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1. We used many materials: Quizlet, Word Engine, ELLLO, EnglishCentral, VOA News , BBC Words in the News, and "real web sites" (YouTube, NationalGeographic, TripAdvisor, etc.). Which do you think is most useful for you to use? Explain.

I think it is real web sites.
Because they use real English and real affairs.
It is not only about YouTube, but also all of real web sites.

To tell the truth, however, I very often use web site is ALC dictionary.
It's most useful.XD

2. Are you going to continue to study on your own? If so, it is better to:

*make a plan (When? What? record what you do & review)

*set a goal (e.g. 600 TOEIC score or master fashion vocabulary).

If you will continue to study, please write about your plan and goal. If you will not continue to study on your own using a computer, explain why not.

Yes, of course.

But I don't want to get any record.

In order to be able to read English, I want to keep studying English.

I don't have a goal, I only have to study as necessary.

 

It was an interesting class.

Thank you.

Challenge news with no help

Dog Returns Home After Deadly Avalanche

Fri, Jan 6, 2012 - ABC News 0:23 | 7,546 views

The news says a corgi return to the family only himself.

The corgi survived avalanche that killed his owner.

It's surprised.

Does a dog have a homing instinct?

Or did the avalanche hit near their house?

deadly / 致命的

avalanche / 雪崩

Xmas news

I read "Foster a pet this Christmas".

It's a recruitment information about a foster of Christmas.
The fosterer will be take care of a homeless animal (cat or rabbit) only about two weeks.

I think it's interesting project.
I surprised and wondered that a starter pack will be sent by the branch, and the term is only two weeks.

foster : 育成
branch : 支店

Recipe

湯圓（中国の白玉団子的なもの）で甘酒しるこ

Ingredients

Refined rice flour

Water

Amazake (sweet alcoholic)

Grind black sesame

Suger

Lard

Directions

1.    Put black sesame and suger into a bowl, and mix them.

2.    Add lard, knead them. Make them bite-sized round.

3.    Sesame balls put into a refrigerator.

4.    Take other bowl, mix refined rice flour and water until the solidness become like an earlobe.

5.    Wrap a sesame ball in dough.

6.    Boil them. And when they come to the surface, pick out.

7.    Warm amazake up, and put dumplings.

Cooking

How to Make Bento Box Lunches

In bento box, we should have 3 compartment : rice, protein, fruit and vegitables.
The largest is rice. She says that more traditional bento has rice balls.
The smallest is protein. For example, fish, meat, egg, and tofu. They have been cut into pieces small enough to pick up with the chopsticks.
The remaining compartment is fruit and vegitables. They can be steamed, pickled or raw.
At last, I was surprised to find that she also tells about how to wrap the bento with napkin (or handkerchief).

I thought she loves Japanese bento...

Guess the recipe

What is it ?

Ingredients
1 (1 pound) sweet potato
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust

Directions
1.Boil sweet potato whole in skin for 40 to 50 minutes, or until done. Run cold water over the sweet potato, and remove the skin.
2.Break apart sweet potato in a bowl. Add butter, and mix well with mixer. Stir in sugar, milk, eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla. Beat on medium speed until mixture is smooth. Pour filling into an unbaked pie crust.
3.Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 55 to 60 minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Pie will puff up like a souffle, and then will sink down as it cools.

My Album Review on Last.FM

I wrote a shout on last.fm with my album review:
http://www.last.fm/music/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3/Best+Red%27s

This album is one of their greatest hits album. It was released 7 years ago. I love the lyric and the melody at the time. Some of tunes were theme tune of an animation and a drama.