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2014年7月23日水曜日

1st Episode of a Foreign TV Drama


The foreign TV drama I watched is “Revenge”. The tittle of first episode is “Pilot”. It’s a mystery drama. The first season started in the U.S. from September 2011, and the other season was broadcast until recently.

 

The first seen begins with the heroine speaking to the audience. She tells that she was taught not to take revenge if something bad was done to you, and this is not a story of forgiveness but a story of revenge.

The next scene is at a party place on the seaside. It is the engagement party of the heroine, but she doesn’t enjoy herself and seems to be plotting something. Her mother-in-law makes a speech and asks her secretly, “Where is my son?” Then, “Mom! Mom! My brother! Come, someone! “, her daughter cries. He seems to have been killed by someone.

 

After this was seen, it is a flashback to five months ago. The name of heroine is Emily. She comes to Hamptons. She notices that she came here with her father. She hears about the Grayson family which is a famous millionaire family that lives in the next mansion, and they decide to rent the house.

 

On moving day, her friend Ashley visits her house. She is an employee of the Grayson family, and invites Emily to a party. If she can’t sell the tickets, she will be dismissed. Emily answers at once that she will participate.

Jack is a person whose father manages a pub. He prepares to go to Haiti on his ship “Amanda” with his brother. Then, a man called “Nolan” comes to him, and he says he wants the ship. Jack answers he can’t sell the ship. Nolan says “Do you cherish Amanda so much?” teasingly.

On the other hand, at the Grayson’s, the meeting about the party is held by Ms. Grayson and the employees. Ms. Grayson’s name is Victoria. She plans to auction a picture she has. Her best friend Lydia ironically suggests to choose the picture she and her ex-husband presented to the Grayson family because she just got divorced. Victoria says she will never sell the picture, and comforts Lydia.

Emily goes to the beach, and remembers the memory of her father of here. Then, Lydia comes to her, and tells her that she is owner of the house where Emily lives. After she comes home, she watches a news image of the trial which her father was charged with a false accusation. His secretary takes down the testimonies, which are lies, and demonizes him. She is Lydia Davis!

 

The day before the party day, Daniel, who is son of Mrs. Grayson, goes home, Victoria and his sister whose name is Charlotte, are glad. He heard his father whose name is Conrad is going to play golf. In fact, Conrad is in a hotel with Lydia. Suddenly, he feels

nausea, and is taken to out of the hotel. Emily meets Lydia there, but Lydia escapes, and Emily notices the man is Mr. Grayson.

When Jack teaches his brother whose name is Declan to work in the pub, a banker visits their father and Charlotte and her celebrity friends also come. Declan falls in love at first sight with Charlotte. After that, Jack plays with his dog at a park. When Emily walks near the park, his dog hugs her. Jack apologizes to her. He also falls in love at first sight, but she leaves directly.

Victoria worries about her husband and comes to the hospital, and she knows Conrad did not go to play golf but went to the hotel. She warns him not to let it happen again.

 

The party starts, Emily goes around with Ashley, and is introduced to some people. Emily greets Victoria through Ashley, and calls for Lydia who is near them. Lydia was avoiding Victoria. Emily purposely tells Lydia in front of Victoria that they met out of the hotel yesterday and asks if his physical condition got better or not. Victoria stiffens, and leaves there. Next, Emily approaches Daniel by spilling her cocktail.

In the pub, the farewell party of Jack is held. Then, the banker visits again, he begins to talk with Jack’s father. Jack knows his father is in debt. He worries, and looks at his ship.

The result announcement of the auction starts, Victoria chooses Lydia as the successful bidder. Furthermore, the painting is the thing Lydia presented. Victoria also ironically announces Lydia will leave Hamptons and says to remember our friendship when she sees the painting. Lydia quietly leaves there.

After the party, Nolan watches the images of today while ridiculing the celebs. Then, he receives a call from Jack, and is told to bring the check if Nolan wants to buy the ship. Nolan directly answers OK. Meanwhile, he finds Emily in the image, and visits her house. “Welcome back, Amanda”, he says. Emily angrily grabs his neck, and he says to stop. He says he will help your revenge, but she refuses resolutely. She says she won’t talk to him if he disturbs her. He says she is scary after turning him into an enemy, and told her that he met Jack and Jack has regret about Amanda Clark. She says Amanda does not exist yet.

