ticket, the other makes a appointment online by using a internet. As the flight or bus is. In case of a hotel reservation, some people calls the hotel to catch the accommodation. The other use a internet to make a reservation.


Q: For a person with children, what influence does this have on their personal plans for the future?
There are many kinds of affects on the personal plans for the future such as parents, a school or a book or a movie. The majority of people are influenced by parents or they can't choose because they can't find a suitable job which they really want to do. And even if they want to aim on being a ideal occupation, they will be sure to give up on the way growing up adult because they notice the gap between realistic and dream. And they cannot help but get a job which they don't hope at all or is strict working. People will be trouble in making a life because of non interest and low salary because of getting a indifferent occupation. However, they have to work even if the job is very tough because they have to earn enough money to live. Though the salary is low, people work hard to be alive. Such people are often called a working poor. They lose a hope or a future and never enjoy their life because they don't have spare time to spend to do entertainment. I think it is a serious problem in our society. The economic circumstance also reflects the society. The government should take some policy to be able to improve the situation.
















]]> https://ameblo.jp/ryounkama/entry-11712414664.html Tue, 26 Nov 2013 08:04:03 +0900



PART2

Describe a song that has (special) meaning for you
You should say
what song it is
when you first heard it
what the song is about
and explain why this song has special meaning for you


(Answer)
I especially don't have a special meaning song for me. I always hear a song as a sound instead of understanding the meaning so I feel relaxed while hearing the song. There are a lot of songs intention a strong massage for somebody who listens to the music and people sometimes sympathize or empathize the meaning. The people sometimes got impressed with the song and come to cry despite only hearing the song. I haven't remember me got impressed with one specific song influenced by a lyrics. But I have an experience which I was impressed to listen to music when I became depressed or got me down. For example, while the graduation ceremony holds, before retiring the club activity or the wedding reception. song has a strength which get people impressed or inspire people to cry. Songs also make us happy or enjoyable or motivate us to do something. A music culture has widen around the world and Japanese people from young people to the elderly enjoy to listen to and sing songs as a entertainment.



PART3

Q: What kinds of music are popular in your country?
In Japan, there are many kinds of music known to several people. The favorite kinds of music depends on persons. A lot of foreign country music genre have introduced or artist who are from several countries come to Japan to show or wide their songs. And young people in Japan get interested in western music sort of such as K-pop. I think western music or foreign song came from korean or America are popular among young Japanese people. Those songs are not song but dance focused on. Also, young people like the women itself as a model or a artist. I am not familiar to them. Actually, the music culture of traditional style in Japan has been decline such as enka influenced by foreign country music culture or J-pop which is popular among most Japanese adult or teenager.




Q: Do people of different ages like the same kinds of music?
No, I don't. the favorite kinds of music depends on the ages in case of Japan. It is not limited that the different ages like the same kinds of music. My grandparents never watch or listen to K-pop, AKB or some Japanese pops artist. They don't have a knowledge on this at all even if those music are popular in Japan. In contrast, my friends or people of the same ages are not interested in enka which is Japanese traditional style. However, they have quite a few knowledge on Japanese pops music or artist. When we go to Karaoke, my friend has many stocks to able to sing the whole lyrics and can keep singing songs for a long time. In Japan, several kinds of music have always released and sold in music store because there are a lot of artists who can compose original music and they compose music as a hobby or a real job. The music industry is very intense and make some artists difficult to sell original music unless the song is superior to other musics who other musicians made.






Q: Why don't older people like pop music as much as young people?
It is a difficult question for me because I prefer pop music to music which older people tend to like. It is true that the older people don't like to dislike the pop music. My grandfather also dislikes the pop music and when he has watched the pop music on Tv, they try to change TV program or turn off TV. He have said that this (pop music) is not a music and I felt tired to watch it. I don't know why he dislike the pop music. But I understand his feeling a little that he hates the pop music because the pop music makes the Japanese traditional music decline. Even music program on Tv at the end of the year, Almost all of songs shown in the music program are recently pop music and Japanese traditional music almost appear. I feel sad that the elderly were robed of the enjoy at the end of year. Almost all of music programs were shown for young people despite the population of Japan accounts for many older people.



