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I went to the Global Lounge. There were many English books, movies, magazines, games. Especially in the movies, there were various series such as Disney, Ghibli series. It made me excited. I want to watch them. The Global Lounge has many things that enable us to improve our English skills. So I will experience them to improve my English skills. We can take a tutoring session. I have already experienced it three times. It was interesting and I was able to practice speaking English. I want to take it again.

Helen Keller's life was filled with silence and darkness. But she had the courage and determination to light her days.  Helen Keller was beautiful and healthy baby. But she became blind and deaf when she had a high fever. She yelled and screamed, but nobody know why she yelled and screamed. And she was also aggressive. She threw things when she had dishes. Her parents wrote a letter to the Perkins Institution for the Blind. Anne Sullivan who a teacher came from there. She had been blind as he was a child. Some operations helped her eyes, but she had never forgotten her childhood. So she wanted to help Helen. Helen's parents behaved gently her, but Anne was very strict. So she learned to pat attention to her teacher. She learned many things from her. Anne wanted her to understand her words. So she taught her finger alphabets many times, but Helen didn't understand them. One spring day, they went outside and Helen touched water. Then she expressed water by using finger alphab

 "I don't want to," said Chip. "I don't want to throw litter all over the countryside." Chip and some children and their parents went on a picnic. Wilma's mother told them that they should take the litter which they produced to the car. However when they went the store on their way, Chip threw his litter on the ground. He did not mind at all. that night, suddenly the magic key grow and he through the door of the little house. He arrived the Litter Queen's palace. She ordered to throw away many litters everywhere. He thought that he didn't want to trough litters when he see the park became dirty. When he flied in the microlight, he was fell with many litters. However it was his dream. He was in his bed when he got up. He thought he have to let people stop throwing litters. So He and his classmates made some posters which said stop throwing. I think that Chip grow up through his dream that people threw many litters every where. Throwing litters eve

"It isn't every school trip that becomes famous!" Mr Johnson, Mrs May and children went to a big house called Seabay House. They found a little island on the sea. It was called Green Island.One day, Chip and Anneena found a seagull. It could't fly because it has oil on its feathers. They took it to Mrs Honey who protected animals. She cured it. She took children to Green Island when she released a sea-otter called Fiona. After they released Fiona, they landed on Green Island. They found some toxic wastes there and those who carried them. So they took their boat and locked them in the island. The police caught them. The children, Mrs honey, Mrs May and Mr Johnson were famous because they helped the police catch them. The best scene in this story is that tree adults and children locked those who carried some toxic wastes in the island. It was very exciting. I thought they had great courage. [Vocabulary] supper    sʌ́pər   夕食（会）、晩餐、夜食 gull   gʌ́l 《鳥》カモメ otter     ɑ́tər 《

The children landed in the water. The magic had taken them out to sea. “Where are we?” yelled Biff. “I’m scared!” said Kipper.   In the last day of the holiday, Kipper, Biff and Chip went to an old shop. There was a model of a fishing boat. Kipper wanted to buy it, but an old man in the shop refused the asking. Instead of it, he gave him the little boat which was made of wood and looked very real. When they played with it in Biff’s room, Chip have broken off an oar, and just then the key began to glow. The children landed in water and suddenly the oar splashed next to them. They held on it. A sailing boat approached them and they rode it. However, there were no people. It was mysterious. Then they found three people riding a little boat. They helped them. They were the owner of this sailing boat. There were many mysterious things.   The scene that the children suddenly landed in the water made me excited. There are many mysterious things. They ware very interesting for me. I want t

