blog - Bear in mind, Who Am I?

Don't forget who I am. Every day, every minute, and every second. What should I do right now? What's my dream I crave? And who am I?

The long journey is about to start with a great fanfare. Now is the time to finish my work of settling my posture, my attitude, my behavior, my determination. Now is the time.


Again. Who am I?

blog - How To Conjure Up English Brain

Last week, when having a lesson with my teacher, I suddenly noticed that I was in an "English mode". At the time, I thought in English yet in Japanese, and the speaking was very fluent, that like I never experienced.

I found some reasons soon. First, before the start of the lesson, I spent much time at the cafe to force myself to think in English. And this was very successful. Second, at the preparatory period, I thought of the best way of how to produce English in my own way, taking notes about my forms and patterns that I desired to use.

And today, I found other important factors to conjure the English brain effectively and efficiently. First the preparation period should be more than one hour. If the time is below this threshold, it doesn't work properly. Second, as expected, the proper environment is critically important to think in English. I mean, more silent around you, the better.


An English learner should think in English, if he wants to speak English fluently.

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Question:
How do movies or television influence people's behavior? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.

Answer:
Movies and television programs have a huge impact on the lives of contemporary human beings. Especially, I think news and dramas have influenced modern society with a drastic way.

If there's no television, people can see only what they can see actually around them. People don't need to be careful about the ups and downs of the stock market, or don't need to be frustrated with murders and tragic affairs. People can live with only matters that occur actually around them.

On the other hand, if there's television, people can know about things that happened in the country where they will never be able to go. They can see great things and great achievements that other people perform. Knowing has a good aspect, needless to say.

I often watch overseas drama, in which people laugh or get angry or make great harmony with their friends. People can feel such kind of feelings when seeing dramas on TV. Drama or movie can make people happy and their lives fruitful.

Therefore, as my conclusion, I support that television has brought beneficial aspects to human beings in contemporary society, rather than unfavorable impacts.

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Question:
If you could change one important thing about your hometown, what would you change? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.

Answer:
My hometown is a middle-sized city in Japan. The city is located between Japan's capital, Tokyo, and the prefectural capital, Chiba. So, the traffic is always congested. Therefore, if I could improve my hometown with one thing, I would change the traffic systems without hesitation.

Due to the fact that my hometown is located in the area near to big cities, a lot of traffic goes through roads of my hometown. This heavy traffic brings big trouble to our local community. For instance, we cannot go shopping by cars easily because of the traffic jam. If the traffic vanished, the quality of our lives would really rise up.

The heavy traffic definitely brings air pollution to my hometown. The arterial road is running at the heart of our city, so the heavy traffic generates massive gas emission into the air. Needless to say, this causes various disease to local residents. Therefore, if we could change this situation, the change would dramatically improve local residents' health.

In summary, since my hometown is located in a good place to commute to major cities, a lot of cars and trucks come to our city and leave our city. This situation has been causing traffic jam and air pollution. So, if I could change one thing about my hometown, I would improve the traffic systems for sure.