Q: Do you think the playing of musical instrument is beneficial to mankind?
Yes, I do. I think playing some musical instrument is beneficial to mankind because of a entertainment and a popularity. First of all, the people who can play the some musical instrument will keep to enjoy in the future even if they become old. It is good for mankind because the people will lead a full life. And, such people can make friends who also can play some musical instrument and make community among the people who can share the same hobby with me. Second, the reason why it is beneficial for mankind to able to play some musical instrument is a popularity. I often see the people who can play some musical instrument such as the guitar or the piano are popular with women. In contrast, the people who can't play anything at all are envious of such people who can play them. There is a interesting trend that the people who can play the some musical instrument are more intelligence than the people who can't play them. Especially, the people who can play the piano are very talkative or have a quick mind. Influenced by this trend, the people who can play some musical instrument are popular with ladies including on intelligence, socialize or specialty.



Q: Do you think everyone (or, any ordinary person) can learn to play a musical instrument (or dose it require some inborn talent)?
It depends on the period of start. If you started to learn to play the piano in the child, you have a enough talent to learn to play it or is it faster to acquire to play it. In other hand, if you start to learn to play the piano in the adult, it is a little too difficult to acquire to play it or you have difficulty learning to play it. I think the speed of acquirement of musical instrument has something to do with ages. Second, I am wondering whether it requires some inborn talent to learn to play a musical instrument or not. It is true that anything is related to the inborn talent to learn something faster. In case of study, the intelligent students can learn to study faster than general students because of their inborn talent. Similar to study, I think playing a musical instrument has a close connection with nature talent. The people who use a left hand in main are superior to other people when they play a musical instrument because the left-hander has high ability of imagination or five sense or sensibility. Playing the musical instrument is a task using a imagination, five sense or sensibility instead of logical thinking which the majority of right-hander are good at using. Therefore, the left-hander is good at playing a musical instrument or they learn to play it faster than general people.


























]]> https://ameblo.jp/ryounkama/entry-11711722471.html Mon, 25 Nov 2013 07:00:35 +0900



PART2

Describe a way to relax that you find effective
You should say
what you do (or, how you relax)
when you usually do this
where you usually do it
who is usually with you at this place
and explain why this is relaxing for you

(Answer)
I often go to sauna to make my feel relaxed. I think the most effective way to relax is to take a sauna. I really feel relaxed to take a sauna that is the feeling of supreme healing. The sauna is the world that about 80 degrees and covered with much stem which can't see around. I can feel relaxed and I can get rid of fatigue or many different kinds of thoughts. I can clear my mind which have thought idle thoughts. I always go to sauna in the morning because I think it is more effective than heading for sauna at night. I go to there alone because I want to be alone to make me relaxed by clearing my mind or feeling.




PART3


Q: What are some of the various things that people do to relax?
There are various things that people do to relax. I also use a variety of ways to relax such as sauna, a meditation, a sunbath, a sleeping, a massage or a hot spa. There are more various things to relax if people try to find in the would. It depends on people's way. In case of me, I always go to sauna but I sometimes go to a hot spa and I repeat doing to relax during a day. Some people always exercise in the sports gym. Others stay in the home all the day.


Q: Are there any difference in the way people relax today compared to the past?
Yes, there are. In the modern society, people often feel stressful because of being many noises in the daily life such as a voice of a car, a human or some machine. In the result, people tend to seek the way to remove the stress by using more effective way than the past. the various way to relax has been recently introduced on TV or some media influenced by the trend to seek relaxation. I often see some magazine or TV introducing how to relax. The industrial of a massage are getting popular among the adult and is now in good economy.



Q: Do you think that there is more stress in modern life than there was in the past?
Yes, I do. there is more stress in modern life ran was in the past because of development of industry. As I first say the conclusion, there is not a place where people can be relaxed in our society. The cities are covered with many buildings or transportations. There is no nature. People feel narrow in the cities because people live between artificial things such as buildings and the paved road. People can't see a good view and can't touch nature and can't breath a fresh air. People always see the same sight or the same persons or don't look at at all except a paper or a screen on the computer or mobile phone.




Q: What about the future, do you think there will be less stress than today, or more?
I think the stress in the present would not disappear in the future and will rise or produce more stress than in the present. Therefore, people feel more stressful in the life. We have to remove the stress in the future. I think the best solution to get rid of stress is not aiming the non-stressful life but aiming to reduce stress as much as possible. It is apparently impossible to lose our stress so we should try to remove our stress in the developed technology. There are many ways to get rid of stress in our society but most people almost knows about them. It is necessary to wide the information around the people who feel stressful.



