I researched about Takahe. It is a very famous bird in New Zealand. It has some characteristics. First, it looks curious. It has a red pointed bill, blue and green feathers, two red legs, circular body, and sharp small eyes like a right picture. Its height is about 60cm and its weight is about 3kg. It is a big body for a bird.
Second, it cannot fly. It eats tussocks growing on the ground. There are many kinds of birds which cannot fly in New Zealand. For example, Kiwi, Hoiho, Kakapo and Moa cannot fly. This reason is said that there were little Mammalian for many years ago in Nez Zealand, so the birds did not need to fly. In Japan, there are a few birds
which cannot fly, for example, it is an ostrich and a penguin in the zoo. Most birds can fly in Japan.
Finery, Takahe was said that it was an extinction bird already, because it was discovery it’s born but not alive Takahe. However, Geoffrey Orbell who was a doctor discovered Takahe on November 20, 1948. Now, there are about 160 Takahes in New Zealand.
I am a little scared Takahe, because it is big size and I am not good at a bird, but I want to watch just once. Takahe is decreasing now. I want not to extinct it. You should go to New Zealand and watch Takahe.
I am going to talk about the origin of Thanksgiving Day. Do you know the history of Thanksgiving Day? It is an important event for American people like Obon for Japanese people. This reason is in the history. The first Thanksgiving of America was cerebrated in autumn in 1621. It was a gesture to thank God to help them for strict winter. It was also to thank the American Indians. December 26th 1620, Pilgrim Fathers came from Britain to Plymouth state of Massachusetts in America riding the Mayflower ship. They were puritans. Many people died at that time, because it was a hard winter and difficult
things happened. In there, Pilgrims and his friends helped the American Indians. The American Indians taught them agriculture and how to hunt. They could survive that winter because of the Indians, so they invited the Indians at the first harvest festival. It was the origin of Thanksgiving Day. George Washington declared it is holiday in 1789.
Do you know Munich Oktoberfest in Munich in German? I have just known. Oktoberfest is a very large festival. It will have been pasted 200 years from 1810. There are 600 people from around the world. In there, people drink a lot of beer and eat a lot of chickens. “Oktober Beer” is made for this festival specially. It is held in Theresienwiese. It is very large place. There are many tents, 6000~7000 seats and more seats in outside. It is held moving amusement park, live of brass band and Oktoberfest Parade in there. It looks really exciting. People who are in Oktoberfest wear a folk costume of Bavaria. Women wear airy dress of check, stripes or flower’s prints. Men wear half pants made of leather. Their costumes change every year. I think it’s very interesting, because many of costumes in Japanese festivals don’t change. I’m interested in costumes of the world, and I like clothes. I can’t drink beer yet, but there are a lot of enjoyable events. I really want to go there. If I am twenty years old, I absolute go to there with my friends. I think this festival is really fantastic! You should go there too.
My recommended movie is “Tada Kimi wo Aishiteru”. This is a Japanese movie. It’s a love story of collage students. There is a girl; her name is Shizuru, she loves a man. His name is Makoto. He didn’t love her at first, but he becomes to have interest of her. She has a disease whose will die if she loves. One day, suddenly, she disappeared somewhere. He was surprised, because he didn’t know her disease. He went looking for her, but he will know unbelievable things there…
I think that this movie is a very sad movie, but it made me warm. I like this movie very much. There are a lot of reasons. First, Shizuru who is main character in this movie is a really cute girl, because she is active, and she is straight for her hope. When I watch her, I become thinking that I want to try any things, and I want to contact to people kindly. Makoto who is main character too is a kind man. I like character in this movie. Second, they took a lot of pictures in there. I like pictures, so I felt very interest. Finery, she big changed in there. She looked like a girl at first, and she changed a woman. She has a disease. If she grows, she dies by her disease. So she couldn’t be a woman because of it, but she wanted to be a woman to be loved him. In other words, she decided to die by disease for being loved him. I was really impressive. I so cried, when I watched it. She has a beautiful heart. I want to have a beautiful heart like her.
