BR 1-08: Kipper and the Giant

It was great to go to the world which Kipper has watched on TV.
He had thought there were a tiny village and a man who were a little smaller than Kipper.
It made me fun that the villagers put up their own umbrellas when Kipper began to cry.
It was kind of Kipper to help the villagers to mend their houses.
It was interesting that the giant fell over the stone Kipper carried and put on the road.
Finally, the giant became a good and it made me glad very much.

[92 words]

BR 1-07: Land of the Dinosaurs

I don't want to go to the land of the dinosaurs for fear of being attacked by the dinosaurs but want to find a giant foot print and to take a photograph of it.
In this story a little dinosaur hatched out of the egg, but I wonder what does the dinosaur's eggs taste like.
I want to try this one once.
I thought Biff was good to shooed away the flying dinosaur that flew down unless she feared danger at all.
The children took a lot of photographs of dinosaurs, but it was so stupid of them to have not put a film in the camera.
Since they had a valuable experience, it was really wasteful to throw the memories away.

[124 words]

BR 1-06: Roman Adventure

I thought it was interesting of Biff's family to play a joke on Biff and Chip.
I thought there was no family who plays each roles as Romans.
Real chariot was gold, so cool and beautiful.
I wanted to go on the chariot and to take part in the race chariots, too.
Diana's father made a mistake that he baked some bread which were flat, but Chip had a good idea that they could make pizzas.
I thought he was very nice.
Having finished reading this book, I wanted to eat some pizzas, too.

[96 words]

Typing Trial Week 3

My Hobbies
My hobbies to sing songs, to draw pictures, to swim, to chat with friends of mine, to buy what I like, to cook variety dishes, to eat something sweets, to write letters, to send e-mails, to talk on my cellular phone, to collect perfumes, to go shopping and listen to music. I often go to karaoke with friends of mine or my family and sing for about 5 hours, so I become to be thirsty every time. I often draw pictures on my notebook during taking classes and friends of mine laugh to look at pictures I draw. I had gone to a swimming school when I was a pupil so am good at swimming very much. I often chat with friends of mine in the student cafeteria after school. Chatting with them, I forget to spend our time all the time. I go shopping after school or my holidays and having found what I like, I enjoy buying them. I sometimes cook something dishes when I have time or chances, and I like to let my family eat dishes I cook. I do my part-time job in a cake shop, so I always want to eat sweets be selled there. I have a best friend who lives in Nishigoshi, and we often exchange letters. I send e-mails to my friends of mine and my boyfriend about twenty times a day almost every day. I talk with my boyfriend on our cellular phones before I go to bed almost every day. I like perfumes very much so collect a lot of perfumes and sprinkle one of them everyday. I go downtown to do shopping when I have enough time. I always listen to music such as during going to school, playing sports or cooking. No music, no life.

[301 words]

BR 1-05: Egyptian Adventure

I want to make a model of pyramids, sphinx, some tiny trees and people by sheets of paper.
The children were taken back to Ancient Egypt, and they got into trouble, so I don't want to go to Ancient Egypt to see their situations.
It caused the children much trouble, but the yellow dog Floppy respected by some Egyptians looked so happy and nice instead.
I wonder what is a skin bag.
Being put into it, does the water taste so bad?
I want to try one but don't want to drink one.

[93 words]

Having a date

I went downtown with my boyfriend by taxi after school today.
We went to a restaurant named Italian Tomato to eat dinner. I ordered a tomato mozzarella cheese pasta, a glass of peach tea and a healthy salad of steamed chicken, and he ordered basil-flavored peperoncino pasta, a glass of orange juice and seafood and mushroom' pasta. They tasted very good. After finishing eating, we talked a lot for a long time there since we had full stomachs and didn't want to move soon.
Next, we went to Don Quixote, where we bought a pair ring together. The two rings were carved "MAD ABOUT YOU". They were really cool, and I decided to wear this ring on my left ring finger always. I feel happy very much, and I hope he also wear his ring on his left ring finger always.
Finally, we used a photo sticker one time.
We had a wonderful time today.

See you again!!

[158 words]

BR 1-04: Submarine Adventure

I have never seen such a yellow submarine before, so I want to see one and look inside.
I will be embarrassed to be called new crew by a stranger suddenly if I were the children in this story.
I have been to aquariums a few times before and a lot of fish were so beautiful, but I want to see them under the water and to eat many delicious dishes there.

[72 words]

BR 1-03: Viking Adventure

I was surprised to know that villagers had never seen children, sweets and torches before.
If I go there, I will be able to make a display of variety goods.
The villagers who live in the village were really kind to children, were tolerant and sweet.
I also want Viking shields and the magic key, too.
I will not be able to save the Viking village when raiders attack, maybe.

[70 words]

BR 1-02: Castle Adventure

At the first time, I was surprised to know that the king of a castle was a frog, but I was sorry to know that the witches turned it into a frog.
An old woman Gran who doesn't like witches defeated three witches, so I thought she was so tough and strong.
I was interested in being turned the witches into frogs instead.
I want to go to a castle once, too.

[72 words]

BR 1-01: Victorian Adventure

I expected that a boy standing under a gas lamp was real boy at the first time, but I was surprised to recognize he was a girl.
The work to pump the bellows looked hard, but some bread which the children ate after finishing the work looked delicious very much.
I want to be taken back in time, to go to Buckingham Palace and to play with Queen Victoria's grandchildren.

[70 words]

Class

I had no class in the third period today, so I took part in the lecture on the outlines of Japanese history which I didn't take in this semester with two friends of mine.
My former boyfriend takes this class, but he was not there today.
His company was there, however, without him.
I had wanted to see him very much, but I could not so.
See you again!!

