We're cool - shades & ABCs!

Hiro cracked me up yesterday (for once not belting me in the gonads) with his super cool Korean dictator look, clinging to his cell phone throughout class. The girls are always cool anyway, and have lovely singing voices as you can hear. You can hear lots more Fotobabble creations we have created in classes at http://www.fotobabble.com/media/list?username=LunaJim

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Tales of the Supernatural

After reading 6. Which story was your favourite? Why?

My favourite story in this book is The Yew Trees. Unfortunately, Zoe was dead, however it eventually came to an end happily. And it says in the story, I think, that we have to build a society that can coexist with nature.

5. Look at the picture in each story. What part of the story does the picture show?

Irish Rose - an apple

"She made up her mind and took a piece of fruit, a large round green apple that was heavier than it looked."

Haw Par Villa - a snake

"Johnnie's father had a black tattoo on the skin of his left arm. It was a picture of a snake."

Banshee - a glass of wine and sunset

"They drank their wine without saying a word and watched as the sun went down into the still, dark waters of San Francisco Bay."

The Yew Trees - Dryads of old Yew tree

"The man was not young and he had a long brown beard and thick eyebrows. The eyes themselves were a rich brown and there were many lines in the skin around them."

Tea - a sward and a cup of Japanese tea

"Everybody was drinking Japanese tea. The sound of a small bell filled the room. Chris was going to speak and stood at the head of the room by a table where his samurai sword and knife rested."

A Bed for Ambrose - a smoking gun

"He remembered the smoke from the man's gun and the blood and the pain in his chest."

We Will Wait, Too - a fountain pen between two people

"So, writers, let us live! Go on writing. Your readers are waiting. We will wait, too."

Just Good Friends

After reading 1. Do you think Just Good Friends is a good title? Why or why not? Make up a new title for the book.

Yes. I think it's a good title. It's the keyword of this story. It's easy for us to imagine the main subject before we read this story. If I change this title, although I have no good idea, my idea is "Love is blind or not" since there are a different point of view in lovers, married couple and parents as described in this story.

2. Which character did you like best? Why?

I like Max if I must select from among characters in this story. He is a good man. He is honest and has consideration for others and had believed Stephany's word. But I wish he would have understood her mind in Genoa as well as architecture and art, even though he couldn't have understood a word of Italian.

The Ironing Man

After reading 8. Imagine it is five years later. What has happened to Tom and Marina?

They have been very happy regardless of whether they have a child or not since they met fun people, the Ironing Man, Phil and Tracy five years ago. Because they have loved each other deeply even though she hates ironing and she talks his arm off and he takes good notes as ever.

10. Here is the blurb from another book at this leve.

Double Cross

A fast-moving international thriller set in Scandinavia, London and Southern Africa. A politician nearly dies in Stockholm, and secret agent Monika Lundgren chases the would-be killer. As she races across the world she meets a strange football team, a rock musician, and a madman with dreams of world power.
Do you want to read Double Cross?

Yes. I really want to read it. Because I checked first chapter of this book on the Internet. Some agents for Military Intelligence are in the international thriller story. That's interesting. But, if someone knew it and selected it at the beginning, I would read it in my turn.

The Beast

After reading 2. Stories about werewolves and vampires are found in many different countries. Did people believe in these stories in the past? Do you think people take these stories seriously today?

Yes, they did in the past. But now, most people in many country don't believe it and don't take these stories seriously today. However we will have to keep in mind with sincerity that there are secrets of nature which we cannot understand correctly yet even though it might be an unscientific and unbelievable story at present.

3. Have you read any other books or seen any films with a story like The Beast?

No. I'm sorry, but I'm not good with horror fictions and horror movies.