Movie review 06: Hannah Montana

I watched the TV series ‘Hannah Montana’ this time, it was so interesting! I have not ever known about this series; I watched it because it was recommended to me. I will tell you about my impression of the first episode now.
The main character is Miley Stewart, but she is also Hannah Montana. She is a very popular singer, but she is also an ordinary junior high school student. She doesn’t want people around her to know her identity. So only her family knows the fact that she is Hannah Montana. There are three people in her family, along with her is her father, her brother. Other characters are Lily; she is her best friends, she is such an interesting character, and she likes Hannah Montana. And Oliver also is Miley’s friend, he likes Hannah Montana too. Oliver is Lily’s boyfriends, they are always together. Miley and Lily always are together in the school, their combination is very funny and interesting! I laughed too much. One day, after Miley finished the concert of the Hannah Montana, Lily and Oliver came to her dressing room. Miley was in a bind, she didn’t want them to come in the room. But they visited the room, and they were impressed. Then, Lily doubted her. At last, they noticed that she looks like Miley and Miley’s identity was known to them. They were very surprised! But Lily was angry at her because Miley did not tell Lily about the fact. She thought they were best friends so Lily was disappointed with her. Miley apologized for her but Lily didn’t accept it. In the school, they always are together but they ignored each other now. But Lily accepted Miley’s apology, so they made up with each other. And Lily cooperated with Miley to keep her identity hidden from the people around her. I think Lily was very kind!
This movie contains some music so it was very exciting for me.

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Movie review: Lilo & Stitch

I write about essay 5 now. I watched ‘Lilo & Stitch’ this time. The series has both movie and a TV series, I watched the movie. I had not seen it so I watched it for the first time. This movie is very fun for me! I tell you about my impression.
First of all, I tell about the characters of this movie. The main character is Lilo, she is a little child. Nani is Lilo’s older sister, their relationship is not good, and they are always quarreling. Their parents died some years ago, so they are the only two people in the family. Stitch is invented to destroy anything; he is an alien and very strong. Cobra Babbles is Stitch’s inventor; he came to the earth to catch Stitch. Cobra Babbles is the officer of the welfare agency that will take Lilo into care. David is Nani’s friends, he cooperates with her.
Next, I tell about the substance of this movie. Stitch is fierce so he is exiled to a far planet. But he escaped so Cobra tried to catch him. Then, Lilo has no friends; she always thought she wants to have friends. Lilo and Nani didn’t live at peace, they always quarrel. The officer of the welfare agency took Lilo into care for them. Nani wanted not to part with Lilo, and Lilo also thought the same way. Then, Stitch arrived on earth. I honestly thought he was not cute, he was very stern! He was taken to the animal health center of the animal. Lilo came there to get a pet, she met Stitch. And she decided to keep him, but her sister was afraid of him. Stitch caused many problems, so Nani was always in trouble. So the officer of the welfare agency decided to take Lilo, and he told that to Nani. But Lilo ran away with Stitch. Lilo escaped, so Cobracooperated with Stitch, they began to save her. And they saved her and they lived together.
I thought Stitch is not cute at the beginning but I thought he was very cute and kind after I watched this movie. It was Lilo and Nani was so good relationship. I thought it was very happy they lived with Stitch!

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Movie review04: Romeo and Juliet