Q: How do you think people will be relaxing years in the future?
I think this is the relaxing years that the company provides enough time and money for employees to relax. The employee can go to somewhere to relax by using the time and money given by the company. The majority of people go to a massage or a hot spa. People can be relax in there not to think about idle thoughts such as jobs or bosses. I suggest that the government will make the week to make the people relax. To realize the policy, the government has to invest money to make many relaxation places around the cities such as a hot spa or a massage shop. The people can go those places without hesitation whenever they are given the time to go there.

















]]> https://ameblo.jp/ryounkama/entry-11711073650.html Sun, 24 Nov 2013 06:57:13 +0900


PART2

Describe an unusual job you would (like to) do in the future (if you had the opportunity).
You should say
what job it would be
what you would do in that job
why this job is unusual
and explain why you would like to do that job

(Answer)
I want to be a doctor in the future if I had the opportunity. I don't choose which types if department to belong. As my public stance, I become a doctor to help patient who has suffered from some sickness though I actually have thought. As my real intention, I want to earn a lot of money and lead a good life. Some article recently has said that the number of doctor has decreased especially, the area of countryside. The elderly who live in the countryside are trouble in not consulting a doctor or the number of the people who can see a doctor is limited. I think this job is unusual and necessary because only a people can get a this job and almost all of people are difficult to get a doctor because it is very difficult to study medicine or to pass the qualification. However, I would like to be a doctor to help a lot of patient and I hope anyone rely on me to cure and heal a disease or an illness.




PART3



Q: What careers (or jobs) are popular with young people in your country?
I searched the rank of popular jobs in young people in Japan on the internet. I will list the following from No.1. The most popular jobs among young people in Japan is an announcer or a newscaster. Second, clinical laboratory technologist. Third nursery school teacher. Forth sport player or athlete. Fifth grand hostess. Sixth government worker (general administration) Seventh nurse. Eighth fashion designer. Ninth pastry chef. Tenth pharmacist. Eleventh doctor Twelfth voice actor thirteenth editor fifteenth a elementary school teacher. Sixteenth moneylender. Seventeenth illustrator. Eighteenth cartoonist. Nineteenth hotel. Twentieth a police. Twenty first beautician. Twenty second graphic designer. Twenty third tour conductor. Twenty forth a writer. Twenty fifth clinical psychologist.


Q: Do you think there's any difference between males and females when it comes to choosing a future career?
Yes. I do. The difference of ability arises between males and females. Therefore, The jobs which they want to and can get are different. The interest of jobs are also different. But, the only thing I can say is that the jobs number is low, which only males can get one specific job and females can't get it. If females want to be a doctor or a police, they have enough possibility of getting the job. It is only one phenomenon that most of polices or doctor are males. There are many jobs which only females can get in our society or there is a job which seeks the talent of females. I think females are superior to males in the conversation ability. She can conversation with anyone smoothly. So, females are suitable for the jobs related to communication such as a teacher or a counselor.



Q: What factors do male (young men) consider and what factors do females (young women) consider when they are making this choice?
I don't know about factors women consider when she chooses jobs well. The only thing I can say is that whether women or men is, they seek for high salary or short time to work at least. As I think, people need to lead a good life that we enjoy in holiday rather than not working almost every day. Most people think they focus on not to work but enjoy to travel or play with friends. There are almost people who feel satisfied with a job. In conclusion, both women and men will choose a job to encourage them to lead a good life which includes many holiday and high salary to invest their entertainment.


Q: Do you think money (the salary) is the most important factor to consider?
Of cause, Yes. I also consider money to choose the job because my motivation for working comes from money and I try to work hard if I get much money. If I get high salary, I can do everything I want to do in my life. I can eat delicious food, I can travel in a foreign country or I can buy favorite things. However, the careful thing is that getting a high salary is not to lead a good life. It can be a egoist or selfish to use much money for only me. I think money is just method to motivate me to work hard. Money is not a purpose to lead a good life. Therefore, it is true that I will use half money to enjoy in my life, but I will use rest of half money to support someone or to contribute our society.