"Free time is very important. It's good for you to do something different after school or work. It's also fun! Many of our favorite free-time activities are popular all around the world."  People enjoy various sports. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. In cold area, skiing and tobogganing are very popular. In the beach, people enjoy swimming, kayaking and surfing which are popular water sports. Some people enjoy singing and dancing. The types of songs and dance are different each countries. And people like to read books like newspaper, magazine, and a comic book. People spend happy time to enjoy doing something they like. There are various activities around the world. People enjoy doing something they like. I knew some sports in cold area and in the beach.It is very excited for me because I cannot experience them in Kumamoto. [Vocabulary] martial  mɑ́rʃəl     好戦的 な、勇敢 な、軍人 らしい、勇ましい percussion   pə r kʌ́ʃən 《音楽》打楽器 rattle  rǽtl   ガタガタ走る、ガタガタ［ガラガラ・カタカタ］いう［鳴

"Listen to the sounds around you. What can you hear? Can you hear cars? Can you hear people's voices? Maybe you can hear a television, or music on the radio." When you speak, the sounds of your voice moves through the air. Your voice pushes the molecules. The movements of them are called sound waves. When you make a high sound like a baby's cry, a high frequency happens. And when you make a low sound like a truck, a low frequency happens.  there are many instruments and many different types of rhythm all over the world. They have various characteristics which suited their country's cultures.We can enjoy listening to various music. I learn about various sounds and music all over the world. They are different from Japanese music. It is interesting for me. I will enjoy listening to music more. [Vocabulary] molecule   mɑ́ləkjùːl 《物理・化学》分子 、微粒子 、微分子 thumb  θʌ́m   親指、母指

“Goodbye!” she called to her sisters, rising up like a bubble of air. With each swish of her tail, the water felt lighter. Her head broke through the waves and she gasped. The sun was setting, just as her sister had described. And there, ahead, floated a ship.   There were six mermaid sisters under the sea. They dreamed the world above the waves always. Especially, the sixth sister wanted to see it early. She was fifteenth, she went to the world above the waves for the first time and found a ship. There was a prince, but the ship was broken by big waves suddenly. She rescued him. He lived, but he did not know who rescued him. She did not forget about him at all. She went to the sea witch because she wanted to meet him again. The witch gave her a potion that it gave her human legs instead of her voice and she never return under the sea if she drunk it. She drunk it and got human legs. She and the prince spend happy time, but he married other woman. She was very sad and disappeared int

They are happy, but sad, too. The island is very small now. “Goodbye, Tinkers Island,” they say. “Goodbye. Goodbye.”   Jenny and her father Sam worked hard every day. One day a man who stole the watch gave Sam it and ran away. People who went after him arrested Sam mistakenly. Jenny was so sad that she rode the Black star that her father caught to help him. She got the key and could help him. They escaped from the ship by riding a small boat. They reached an island. There were no people, but there are water and foods which were enough to live. They named the island “Tinkers island”. They spend happy time there. However, one day Sam injured his leg and the strange ship approached the island. There were three people in the boat. Jenny and Sam ran away, but they were caught. However, they were not killed because they could speak English. Finally, they rode the Red Rose that three people have rode and went to America.   I think that Jenny’s courage and relationship between Jenny and Sa

“A wicked man tricked me!” “Don’t worry!” Aladdin called.   This story is about a lazy boy named Aladdin. One day, Abanazar who was a wicked magician came to him. He asked him to take the lamp under the land. He took it, but he could not give him it. It was because he could not escape from underground. However, he was helped by the genie of the ring which was given by Abanazar. And Aladdin could earn money by asking the genie of the lamp. He could marry Badr who was the beautiful princess. However, she was caught by Abanazar. Could he help her finally?   I was surprised that the story was a little different from the movie. I didn’t know about the genie of the ring. He was very attractive character. If you had seen the movie, you will be able to enjoy this story. [Vocabulary] astonish    əstɑ́niʃ   （人）を（ひどく）驚かす、びっくりさせる thud  θʌ́d   ドスン［ドン・ドサッ・ドタン・バタン・ズシン］という音、ゴツンという一撃 spooky   spúːki 〔場所などが〕幽霊［化け物］が出そうな、不気味な、薄気味悪い cave  kéiv   洞窟 、洞穴 fuss  fʌ́s   大騒 ぎ、興奮 、騒動 、空騒 ぎ vizier   vəzíə