Week 6

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Unit 10 戦争と平和

・echo...repeat そのまま繰り返す、まねる
(if a sound echoes, you hear it again because it was made near something
 such as a wall or hill.)
   (if a place echoes, it is filled with sounds that are repeated or are similar to
    each other.)

・philosophy 哲学
    (the study of the nature and meaning of existence, truth, good and evil, etc)

・criticize...blame, accuse 批判する
    (to express your disapproval of someone or something, or to talk about their faults.)

・pessimistic...gloomy 悲観的な
(expecting that bad things will happen in the future or that something will have a bad result)

・preserve...keep, hold,maintain 保つ、維持する
(to save something or someone from being harmed or destroyed)
    (to make something continue without changing)

・currently 現在のところ
    (at the present time)

・possess...have 持っている、保有する
    (formal to have a particular quality or ability)

Rating of the site: :( :/ :I :)
Comments: difficult
Time spent doing activity:1 hour

Week 5

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Topic:Listening Unit 7
          リンドバーグの単独大西洋横断

・make ... history 歴史に名を残す

・monoplane...biplane 単葉飛行機
    (a plane with only one wing on each side)

・contrast...opposition,counterpoint 対照
   (a difference between people, ideas, situations,
    things, etc that are being compared)

・privation...hardship,inconvenience 困難
   (formal a lack or loss of the things that everyone
    needs, such as food, warmth, and shelter)

・tremendous...innumerable 途方もなく大きい
    (very big, fast, powerful etc)

・dawn...daybreak　夜明け
    (the time at beginning of the day when light first appears)

・aviation 航空機
    (the science or practice of flying in aircraft)

・take off...start 離陸する
   (the time when a plane leaves the ground and begins to fly)

・epic...brave,courageous,gallant 壮大な
    (a book, poem,or film that tells a long story
     about brave actions and exciting events)

・enormous...huge 巨大な、異常に大きい
   (very big size or in amount)

・revelry...celebration お祭り
   (wild noisy dancing, eating, drinking etc,
    usually to celebrate something )

・reception...acceptance 受け入れ、歓迎
   (a particular type of welcome for someone, or a particular type of reaction
     to their ideas, work etc )

・turn out...gather, collect 集める、集まる
    (the number of people who vote in an election)

・glimpse...look 一目
    (a quick look at someone or something that dose not allow you
     to see them clearly)


Rating of the site; little bit difficult.

Comments; speaker was too fast for me
                   Sometimes, I could not to understand.

Time spent during activity;about 45 minutes.

Week 4

Sites;http://netacademy.ferris.ac.jp/anet2/course/nst/flash/nstMenu.aspx

Topic; Reading Unit 3
気候が人間に及ぼす精神的影響

・reserved...shy(unwilling to express your emotions
   or talk about your problems)  謹厳な、控えめな

・in some way  ある程度まで

・due to~(because of something)  〜のおかげで

・miserable...extremely unhappy
    (for example because you feel lonely, cold, or badly treated)
    憂鬱な、不愉快な、みじめな

・seasonal affective disorder 季節性情動障害

・gloomy...depressing(making you feel that things will not improve)
   憂鬱な、木のめいる。

・reveal 明らかにする
   (to make known something that was previously secret or unknown)
 
・exposure　さらす
   (when someone is in a situation where they are not protected from
   something dangerous or unpleasant)

・artificial...false   人工的の、不自然な 
   (not real or not made of natural things but made to be like something that is real or natural)
   
・chemical substance  化学物質

Rating of the site; interesting
Comments; It was very interesting contents.
Time spent doing activity; about 60 minutes

Making a plan

1,to get a job, to form relationship,to work using English, go and live in foreign country
2,TOEIC or TOEFL.
  Making some foreign friends, then have some opinions each other.
  Speaking Ebglish positovely.
3,Listening and vocaburary are a my point.
4,I like foreign traditional, so I want to read a topic of about that.
    I like to study with videos and speaking.
5,I want to improve my listening and vocabulary.
   So I'll try to  listen to English something, movie, ALC net academy etc.

  
 

Week 3

Sites; http://netacademy.ferris.ac.jp/anet2/course/nst/flash/nstMenu.aspx

Topic:Listening Unit 4
          こうすれば減らせる！　あなたの食べる量

・nutritionist(someone who has a special knowledge of nutrition.)栄養士

・tip...advice（a help full piece of advice)ヒント、助言

・chew...bite(to bite food several times before swallowing it)~を噛んで食べる
    ex;chew tabacco

・take one's time時間をかける

Rating of the site; nice

Comments; It was easy to understand about contents.
                   But, vocabularies were so difficult for me.

Time spent doing activity;45 minutes

Week 2

・bleed(to lose blood, especially because of an injury)

・yield...produce, product
   (to produce a result, answer, or piece of information)支払う、与える

・statement(something yo say or write, especially publicly or officially,
    to let people know your intentions or opinions, or to record facts)声明

・appoint...put in(to choose someone for a position or a job)

・pence(a plural of PENNY)ペニーの複数形

・paid(the past tense and past participle of PAY)払った、有給の