The first time Emily met Nolan is the time when she was released from prison, she was friend of Nolan, and had invested in Nolan’s company. Nolan delivered the key of the safe and her father’s will. Her father tells her to have a heart of forgiveness about this.

 

At the last scene, the heroine also speaks to audiences. “I couldn’t keep his promise. If we are deprived someone you love, only the feeling of revenge would remain.” On the other hand, Victoria puts her eyes on Emily, and lets someone to research her.

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2014年6月23日月曜日

My Self Introduction of 2024

 Hello, my name is Mai. I 'm thirty-two years old. I live in Kumamoto.

  I barely graduated from KGU when I was twenty-four. After graduated from the school, I went to Vancouver for a working holiday for a year. I studied while doing a part-time job, and made a lot of friends there. I mastered English and French. After I came back Japan, I got a job using these languages. I often I have been doing this job up to now.

  I live in a mansion in Kumamoto city now. Do you think I am single? The answer is "No". I am married. Why have I not changed my last name? Because I my husband was taken into my family. The thing you most worry about is my husband, isn't it? I don't tell you his name, but you can be confident about him. He is so diligent, and we go to work together on weekday mornings. He also takes care of our children on holidays.

 You also worry about our children, don't you? We have three daughters like you. The eldest daughter resembles me, the second daughter is shy and industrious, and the third daughter is a tomboy. Of course, we let them to go to English school. I'm happy every day with my nice husband and cute daughters.

 My parents are fine as ever. My father will have his 60th birthday soon. They are two people living now, and are get along more than before. Marron, which we had kept for twenty years, is also fine, and lives with them. My junior sisters are also married and have some children. Their families live in Yatsushiro city. We often visit their home, and their children get along with my daughters. My grandmothersand my relatives are also fine. We assemble on obon and New Years day. I often meet my friend. I have gotten along with my friends who I knew in my school days. They often care of my children. I also often get touch with friends in other country. I want to take my daughters to overseas when they grow up.

  My hobby hasn't changed. I belonged to a Brass band since I had started my job, but I recently move to a classical orchestra. I take along with my daughters when I go to practice, and I let them listen to the performances and take various instruments in their hands. I want them to like music and select their favorite instruments for themselves. We sometimes go to practice place of the Green Philharmonic Orchstra. Other, I go to practice flower arrangement of ikenobou. I have been learning from Miyake Ikka teacher. I take along with my daughter too. I often practice with my grandmother. I want to open a flower arrangement school after retirement from my job.

You must fight for getting happiness like me now!

