My favorite animal

This day, I'm going to talk about My favorite animal. To tell the truth, I like animal not so much because a dog bit my leg when I was a child. So I afraid animal a little bit now. But I became to get to like a dog "Reggy". She lives in Minnesota. When I was in Minnesota, my host family have very good neighborhoods. They have a big and black dog so I have to need getting her good friend. Contrary to the my forecasts, she and I were so good friends at soon. If I can go back to Minnesota someday, I would like to play with Reggy more. So my favorite animal is of course a dog.
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My favorite TV

I would like to talk about my favorite TV. My favorite TV is One piece and Count Down TV. They are very excited and so fun for me. I love to watch One piece on TV because I also love to read One piece on comics in my room. One piece is so nice story and there are very good character. I like to watch Count Down TV because I like music so much. Count Down TV is kind of music TV. There have lots of famous music, singers and groups. There also have many ranking for a week, a month and a year. It is too many information for me so I am sometimes sleepy. So I’m looking forward to watch TV every Saturday.
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Summer vacation 2010

I would like to talk about my summer vacation memory in this summer. This summer vacation was so fun because I went to home stay in Minnesota. Minnesota was very beautiful and wonderful place. There were so many lakes and good foods. My host family is 2 people. They were very kind for me. I made lots of excited memory there. I went shopping in Mall of America and Premium Outlet mall. And then, I also went canoeing and kayaking in the Mississippi River. It was so fun but it was also hard for me. So I liked nature more before I go to Minnesota. I spent a lot of money in this summer so It was very excited but I have no money.
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My favorite sport to watch

I will talk my favorite sport to watch. My favorite sport to watch is baseball. The reason why I like to watch baseball that baseball is so excited sport. The baseball game has a lot of rules. The rules are a little difficult but if you can remember lots of rules of baseball, probably you are interested in baseball. I like to watch a baseball on TV. I always watch baseball game at least three times a week with my father and my brother when I am in home. When I was in Minnesota, I watched baseball games with my host family every night in this summer. It was so fun and so excited. So I would like to keep watching many baseball games in the future.
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My favorite music

Now, I talk about my favorite music. My favorite music is J-POP and Hip-Hop and R＆B. J-POP is so cool and very excited. I love music, I love aiko. aiko is singer in Japan. She is so cute and so good singer. Her songs and her lyrics were very impression for me. The reason why I love her songs that words to her songs are looks like me and I like tempo of her songs. I also like Namie Amuro. She is very nice. Her songs are so wonderful and her dances are so cool. I have a Album of Namie Amuro. If I hear the Album, I will be cloud 9. It grows on her songs.
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My favorite drink

I'm going to talk about my favorite drink. My favorite drink is milk tea. I think that Aoi of my friend also like to drink milk tea. I drink milk tea every day. I was very surprised that America doesn’t have ice milk tea. So when I was in America, my host family was so surprised because I said to them I want to drink ice milk tea. But my mom could make a straight tea, so I mixed straight and milk. It was very nice. My favorite milk tea is afternoon tea.The milk tea is the best in all kind of milk tea. I also like to drink melon soda. If I go to restaurant, I am sure to order melon soda. Of course, the restaurant of my part time job has melon soda.
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My favorite dish

My favorite dish is white stew. I love white stew whenever. My mother made white stew every winter when I was a child. White stew is made by milk, calotte, potato, chicken and something. My birthday is December, so my mother make white stew my birthday of every year. I would like to remember that how to make white stew. And, I will want to make white stew for my family. I also like macaroni au gratin. I like the dish very much but the dish is so high calorie, so I eat macaroni au gratin only special day. When I was a child, I was very glad to eat macaroni au gratin. When I was in Minnesota, my host mom also made macaroni au gratin. It was so yammy! I loved it. My mom also like macaroni au gratin.
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My favorite vacation memory

