Hi, everyone!
I already enjoyed a DVD titled Rosemary&Thyme that Plum lent me about one month ago, but I couldn’t write anything about it until now, because I could hardly understand those English… In my notebook, there were some writings of basic expression, such as ‘What would I do for you?’ ‘I need you talk’ ‘Please laid-back (relax)’ ‘She is not that kind of woman’ ‘There is a proposition I’ll put on you’ …That’s all.
Firstly, I couldn’t catch words I don’t know, and secondly, I couldn’t catch their pronunciation even if I know those meanings. I found it’s not easy for me. But that drama itself was so enjoyable that I managed to watch them to the end. I was happy to check those beautiful English gardens, mysterious characters, and attractive main actresses. Are they gardening detectives? It’s really fantastic. Thank you very much, Plum. If you don’t mind, I’d like to watch more.
So, see you later. Bye!
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Dear Cherry and friends,
How are you?
On Tuesday night, I got an e-mail which really upset me.
This was from my former supervisor. What embarrassed me was not his message but the one he forwarded to me. My supervisor was also surprised at the e-mail and his message was sympathetic.
As I told you before, I was applying for a conference held abroad. It is held for students. In spite of the poor quality of my paper, mine was accepted by the committee last week. However, two days ago, I got comments given by a referee. He (probably, he) first stressed that he would reject my paper if the conference is a formal international one. The length of comments depressed me a lot. I really wanted to give up attending it. After reading the comments, I found it not so unreasonable. So I changed my mind and
decided to edit the paper as much as possible. In scientific research papers, we have to avoid using complicated vocabulary. The referee commented that many relative pronouns make a paper hard to read, adding that they can be a burden to readers. And there are some more defects to correct.
This is one of the projects I'm tackling right now.
Talk to you later.
Dear Cherry and friends,
Hang in there, Alice! I hope you can finish editing and make your dream come true. Chances visit you after crunches. yesterday I met a doctor who is going to Michigan to study. He mentioned that the medical system in Japan has lot of troubles. One thing is that doctors tend to be specialists in a certain organ or diseases. After he or she retires and opens his or her clinic, he or she has to treat patients with diseases he or she is not so specific about. In the USA, every doctor has to finish general medicare studies for two year after graduation. They undestood its necessity more than 20 year ago, he said.
Thank you.
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Hi,
I found my comment in Victorian Studies, which I should have written in different place. If you are interested in Holland and have not finished reading it, please read it. Thank you.
Hi, ladies!!!
It is such a beautiful day, isn’t it! A lot of sunshine as if we were in California or Sydney. Marvelous weather, so gorgeous and fantastic…
It is extremely significant to listen to as many different comments as possible on our writing, but nonetheless it is terribly hard to expose ourselves, especially as a student, to outrageous or extraordinary (or sometimes senseless) criticism on our essay or thesis. Sometimes those callous and cruel comments from someone above us causes tremendous amount of stress and depression.
That could happen to anyone, Alice. Not only you but also many other students. I also went through a similar experience. Traditionally, there is a big and huge gap between students and the teaching staff, who sometimes get mad at some of their students for no logical reasons, in academia, and it is universal. It is not just a matter of Japanese academia; the same things are occurring around the world. There is no panacea for them, and so just do your best and leave the others to fortune.
Cherry, thank you for letting us know that you are enjoying Rosemary and Thyme. Their episodes are fun and entertaining, aren’t they? Please keep the one you have as long as you like, if you want. I sometimes use, in my English conversation classes, DVDs like the one you have now for the improvement of my students’ listening comprehension and speaking skills, and if I need the one you have I will let you know. Try to parrot what they, Rosemary and Thyme, say. It is not a big deal, but just enjoy speaking English.
My husband is in Indonesia on business at the moment, and will be back next week, but until the day he returns I have a lot of time just for myself. Last night after dinner I sorted out boxes of photos, which I wanted to do for such a long time, but what with this and that I just could not make it. Whew…it took a long time, but I did it, and I am so delighted about it.
Well, I think I have to get back to my work, my precious friends. I will talk to you again. Bye for now.
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