I watched ‘Romeo and Juliet’ this time; it is the one of my favorite movie. I have liked this movie so much since I was a junior high school student, I have seen it Many times. The main character is Romeo who is the son of the Montague family, and Juliet who is the daughter of Capulet family. Both families are adversaries for a long time. And Mercutio is Romeo’s friends and Tybalt is Juliet’s cousin. Lawrence is a priest, Romeo depends on him.
First of all, I’ll tell you about the subject matters of this movie. The place was Verona. Romeo and Juliet had met at a party at the Capulet house, and they were attracted to each other. But the love was not allowed. They held a marriage in seacret, they were happily married, and they were so glad and loved each other. One day, Mercutio quarreled with Tybalt, Romeo tried to stop them. But they fought and unfortunately Mercutio died. Romeo was very angry and he killed Tybalt. So Romeo was exiled from Verona, Juliet was very sad. Romeo wanted to die rather than live, but Lawrence encouraged him and said ‘I help you so you wait for my letters!’ Juliet was in the depths of despair so also wanted to die. Then Lawrence suggested a plan, which was a very dangerous plan. The plan was that Juliet pretend to die for a day. The plan took place and her parents cried so much. Romeo’s friend came to her funeral, but he misunderstood. He went to inform Romeo that Juliet has already died. As soon as he heard this he headed to Verona. He reached Juliet’s funeral, and he was so sad. He decided to die and he drank the drug. Just time, Juliet woke! Romeo was very astonished, and died soon. Juliet wailed and she also killed herself using Romeo’s gun. Both families were so sorrowful.
I cried when I finished watching it, and I was very sad. But I thought the love of Romeo and Juliet very wonderful and I hoped they were happy. This movie was very impressive movie.

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Movie review03: Brassed off

I watched ‘Brassed Off’, this movie is very difficult for me but it is also emotional. I will talk about the review of the movie.
First, I tell you the matter of this movie. In 1990s, there were many coal miners in England, and some people belonged to Grimly Colliery Band. The band master was Danny; he was the main character in the movie. He was full of passion in the music and loved it. At that time, many coal mines were closed so many people lost their job. The band was also terrible and they were hard. Their coal mine would be closed too, they couldn’t continue to play, but Danny aimed to win the final contest. Then, Danny fell down, the band decided not to take part in the final contest because it cost three pounds in the contest. Danny was very shocked by the fact. But Gloria prepared it; she wanted to join in it. She worked for the company which was their enemy company. Other band members disliked her, but her zeal changed them, she joined in the band again. And, they took part in the final contest for Danny and their friends of the city. Finally, they won the band contest! They were so glad but Danny didn’t receive the championship cup and he called on people to remember there were many people who lost jobs. The audiences clapped and they were impressed with him.
I watched this movie first time so the matter is difficult, but it is exciting because I like brass band. I belonged to a brass band when I was high school student, so I like music. I have played the music in the movie; there were many songs which I know, because I belonged to the brass band. While I was watching the movie, I was very excited. Harry who was Danny’s son didn’t have enough money, but he wanted to continue playing the trombone for his father. I thought he was very kind, and I was so impressed. This movie was very interesting for me!

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Movie review02:Ratatouile

I tell you about Ratatouile. I have seen the movie three times; I always think the movie is very interesting. The main character in the movie is a rat is called Remy; he is good at cooking and has a dream. The dream is to cook, this is a very difficult dream, because he is a rat.
Now, I tell you about the story. One day, he strayed from his group of rats, and he was alone. He reached the restaurant of Gusteau in Paris; the restaurant was his dream restaurant. He met a man who was called Linguini, this meeting changed Remy’s life. Linguini didn’t cook so Remy helped him cook by using Linguini’s hair. It was very amazing and impossible in the real world! And, the soup was made by Remy had a reputation with customers. Linguini was very popular thanks to Remy.
But it was too bad for a chef to be very famous. The chef was a wicked man, he disturbed them. He seemed to rob the Gusteau’s restaurant, but it was not easy because Linguini was Gusteau’s son. The chef was shocked and hid this fact, but the truth was discovered by Remy. Linguini was the owner of Gusteau, and the restaurant was very popular. He liked a lady called Colette who was a cook. They cooked together. One day, a restaurant critic came to eat at Linguini’s restaurant. He had criticized the Gusteau’s dish, and it was very bitter criticism. Linguini was tensed up, and then he began to tell the truth that all the dishes were made by Remy! Other people could not believe it and went out, and Colette did too. So Linguini was depressed. Then, the family and friends of Remy helped Remy, and began to cook the dishes. The dishes were completed and Linguini carried it to the critic. He was stirred so much; he wanted to see the cook. Linguini took Remy to meet him, and the critic was surprised and went home without saying anything. Next day, he regarded the restaurant as a wonderful restaurant. But the truth that there were many rats in the kitchen surfaced and the restaurant closed up. Time passed, Linguini and Colette opened a new restaurant and the restaurant was so popular. Of course, the chef was Remy.
This movie was interesting and pictures were very beautiful! It was a very nice movie.

