HI, ladies!!
I’m very interested in your comments about the charity in the Victorian era, the TV drama LOST, and the musical of ABBA. Thanks to your explanation, I can feel already experiencing those spectacles. Speaking of visiting a sick person, we’ve seen a similar scene in Dickens’s Bleak House, haven’t we?
From TIME this week;
One of the Nobel Laureates Doris Lessing published a book about her parents, whose bitter memory has heavily caused her distress even now. They used to engage in wartime works as a soldier and a nurse, and her mother, haunted by flashbacks of soldiers dying without morphine, had a nervous breakdown. Lessing and her mother were always fighting each other due to her mother’s extraordinary behavior. At the same time, however, writing such a painful recollection might be an act of atonement for the author. She insists that this book will be her last, and says, “When you’re young you doubtless think that you’re going to sail into a lovely lake of quietude and peace. This is profoundly untrue.”
That statement has a deep meaning for all of us, hasn’t it? I have never read her books, but I’d like to try them someday.
Thank you for reading. See you, bye!
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Hi, ladies!!!
How was your day today? Did you have a lot of fantastic time? I went to Cosmos’ place to attend Jonathan’s English talking session and arrived at her place a little late, but there were Azalea, Magnolia & Cosmos just sitting around not doing anything particular. I wondered what happened, and Cosmos let me know that Jonathan was coming late for some reason.
Soon, he hustled in, saying something we could not understand easily. It turned out that he left his car keys in the taxi he took, and he was so panicky. He settled down and started to explain what happened: he realized that he had run out of gas when he stared the engine, and so took a taxi, but found out he had no car keys with him immediately after he paid the fare and the taxi left. There was nothing we could do except calling the taxi company and asking about his keys. I let it know his contact number, but there was no reply from the company. He was quite shocked, but he whispered to himself that his landlady would probably let him in, or something like that (apparently, his unit key was with his car keys), when he was leaving Cosmos’ place after the session. Oh, poor Jonathan… I hope he went back home safe and sound.
Cherry, how charming and clever your young ladies are!!! I can get a picture of your giving an English speech in front of them and their enjoying your speech. What a wonderful family you have!!!
Alice, please keep writing in this fashion. Read and write alternately so that your English skills will definitely improve and you will get more knowledge regarding your research theme. Don’t stop reading and don’t stop writing. Read more and write more.
Cosmos, you nearly passed the interview test. (I was very happy to hear that.) You only needed two more points. Bad luck…probably, but you have one more chance in November (is this correct?), and so keep working toward your aim. Correct your small grammatical mistakes on your own, using this blog. Do you remember you have to read out and loud your comment before posting it? Work a little bit harder and then you will definitely make it next time.
Well, we are ending our day so peacefully, and I am quite happy about it. Goodnight to you, my precious friends. Sleep well and have sweet dreams…
Hello, Cherry and my precious friends.
I went to Jonathan’s meeting about thirty minutes late. Four members including Dr. Aoyama had already started to discuss today’s topic of male and female occupations.
I was given a list of paper with a slew of occupations. Then I was told to decide by impression which sexes dominated the jobs. Soldier, construction workers, and President of the U.S. were dominated by men, while babysitters, pre-school teachers and nurses were by female.
However, I feel good when I see female workers involved in
traditionally male-dominated occupations. For instance, we often see women’s participation in taxi and truck drivers, gynecologist, bullet train conductors and local train conductors. Challenging sex stereotyping and widening choices would be vital to open the possibilities for women.
Good-night.
Dear Cherry and friends,
Hello. How are you?
Thinking about Doris Lessing's profound comment, I can't stop wondering where we're sailing into.
Yesterday, I finally reached the 150th page. Have you counted how many pages you have written? Although it's way fewer than Ichiro's today's record of 3000 hits, it's cheering for us to look back each small step of achievement, isn't it? The recent reading accelerated my writing. Plum, thank you for encouraging me to write. As you suggested, the read-write routine solidifies my understanding and, I feel, increases my vocabulary.
Today, I started reading Prochaska's another book titled, Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Its introduction overviews the social context which inspired Victorian women to practice philanthropy. In Christianity and Social Service in Modern Britain, religious backgrounds are discussed. Women and Philanthropy ... covers not only Christianity but also women's situations.
First, respectable women were not supposed to earn money. In other words, they were repressed.
In spite of the fact that that charities were a public services, both male and female Victorians did not separate them from domesticity. There was a saying, “charity begins at home.”
Women were expected to “be agents of social improvement” (p.7).
Secondly, evangelicalism attracted women. They believed they could make atonement for their sins with their good deeds, that is, benevolent and paternalistic efforts toward the weak. To some, philanthropy was equal to obedience to God. He was a model of conduct. Other than God, women found female role models in Scripture. Now the book endeavours to find how women challenged the restrictions they faced through practicing philanthropy.
That's all for today.
Take care.
Hi, Cherry!!!
Just one idea:
Do you know the following expression?
…feel as if …
Thanks to your explanation, I can feel already experiencing those spectacles.
Thus, maybe you could say like this, instead of the above, …
…I can feel as if I have already experienced those spectacles.
I felt as if I was a movie star.
I felt as if I were a bird.
I felt as if I had seen him before.
I felt as if I had been here before.
Perhaps, you could make more sentences using this expression, if you like. I love this kind of sentence making game. It is one of my indulgences. How about you, Cherry? Are you fond of making sentences like this?
Hi, Cherry and friends,
Today I went to Plum's to talk about the essay writing. Plum,I really appreciate the way you encourage and inspire me. When I returned, I sat in front of my PC to start writing about Ichiko Kamichika to find out that there are a lot of her books, so I was annoyed what to start. Her way of thinking seems to change so dramatically. I'd like to find out what and who influenced on her. To start with her autobiography might be good. Good night, my precious friends.
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