Today, I will talk about my favorite vacation memory. My favorite vacation memory is home stay in Minnesota this summer. I went to Minnesota in this summer. I studied in English at Bethel University. I went shopping, canoeing, kayaking, riding horses. I enjoyed many nice times with my host mom and dad. Especially, I was excited for shopping. In America, they have very nice and very cheap shops. I loved shopping before I go to America. But I love shopping more and more. I also liked to go to many kinds of restaurants with my mom and dad. They were very kind and wonderful people. I love them very much. I want to go to Minnesota again, and then I would like to study in English more for going abroad.
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Essay in Minnesota

I learned many things in this homestay. I felt very nervous before I came to Minnesota, but the nervousness was gone at once. My host family is 2 people, Lisa and Tom. They are very kind and very fun for me. My mom is very fashionable, my dad is very gentle. The thing I loved most was my host parents and I went shopping at PREMIUM Outlet Mall. I had a lot of fun. I bought many things there. And I went to Japanese restaurant with my host mom and dad. I very much like to spend time with my host family doing many things. I thought that my host parents are my real parents. To tell the truth, I would not like to come back to Japan. I want to be a child of my host parents. I loved talking with my mom and dad. I also loved talking with friends and Kailey. Kailey is very smart and very kind. She is a my best friend of Minnesota. I thought I want to talk with Kailey and go shopping much more. And then, I like Joel, Linda and Clark very much. They were very kind and pretty good people. I want to say to them, "Thank you for giving a variety of experience so much!" I like Clark very much! He is a cute and shy boy. I belive that he can remember my name forever. Finally, I love mom, dad, Kailey, teachers, friends and Clark. Thank you so much, everyone. I will not forget everythings in my homestay forever!!!
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A Book review "Castles"

Today, read a book “Castles”. Nobody knows about the book’s story because this is the first time that I borrow a book from a library at KGU. The book was written by Stephanie Turnbull and designed by Laura Parker. This book has 17 contents. 17 are High on a hill, A huge home, Types of castles, The keep, Castle life, Fun and games, Hunting, In the kitchen, Fabulous feasts, Knights, At a joust, Attack!, Fighting back, Castle in ruins, Glossary of castle words, Web sites to visit and Index. The first topic is High on a hill. Some castles were built on cliffs, so they had a good view out to sea. The picture is very nice and wonderful. I want to go to there when I looked at the picture. The castle looks like to have a history. The second topic is A huge home. Castles were built for rich people such as lords and ladies or kings and queens. There are a lot of settlements. Rich people had two or three castles. If they were tired of one, they moved to another. The kings and queens of the distant past have many castles. I felt envious of them because I want to live in big castle, but it is impossible for me too much. The third topic is Types of castles. Some castles had water around them. This is called a moat. The moat helped to keep out enemies. People crossed the moat on a wooden platform called a drawbridge. The drawbridge was pulled up with chains of an enemy came near. I feel that people are very smart to think the intricate of castles. The fourth topic is The keep. Castles were always full of rats. Can you spot ten rats in the keep? There were lots of rooms. The castle has a bedroom, chapel, great hall, guard room and storeroom. The next topic is Castle life. Curtains around the bed kept them snug and warm. Servants had to sleep on the hard, cold floor. Store castles could be damp and chilly. Huge fires helped to keep rooms warm. People had baths in big wooden tubs. Servants heated the water over a fire. Castles were noisy places. Servants worked, children played games and dogs barked. I want to spend many times when I saw this picture. The room looks like comfortable. After that, Fun and games. There were no televisions in castle time. Many castles had a jester. His job was to tell jokes and make everyone laugh. The picture is very fun and interesting. And then, I talk about Hunting. Lords and ladies enjoyed hunting. Birds called falcons were trained to hunt. Here are four stages of training a falcon. It was very fashionable to own a falcon. People took them everywhere. The eighth topic is In the kitchen. Castles didn’t have refrigerators, so food went bad quickly. Cooks added spices to disguise the horrible taste. The next topic is Fabulous feasts. There were no forks in castle times. People usually ate with their fingers. Amazing models made of sugar and papers were carried in to impress the guest. The tenth topic is Knights. Knights were rich, important soldiers. They helped to protect castles against enemies. Knight is very cool and gentle. I want to marry as knight. First a knight put on a thick, padded vest. Over this he wore a shirt made of metal. Metal plates covered his arms, legs and chest. Then he put on a long top and big gloves. He wore a heavy metal helmet on his head. He carried a wooden shield to protect him. The eleventh topic is At a joust. The winner of a joust got a prize. Sometimes he won the losing knight’s horse and weapons. The next topic is Attack! Sometimes castles were attacked. Enemies often used a machine called a catapult. This old painting shows a huge battle in front of a castle as enemies try to take it over. The next topic is Fighting back. The soldiers were armed with bows and sharp arrows. They fired arrows through thin slits in the wall. The final topic is Castles in ruins. This is how Raglan Castle, in Wales, might have looked 400 years ago. This tower was blown up, but part of it still stands. The book is very fun and interesting. I want to know a lot of castle in the world when I finished reading the book. Please read this book everyone!!!