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Movie review01:High school musical

This movie was very interesting, amazing and fun to me! First, I tell you the main characters of the movie. Troy is the captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella is a genius in mathematics and science; they are very good at singing. I think he is cool and I like him very much. And, Chad is Troy's best friend, and they are very good friends. Taylor is Gabriella's best friend. She is the captain of the school Scholastic Decathlon team. Sharpay and Ryan are twins; they are the antagonists of the film.
Second, I tell the subject matter of the movie easily. Troy and Gabriella could tell their friends they like singing. But they changed because they were attracted to each other. They practiced to sing songs together, and they were very good. They quarreled once but they made up, and they began to singing together. They won the musical contests, they were the best couple!
Third, I will remark about the movie. I had seen the movie for the first time, I didn’t know the movie. But I was so surprised so much because this movie was so exciting! I think they had nice voices, their voices were so beautiful. Other people were very good at dancing; I think all of the people seemed to be having fun. I want to sing and dance after I watched this movie. I have liked to sing songs since I was a child, singing is very fun. I think music has something power, Music gives people many delights and hopes. I think probably the whole earth has common understanding for music.
Finally, I will write about the thing that I learned things. To chase a dream is important for people, I think it wonderful that the feeling of wanting my dream to come true. I want to have some different hobby and interest. This movie is very interesting and exciting for me. I like it so much!

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Essay06: Introduction of KGU (group)

We are　going to tell about Kumamoto Gakuen University. We’re a student of a university. I go to Kumamoto Gakuen University. KGU is very good school.
First of all, it is in Kumamoto city Shin oe. It is placed next to Kumamoto prefectural theater. It is placed next to Kumamoto prefectural theater. Yoshimasa lives in Kusunoki. He usually goes to school bicycle. It takes about thirty minutes. There are a lot of people in KGU, KGU is big school. The school has many of various events, for example, Takumasai, Dance Party, and Party of the city. These events are very fun and exciting! Policy of KGU is wonderful. We are lead in the school, that is to say, students are lead. Thanks to this, we can do many interesting things. Teacher don’t watch students strictly, so we can plan something events. But we properly are keeping a school rule.

Secondly, there are 4 faculties in the school. The school has a foreign language faculty, a commercial science faculty, a social welfare faculty, and an economic faculty. There are Britain and United States department and East Asia department in the foreign language faculty. There are management department, commercial science department, and hospitality management department in the commercial science faculty. There are children welfare department, social welfare department, and environment welfare department in the social welfare faculty. And there are economic department, international economic department, and legal economics department in the economic faculty.

