2011-02-01から1ヶ月間の記事一覧

New goal about reading

Total books 11 Word Total words 131,416 Goal of words 3,000,000To improve my English, I am trying to read a lot of books written by plain English. This is because I have not understand genuin paper back native speaker usually reads. My goa…

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Words 10245 Date 13 Dec 2010Macmillan Readers Picture of Dorian Gray The Elementary Without CD作者: Oscar Wilde出版社/メーカー: Macmillan Education発売日: 2007/06/29メディア: ペーパーバック クリック: 2回この商品を含むブログ (1件) を見る

1984

Words 21332 Date 5 Jan 2011Penguin Readers: Level 4 1984 (Penguin Readers, Level 4)作者: George Orwell出版社/メーカー: Pearson Japan発売日: 2008/10/27メディア: ペーパーバック購入: 2人 クリック: 5回この商品を含むブログ (7件) を見る

Silas Marner

Word 16,000 Date 13 Dec 2010Oxford Bookworms Library 4 Silas Marner 3/E作者: Bassett出版社/メーカー: Oxford University Press (Japan) Ltd.発売日: 2008/02/28メディア: ペーパーバック クリック: 7回この商品を含むブログ (3件) を見る

Pride and Prejudice

Word 5,760 Total 55,789 Goal 3,000,000Date I read 29 Jan 2011After I had visited Jane Austen museum in Bath, I read Pride and prejudice. Now I know the reason why the novel's title is .Heroin's prejudice and hero's pride make them understa…

Death on the Nile

Word 26,246 Total 50,029 Goal 3,000,000Death on the Nile is a series of "Detective Poirot", which was written by Agatha Chritie. A hiroine of this story is Linnet Ridyeway, who appears to others as a sense of admiration and jelousy due to …

10 Feb 2011 IELTS exam

Today I received my IELTS score report on 10 Feb 2011. The result is the following:Listening: 6.5 Reading: 7.0 Writing: 6.0 Speaking: 6.5 Overall: 6.5Personally, This score surprised me. This is because at last I got 6.5, which is requirem…

Is globalisation a good thing?

As a result of globalisation many countries have benefited from the high-quality and low-price goods produced in developing countries. This is because it enables the products to be produced wherever it is most efficient to do so. Although …

The Great Gatzby

words 23783The author is F. Scott Fitzgerald, who is known as a typical American writer in the 1920s. This original book was published in 1924. The book I read is rewritten version in 1993 by Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter, consisting of …

12th Feb 2011 IELTS exam in Sheffield

Condidering taking IELTS, I might be one of the experts in Japan due to having a lot of this exam recently. Although I am not taking so many the exam as a student who has been studying IELTs for several years, the times of taking exam is r…

King's speech

Today I went to cinema watching King's speech in Sheffield. It cost me only 4 pounds thanks to student concession. This movie was very moving because it describe King as not perfect, no worrying hero, but human being concerning his respons…

Japanese friend

I made friend with some Japanese businessman who is studying at ELTC. He is very kind and polite. What surprises me is that his company sent him to this school due to enhance his English ability and to cope with transitional phenomenon in …

Korean classmates

In my class there are 8 Korean students coming from university. They will be staying for only 5 weeks in Sheffield. It seems as if they are just playing, not studying. This result from the fact that it is too short to concentrate on studyi…

UK boader agency in Sheffield

As I have been transferred from Sheffield international college to ELTC, I must apply for new Tier 4 student visa according to the visa rule. So today I went to UK boader agency in Sheffield in order to take my and my wife's fingerprint. A…

Sheffield United Football match

Today I went to watch the football match of Sheffield United and Leicester. I have never seen it before. Football court is beautiful and spectacular. Although I fed up with a fact of life, this experience made me excited due to be eager to…