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A book review "Bears"

Today, I read a book “Bears”. The book is written by Emma Helbrough, and designed by Michelle Lawrence and Josephine Thompson. The book is composed 17 contents. 17 are Hairy bears, Young cubs, Snowy dens, Growing up, Furry coats, Paw and claws, Lunchtime, Sneaky hunters, Fishing fun, Climbing trees, Standing up, Super swimmers, Hot and cold, Playtime, Glossary of bear words, Web sites to visit, and Index. I think that I read this book because I like bears very much and it is interesting for me to know many kinds of bears. Everyone is afraid of bears, but I don’t think so. In fact, bears are very kind. First, I talk about Hairy bears. The picture of brown bears is big and they have small eyes and ears. My heart was comforted, began to get over my pain. The next is Young cubs. Baby bears called cubs. They are born in winter in small caves or hollow trees. Cubs are very cute and very small better than mother bears. Mother bears feed cubs on breast milk. As you can see the picture, cubs and their mother are bound by rigid ties. Cubs spend most of the time in their den sleeping and drinking milk. After that, I talk about Snowy dens. Polar bear cubs are born in winter too. Polar bear cubs have very white fur, which turns creamy as they grow older. Snow dens are very warm inside, so polar bear cubs take a while to get used to the cold outside. It is very difficult for me to spend a day in the South Pole region, but it is a matter of course for them. Next topic is Growing up. In the spring, cubs leave the den with their mother. Cubs spend a lot of time exploring, but they stay close to their mother. Mother bears usually take care of cubs. It is very hard for me to take care of child. Because mother bears are wonderful. I look at he picture, I want to be a mother. Next are Furry coats. All bears are covered in thick fur. The cubs grab a chunk of her fur with their front paws. They scramble up and hold on tight. Then she stands up. I often wear cloth of fur. I like fur, but fur is very expensive for me. The sixth topic is Paws and claws. Some bears use their claws like a comb to keep their fur clean and neat. Pandas have an extra bone in each paw. They use it to grip bamboo plants to eat. Panda is very cute. I remember that I went to zoo with my family and relations when I was 5 years old. The 7 topic is Lunch time. Most bears eat something such as plant, fruit, nuts and insects. We eat something too. A sun bear knocks a bees’ neat out of a tree with its paws. It uses its long claws to break into the bees’ nest. Then, it licks up the honey inside with its long tongue. Bears like honey very much. The same goes for us, too. They eat honey everyday. Some bears eat thousands of caterpillars in a day. After that, I talk about Sneaky hunters. Brown bears pounce on small animals, such as squirrels and mice. They will even jump into water to hunt for food. It is very smart to hunt seal pups which live in tunnels under the ice. The next is Fishing fun. Bears that live near rivers go fishing. They catch and eat huge salmon. Brown bears usually catch about 15 salmon in a day. Brown bears are wild animals. The tenth topic is Climbing trees. A cub digs its claws into a tree trunk. It grips the trunk with its back paws. Then it pulls itself up with its front paws. I like climbing when I was a child as bears. The eleventh topic is Standing up. Bears also stand up to rub their backs on trees, so they can shake off loose fur. The next topic is Super swimmers. Polar bears are very good swimmers. They can swim for hours without stopping. I like swimming too. I went to a swimming school when I was a junior school student. I had gone to swimming school for 9 years. Those days are very nice. And then, Hot and cold. Bears live in many different places. Some live in hot forests and others live high up in cold mountains. In Japan, the four seasons are clearly distinguished. My favorite season is spring because spring is very beautiful and comfortable. The scenery of this picture is very beautiful. The final topic is Playtime. Cubs are very playful, but adult bears play too. I am playful too. Bears often lie on their backs and play with sticks and stones. I want to play with cubs when I see the picture. This story is all. I’m very glad to finish reading the book. I want to go to zoo one more time, and I want to look at bears and cubs. Shall we go to zoo together?

