Foundations Reading Library

Get the Ball!

Anthony has the ball. He is running to the Blues goal. Alex pushes Anthony. He takes the ball from Anthony. "Hey!" says Kerry. Anthony is angry with Alex. Anthony is a good prayer, but he is not playing well now. "Come on, Alex!" says Jenny.Alex and Anthony run for the ball. But Alex kicks Anthony and takes the ball.

Whenever games we play, we are exciting. Sometimes, we get hot. It is bad to kick someone in the game, but we have to be serious to defeat opponent.
In this book, Anthony was angry with Alex, because Alex kicked him. And Anthony pushed Alex out of the pitch. Consequently, Anthony helped Alex from the heavy bags falling on him.

Trouble at the Zoo

The kangaroo comes very close to Mike and Jenny. She is very big. Very, very big. Mike and Jenny are very worried and scared now. "I'm scared, Mike. Help me," says Mike. "How are you today?" Mike says. "Umm...here, Jenny, you take Joey." He gives the baby kangaroo to Jenny.

Mike is curious and mischief. He hit the bears' cage with a stick, gave sandwich to the bears, and took the kangaroo without permissions. When all is said and done, he gave the baby kangaroo to Jenny and he run out of the gate, leaving Jenny and kangaroos. This is very very vicious.

Quiz Night 

John says, "Ji-Sung, what's the capital of Thailand?" "It's Bangkok," Ji-Sung answers. "Why do you ask?" he asks. "Oh, you know that!" says John. "It's okay."Ji-Sung asks, "John, why are you asking?" "It's the next question," he replies. "What? It's the next question? Oh no!" he says. "I can't win now!" "But, you know the answer...," says John. "Yes, but I know the question!" Ji-Sung says. He is very angry with John. Ji- Sung goes back to the stage.He is looking at John. He is Very angry wit him. He is waiting for his question. Mr. Becker asks, "Ji-Sung, what's the capital of Thailand?" Ji-Sung looks at John and says, "I don't Know."

Ji-Sung is very man!!! He never do wrong things. John wants Ji-Sung to win the quiz and he tells questions and answers to Ji-Sung. Ji-Sung thinks it is not fair and he acts as if he didn't know that answer. It is big care to confide the question and answer.

I Spy

Edgar sees a man on a bike. He has an idea. He pushes the man off the bike and takes it. "Sorry!" he says. "Hey! That's my bike.!" says the man. "Stop!" the man shouts. Edgar follows the bus on the man's bike. The angry man runs after Edgar.

Edgar is a spy who wants only much money. My father often say "you must not earn money easily. If you want money, you must work hard and sweat out." So this man seems very ugly. He rob the bike of a man who is not guilty. He runs fast and hit a dog which is playing park and a woman who walks around the park. He may be the worst person in the world.

The Big Test

Steve looks at the test. He is very surprised. It is a different test! Steve says, "But Mr. Harris, this is not the same..." Mr. Harris asks, "Excuse me, Steve, what's not the same?" "Umm...nothing, "Steve says. Mr. Harris asks, "Steve do you want to say something?" "Oh, Umm...No..,Nothing," says Steve. Mr. Harris smiles. "Then enjoy your test!" he says.

Steve and Ryan are not studying and preparing for the test. They are playing games the previous day, and they sneak into the Mr. Harris' room. It's very vicious. Whereas Jenny and Alex are preparing for the test together. Now I am studying and preparing for the test. The best thing on our life is to do our best in any case.

Foundations Reading Library

This book teaches us that it is bad to do wrong things. There are someone who acts with bad in any books. So, this series should be read by young people, especially children(about 6~12 years old). As the proverb goes ”The child is father of the man", It is important to teach good behavior for children. This series will be a good lesson for young people. 

Lost at the Sea

They all start to work. David and Tyler make the shelter with Faye. They work very hard. "It's not good, but it'll be okay," says Tyler. The shelter is not big but everybody," says Faye. Faye helps John make the fire.

Faye is a girl. And she is more useful than any other survivor. There was a storm and they got to the desert island. If it had not been for her leadership, they wouldn't have been helped. Their shelter was very good and nice. Faye made the fire as well as the shelter. Therefore she could do anything!

Go Jimmy Go!

