HI, ladies!
Plum, I’m grateful to you for your devotion. Yesterday’s lecture was so detailed that I really hoped to use several effective expressions; for example…
>It would appear that social position of a writer’s wife, …, enabled Kiyoko Endo to act …
>Understanding the differences in the way in which…is central to this essay.
>It might be conceptualized as the site where writers meet together on the basis of their common intellectual affiliation.
> (I’m going to suggest that) women had much greater latitude to act as significant figures in the literary realm.
>There was the potential for women to acquire literary authority through other means in their own right.
>There were few routes whereby women could carve out public recognition in the literary sphere.
… I almost forgot what I should do by the end of this year…It is, of course, the ESSAY.
Yes, we can!?
See you next, bye!
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Hi, ladies!!!
Do you know what happened on Saturday?
My Dennis the Menace left for Sydney with his Dad, Mammy and his little brother Kenken. I was totally liberated from babysitting.
Now I can get back to normal. Hallelujah!!!
Here is a quiz for you and me. Hope you enjoy this quiz.
Working protects against dementia
Summary
25 May 2009
A new study in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry suggests that carrying on working into old age, rather than occupation or education, can help protect against dementia.
Reporter: Adam Brimelow
Report
(1) study looked at nearly 400 men who developed Alzheimer's disease. It assessed (2) time they spent in full-time education, (3) type of work they did and (4) point at which they retired.
(5) researchers detected no link between (6) onset of dementia and education or occupation. But they found that every extra year at work was associated with a six week delay in Alzheimer's. They say this points to (7) value of keeping the brain active by working.
They also acknowledge that (8) nature of retirement is changing, and for some people it may be as intellectually stimulating as working. The Alzheimer's Research Trust, which funded (9) study, says more people than ever retire later in life to avert financial hardship, but there may be (10) silver lining: lower dementia risk. However it says much more research is needed in order to understand how to delay or prevent dementia.
Adam Brimelow, BBC News
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Hi, ladies!!!
It’s Tuesday, September 29, 2009.
One of my students in the beginners’ class at the university library wrote a speech script and sent it to me recently. She is a middle-aged lady, working part time as a care worker at a nursing home. She has been in my class for two years and a half.
Her writing is very Japanese, but I think it is very well-written. I would like you to enjoy reading her script.
I have again made a quiz for you and me. I will list it following her script.
Have a fantastic afternoon, my precious friends.
*****
My Mother
My mother is 78 years old this year.
She has been married for 57 years.
She started her married life in a house in Toyota and she still lives there with her husband.
She has three daughters, seven grandchildren and one great grandchild but they live in other places.
We sometimes get together at her house and we have a good time whenever we meet.
She looks forward to our getting-together and when we meet she joyfully talks about us when we were children.
She is a worrywart. She has been praying for our health and safety to many gods every morning. For example, she prayed that we would pass our examinations and that we would have happy married lives. She also prays that none of us will catch a cold. Consequently, her prayer is quite long.
I can understand her recently. Because I have married daughters and they live separately from me.
My mother is not as strong and vital as before. Rather she is becoming weak with age and is not able to move around as swiftly as before.
I am getting more and more like my mother, and my daughters say so too.
I pray that she will be healthy and live a quiet and peaceful life every morning as she has been doing for us.
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Japan to cut harmful emissions
Summary
7 September 2009
Japan's Prime Minister-elect Yukio Hatoyama has said his country will aim for 25 percent cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by 2020. The goal is more ambitious than targets set earlier.
Reporter: Roland Buerk
Report
Yukio Hatoyama said Japan would urge countries around the world to set (1) aggressive goals on climate change. He said Japan would aim to cut its own emissions by 25 percent from 1990 levels by 2020, significantly more than (2) 8 percent pledged by (3) outgoing Government. It's likely to face opposition from (4) industry.
(5) reductions are to be achieved by introducing emissions trading, renovating houses, as well as subsidising solar panels and low-energy appliances and cars.
After leading his Democratic Party to (6) landslide victory in (7) general election, Mr Hatoyama is due to be formally confirmed as Japan's Prime Minister by (8) Parliament next week.
Japan is keen to play (9) leading role at United Nations' backed talks on climate change in Copenhagen in December. Countries will try to work out a new global agreement to reduce emissions to follow (10) Kyoto Protocol.
Roland Buerk, BBC News, Tokyo
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Hi, ladies!!!
It’s Thursday, October 1, 2009. It’s been a bit cloudy, though it was quite sunny in the day.
When I was with Yujin and Kenken for the past three months, namely July, August and September, we, almost every day, listened to songs by the Wiggles, which was an extremely popular Australian singing group for children, although I had never heard of the group until recently.
I still remember some songs and I would like to introduce one of them to you: English Country Garden.
Please go to this site to hear the song:
English Country Garden
The Wiggles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPWhbk3FGuc&feature=fvw
I will let you know the traditional lyrics of the song. There are a number of flower names, insect names and bird names. Just for your information, “heart’s ease” means pansies, I suppose, while flox means flox flowers, which are sometimes seen in Japan recently, I assume.
ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN
(Traditional)
Jimmie Rodgers - 1962
How many kinds of sweet flowers grow
In an English country garden?
We'll tell you now of some that we know
Those we miss you'll surely pardon
Daffodils, heart's ease and flox
Meadowsweet and lady smocks
Gentian, lupine and tall hollyhocks
Roses, foxgloves, snowdrops, blue forget-me-nots
In an English country garden
How many insects come here and go
In an English country garden?
We'll tell you now of some that we know
Those we miss you'll surely pardon
Fireflies, moths, gnats and bees
Spiders climbing in the trees
Butterflies drift in the gentle breeze
There are snakes, ants that sting
And other creeping things
In an English country garden
How many songbirds fly to and fro
In an English country garden?
We'll tell you now of some that we know
Those we miss you'll surely pardon
Bobolink, cuckoo and quail
Tanager and cardinal
Bluebird, lark, thrush and nightingale
There is joy in the spring
When the birds begin to sing
In an English country garden
This traditional version is sung by Jimmie Rodgers, who I suppose is (was?) an American singer.
Please go to this site to listen to this version by Jimmie Rodgers.
Jimmie Rodgers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mMqJ7g279M&feature=related
However, there are several versions of this song. The version created by Nana Mouskouri is as elegant and graceful as the traditional one, and I believe that Nana’s version is less difficult to sing. Probably you will not disagree with me saying that her voice is terribly beautiful and fascinating. Her DVD is so attractive and delightful.
Please go to this site to listen to Nana’s stunning voice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN12TIJbnmM&feature=related
Please let me list the words sung by Nana so that you can sing together with her, learning flower names, insects names and bird names.
English Country Garden
How many gentle flowers grow
In an English country garden?
I'll tell you now of some I know
Those I miss I hope you'll pardon
Daffodils, heart's ease and flox
Meadowsweet and lily stalks
Gentian, lupine and tall hollyhocks
Roses, foxgloves, snowdrops, forget-me-nots
In an English country garden.
How many insects find their home
In an English country garden?
I'll tell you now of some I know
Those I miss I hope you'll pardon
Dragonflies, moths and bees
Spiders falling from the trees
Butterflies sway in the mild gentle breeze
There are hedgehogs that roam
And little gnomes
In an English country garden.
How many songbirds make their nests
In an English country garden?
I'll tell you now of some I know
Those I miss I hope you'll pardon
Bobolink, coo cooing doves
Blackbirds and the whirlwind thrush
Bluebird, lark, pigeon, nightingale
We all smile in the spring
When the birds all start to sing
In an English country garden.
Have a lovely evening, my precious friends.
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