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Yoshi's recipe

Giving instructions

According to Yoshi’s recipe, the fish and the lotus root are prepared separately. Below are his instructions for preparing the lotus root. So slice four thin slices. Now we have to put these in a bowl and cover them with vinegar immediately. Now make sure all the pieces are covered. Half a teaspoon of salt… Now the lotus root has to be soaked, too, and …so we have to make the mixture. …So let’s just transfer this over to the saucepan now. Then you should add the following ingredients: four tablespoons of sugar… Now we can take those pieces out and just put them over on the paper towel over there. Now stir it up. Now, we’re going to heat that for about a minute. We’ll let it cool for a few seconds and then we’ll add the lotus root and let that soak for maybe twenty minutes.

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BLT sandwich

Today, I’m going to tell you how to make a BLT sandwich. BLT stands for bacon, lettuce and tomato and it is my favorite food. First, you need three or four stripes of bacon, which you will fry in a frying pan until they are crispy. Set those aside. Then, you will need two slices of bread, which you will toast lightly. When those are ready, you need prepare two leaves of lettuce and two or three slices of tomato. Then, you spread mayonnaise on the two slices of bread. Then, on one slice of bread place the lettuce and sliced tomato. After that, add the bacon stripes. Finally, add the second piece of bread and cut in half. You’re ready for a great lunch!!

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A Book review "Tree"

Today, July 15th, I read a book “Tree”. This book is written by Lisa Jane Gillespie, and designed by Helen Edmonds. The book is composed 18 contents. 18 are A leafy would, Standing tall, Growing strong, Food factories, Types of trees, Changing seasons, Fancy flowers, Tasty treats, Hanging on, Tree houses, Tough trees, Crawling with life, Trees in trouble, Protecting trees, Glossary, Websites to visit, and Index. The reason why I read the book, I like nature very much. I want to know trees because I think that I and nature have to live together. Recently, the environment is being destroyed by pollution. The pollution is produced by our life. First, I talk about A leafy world. I am impressed the tree’s picture. The picture is very beautiful and wonderful. There are many different types of trees. As you can know, nature have many kind of trees. The next is Standing tall. Trees are tall, woody plants that can live for hundreds of years. A spruce tree in Sweden is the oldest tree in the world. It is almost 10000 years old. I understood that the mechanism of trees. It was very interesting for me. The strong trunk supports the branches. Water travels from the roots through the trunk to the branches. The third topic is Growing strong. The first shoot and roots begin to grow from the seed. The roots soak up water. The shoot grows up to the surface. It becomes a seedling with leaves and buds. Heat from the Sun and water from the soil help the seedling grow into a sapling. My favorite picture of this book is the tall fir tree. The picture is very nice and wonderful. The fourth topic is Food factories. Sunlight shines on the leaf. Air goes into tiny holes on the leaf’s underside. The next topic is Types of trees. There are thousands of different kinds of trees. There are three main tree groups. Broadleaf trees, Evergreen trees and Palm trees. Palm trees are in the sea. I like the best is Palm trees of three trees because I love sea. I will go to sea with my friends in this summer. After that, Changing seasons. Some broadleaf trees look very different at different times of year. Evergreen trees are never bare. They lose their leaves and grow new ones all year long. And then, I talk about Fancy flowers. Inside a flower there is a sticky powder called pollen, and a sweet juice called nectar. Insects drink the nectar and pollen sticks to their bodies. The one after the next, Hanging on. Lots of different plants and mushrooms grow on trees. Velvet foot mushrooms grow in groups on tree trunks. The tenth topic is Tree houses. Bald eagles build huge nests in very tall trees. The nest is called an eyrir. Raccoons sleep in holes in trees to stay warm during the cold winter. Koalas sleep for most of the day in eucalyptus trees. They eat the leaves, too. I think that koala is very cute. Next topic is Tough trees. Jand tree grow in deserts in India. Their long roots reach water far under the ground. African baobab trees have huge trunk that can store water for the dry, summer months. Boojum trees grow in dry parts of America. Their wood holds lots of water like a sponge. The twelfth topic is Crawling with life. This sphinx moth has patterns on its body that match the bark of the tree and help it hide from danger. The next is Trees in trouble. Trees are chopped down so the wood can be used for fuel and to make paper. Forests are cleaned so land can be used for farming and to build towns or roads. The final topic is Protecting trees. There are lots of ways to save trees for the future. I am very interesting to protect trees. I think that we have to live together nation. Trees are very important to give rise to the shiny green of the forests. I’m very sad nothing trees, because humans don’t live in our life. I want to protect the environment in the future.694words

