HI, ladies!!
Sunflower, you must spend most of your time for your daughter’s family. What a young grandma they have. Please take care of yourself…
Let me tell you what continued from the last issue.
My second reason why I want to go to Norway is, in a funnier sense, a-ha. I am a big fan of the most successful Norwegian band, and so I’d like to visit there to interview them someday. It’s a big dream for me…
Yesterday afternoon, my family and I went to a buffet-style restaurant at Midori-ku, which is one of our favorite places to eat because of its variety of natural foods. But when we arrived there at 12:30, there were a lot of people, about 30 or so, waiting for their turns at the entrance. The restaurant was so popular that there were always many customers to wait, but it was unusual. We were surprised at the situation, but we had no choice and decided to wait our turn while playing at a neighboring small park. We were ready to wait for a long time, and walking around the park in the warm sun. After a while, many junior high schools’ students came out from the restaurant, speaking aloud to each other. They looked very satisfied. Then, the line became short, and we could have lunch sooner than we expected.
So, see you next. Good bye!
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Hi, ladies!!!
It’s Monday, March 16, 2009 today. I hope all of you are having a delightful time.
I returned to Nagoya yesterday after staying in Oita two nights, getting together with my son, his family, and his wife’s family two consecutive nights. The newborn baby was so tiny, cute and lovable. She was asleep most of the time, but she made different faces, which was quite funny, while asleep; she yarned, stuck out her tongue, smiled twisting her lips, pursed up her lips, and frowned for some reason. I wanted to sketch her, but unfortunately there was no time for that hobby of mine. Nonetheless I enjoyed myself to a great extent.
Now, the party is over, and I have to get back to normal.
This is a new quiz for you and me. The article is from the BBC English Learning. I hope you enjoy this quiz. The answers are listed below.
Tax havens to ease bank secrecy
Liechtenstein and Andorra are among (1) three states designated as "non-cooperative tax havens" by (2) Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Monaco is the other one. They've all come under (3) intense pressure to abandon longstanding bank secrecy rules ahead of next month's G20 summit of major economies in London. The meeting will debate plans to toughen (4) international response to banking centres seen as harbouring tax evaders.
Liechtenstein has been in (5) spotlight since German investigators purchased financial records from a Liechtenstein bank employee. Those records revealed incriminating information about how thousands of Germans, including the former head of the German postal service, hid (6) assets from the tax authorities at home.
Liechtenstein has now agreed to support OECD guidelines on transparency and financial information exchange with foreign governments. It will start negotiations on bilateral tax information deals with Germany and Britain next month. Meanwhile, Andorra has agreed to abandon bank secrecy by next November in (7) hope of being removed from (8) international blacklists.
All this will increase (9) pressure on Switzerland, the most prominent nation with (10) strict bank secrecy rules, to change its ways.
Mark Gregory, BBC News
1. ---:first mention and unspecified.
2. the: the OECD.
3. ---: a sort of fixed expression; under pressure.
4. the: thought to be known.
5. the: a fixed expression; in the spotlight.
6. ---: first mention and unspecified.
7. the: apposition.
8. ---: first mention and unspecified.
9. the: thought to be known.
10. ---: in general, so zero article with countable noun.
Dear Cherry and Friends,
Hello. How are you?
I have not decided the topic of my next essay. Since I wrote about Victorian female missionaries from the CMS and SPG, I should check those who were from other societies.
After writing about Victorian female missionaries, I found that most Victorian women missionaries who got good reputation in Japan were mainly from the CMS. On the other hand, SPG missionaries failed to be recognized or memorized except Miss Cornwall-Legh. One of such failed missionaries was Miss Birkenhead. The list of NSKK Church workers records that she was the principal of Shoin Jogakko in Kobe. To my surprise, however, the official website of the school does not mention her name. It tells us only the name of first Japanese male principal.
Another unfortunate SPG missionary was Ellen McRae. She was once appointed as the vice-principal of Tokyo Jogakkan, but she was dismissed because she was found to preach at school.
Good night.
Dear Cherry and friends,
Hello! How are you?
Before attending the lecture by Dr. Kathryn Gleadle last Wednesday, I went to the Nagoya International Center to see what kind of books they have. The library is small but people from foreign countries might be able to enjoy staying there. There was a library for kids where some kids ran around.
Instead of reading books there I skimmed through pictures from books on British history. I have been recently interested in how the Church of England was formed.