Q: Do you think parents should let their children make their own chic about a future career or should the parents make this choice?
I think most young people are influenced by parent's advice or their own jobs. There is also mind that young people think they take over parent's job or ask for parent's support when they will choose their jobs. So they are actually relieved with job hunting because if they are trouble in getting a job when they become a adult, they try to count on parent's support. Young people who make their effort by their-self to get a job are low in our society. I think most people depend on parent's support at least for example money or connection with one company. In contrast, there are young people who don't want to affect parent's support because their choice of jobs will be narrow because of paren't effect or most young people cannot held but return to my hometown to care parents.



Q: Are there any other ways in which young people can get some guidance on what career to choose?
Most young people don't know that there many kinds of jobs in the society. Especially, young people who don't attend a university almost know about many choices of jobs. The majority of such young people think they have to work hard to get a high salary and they try to work hard like they work part-time at two or more places except a real job. They almost have a holiday to work many jobs. I think the problem will solve if such young people can know about some guidance on what career to choose. If they can gather a lot of information on career, their choice or possibility of getting a job will be wide. To get much information, they should search by using the internet or by reading a guidebook of jobs rather than reading job offer information. The quantity of information is in proportion to that of jobs.
































]]> https://ameblo.jp/ryounkama/entry-11710608766.html Sat, 23 Nov 2013 10:18:16 +0900


PART2

Describe s beautiful house or flat that you have visited
You should say
when you visited this house
where it was (or is)
what it looked like
and explain why you liked it

(Answer)
As a architect, I have visited a famous construction in Australia. This is a opera house. I have ever visited 2 times. The first time to visit opera house was about 1 year ago. The second time I visited there was about 1 month ago. I have many chances to visit there because I live in Sydney where there is a opera house near to my flat. It is about 3 kilometer away from my housing and I can go there on foot. It takes about 30 minutes to visit opera house on foot. Actually, I can see opera house on the way to reach in front of it because this building is so huge and it becomes a tourist spot which can view anywhere like a mt, Fuji. I am fond of the architecture. It has unique shape or simple design. What I was impressed with most was the location built. Opera house stands at sea side. It matches well the scenery in the whole view.



PART3


Q: What makes a location suitable for young people?
As everyone think, the most suitable location is not a city but a countryside covered with nature. What makes children touch nature is so good that they grow up well. Children got interested in nature. For example, playing in a river, they find some fish such as crab. They are so exited to look for some crabs. They investigate in the habitat of crabs by researching or reading illustrated book. Only when they research it, they become so diligent. They wide the extent of research from crab to some insect or animal. They can be an expert of living things. It is a nice chance to touch nature in the youth because they come to know interest of study.



Q: What makes a location suitable for old people?
Recently, one research says that most the elderly live alone without interact with someone and there are the elderly who causes a solitary death because of a lonely life. It is so crucial problem to the society. The Japanese population is rapidly aging. So the many Japanese elderly have a anxious of the problem. I think a solitary death comes from the location of living. Especially, the elderly who live in a city is serious that they are likely to live alone because they don't have a community of the same generation. In the cities, each people has a privacy and nobody interferes the people's life. In the result, they tend to live alone. Compared to cities, the elderly who live in countryside have many chances to contact with many people. So countryside is the most suitable location for old people.



Q: What places for (young people's) entertainment are there near where you live (or, in your hometown)?
My hometown is a tourist site for the people who visit hot springs. There are many hot springs spot in my hometown. And it is a well-known place between Japanese and even foreigners. I think taking a hot spring is also entertainment for me. I can enjoy to visit the hot spring because I like not only to take a hot spring but to take a sauna as well. Both of way makes my feel relaxed and I have completely forgotten time tanks to relax. It was the best time in my life to take a hot spring. A hot spring is a good place where anyone either young people or even the elderly can enjoy.



Q: Do you think the design of a home is important? (Why?/ Why not?)
I think most people who build the new house care the design of the home so much. I also would be sure to focus on the design of a home. Of cause, I also care convenience or location to build a house rather than only caring a design of a home. It is important for people to care the design of the home because good design attracts many visitors to come to their house. If we have a party, most people will want to visit the good design house. Therefore, we can contact with many people in our own house for the reason of the good design. I feel comfortable to stay in the good design house. I will enjoy to create the unique design if I build my own house in the future. It is also a benefit of design.



