☆ Halloween ☆

I and Wakako made interesting activities about...

☆ Halloween ☆

I made "Vocabulary", "Reading 1", and "Listening 1".
Please enjoy it! :)

Vocabulary by Yumiko

1. Jack-o-lantern
A pumpkin that is often carved into silly or scary face.

2. Bonfire
A large outdoor fire for burning waste, or for a celebration.

3. Bobbing for apples
This is a traditional Halloween game. You put apples in a barrel of water and people try to take the floating apples out of the water using only their mouths.

4. A skeleton
A body of nothing but bones.

5. A goblin
An unkind spirit which plays tricks on people.

6. A candy corn
A small yellow, orange and white candy shaped to resemble a kernel of corn. A favorite Halloween candy.

7. A cauldron
A large round metal pot for boiling liquids over a fire.

8. A warlock
A man who practices witchcraft or magic arts; sorcerer.

9. A dungeon
A Dark underground prison.

10. A coffin
A long box in which a dead person is buried.


Reading 1 by Yumiko

Please read this URL's story and answer the following questions.

This story has 4 pages, but it is not so long.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/jp/kids-stories-howling-halloween.htm

Q1. What did they think when they heard the low howling sound at first?

Q2. Why did Paul scream when he walked into the hallway?

Q3. What did they see behind the door?
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Answers
1. They thought a dog must be in trouble.
2. He screamed because an enormous spider's web hit him in the face.
3. They saw witches, monsters, and ghosts. They had a party.


Listening 1 by Yumiko

Please watch this anime, "It's The Great Pumpkin", and answer the following questions.



Q1. Linus believed that somebody appeared here soon. Who was the person?

Q2. Who appeared instead of the person whom Linus waited?

Q3. What did Charlie Brown think about the Linus's action?
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Answers
1. The Great Pumpkin
2. An beagle (Snoopy)
3. He thought it was a stupid action.


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My part-time job

Hey, Can you solve this puzzle in 3 minutes? It says "Put numbers in the blanks and add them to sideways, lengthways, and diagonally, and then make the sums a same number. " Actually, I can't. But, my students who are elementary school students can solve this in 3 minutes! I teach this kind of puzzle to elementary school students in a cram school. It's my part-time job, but I always just enjoy with my students! They are really clever but noisy.... Anyway, I was mocked by them because I couldn't solve this puzzle despite a teacher. I was depressed. I have to study puzzles more.... X(

Wikitravel

I wrote my comment on this URL.

http://wikitravel.org/en/Gunma#See

I wrote a Gunma's good spot to "see".

You can visit Mt. Shirane except winter. On the top of Mt. Shirane, there are a lake called Yugama. Yugama is emerald green, but it seems to be changing at the four seasons. The pH of the lake is about 1.0, so it is called a lake where the acidity is the highest in the world. This is a famous place as a sightseeing spot.

geobeats

Peggy Villings shows some rows of houses and streets of Amsterdam. There are galleries, churches, shops, restaurants, bars, and houses. It was poor people who lived there. But recently, there is a trendy spot. The row of houses and streets are lovely! I want to go to Amsterdam.

I'm a beginner driver.

Recently, I got a driver's license! It needed a lot of time and hundreds of thousands of money to get it because my drive is really terrible. I almost crashed when I drove in driving school's course.... Yesterday, I and my mother went to a cake shop with my drive. I really tensed and afraided of causing accidents. My mother felt so, too and shouted many times like "Hey, turn the handle quickly!! ". I was really tired. But, we arrived the cake shop safely. My mother bought cream puffs for my family. It was delicious! I have to drive exercise more... ;(

Sailor Moon

I borrowed Sailor Moon's DVDs from one of my friends. Maybe, everyone knows Sailor Moon. It was my favorite anime when I was kindergartner. I yearned for it when my friend said, "I accomplished collecting Sailor Moon's DVDs!" She loves anime, especially Sailor Moon. But, I feel she is a little crazy.... She spend thousands of money for collecting them! But, I like her as such and I can understand her mind a little because I like anime, too.
I watched them and I noticed that Tuxedo Mask was an odd person. I really loved him when I was kindergartner.... But now, I feel he appeared as a gag. The anime is same, but I felt entirely different impressions from it whether I was a child or getting old than that time. It is interesting, isn't it? Moreover, I thought Luna, a cat of the photo, was really cute!! I want a cat as my pet! Anyway, it is interesting to see anime which you liked in the old days again. You should try it!!