English Class

      I went snowboarding yesterday with my friends. Actually this is my first time to snowboard. I had not been to ski area since I went skiing only one time when I was in junior high school.  These days I have a lot of homework and I can't afford to relax, so yesterday was great day for me.       I was scary to slid down the snow on a mountain at first, so I practiced snowboard at easy coarse. I felt down many times and my body hurts now. I feel like I've got a little better at snowboarding compared to when I first started. I want to snowboard again!

     The one movie that I really liked was "The Fast and Furious". It is called "Wild Speed" in Japan. It was made in 2001 and this movie's director was Rob Cohen.       This movie was set in Los Angeles. One day, a robbery group led by famous street racer Dominic Toretto attacks a long-distance truck. The Los Angeles Police Department embarked on an investigation and decided to conduct a sting operation in cooperation with the FBI. Brian O'Conner would be in charge. Brian, who was also a great driver. These two people in the opposite positions met in a race and started to glow the friendship between the two. Then they would overcome various missions!       This movie is vary exciting. I'm sure that you feel like driving a manual car after watching this movie!

     Hi, how are you? It's getting colder and colder these days. Today I'll share the thing I'm doing my best. Now I'm on a volunteer group. The group mainly  plans events for children such as  job trials and pinecone fights. Maybe you think what the pinecone fights are. Have you ever had snowball fights? The rule of the pinecone fights is the same as that of snowball fights. The difference of the two fights is the thing you throw. Yes...you use pinecones in the pinecones fights!!! We can play this game without snow and autumn is the best season for this game. Please try it with your friends! 

     There is still gender discrimination all over the world, The world of scientists is no exception. According to this article, If women discover a something, men may take all credit for hers. I think this is a kind of gender discrimination. Maybe there are quite a few female scientists who was taken credit for. The idea that men are better than women is old.       Now I'm interested in one woman activity. She is Yukiko Yamashita. She won the MacArthur Fellowship Award which is called "Genius Award" in 2011 in the USA and now publishes research results on developmental biology in various well-known scientific journals including Nature magazine. Although she is a professor, she still conduct latest research in the laboratory.

     Hi, how have you been recently? Now, we are in the middle of exam week. Last Thursday, I had a physics test. Physics is difficult for me, so I studied it many hours with my friends in the library. Just like I thought the test was difficult and it required many calculation! I was upset because of the amount of the calculation... but maybe it's ok for me.      This Tuesday I have two math exams. When the math exams finish, I will be freed from the exam. I'll do my best!

Hi, I will introduce my winter vacation. There is New Year’s Day during the winter vacation. Watching the sunrise with my friends on New Year’s Day is my annual event. The friends who I watch the sunrise with are my soccer clubmates when I was in junior high school. Each entered a different high school, so the opportunity for us to meet might be few when we were in high school, but on New Year’s Day we surely have got together. I’m looking forward to the day this year too.

     Yesterday, I went to the university festival with my friends. I was looking forward to it because my friends told me that Yonsentoshin, Japanese popular comedian would come to it. I like Japanese comedy, in particular Manzai which is a kind of comedy performed by a duo. Generally speaking, Manzai is performed by two people, however Yonsentoshin's Manzai is performed by three people. I like their unique worldview.       Actually I couldn't see them live yesterday... This year the number of seats is limited because of the coronavirus, so the people who can see them live were selected by a raffle a few days ago and I was not chosen... Then we enjoyed only listening to their voice.       Hiroshima University Festival also have food stands, so we ate various foods there. My favorite food there is Agemochi. The university festival is held today too. If you do there, please eat it.