The website of the Church of England tells us its roots lie in the third century when Roman Catholicism entered in England. Since then, the Roman Catholic Church had exercised authority over the English Church. When first knowing that Luther started the Reformation in 1517, Henry VIII was a papalist. In 1534, however, he got Parliament to pass the Act of Supremacy and declared that he was supreme head of Ecclesia Anglicana, namely, the Church of England. He is thus known as the reformer of the English Church.
Hi Cherry and friends,
It is March 18th and balmy, beautiful morning.
I visited my second son in Tokyo last weekend. We enjoyed browsing in souvenir shops in Asakusa and walking around fresh fish markets in Tsukiji on Saturday. There are so many sushi restaurants and sushi shops there that it was difficult to choose one. We chose one of them named “Sushi Zanmai” because the atmosphere of the restaurant looked nice and all kinds of maguro was half price on that day. We sat at the sushi bar and enjoyed very delicious sushi with hot sake. I was relaxed and really had a great time since he treated me for my birthday. (Actually my birthday is 16th) On Sunday, we went to the old Iwasaki Mansion, important cultural property, which was built as a house of the founder of Mitsubisi. It was gorgeous and still beautiful. We enjoyed having the explanation of the volunteer guide.
When I returned home, I received the present with a nice card from my oldest son and his wife and got e-mail from my youngest son and a friend of mine in the US. It was a special weekend for me.
Now, I have to go back to work.
Have a nice day, my precious friends.
Hi, friends!
Sunflower, congratulations on your third grandchild! I suppose you have spent busy but happy days.
On the other hand, I have had a bad cold. I have lost my voice because of harsh throat and stuffed nose. Anyway, spring has come, but I feel very sorry that hay fever sufferers couldn’t enjoy this nice spring wind and sunlight. I recently see almost half of passengers wearing mask. They must at least endure one or two months until the pollen season ends.
Rose, happy birth day! What nice affectionate sons you have! This is not related to your happy birthday, but yesterday was the 40th anniversary of our marriage. I almost forgot that, let alone my husband and my family.
Take care of yourself, ladies. Bye!
Hi, ladies!!!
It’s Wednesday, March 18, 2009 today.
It’s a most lovely day, isn’t it? The air is so balmy, pleasant, and warm. This type of weather makes everybody happy, doesn’t it?
It’s good to know, Alice, that you have been learning about the development of the Church of England, since you have been doing research into the activities of female missionaries to Japan from that sect of Christianity. I also would like you to look into female missionaries from other sects in the UK.
Happy birthday to you, Rose. I am tremendously delighted to hear that you had a fascinating time with your son in Tokyo.
Cosmos, have you recovered from your cold or is your cold still lingering around?
A friend of mine, who turned 44 only lately, has recently had her third book published and I sent her a little present to celebrate it. It is so hard to write a book and get it published, but she said that she was now working on her fourth book, which she planed to get published next year. What an energetic and vital woman!!!
She also remarked that she was at the moment doing a Keio Uni. undergraduate correspondence course in law and finishing it next year. I never thought about her marital status, but she said that she once got married at 23 and got divorced three years later. She is now single but wants her own baby, she mentioned.
We are having a wider variety of women in Japan these days, aren’t we? At the age of 44, divorcee, but wants her own baby…, what does this mean? I don’t understand. Things are getting more and more complicated and complex. Don’t you think so?
It’s a beautiful day, as I told you. I am sure all of you are enjoying this fabulous spring weather.
Bye for now, my precious friends. Here is a new quiz for you and me. Don’t forget to try it before going to bed.
Danish night-shifters compensated
Report
For years evidence has been mounting that night working causes ill health, from disturbed sleep patterns to increased accidents. But these are the first government payments to (1) women who've developed breast cancer after long spells on (2) night-shift. Ulla Mahnkopf, a former flight attendant, is one of them:
Ulla Mahnkopf: 'I wouldn't fly for that many years, I wouldn't, definitely not. Because it's cancer you can die from, so I'd like to stay alive.'
(3) Danish authorities acted following (4) decision by (5) International Agency for Research and Cancer. The agency, part of the UN World Health Organisation, now ranks night working as (6) probable cancer risk, just one category below (7) known carcinogens like asbestos.
Union leaders have told Radio Scotland, (8) investigation programme that the UK government isn't doing enough to deal with (9) dangers. (10) Health and Safety Executive says it's commissioned its own study but its conclusions aren't expected for another two years.
Kenneth MacDonald, BBC News, Glasgow
1. ---: not specified.
2. the: classified expression.
3. The: the authorities.
4. a: first mention.
5. the: “the” before the name of a large organization.
6. a : countable.
7. ---: in general.
8. the: specified.
9. the: already mentioned.
10. the: “the” before the name of a title
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