Merry Christmas everyone!
12/25/2011
Nagasawa Christmas Party
只今！最近忙しくてブログの書く時間は少なくて来ました。
I'm back! Lately, I have been so crazy busy and I haven't had time to write in my blog.
この間毎月の長沢クラスは楽しかった！クラスでは、子供がクリスマスの言葉を習いたり、いくつかの歌を歌いました。。クラスの後で、サンタさん来ました！皆はびっくりしました！でもサンタさんはちょっと太ってるですね。私はスリムで、よかった。:-) サンタさんは子供とあいさつをしてから子供たちが一人ずつサンタさんにクリスマスプレゼントの希望を教えました。その後皆の子供はサンタさんと一緒に写真をとりました。とても楽しかった！
The other day, we had so much fun at my Nagasawa class! In the class, the children learned Christmas words and sang some songs. After the class, Santa Claus came by！Everyone was suprised! But Santa is a little fat, isn't he? I'm glad that I'm slim! After Santa came in and said hello to everyone, the children went up to him one-by-one and told him what they wanted for Christmas. After that, all the children took a picture together with Santa. It was so much fun!
12/15/2011
12/14/2011
12/13/2011
Presents under the tree
クリスマスツリーを作る。Put up a Christmas tree
クリスマスツリーを作りましたか？アメリカではクリスマスの前、家族と友達から沢山の貰ったプレゼントはツリーのしたに置かされた。そして、クリスマスイーブ迄に沢山プレゼントがあります。その時迄、毎日プレゼントを見たら、何が入ってるかを考えて、クリスマスを楽しみに待っていました。
今年は私はクリスマスツリーを作らなかった。おじさんスクルージになったかな。
Did you put up a Christmas tree? In America, before Christmas many presents from family and friends are placed under the tree. As a result, by Christmas Eve there are many presents. Until that time, everyday when I see a present, I wonder what's inside and I wait in anticipation for Christmas.
This year I didn't put up a Christmas tree. I wonder if I'm becoming an old Scrooge.
12/12/2011
Christmas trivia
サンタさんはどこにすんでいますか？
北極だ！そこは遠いし、寒いし、誰も普通の人間は行けないです。
Do you know where Santa Claus lives?
The North Pole! It's so far and cold, so no ordinary human can go there!
12/11/2011
12/10/2011
12/09/2011
Student blog - Ms. Y
私の生徒のYさんは英語の練習のため、 このブログを書きまた。Good job!
This year was supossed to be an unlucky year because of my age, but it wasn`t so bad. I visited a temple during the beginning of the year and prayed nothing bad would happen to my family. Then I bought a good-luck charm to protect against evil.
March 4th was my birthday. I got a bracelet from my sweet husband. We went to Yamanaka Lake for a short trip. It started to snow the day before, and I was worried that if it continued snowing, we would have had to cancel because we didn`t have snow tires. If we would have cancelled, then we would have went a week later, when the big earthquake happened. Luckily, it stopped, so we went and had fun.
After we came back, a few days later, the big Tohoku earthquake happened. I think I was lucky that it didn`t happen on the day of my trip. Perhaps it was because I bought the good-luck charm.
My best memory of 2011 is going to Arashi`s big event. I really love Arashi so much and I am a big fan. But they were so far from my seat, they looked like little matchsticks dancing around on the stage.
My worst memory of 2011 is that I couldn`t go to Arashi`s concert. So many people wanted to go, so they had a lottery to let people buy tickets. I drew a losing ticket so I couldn`t go to their concert. I will try again next year.
12/07/2011
Don't be a Grinch!
前にこのブログでスクルージについて書きました。誰かけっちにする時に｢スクルージ｣と言われています。それに、クリスマスを嫌い人は、｢グリンチ｣と言われています。
グリンチはアニメのキャラクターでクリスマスを嫌いあまり、クリスマスを止めるのために、皆のプレゼントとクリスマスツリーを盗んだ！
今度誰かクリスマスを嫌いみたい、例えば｢クリスマスパーティーが好きじなくて、行きたくない｣と言う人を互いに、｢Don't be a grinch!｣と言うべきです。
Before, I wrote about Scrooge on this blog. When someone is stingy, they are called a scrooge. And when someone hates Christmas, they are called a "Grinch". The Grinch is a character in a cartoon that hates Christmas so much, that he steals everyone's presents and Christmas trees in order to stop it.
So, the next time you see someone who seems to hate Christmas, for example, if someone says "I don't like Christmas, so I don't want to go to any Christmas parties", you should say to that person "Don't be a Grinch! "
12/06/2011
Ho! Ho! Ho!
子供の時にはクリスマスのためにプレゼントが欲しいのリストを作った。いつもクリスマスの前、ショッピングモールでサンタさんがいましたので、サンタさんを会いに、私の希望を教えていくのはとても楽しみにしていました。でもサンタさんが太ったし、服もおかしし、緊張のあまり、言いたいことを忘れちゃった! 泣いていた子供もいた。
これのYou TubeビデオはA Christmas Storyのです。その映画はちょー面白い！見ると自分の子供のころを思い出す。
When I was a child, I made a list of the things I wanted for Christmas. Since Santa was always at the shopping mall before Christmas, Iooked forward to going to see him and tell him what I wanted. But Santa was so fat and had strange clothes, and I was so nervous that I forgot what I wanted to say! There were children who were crying, too.
