January 25th 2008

(1) Look at this photo and answer the questions

1. Where was this photo taken?
This photo was taken Iraq

2.When was it taken?
This photo was taken Wednesday, April 9, 2003

3.What does the caption say under the photo?
Huge statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was destroyed, that is meaning free from Saddam's rule.

4.Translate the caption into Japanese
Caption is “midasi” in Japanese

5.“Crowds cheer” = how many people, do you think
I think over 1991 people's crowds cheer

(2) Now look at this photo taken at the same place and same time, and answer the questions.

1.How many people were in the square, do you think?
I think about 300 peoples were in the square.

2.Do you think “crowds cheer” is accurate?
I can not say "yes" or "no".

3What do you think of the first picture now?
I thought see first picture, the square was very crowded but second photo is not much crowded.

4Why did CNN use the first picture, do you think?
CNN use the first picture because because made us to think every Iraq citizen hate Saddam Hussein and U.S soldieor accomplished good things.

5.What do you think after seeing these two photos?
First photo is look square was crowded with people but second photo was taken far from square and surrounding was not crowded. Both pictures are same place but gave us completely different image .I thought news is dependent on picture.



(3) Is it important for newspapers to tell the truth, or is it ok for newspaper to lie sometimes? Give reasons for your answer.

We have to know the truth to make good country. Newspaper must not tell a lie to people because it has huge influential. And Journalism has to watch big power like government, politician and police to people live freely and peaceful..

(4) How can you check if some item of news is true or not? (Give at least two different ways).

Examine myself. And read another newspaper and think which is truth or not.

(6) What do you think now, after reading your classmates’ blogs? Write your thoughts on your blog.
Everyone inconsiderate that image is controlled by picture’s angle on newspaper, and we learned picture had different images each angles.

January 18th, 2008

１.How many Muslims live in Britain?


591,000 Muslims live there.



2. How many Hindus live in Britain?



500, 000 Hindus lives in Britain.



4.New York is one of the most modern city but it is onderful and that still built some classical building.

I read a news : 2 women die once a day by violence in Guatemala. Guatemala is dominated by drugs and gang and women lives there with fear. The women set up soccer team to escape the fear and protect their human rights. Supervision planed to shoot the soccer team’s documentary and he got permission that shooting the documentary from the gangs.
During the film shooting he stayed Guatemala to make with some friends. This film changed women’ life to be good, they are gradually becoming live freely. The county problem is not AIDS, the big was violence.

January 11th, 2008

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Tell us about your New Year. Add a picture.
How did you spend your New Year?

1. I ate oseti and went to toudai-ji in Nara park to pray can live happily this year.
There were many people who celebrate of the New Year and a lot of Yatai I enjoyed them.

Hogmanay is the name for New Year in which country?

Scotland
In which city is the New Year’s Day parade held? Can you find a photo of this year’s parade?

JRR Tolkien’ birthday. He wrote The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion
Whose birthday is on January 3rd, and what famous book did he write?

Guru Gobind Singh‘ｓ birthday.
Whose birthday is on January 5th? Why is this person’s birthday in a British calendar?

Birth of Elvis Presley, he is famous as asinger.
Whose birthday is today (January 8th)? What is he famous for?

The Islamic New Year begins on the day Prophet Muhammad left Mecca to travel to Medina in 622 CE. It is the first day of the month of Muharram.
What is Al Hijra and why is it on a British calendar?

Robert Scott and his party reached the South Pole
Who reached the South Pole in 1912 on January 17th?

Birth of AA Milne, she wrote Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner.
Whose birthday is on January 18th? What famous book did he write?

Sir Winston Churchill died on this day in 1965. He famous as a a British politician.
Who died on January 24th, 1965? What is he famous for
What do you think about this calendar?

I think it is interesting becaue we can learn memorial day and histrical person everyday .
Find an interesting news article and blog it.

Separated twins married and had to break up
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080111/tuk-uk-britain-twins-fa6b408_2.html
Twins who were separated at birth and raised by different families met later and married but were forced to break up when they discovered their true identities, a peer said on Friday.

5.Visit some of your classmates’ blogs and either leave a comment, or write a comment on your blog.

MARINKO MARINKO
I ate tosikosisoba too. It is good thing that spend a time with family on new years day.