[69 words]

My Mind

I did my part-time job yesterday.
I went on evening shifts from at 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m..
Before doing my part-time job, I had serious meeting with my former boyfriend at KGU.
So I can't concentrate my mind on my job very well.
What he had said worried me for some reason, but I did my part-time job as hard as I could.
We have made a lot of troubles until now, but I still love him now.
It's impossible to know about our future, but I want to get reconciled with him some other day.
He is the boy my feels at ease with.
I think so now.
See you again!!

[113 words]

Typing Trial Week 2

Music I Like
I like music very much. The kinds of music I like are not only Japanese music but also Western music. I listen to variety music almost days. I do during my driving, going to school, cooking something, reading some books, walking on a street, getting on a train and taking a bath. No music no life. Also I like to sing songs very much. I often go to karaoke place with my friends. I like Kumi Koda and all her songs very much. She is so cool, beautiful and cute. Her songs are also cool and nice. They make me so happy. So I want to listen to her music all the time.


[116 words]

Girl Talk

I had girl talk with a friend of mine in a student cafeteria at KGU after school.
I was consulted seek my advice by a lovesick girl so, I gave advice to her.
Chatting, we ate rice with hashed meat together. I were really hungry, so I felt it tasted better than usual.
After spending our time, we walked to Suizenji Station then got on each trains.
We had a wonderful time today.
See you again!!

[76 words]

Typing Trial Week 1

First Classes
The first classes started last Tuesday, on April 8. The 1st period was biology, but its teacher didn't come then, so we just sent in our own attendance cards on a teacher's desk and went out from the room. The 2nd period was Japanese culture. Japanese history was difficult for me to consider. The 3rd period was linguistics. The teacher wrote a lot of kanji compounds on the blackboard. They were difficult for me to read. The 5th period was British culture. This class was over in about 30 minutes. I was interested in the class to listen to the teacher. I wanted to know more about British culture.

[111 words]

Chinese Noodles In Soup

I ate the day's Chinese noodles in soup in the student cafeteria at KGU after school.
A friend of mine ate Szechuan-style noodles then.
It looked delicious, but my choice was successful.
See you again!!

[37 words]

Downtown

I went downtown by bus with a friend of mine after school today.
First, we went to PARCO and looked for some clothes.
After we bought a few clothes we liked, went to a restaurant named Italian-tomato then ate pasta and a piece of chocolate cake as a dessert there.
They tasted very good.
Also we enjoyed chatting each other for a long time and had a wonderful time there.
See you again!!

[74 words]

Karaoke

I went on to a karaoke place with friends of mine after school today.
There was no charge whatever for something to drink, so I drank two cups of green tea but left half my second tea.
We took turns to sing for about four hours.
We had a very good time there.
I want to go to one with them again.
See you again!!

[65 words]

A Beauty Salon

I had my hair cut with a friend of mine after school today.
It's rainy today, so because of air heavy with moisture, my hair gave more volume and its style was like a balloon.
The mere thought about that was enough to depress me, so I decided to do something.
I did have a straight perm and did gave my hair a treatment.
My hair became beautiful very much, so I was really happy.
I want to go there again.
See you again!!

[85 words]

Writing Placement essay for Writing 3 (2008)

My dear host family.

Hello! I'm glad to make your acquaintance. I had been looking forward to meeting you very much. Nice to meet you!! :)

My name is Kaori. I'm 19 years old. There are four people in my family:my father, my mother, my younger brother and me. I have a goldfish at my home, but it has no name, he-he.

My hobby is singing songs. I often sing enthusiastically at my home so I'm said to be quiet. I often go on to a karaoke place. Strictly speaking I want to go there almost every day, but I can't do so. That's why I often sing at my home. I like to listen to music, too. I listen to music while I drive my car. I love not only Japanese music but also Western music. My favorite foreign singer is Hillary Duff. Anyway, no music no life. Do you like singing and listening to songs?

Then I like to play tennis. I belonged to a tennis club when I was a junior high school student. I enjoyed playing it so much. What sports do you like?

And I belonged to a tea ceremony club called sado-bu in Japanese when I was a high school student, so I can put on a demonstration of tea-serving. A Japanese-style confection with tea is so delicious. It also tastes good when you have chocolate with tea.

By the way, what Japanese food do you like? Some people like it but other people dislike it. Do you like sushi? I like it very much. If you have never eaten it, please sample the taste once.

I still have a lot of things I want to tell you, so I'll do so in person.

From Kaori.

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The Dinner

I went to a restaurant named Ochamena-potato with my boyfriend.
They mainly served stir-fried rice wrapped in omelettes.
Of course we ordered them. Additionaly, we ordered lightly fried tofu.
They tasted wonderful.
See you again!!

[37 words]

The First Classes

The first classes have begun in a new school term.
Today's classes were biology, the outlines of Japanese culture, the outlines of linguistics and English culture.
I'm gonna study and learn hard for a year.
See you again!!

[40 words]

My Part-time Job

I did my part-time job at a cake shop for the first time in two weeks today. For I had taken four days off from work with a bad cold.
Since it was the first work in a long time, I got more tired than usual today.
At the end of the work, the shop manager asked me if had I been alright.
It made me glad.
See you again!!

[71 words]

Typing Trial Week 0

Spring Vacation
I did my part-time job hard during this spring vacation. I did it almost every day. Also I went to Hitoyoshi to take a hot spring bath there. The hot spring's heat relaxed my muscles very much. Another day, I went to see the cherry blossoms at the park near my house with my friends. A blizzard of falling cherry blossom petals was so beautiful and we tried to catch them hard. And we brought our own lunch boxes with them there. Eating lunch under cherry blossoms was wonderful. We had a good time there at that time.

[100 words]