This You Tube video is from "A Christmas Story". That movie is so funny. Whenever I watch it, I am reminded of my own childhood days.
12/05/2011
Secret Santa
アメリカで、毎年忘年会の代わりに、クリスマスパーティーがあります。皆はパーティーのためにプレゼントが必要です。前以てプレゼントの値段を決めて、その値段以下のプレゼントを買ってパーティーに持って行きます。パーティーに着いたら、プレゼントを集めて１つのテーブルの上に全部おきます。プレゼントに番号がかかれ、同じ番号が書かれた紙は１つの帽子に入れられます。後で１人ずつ帽子から番号が書かれた紙を一枚とって、同じ番号が書かれたプレゼントが貰えます。
貰ったプレゼントは誰から貰ったか分からないから、シークレットサンタと言われています。面白いプレゼントも面白くないプレゼントもあり、たまにプレゼントでフルーツケーキもあります。なんでか分からないけど、誰もフルーツケーキを欲しくない。
In America, every year instead of an end-of-the-year party, there is a Christmas party. Everyone needs to buy a present for the party. A price is decided on in advance, and everyone buys a present below that price and brings it to the party. Once they arrive at the party, all the presents are gathered and placed on one table. A number is written on the present, and the same number is written on a piece of paper and put into a hat. Later, everyone takes a number from the hat and recieves a present with the same number. Because nobody knows who the present they got is from, it is called "Secret Santa". Sometimes people get a nice present, and sometimes people get one that's not so great, and sometimes people get fruitcake as a present. I don't know why, but nobody wants the fruitcake.
12/04/2011
12/03/2011
Student Blog - Mr. T
私の生徒のTさんは英語の練習のた め、 このブログを書きました。Good job!
Our New House
On December 1st, I bought a new house. It was the most expensive thing that I have ever bought in my life. It is located near Konan Chuo Station. It is one stop away from Kamioooka Station by subway. My new house is about a 10 minute walk from the station. However, it is a 20 minute walk from Kamioooka station. There are no hills, so it is an easy walk.
I feel a little anxious about buying such an expensive house, but I am really looking forward to living there with my family.
It hasn`t been built yet. It will be completed around next August. It will have a living room, kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, and a walk-in closet. The living room faces to the south, so we can get a lot of sunlight inside. That is very important to me. It also has a driveway for two cars.
English Ear Game - Champion
Congratulations to Ruka ! Ruka cleared the fourth and final level in the English Ear game! Awesome! Good job Ruka ! ! るかおめでとう！るかは Androidの アッ プリ の英語のゲームの レ ベル4をク リーアしまし た！よ くでき た！すごい！！
http://englisheargame.blogspot.com/p/ blog-page.html?m=1
English Ear Game - Winner
Congratulations to Nanako ! Nanako cleared the first level in the English Ear game! Good job Nanako ! Good luck on level 2! ななこおめでとう！ななこは Androidの アッ プリ の英語のゲームの レ ベル1をク リーアしまし た！よ くでき た！レベル2 も頑張って下さい！
http://englisheargame.blogspot.com/p/ blog-page.html?m=1
English Ear Game - Winner
Congratulations to Ryutaro ! Ryutaro cleared the first level in the English Ear game! Good job Ryutaro ! Good luck on level 2! りゅたろおめでとう！りゅたろは Androidの アッ プリ の英語のゲームの レ ベル1をク リーアしまし た！よ くでき た！レベル2 も頑張って下さい！
http://englisheargame.blogspot.com/p/ blog-page.html?m=1
12/02/2011
Don't be a Scrooge!
りんしょくか- miser(マイザー)
けち- stingy(スティンジー)
クリスマス・キャロルと言うの映画には、りんしょくかの名前のスクルージがいます。スクルージはお金持ちなのに、けっちなおじさんです。それに、スクルージはクリスマスのこと嫌いだった。
クリスマスの時に、もしかしたらクリスマスのことが好きじゃないかけちな人はいる時に本人に｢Don't be a Scrooge!｣と言われています。それは｢けちしないで！｣、｢クリスマスだから、元気出して！｣と言う意味です。
スクルージみたいの人を知っていますか？
In the movie "A Christmas Carol", there is a miser whose name is Scrooge. Even though Scrooge is rich, he is a stingy old man. Furthermore, Scrooge hates Christmas!
At Christmas time, if there is a person who doesn't like Christmas, or is stingy, we say to that person, "Don't be a Scrooge! ". It means "Don't be so stingy!"or "Get in the Christmas spirit!"
Do you know anyone like Scrooge?
12/01/2011
Frosty the Snowman - video
子供の時はこのアニメーションもクリスマスの時よくみた。
When I was a child, I often watched this animation also at Christmas time.
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