"Anthony, which race are you in?" Jimmy asks. "I'm in the 800 meter race," Anthony replies. Jimmy says,"I'm in that race, too.""Excuse me?" says Anthony. "Are you in the 800 meter race, Jimmy? he asks. "That's right. I am," replies Jimmy. Anthony says, "Oh, but...but..." He is thinking about Jimmy and his wheelchair. "What's wrong, Anthony?"asks Jimmy. "Oh, umm..., nothing!" replies Anthony.

Jimmy is a brave man. I like him. He doesn't think his wheelchair as a disadvantage point. He is not always disadvantage of everything just because he use  the wheelchair. As the consequence, Jimmy got the 2nd prize. Everyone who saw its race was surprised at his enthusiasm.

Superdog

Floppy was asleep on the floor. Biff pushed him with her foot. "Wake up, floppy," she said. "Look at all those clever dogs on television. Why can't you do clever things like them?" Floppy opened one eye. Then he yawned and want back to sleep.

The children took Floppy outside. "It's time to do the Dog-of the Year course again, they said. Suddenly Floppy ran off. He jumped over the fence and ran away as fast as he could. "Come back, you bad dog," shouted Chip.

The dog's owners are very shit. They have the dog wake up with her leg and make him practice tricks forcefully. If I were the owner of him, I would not do such things. I was unpleasant to their selfishness. But this story is fiction, so we could enjoy reading it.

The New Guitar

Ray tries to clean the table. But the table is very dirty. He tries to clean the floor. But he is not good at cleaning. Ray's mother and father come home. "Ray! What's this on the table?" asks his mother. "And what's this on the floor? "What's this guitar doing here?" asks his father. Ray looks at them and says nothing. He is in trouble now.

I like this expression. Especially, the phrase "He is in trouble now," is the best. Reading this book, I thought this story ended with happy. But, contrary to expectations, he is in trouble now. It is written in present tense so that I can understand this scene clearly.

The Tickets

"Happy birthday, Jenny!" says her friend Jimmy. Today is Jenny's birthday."These are for you," he says. Jimmy gives Jenny some tickets for her birthday. "Wow! The tickets are for The Bandits. I love them!" Jenny says. "Thank you, Jimmy." Jimmy says, "These are two tickets. There's one for you and one for Alex." Alex is Jenny's boyfriend.

As I read the book, "Goodbye,Hello!", Alex fell in love at first sight to Jenny. To my surprise, they came to like each other. In this book, Kerry firstly tried to be given a ticket from Jenny. I thought she was ugly. But when, two tickets fell on the floor, she picked it up and returned to Jenny. She was very nice woman.

Goodbye, Hello!

Alex is in class. He is sad. He is thinking about the girl. He wants to see her. "Okay, everybody," says Mr. William. "Please listen." But Alex does not listen to Mr. Williams. "We have a new student today. This is Jenny Martin," says Mr.Williams.

Alex fell in love at first sight. He was angry with a girl. Her sister was Jenny who was fallen love by Alex. Although he was very angry, once he saw Jenny, he permitted a girl and came to be red. he was very pure man. And Jenny moved to the school which Alex gone to. It was very destiny!!!!

Bad Dog? Good Dog!

Dingo runs away. Yoon-Hee and Ji-Sung run after Dingo. "Where is he now?" asked Ji-Sung. Yoon-Hee says "He's over there. Come on!" Ji-Sung says, "Dingo! Come here!" But Dingo runs and runs. Ji-Sung and Yoon-Hee run, too. "Where's Dingo going?" asks Ji-Sung. "He's going back to Farina's house," says Yoon-Hee. "He's at the gate." Dingo jumps over the gate. Yoon-Hee says, "Look. There's Farina." Farina sees Yoon-Hee and Ji-Sung.Dingo gives the meat to the puppies. They eat the meat.

Firstly, Dingo robbed the meat of Yoon-Hee. I thought he robbed it to eat by himself. Surprisingly, he came home and share the meat. Rather, he gave all of the meat to his puppies. I thought someone who has own child(or children) comes to be strong and brave. I want to be like it.

Martina the Cockroach

Now, she was ready to get married. But she did not want to share her home with a noisy husband.
A cat came by and said, "Marry me!" "What sound do you make?" "Meow, meow!"! he said. "No, thank you," she said.
Then a mouse came by and said, "Marry me!" "What sound do you make?" asked Martina, "Kill, kill," he said. "Oh, I love that sound! It is like a whistle! It is like music!" said Martina. Martina and the mouse got married the next day.

