ねりま日記

Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ！１５

-No Images-<Umeko's story 2>

I saw her for the first time when I was 5 years old so or so.

At that time, she looked active and
enjoyed taking a shower by splushing shower.

I have watched her been given some fruits by the tourists.

Well then,
she had become news 10 years ago.

She treaded her zookeeper and killed him.

I don't know exactly about it,
but I think that accident was happened by unluckily coincidence.

By the way,I met her 3 months ago.
I hadn't seen her for a long time since I saw her last time.

Although she was older than before,
she looked like cheerfully.

Have you ever seen ‘Umeko’?

English！１４

-Her name is Umeko-

This is a female elephant in Odawara zoo park.

Her name is Umeko.

But my father always calls her Hanako.

He has misunderstood her name for a long time.

According to the person in charge,
she came there on 1950.

At that time, she looked like 3 years old.

So now she looks like 59 years old.

But I don't know whether the age is an elephant age or human age.
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〜English！１３〜

<No Images>-PINK!-

I bought a new CD by the singer Pink.

It has just released on last month.

I'd thought she was just a punk singer with good grooves.

But after I listened to her whole album,
I changed my mind.

I didn't know she was such a good singer.

Her lylics were so warm and poetic that I was near tears.

If a best album would be released in the future,
many songs would be taken from this album.

In a word, this album is a classical girl's rock album.

English！１２

<Faith and Syncretism : Saicho and Treasures of Tendai>

I visited a special exhibision some time durning the G.W.

It was about Buddhist arts which have a precious cultural heritage
dating from the Heian era to the Kamakura era at National geographic museum.

The highlight of the event was that many national treasures
and important cultural properties of Buddhist arts from the Tendai sect
were opened to the public.

What I remenbered the most was the statue of Buddha.

I liked three Senjyukannons in particular.

Each statue had one thousand arms in its body and 11 small faces on its head.

It was meant to help people from a lot of worries and problems.

It's difficult to explain these kinds of Buddhist topics by English.

So I stopped writing this at this point.

〜English！11〜

-No Images-<Before Sunrize>

Last week I rented a movie which I've wanted to see for a long time.

As usual,I don't like watching a love romance movie.

But I enjoyed this one very much.

The title was “Before Sunrize".

【Highlights in the movie】

・Conversation skills to keep a conversation going with others
・The distance between the actor and the actress
・Universal and good topics for daily conversation between young couples

【Thoughts after the movie】

The more the story went on, the more I liked Ethan Hawke.

At first I didn't think he was attractive ,
but at the end I thought he seemed to be a good actor.

The last scene was very bitter-sweet.
I like this kind of ending.

It discribed the differences between men and women very well.

It was a good ending that gave me a sentimental feeling.

I would recommend watching this movie alone at home , so you can really focus on it.