There are good cast. Aoi Miyazaki played Shizuru, Hiroshi Tamaki played Makoto, and so on. I think they matched for their roll. Main song is “Renai Shashin” by Ai Otsuka. She is a very popular singer in Japan. A book, it’s named “Renai Shashin”, became this movie. It’s written by Takuji Ichikawa. His other books also became a movie such as “Ima Aini Ikimasu”.
I think it is a really good movie. If you want to feel impressive, cry, be warm, and feel love, you should watch this movie! I so recommend it!
My summer vacation was very interesting. I did many exciting things. First, I went to the lives of music many times. I enjoyed listening to music. I’m member of the music club in nufs. My band played the music in the live of this club. I played the guitar then. I practiced the guitar hard, but I was very nervous on the live. I thought other bands were fantastic performance. I had a good time. After then, we ate dinner in a tavern. I talked to a lot of people of this club then. I was grad, because I talk to them who I didn’t talk to many times before.
Second, I spent a lot of days with my friends. I went to the Fuji-kyu Hiland in Shizuoka with my friends. I rode the many roller coasters. I like the roller coasters, because I can feel thrilling. Eejanaika, which is roller coaster, was the best roller coaster, I think. It's in the Gines book. I also like a haunted house. We enter in a haunted house in there. It’s very famous at frightening and taking long time in Japan. Before we entered there, we were really scary. Actualy, this haunted house was very scary. I screamed many times then, but I was very exciting. I very enjoyed in there. You should go there someday.
Finally, I participated in summer camp of English in nemu no sato. It has three nights and four days. I feel very short time, because I spent the really excited times. I enjoyed many exciting classes and activities. I watched the basketball movie, did water games, did karaoke, and did fruits basket with everybody who are in summer camp. I was grad, because I could make a lot of new friends, and I spent many times using English. I think I could have a very good experience.
I like movies. I'm going to go watching a movie tomorrow with my friend, because I will have finished all tests. Summer vacation will start! The movie is 'August Rush'. It's known as 'kiseki no symphony' in Japan. Main cast is Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. I often watch the movies that Freddie Highmore is in like 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and 'Finding Neverland'. 'August Rush', this is empressive movie. A boy who is in the movie is looking for him parents with music in the movie. I like music very much, and I expect that there are a lot of beautiful music. I'm looking forward to watching this movie so much! I also want you to watch this movie!
Do you like exercise? If you want to start exercising, you should do team sports. I think that team sports have the good points different individual sports. There are many kinds of team sports like soccer, baseball, basketball and so on. There are many opportunities that you can communicate with people who play sports, because every team sports need a lot of people. It's very important for you to continue exercise. I think that you play sports with your friends is enjoyable. It's also nice opportunity to make good friends, because you share yours joys and sorrows by sports. You may learn importance of cooperation and human relations. When you continue playing sports, you can get stronger. You can also get healthy. However, too play sports is sometimes danger for your body. Don’t forget needing to rest and enjoy sports. Try to play team sports! First, you should know the sports. Next, which sports are you interested in soccer, baseball, basketball, volleyball, or something?
INTERESTING INFORMATION ABOUT LAUGHTER
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Laughing helps you can be healthy. When you laugh, your muscle of the belly and a cheek are used. It is very good for your health. Laughing gets rid of the stress. It is important for us to relax. Laughing feels happy. It is very needed to our lives.
COMEDY & OTHER FUNNY STUFF
This is incident of soccer games. There are images that don’t happen the play usual games. It is very funny because it is impossible if he want to do. I think many of the Laughing is burst.
Do you know Golden eggs? These animations are very funny. This is one of them. There are people who are doing gymnastics. But it’s not common gymnastics, these is strange.
This is Golden eggs too. Three people are in there. There are a movie director and two actors. A movie director is Japanese, two actors are foreigner. A shoot of the movie is very funny, because an interpreter is not in there and they cannot communicate each other very well.