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2014年6月9日月曜日

The Best Day Of My Life

  I cherish every day that I live now. In these days, the best day in my life is November 3rd,
2012. The day is when I got a thing I had wanted. I will never forget that day.
  I was belonged to a kado club when I entered this university. Kado is flower arrangement
club. We regularly used to practice arranging flowers. Most of freshmen are beginners, but
our veteran teacher and seniors kindly teach them, so they improve gradually. In June every
year, we hold the event that shows our flower arrangements in this school, and sometimes
we participate in lectures.
  The biggest event of the kado club is Takuma festival. We prepare for the days from
summer vacation. We fight with other clubs to get the highest award for the exhibition sector.
When I was a freshman, we got the second highest award. When I was a sophomore, we
got the third highest award. I remember we felt regret.
  After our kind and excellent seniors retired, I became the leader of this club. We invited
people to our club and taught them. I was glad that our members enjoyed arranging flower
and got along with each other.
  I had some mottos as a leader. My final goal was to get the highest award with these
members. Fortunately, the members who started with me also thought so.
However, we heard a shocking news from our treasury. The aid from the school for that
year was cut by 100,000 yen from the amount of the last year. We were troubled by that,
because the cost of flowers are so high. We considered, and decided to bargain with the
president of the flower shop.
  Our club has been helped by him for decades. We went to his shop and told him our
situation. He approved without hesitation. He said that our club had used to get highest
award until a few years, but those years, our seniors hadn't even though they tried, so he
wanted us to get the top prize. He had same feeling as us. We were relieved, and struck by
his kindness. I decided to get the award for him too.
  We started to prepare. First of all, we designed the inside of the room we would use at for the takuma festival days. It was so hard, and we repeatedly discussed about it and changed
our plans. Next, we went to buy materials for making objects. We made them on holidays
and after school. We continued to do these tasks every day until the takuma festival day.
Early morning in the week before the day, we went to the flower market with the president,
and chose flowers. He gave us advice about which flowers to choose. The other clubs also
made objects. When I saw them, I felt that we would lose, because they made such an
impact. We had a handicap, because there were only girls in my clubs. We couldn’t make
things too heavy, because the time for carrying things to the room and setting them up was
limited. I thought we would not get third highest award let alone the highest award if we went
on.
  The early morning on the day before takuma festival, we gathered and carried all of
objects to the room. The night before, we went to the flower shop and arranged flowers with
all of the members. Early that morning, we carried all the flowers to the room.
  Takuma festival started, a lot of people visited our room. The president and our teacher
also visited. They told us it was beautiful and interesting. We were glad to hear that. We
continued to work on the room until the judges came. I frustrated by African daisies,
because they wither quickly. When the judges came, we explained the points of our
exhibition. I mainly talked about the language of the flowers, because I thought it was most
favorable point.
  At last, November 3, the award ceremony started. Before that, we relaxed to forget
stresses of these days. When the announcement of awards for the exhibition sector started,
all of us joined hands with each other. We were very scared. I wished we would get only
third highest award. When the third highest award was announced, for good or bad, the
name of our club were not called. We got more scared, and some of us already were starting
to cry. Next, the announcement of the second highest award came. “Kado” Our name was
called! We ran to the stage. I went up the stage and received the award. All of us cried, and I
made a speech, but I don’t remember what I said. I was happiest in that we have lived up to
now. I thanked the president, our teacher, our seniors, the judges, all people who cheered

for us, and my special and lovely members of kado.

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My Hometown

Do you know Yatushiro city?? It is my hometown. I was born and I have lived there for
19 years.
Yatushiro is not an urban city, but it is not in the countryside. Yatushiro is the second
biggest city in Kumamoto, but few people know that. In August 2005, Yatsushiro shi,
Kagamimachi, Sencho, Touyouson, Sakamotomura, and Izumimura were united, so the
area became bigger.
Yatushiro faces the Yatushiro Sea, and was made by land reclamation during the Edo
Period, so the area of old-Yatushiro was almost plain, and people raise many crops like
igusa, banpeiyu, and salty-tomato. I studied about that when I was an elementary
school student. Igusa is raw material of tatami, and in Yatsushiro, the production was
the highest in Japan, but the production has been reduced in recent years. Banpeiyu is
a kind of citrus, and it is the biggest in the world, it is also recognized in the Guinness
book of world records, and its flavor is like a grapefruit, and it is so delicious.
Salty-tomatoes are raised near the Yatsushiro sea, which was under the sea before land
reclamation, so the tomato became salty, but the flavor is not salty but sweet, so I used
to eat them as a snack when I was a child. I want to recommend these specialties.
This city is a famous industrial area as well as being famous for agriculture. There are
industries such as a paper mill and a pulp mill and a sake brewery. When I was in
elementary school, I went on a field trip to the paper mill next to the elementary school.
I still remember that I was surprised at the size of the plant.
The big event of this city is the Yatushiro national fireworks Games, and firework
makers from all around Japan come to Yatushiro, and they compete to show their
technology. Over ten thousand high level fireworks are launched, and about thirty
thousand people come to watch them, so the roads become jammed with traffic. But I
can watch the fireworks from my house, I watch with my family and relatives while we
do barbeque on our terrace every year. That is so great!
In the fall, Yatushiro Myoukensai held, it is one of the three major historical festivals in
Kyushu. We gather at my grandparents’ house, the mothers make a feast with sekihan,
nimame, andkonoshiro-susi. At Myouken Shine, horses, games and shishimai run. We
can enjoy it.
In March 2004, Shin Yatsushiro Station was built along with the Kyushu Shinkansen
opening. In March 2011, the whole Kyushu Shinkansen line was opened. This was a big
event for this country city. I often use this Shinkansen when I return home. Please come
to Yatushiro some day!!