We entered KGU about one year and three months ago. In fact, it was hard for me to understand English when Yoshimasa was a junior high student. Especially, he couldn’t understand English grammar. One day, he studied for English test. He consulted a word “Aquarius” by chance. He was impressed the mean. After that he wanted to know a lot of English words. He became understand English grammar thanks to teacher. He continued to study when he was a high school student. He wanted to study more; he decided to go to university. At the beginng of university life, he couldn’t become familiar with this university. The premises were much bigger than high school. He was at a loss. However, He gradually used to spend time in KGU. We enjoy spending time in KGU. Anyway, some students are going to go foreign countries. We heard that almost students will go to Minnesota. We were at a loss whether to go or not. But, our English skills are not enough to communicate other people. So, we decided to go home stay next year. We would like to demonstrate our English skills in society in the future! Teachers of KGU are very nice teachers, because they teach me very gently and intelligible. Classes are very difficult for us. But thanks to the teacher, we can understand the content. And, the teacher turns the boring class into the amazing class, so we can take the class without we are not bored. Moreover native speaker are in KGU, so we can learn native pronunciation. We like to speak to foreign people, so we are interested in speak to the teacher.
And, there are a lot of circles in the university. You may find a circle which you are interested in. If you join a circle, you will have a lot of friends. For example, you will have ahead of you, behind of you, and same grade friends. And you will have not only same faculty and department, not only different faculty friends. They learn different subject, it may be good stimulus. And you will have good time there. Kumamoto Gakuen University has good facilities. There are a lot of people who KGU has big buildings and their rooms are so wide. So, professors often use mike. There is a good place that we like in KGU. It is school library. There are so many books that we cannot count. School library is quiet and we can calm down. We often use it because we have to finish my assignments.
Thirdly, a students’ dining hall is large. And the lunch is very cheap and delicious! All Dishes are handmade, we like these. We have eaten dishes of these shops since Kozue was high school student, so she ate almost menu. You should eat there. However there are a lot of people, so you may not sit and eat there. There is a lot of menu and you will not enough these lunch. There is a convenience store. It is LAWSON. There are a lot of people, too and there is crowded when the lunch time, so you need to pay attention. If you always buy at the LAWSON, you will be saved a lot of points of LAWSON. There are some spaces of eating lunch. And, on the 2nd floor, there are a beauty salon, a camera shop, and you can buy a bus card and a commuter pass. In a particular occasion, there are displayed a lot of kimono to ware on a coming of age celebration and a graduation ceremony. There is a bakery in the university. There are a lot of people when the lunch time, too. This bakery has broadcasted on TV before, I heard. There is cheap and delicious. And there are a lot of breads so you may be irresolute which buy.

Finally, we can buy books and writing materials at a 5 percent discount. It is lucky! We can buy cheaper than other book stores. There is a movie theater near the university, so we sometimes go there after school. Asami watches a lot of movies! After she watched the movie, she usually go home by buses. However there are a few buses. When the bus is later, for example 7 o’clock and 8 o’clock, a bus comes about every 30 minutes. And when the buses come, these are late. She wants them to come on time!

Kumamoto Gakuen University is good school. This school is more interesting than the other school. As mentioned above, the school library of KGU is very nice and useful for students. And, we can watch movies and can learn much knowledge of cultures in the world. Moreover, we can take the class of the other faculty, so we can study other special knowledge. We think it is favorable for students. We like our university. KGU has many wonderful history, shop and good teachers, so we want to go the school. Please come to KGU!

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Essay06: Introduction of Kumamoto Gakuen

I have gone to Kumamoto Gakuen University now, KGU is very good school. There are a lot of people in KGU, KGU is big school. The school has many of various events, for example, Takumasai, Dance Party, and Party of the city. These events are very fun and exciting! Policy of KGU is wonderful.
Firstly, we are lead in the school, that is to say, students are lead. Thanks to this, we can do many interesting things. Teacher don’t watch students strictly, so we can plan something events. But we properly are keeping a school rule.
Secondly, there are many wonderful histories in KGU. For example, many athletes keep bright records, they are very strong player. And a famous entertainer graduated from KGU. I think it is very awesome. Moreover KGU has a preschool and high school, these are connection with KGU. I often see kindergartners in KGU.
Thirdly, KGU has good food shop, a bakery, convenience store and dining room. The price of these are very cheap, dishes are so delicious! All Dishes are handmade, I like these. I have eaten dishes of these shops since I was high school student, so I ate almost menu.
Fourthly, teachers of KGU are very nice teachers, because they teach me very gently and intelligible. Classes are very difficult for me. But thanks to the teacher, I can understand the content. And, the teacher turns the boring class into the amazing class, so I can take the class without I’m not bored. Moreover native speaker are in KGU, so I can learn native pronunciation. I like to speak to foreign people, so I’m interested in speak to the teacher.
KGU has many wonderful history, shop and good teachers, so I want to go the school. Please come to KGU!

