I hardly look over on my lesson note, but I read this blog constantly.
Here is some expressions from today's lesson just for my review.
Guess what we were talking about.


whisk = 泡立てる　泡だて器

alight = 下車する(formal)

Are you speaking from experience?

I found something in common with them.

They had fun watching her talk about her affairs.
They have fan.
It was fun.

The general public likes to pick on someone.
pick on = いじめる

5 o'clock shadow = 無精ひげ

She hooked up with someone. 関わり合いになる（付き合う）


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Crime and punishment / Nancy TaylorF.M. Dostoevsky / YL6.5 / 32,748words TOTAL 1,900,150 / ★★★★☆

"Crime and Punishment" (Penguin Longman Penguin Readers) (2006/03/23) Nancy TaylorF.M. Dostoevsky 商品詳細を見る

I need to write an article for my homework.
I usually write what I did or thought. Describing general thing is more difficult for me.
I heard an interesting story about Merlion recently. I hope I can write it correctly.

As you know, Merlion is one of the most famous sightseeing spots in Singapore. It has a lion's face and a mermaid's tail.
I thought that there must be only one Merlion in the world, but it's not true. I saw three photos and unbelievly there are five Merlions in Singapore.
There was the first Merlion in a park. It was not so big and a new bridge was build that it became difficult to see the whole body.
Then a bigger Merlion was build in the same park and the first one was moved.
The third photo that I saw was the biggest, 37 m tall. People can climb in the tower like the statue of liberty. Its eyes flash at night.
I thought that they would be based on something of a myth. But they were build for tourism.

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The Sky Is Falling / Sidney Sheldon / YL6.4 / 70,808words Total 1,281,172words / ★★★★☆

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I usually have an extra bag for refusing plastic bags. Many supermarkets prepare cards which are written 'I don't need plastic bags', and I put it into my basket.
However, I sometimes forget refusing them at convince stores or book shops because I pay attention to the coin.
The staffs sometimes put chopsticks and wet hand towel into the plastic bag. I wish they ask me if I need them or not.

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The Five People You Meet in Heaven / Mitch Albom / YL6.7 / 41,018words / ★★★★☆

Three Men on a Boat / JeromeK. Jerome / 18,000words Total 1,210,364 / ★★☆☆☆

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Do you believe in the sixth sense? I don't have any psychic powers, but I believe that my husband has that.
Some years ago his grandmother had been in a hospital for months because of her dementia senilis.
One midnight my husband suddenly woke up and said, "My grandmother died. We have to go back to my home town."
He knew her death before he received the call from his father.

By the way, he said another psychicly thing yesterday.
He is the eldest son but he was supposed to have an elder brother. His mother couldn't give her first boy the birth.
According to my husband the un-born brother appeared in my husband's dream.
Strangely, he was not a baby. He was an adult man as old as he supposed to be now.

It was awkward. I couldn't feel anything although he showed up in my husband's mind who was sleeping just next to me.

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Holes / Louis Sachar / YL6.4 / ★★★★★ / 46,938words Total 1,109,586words

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CORRECTED
In my office, we sometimes hold parties, such as new year parties and farewell parties. However, some of my colleagues come in their cars, others don't like drinking. So, I always cut back on the amount I drink.
I went to a traditional Tohoku region restaurant with my friend. She likes drinking as much as me.
I usually don't talk much, but drinking made my feel happy. We talked and laughed a lot.


ORIGINAL
In my office, we sometimes hold parties, such as new year parties and farewell parties. However, some of them come with their cars, others don't like drinking. So, I always cut back on the amount I drink.
I went to a traditional Tohoku region's food restaurant with my friend. She likes drinking as much as me.
I drank white sake called Doburoku first time. It was really delicious.
I usually don't speak much, but drinking made my feel fun. We spoke and laughed a lot.

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after the quake / Haruki Murakami / 38,000words(33/3*33*131*0.8) Total 789,648 / ★★★★☆

After the Quake (Vintage) (2003/03/06) Haruki Murakami 商品詳細を見る

This is this week's news.
"The number of mobile phone users in the world in 2007 is projected to exceed 3.25 billion, about half of the global population."

Really? I was very surprised.
You've read a story, "If the World Were a Village of 100 People", haven't you?
In this story, "80 would live in substandard housing. 70 would be unable to read. 50 would suffer from malnutrition."

Less than 20% could have enough money for mobile phones. Some of them would have two mobile phones, several people would have more. Even so, I feel this news's number may be exaggeration.


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Master of the game / Sidney Sheldon / ISBN : 978-0-446-35545-2 / 152,000words (32/3*36*495*0.8) TOTAL 751,648 / ★★★★★

Master of the Game (1988/09) Sidney Sheldon 商品詳細を見る

CORRECTED
We talked up a storm about the difference of toilets in each country. In America, toilet doors do not go all the way to the floor, but stop at the knee.
People said that the toilets in China are very dirty and that they have no doors.
I talked about Japanese toilets. They have many functions; wash-toilet system, seat heater, Otohime (sound for covering natural sounds).
They make our toilet time comfortable. However, on the other hand, I am worried for foreigners or handicapped people. Even I, a person who can read Japanese, sometimes spend time for finding the flush button. There are either too many buttons or no buttons at all because of sensors.
I think we need some standardization of products.


ORIGINAL
We talked up a storm about the difference of toilets in each country. In America, toilet doors are shorter, there are no door between their knees and floors.
People said that toilets in China are very dirty and they have no door.
I talked about Japanese toilets. They have many functions; wash-toilet system, seat heater, Otohime (sound for covering).
They make our toilet time comfortable. However, on the other hand, I am worried for foreigners or handicapped people. Even I, person who can read Japanese, sometimes spend time for finding the flushing button. There are too many buttons or some of them don't have any flush buttons (because of sensors).
I think we need standardization of products.

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The Sky is Falling / Sidney Sheldon / ISBN 978-0-446-61017-9 / 101,000words (34/3*28*398*0.8) TOTAL 599,648words /　★★★★☆

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CORRECTED
I was busy at work yesterday. When I was younger I was fine even when I had to use a PC at work all day long. However, it has become exhausting recently.
I need to take short rests regularly.


ORIGINAL
I was busy at work yesterday. When I was younger I was fine even when I use a PC at work all day long. However, it's exhausting recently.
I would need short rest regularly.

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For One More Day / Mitch Albom / ISBN 978-0-7515-3753-6 /
51,000words (12×27×197×0.8) TOTAL 498,648 / ★★★☆☆

For One More Day (2007/09/06) Mitch Albom 商品詳細を見る