My friend "Haruka"

Today, I write about my friend "Haruka". She is so very cute, very fun, very excited girl. She and I are very good friends. I think that she is liked by everyone, because she is very kind. She is a student at Kumamoto Gakuen University. I'm a student at KGU too. We have a lot of memory at school each other. I remember her that she had a golden hair when we take part in entrance into a school. We are close friendship when we went to freshman camp. We study in English everyday. I always talk with her everyday, everytime. I'm looking forward to meeting her everymorning.
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Food of Kumamoto

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A Book reveiw is "What a Trip, Amber Brown"

I read a book “What a Trip Amber Brown”.　It is very fun and excited for me to read this book.　The story started to next words“I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream.”I have heard that a phrase before. Do you know the phrase? Then, Danny just screams. “Ice cream! Ice cream! Ice cream!”Danny is only three years old and he is Justin’s little brother. A main character, Amber Brown’s family and Justin’s family are close friendship. They are going to go to Poconos when both dads are coming up on the weekend. In a car, Amber Brown, her mom, Justin, Danny, and their mom (Mrs. Danny) converse the plan. Then, Justin and Amber Brown are playfully, poke a nose each other. They make blowfish faces at each other while talking with mom. This time, they hear a really disgusting sound behind them. Danny isn’t done poke Justin and Amber Brown noses. And, they drive some more. Finally, they arrived at a big white house. Amber and Justin played many things. Tree with a swing, swimming pool… Amber Brown and Justin Daniels started keeping things tidy and in order. They are an odd pair. After that, they go downstairs and our moms give them bananas. They pretend to be money. I like the best picture of the book. I think so that Amber was very happy to play with Justin. I looked this scene; I think that I want to back to childhood as Amber and Justin. They look like happiness. From the woods, they looked at deer. Justin started singing, because he think deer maybe it belongs to Santa and it’s on vacation. He pokes the deer’s nose. The deer leaves. Their moms said them to “It’s okay if your father will sleep out with you,” “Ask your dad when he calls tonight.” Danny invited them swimming pool. Amber, Justin, and Danny went swimming pool. Danny and Justin like to swim.
They can swim, but Amber afraid to swim. Amber wears a life jacket. Justin splashes her over and over. In time, she was totally mad. His mom yells at him. Amber was angry. But Justin said her to sorry because they were friends again in no time. After that, three people play again. Their dads are putting up the tent. It starts to get dark. The tent’s ready. Amber and Justin made hotdog kebabs with onions, little tomatoes, and marshmallows. Everyone sit around singing songs and TV ads. Then the ghost stories start. Amber and Justin are very scary. It’s getting darker. Her lightning bugs are flashing. She wonder what animals are out at night in the Poconos. Her dad says” Time to go to sleep.” Amber Brown check very carefully, and sleep. They go to sleep very quickly. Then, it sounds like a Danny giggle. It is Danny, and he doesn’t have any clothes on. I think that Danny was very lonely to no Amber and Justin. Mr. Daniels has his arms around Danny. Danny looks very happy to be there. I also like this scene’s picture. Her dad phones the house to let our moms know, the case will be closed. It is very fortune for me to the end of the book. This book is a recommended by me.