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Essay05: Future self introduction

I tell you my future of 20 years in the future.
First of all, I live in Hawaii seven years ago　because my husband and me are working in the place. There are four people in my family. My husband’s name Yuchon, he works as a Korean musician, so he is very tired every day. I had seen to each other since I was twenty-one years old at the Kumamoto Gakuen University. When I saw him, I was in favor of him. We associated with him after we had some dates with him. He was very happy! But I was pleased more than him!! We had two children, their name are Yuna, Kei. Kei is five years old, and Yuna is three years old. They are so cute. We often drive to go somewhere by the car. When I can spend such time, I feel fortunate. I love them so much!
Secondly, I’m working in the interior decoration school as a teacher. I had wished to be a teacher of the interior and I passed the examination of the qualification. I teach my students about skill of design, color, paint a picture. Teaching is very fun for me! Students have my class seriously, so I ‘m very glad. I want the student to be a famous designer in the future.
Finally, I have a dream. It is to travel a round the world. I want to visit various place and I want to learn many things. For example, in Egypt, I want to see the massive architecture of Pyramids. I have been interested in ancient architectures since I was a child. In addition, I want to go to the North Pole because I want to watch an aurora. I was surprised that I watched an aurora with a TV first time.
I love my family from now on, and I want to come true my dream sometime.

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Essay04: Dear host family

Hi! Nice to meet you, I’m Kozue Uraguchi. Thank you for agreeing to be my host family. I thank you very much. I want you to know about me, so I will to you about my hobby and my favorite things.
First of all, I tell you about my family. There are four people in my family, my father, my mother and my sister. The difference of age is six between my sister and me. We are very kind for each other now but we would fought a long time ago (>_<). My family likes to drive somewhere, so we often go out by the car, it is very fun for me and I sometimes drive the car. They are necessary person for me while I live.
Secondly, my hobby is taking pictures. I like to take pictures, and I have my own camera. When I was given it by my father, I was eight years old. I have taken many pictures, the sky, animals, trees and flowers, and humans. They give me some massage so I’m very happy when I’m taking pictures. I want to take many pictures there when I reach to yours house. I’ll teach you how to take pictures, let’s try to together!
And, I like to eat out many foods! I love chocolate very much. I often eat out but I make dishes myself. I’m good at cooking, I have a party at my house in a week. My favorite dishes are curry, gratin, cake and muffins. I want you to eat these! I will cook these for you!
Next, I also like to go shopping, I like to buy clothes very much. I even want to make clothes myself, I think it wonderful to design my favorite color and favorite pattern. I like American fashion too, so I will learn the fashion style when I go to visit you, and I want to wear many of the clothes.
Fourthly, I like animals since I was a child, I especially like dogs. I love dogs so much, and my favorite kind of dog is Shibakenn. I have taken care of the dog in my grandmother’s house. The dog is Jiro, it is very cute and pretty!! He came to our house ten years ago. When I saw him, I was very pleased. I often take a walk with Jiro, it is a little hard for me but walking is fun.
Next, I like to watch movies, I often watch the movie, and screen of Movie Theater is big and powerful. My favorite movie is Titanic. I cried so hard when I watched it first time, the story is impressive for me. The movie was very popular all of the world. I like Leonard Decaplio since I watched the movie. I also want to watch many movies from now on.　And, I listen to music every day. My best singer is Ayaka, she is very good singer, but she doesn’t release CDs now. I like Western music too.
Finally, the reason I go on this stay is to raise language competence. I want to speak English easily in the future. English is the common language of the world, so I think that speaking English contributes to my future. And, my dream is to be a translator, so I study English very hard. Studying English is interesting for me so I feel it difficulty to study English. I want to learn English and many things if I go to visit you.
I want to see you! I’m looking for seeing you very much.
From Kozue
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Essay03: Hometown Introduction