Q: Do you think it's possible fro a person to design his/her own home?
I think it may be possible for a person to design his or her home, but a person had better need a architect's support because the cost of building may become so expensive or the structure may become weak because of being too crazy about the design. A good design is not necessary to be a good house. It is difficult for a layman to design a home by his or herself. We have to care about the whole conditions of the home such as a strength, a location, a size, a shape, a balance, a earthquake-resistant, a cost, a environment, a convenience, a house lifespan and of cause, a design. There are various conditions for building a house. We have to consider all those conditions well. It is either a hard task or a interesting thing.


















]]> https://ameblo.jp/ryounkama/entry-11709914356.html Fri, 22 Nov 2013 04:39:45 +0900



PART2


Describe a class or training session that you enjoyed
You should say
what the teacher (and the students) did
when & where you had this class
what you learned in this class or training session
and explain why you enjoyed it



(Answer)
I took a English class in Australia last spring semester during about 4 month. The English teacher who can speak English very well taught the students who came here from some foreign countries. The teacher taught us about Australian culture such as nature, conversation or artist. We had taken a class for 3 hours each classes in the classroom. We learned most Australian culture and at the same time, we improved English ability to main speak and listen. We were training to speak or listen to English by doing dictation or group talk. The teacher let us make a individual meeting to improve English more and to talk with the teacher in English. I think we could spend a nice time to take the class because we had many chances to speak English with other countries people who can speak only their mother tongue.



PART3


Q: What do you think are the qualities of a good teacher?
I have ever thought what conditions are a good teacher before about 5 years because the student's character or furthermore even their future depends on the qualities of a good teacher. In other word, a teacher can change the student's future. A teacher has a important role of education. So, I think all teachers are hired as a public worker and they receive salary from tax of the people. It is true that I also think my life changed well thanks to my teacher of the high school. I always hear that there are such peoples who major in favorite subjects such as physics or mathematics in the university because they got interested in their subjects thanks to their teacher's education. And even if there is a strict teacher who often impose a lot of homework or has a passion about classes, most of students don't want to take the class in those days but later, they are sure to appreciate for the teacher because they grow up well thanks to the teacher. As the main point missed, I will return the main subject. The best teacher I thought is the teacher who gives many chance to challenge some difficulty for students. I think most of teachers provide a lot of homework to the students. I think the teacher is not good in my opinion. It is better that the teacher almost gives their students homework. Instead of it, the teacher not only spoils the students but also provide many chances or time to try to study by their-self. For students to study in person, the teacher has to teach the interest of the subject clearly. A good teacher I think is the people who are enthusiasm about the class and can teach so simply like whoever can understand easily. I think students never improve their academic ability even if the teacher gives students so many assignment. Instead of it, their academic ability will be sure to rise if they can study in person by using the right method of studying or if the teacher can teach so simply. They will grow up when they study by their self hard rather than doing many tasks which was given by a teacher.



Q: Do you think the usage of science and technology has changed teaching very much?
No, I don't. I recently heard that student has taken a class by using i-pad in America and the student who use i-pad in the class don't improve their academic ability. Moreover. the decline of the academic ability has caused. I think the story happens like that naturally because they come not to think in their brain by relying on i-pad because they don't need to use a pen or a notebook. I-pad is too convenient for students to imagine the mechanism of study because they only use a finger rather than using a brain or a body. They only read or study the given things which someone has prepared. They lose the chance to think in their own mind without consciousness.


Q: Which do you think it better, distance education or classroom education?
I think both of them have a good point respectively. The advantage of distance education is can be used online. People can study wherever and whenever they like and a teacher also can use any time when they record the class. It is so convenient that most of supplementary school recently use the system. In contrast, the benefit of classroom education is that student can meet and ask their teacher some questions directly. Teachers teaches us the question until we can understand. It was often called a interactive class which conversation like a catch ball is done in the class. And students try to concentrate to study influenced by peer pressure.


Q: Do you think distance education might one day replace classroom education?
As the technology has developed, at the same time, some of school will later introduce the distance education. This is a flexible time to attend the class and students don't need to go to the school. The intelligent student can advance the next level faster than general students and those student can graduate about 1 year in a high school. It is a nice chance for intelligent student to take the distance class. The education style is like a competition which strong students can advance to the goal faster the weak student. It encourage students to study hard. The teacher don't need take a responsibility against all the students because the cause of decline of academic ability is attributed their own students.











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