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A Book review"A SNAKE MISTAKE"

Today, I introduce my book review is a"A SNAKE MISTAKE". I think that what a pity snake when I read the story. The snake's name is Jake. One day, Farmer Henry's chickens were not laying enough eggs. Because, he think that "some fake eggs are in their nest, chickens are sure that some fake eggs are their eggs." It written by a book for help. Farmer Henry found a box of bulbs, it was became some fake eggs. Farmer Henry don't worry the eggs, and go out. Then, Jake want into the chicken coop, so Jake wanted eggs. Chickens screamed for help. Jake opened his mouth wide and...swallowed one egg, then another. Farmer Henry heard a lot of shout in the chickens.
Cluck! Cluck! Cluck! Cluck! Cluck-cluck!
He ran out of his house as fast as he could. But, Farmer Henry found Jake, and he said. "You look like so very sick snake! But you should not have been in my chicken coop!" Farmer Henry put Jake down and started back toward the house, but he soon turned around. He could not let Jake just lie there.
"I will take you to the animal hospital. Maybe the doctors will know what to do."
I think that Farmer Henry was very kind and very gentle when I read the scene. The doctors looked at Jake. They said, "Very odd,""Hmmm." They took an x-ray to look Jake's abdomen. They said, "Very odd,""Hmmm." It was something surprising in the abdomen. Jake must be operated right away. Farmer Henry waited a long time outside the operating room. And then, a doctor came out. Farmer Henry asked "Is Jake all right?", because he was very very anxiety. "He's all right now," said the doctor. "We operated on him before the light bulbs broke inside his stomach." Jake was all right in afew days. Farmer Henry gave a big party. Welcome home, Jake. I'm glad to read the book. I like the happyend very much!!!
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My Essay about Kumamoto

Self-introduction

Today, I introduce my map about local cuisine of Kumamoto.First, I like something food of Kumamoto. Ikinari-dango, Basashi(raw horse meat), Musyagaeshi, Karashi-renkon, Taipinyan, Suika...ect. Especially that I talk about Suika in Ueki.

I live in Ueki in Kumamoto now. Suika is a local specialty of Ueki. Suika is water melon. It is very sweet and fresh. Water melon is an enjoyment particular to the summer season. My family likes water melon very much. Of course, I like water melon very much.

Suika is a green, black stripes are the way, but It's contents are red. The water melon is greenhouse vegetables. I have grown the water melon when I'm a junior high school student. It was very difficult for me to raise water melon, but we tried very hard to raise water melon importantly. Result, A very delicious watermelon was able to be made up. I gave my family to raise water melon. My family was joyful. I looked at them very happy too.

The flesh is　juicy 90% or more. The flesh is bright red, and is sweet and, in general, multi soup though there are various kinds. Fruits are sliced to the fragment completely, and it eats the salt by the favor sprinkling a small amount. A hard outside film is taken, and the skin is made pickles and a vinegary dish.

Do you like Suika? I like Suika very much!!! Suika in Ueki is very juicy, sweet, fresh, and very nice fruit. Suika in Ueki is most famous in Japan. I am and there are a lot of watermelon farmers in the acquaintance. They put love until the evening from early morning and raise the water melon. Because, I want to eat Suika in the future.

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Vacation plans

I talk about vacation plans. I'm going to go to America in this summer. I'm looking forward to going America. I want to take me some places in America the home stay. I'm studying English very hard, because I want to talk naturally with my host family in English. I prepare something for my home stay. I think about I have to do surroundings when I go to host family in America. I want to make a lot of friends in America. I'll have a nice tongue, I don't wait for my home stay in this summer!!!
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