I was born in Nagasaki, but I have lived in Kumamoto since I was eight years old, so I have two my hometown! I didn’t live in Nagasaki but I like both Nagasaki and Kumamoto very much.
First of all, I tell you about Nagasaki. Nagasaki is very wonderful city because it has three questions. First, the people of the prefecture were very kind to everyone. Stranger helped me when I had a problem, and I would teach stranger to go to the destination. Second, Nagasaki is held the Lantern Festival; it was excited to me when I went there first time. Many lights shine, a lot of people visit there, the city bustle with people. I like the festival so much and I have gone there every year. Third, there are famous Japan’s historical characters, and many sightseeing spot in Nagasaki. Nagasaki is very nice prefecture.
Then, I tell about Kumamoto. I had moved to Kumamoto since I was a child, I was so sad because I parted my friends and my boyfriend. But I liked Kumamoto when I knew many charms first time. There are two charms of Kumamoto. Firstly, Kumamoto has rich nature. For example, water is very clear and delicious. We can drink running water, I was surprised this fact. Water of Kumamoto is drawn from water table, so we can drink the fresh water. And, air also is very clear. I like air of Aso very much because I like trees and plants. There are many flowers and them in the Aso, so I like to go there to see them. Secondly, I can eat many delicious foods in Kumamoto. My favorite foods are ‘ikinalidango’! It contains sweet potatoes and small beans. When I ate it first time, I was moved. I like it very much now.
Nagasaki and Kumamoto is very nice prefecture. Please come there!

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Essay 02: My treasure

I have three treasures; these are very valuable for me. My first treasure is my friends, they are precious for me. My friends guide me about several things; their advice is useful for me. I like to play with them, it is very fun. I often drive somewhere, go shopping, go to karaoke, and eat dinner, all together. We always sing the same song when we go to karaoke, and we dance to the music songs together. I think that I spend a very happy day thanks to them. I can’t thank them enough.
Next, my second treasure is pictures; I have liked to take pictures, since I was a child. I’m happy while I take pictures, I took many different pictures: the sky, plants, people, and animals. These are full of various memories, these are important for me. I’m calm when I see the pictures that I took. These give me peace or rest so these are irreplaceable for me. I want to take pictures from now on.
Finally, my third treasure is my family. They are very precious and very irreplaceable for me. My parents have taken care of me since I was born in 1990. I had quarreled with them, and I have complained to them in the past. But I reflect on this now. And my sister always teaches me many things. I liked to study because she taught me English and mathematics. I love my family and they are essential for me forever.
All of these are very important for me, and I want to treasure them.


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Essay01; host family.

Dear host family

Nice to meet you, I’m Kozue Uraguchi. Thank you for agreeing to be my host family. I thank you very much. I want you to know about me, so I will to you about my hobby and my favorite things.
First of all, my hobby is taking pictures. I like to take pictures, and I have my own camera. When I was given it by my father, I was eight years old. I have taken many pictures, the sky, animals, trees and flowers, and humans. They give me some massage so I’m very happy when I’m taking pictures.
Secondly, my dream is to be a designer. I like to go shopping, I like to buy clothes very much. I want to make clothes myself, so I want to be a designer. I like American fasion, so I will learn the fashion style when I go to visit you.
Next, I like to eat out many foods! I love chocolate very much. I often eat out but I make dishes myself. I’m good at cooking, I have a party at my house in a week. My favorite dishes are curry, gratin, cake and muffins. I want you to eat these! I will cook these for you!
Finally, the reason I go on this stay is to raise language competence. I want to speak English easily in the future. English is the common language of the world, so I think that speaking English contributes to my future. I want to learn many things if I go to visit you, and I want to see you! I’m looking for seeing you very much.

From Kozue

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