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My treasure

  I'm not able to cherish objects. I often lose or break the things I have, so my
treasure is not objects. I think, I think my treasures are my friends.
  I don't remember who was my first friend. I joined a small nursery in my local
when I was four years. It does not mean I did not get along with the children of there,
but I often played with my younger sisters or cousins. I think they were like my friends.
  When I was a junior high and elementary school student, I was shy, but classmates
greet and say hello to me however shy I was. It was nice for me.
  At the high school, I was always with the same people. I went to high school, and the
students were almost all serious, but they were also funny, I got along with them. I
almost always get along with cheerful people now. But, my close friend is a quiet girl in
my high school days. I could calm down when I was with her. We live away from each
other now, but when we return to our hometown, we meet and talk about what has
happened.
  Now, I am a university student. I made many friends in my school days. I have
belonged to two clubs since I entered this university. I made friends not only in my
club but also with other club’s members. I felt atmosphere that we had to get along
with everyone. In fact, nobody made an unpleasant face, so I can greet everyone
regardless of their club or school grade. And, I work like talking guests, additionally I
meet other university students in our orchestra. I made friends steadily. I was not able
to imagine this before I entered this university. All of the people I met changed me.
I learn something from my friends, and they do things for me. I thank them. I think
people can't live alone, me too. Then, when I am out in society, I also go live in mind it.
I want people to understand that people are not able to live alone. People can be

humane because they live with someone. My friends are my best treasure.

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Advice To Kouhai

  Hello, my name is Mai Himeno .I will advise you from now on. I'm glad you are reading
this text.
  I'm a fifth-year student Eibeigakka. I am taking this class the fourth time.
Two years ago as well as last year, I've promised myself that I would acquire the units of
this class. I was feeling the same at the beginning of the fall semester. But, I was not
able to do it.
  There are many things that caused this. I thought it was mainly not being balanced
with my club activities, part-time job, classes, and homework. I was spending too much
time in my club activities and part-time job.
  I belonged to two clubs, I've put a lot of effort into the activities of both of them. I was
working too much enjoying both. Similarly, I have a part-time job on an almost daily
basis. Its purpose is to earn living expenses and entertainment expenses. At that time, I
did not think that this as a bad thing.
  However, my idea has changed now that I have retired from the club. I don't think that
it is bad to spend time on things other than the study, but it is something that applies to
people who are taking the credit properly. Our core business is to be a student. I think
that if I were a company, it's like you're abandoning work. I could not use the time well.
  I think most of you are sophomore. I am ashamed to be here.
  What can I do if I was good then? The answer is easy, right?
  I was right even if I came to this class anyway. This is something that is also true in the
other class of our department. If you want to get this credit, come to this class and do
homework within the specified deadline.

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Dear host family

Hello, my name is Mai. Nice to meet you. I will stay at your home next month. I wait
with pleasure for the day when I meet you. I wish I visit L.A, but, I don’t know much
about there. Please tell me about L.A.
What’s the climate and the weather like? Are there seasons? I will bring clothes, but I
don’t know what kind of clothes to bring. Should I bring warm or light clothes? Should I
bring clothes with long sleeves or with short sleeves? Please tell me about it.
And, what kind of foods are there? I have no likes or dislikes. But, this is the first time
to visit abroad. Maybe, I will have likes and dislikes, so please tell me in detail what
foods you eat.
And, please tell me about your family member. I wish I will be good friends with all of
your family. I don’t have likes and dislikes about people. Please get along with me.
I ought to have told you about me first. I will introduce myself. My name is Mai. I am
twenty years old. I’m from Yatsusiro city, Kumamoto, Japan. I go to KGU. I major in
English. I love English, but I am poor at it. So could you teach me native English? I love
music. I like singing and playing trumpet. Also, I listen to music, regardless of the
category. I listen to Japanese-pops, American-pops, jazz, rock and classics! I wish to
enjoy music with you. Please tell me about your favorite music.
  When I arrive in L.A., I want to visit many places. I want to go to Rodeo Drive, Westside,
Beverly Hills, and Disneyland. Would you take me to your favorite place? I’m looking
forward to the time! And please introduce me to your friends.
  Thank you for your reading. I’m looking forward to your answer. I want to know about
your family soon.

  See you!!


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