I can't understand these character's feelings and this contains. She decided to be married through men's sound. It was not interesting but funny. I want to make beautiful sound and marry her. Glossary ・cockroach:a kind of bug ・couple:two people or things that go together ・perfume:a nice-smelling liquid ・whistle:to make a pretty, musical sound with your lips

Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers: Martina The Cockroach (English Edition) 著者 : Scholastic Teaching Resources 発売日 : 2006-03-01 ブクログでレビューを見る»

My Last Week 10

This week, I introduce Custom Balance. This is insole. If your feet are flat, these insole will help your feet to correct. If your feet are high arch, these insole will help your feet to correct. Arch is called Tsuchifumazu in Japanese. It works to evacuate the shock. Although they costs about 9000 yen, they absolutely are useful.

We can make them only in 10 minutes. But if you make them in hospital, you must go to hospital for one month and pay about 20000 yen.

You must make them in my store (Sport Depo). If you interested in these insole, you can call me out.

Daniel and the Lions

The King was very sad. He liked and trusted Daniel. But he had made a law and Daniel had broken it. Daniel must die. Daniel was arrested. He was put into a pit full of hungry lions. "May your God protect you," the King shouted to Daniel. The King went to his palace. He was so upset, he didn't want anything to eat and couldn't sleep. He sent his servants away. The King went to the lion pit. It was very early the next morning. "Daniel, did your God save you?" he shouted down into the pit. "I'm here, Oh King."

Frankly speaking, Daniel is wonderful. He was put into the hole which had some lions, but he didn't die. The God serve an angel and save him. The God was brave.

Daniel and the Lions (Bible Stories Old Testament) 著者 : Katherine Scully QEB Publishing 発売日 : 2015-03-25 ブクログでレビューを見る»

Noah's Ark

At last, the ark was ready. Noah and his sons loaded it with lots of food for their family and food all the creatures. Then the creature came. There were two of every kind. Noah stared at them. "I didn't know there were so many," he said. They all went into the ark. "God was right," said Noah. "The ark He told me to build is just big enough for all of us.

Noah could talk with God. Once he was taught something by God, he could do everything. But I think it is cheat. And I would like to gather several animals like him. Especially I want to get monkey because I like them.

Noah's Ark (Caldecott Honor Book) 著者 : Jerry Pinkney Chronicle Books 発売日 : 2002-10 ブクログでレビューを見る»

Cinderella

"I will search high and low to find the owner of this shoe," he vowed.

True to his word, the prince went from house to house. He tried the shoe on every girl he met. But, alas, it didn't fit any of them.
Finally, the prince knocked on one last door. Cinderella's mean stepsisters
answered. Both lied and said the shoe was theirs. But, try as they might, it was too small to fit their big feet.
Just then, Cinderella came into the room."Will you please try on this shoe?" asked the prince. Cinderella nodded.
The shoe fit perfectly! At last, he had found the girl from the ball. "Will you marry me?" asked the prince. "Of course." said Cinderella.

I have not seen and watched this story until now. Cinderella fits the glass slipper. Then, why the prince marry her? If someone fits the shoe, he might marry anyone who fits. It is interesting. I want to be a prince someday.


Glossary
・alas: unfortunately
・chores: jobs around the house
・coach: carriage pulled by horses
・spell: a group of words that has magical power
・vowed: promised

Cinderella Read-Along Storybook and CD 著者 : Disney Book Group Disney Book Group 発売日 : 2012-05-29 ブクログでレビューを見る»

My Last Week 9

Last Thursday, as usual,  I played baseball. I have played baseball since I enrolled in this university. I like catching balls, but I'm not good at hitting balls. So, I always practice hitting with my teammates.Firstly, I was taught the way to swing. And I practiced toss batting again and again.
Finally, I could hit a ball last Thursday. Moreover I hit a running home run. I was very very glad.
In this university,  there is a Japan national players. Next time, I want to hit balls from him.

Rain,Rain,Rain

Faye's bike hits the dog. Faye falls off her bike. "Oh, no! My bike!" she says.

She sees the station. She goes to the bike rack. Faye puts her bike in the bike rack. She looks at the clock. It's now 8:45. "Good", she thinks. "The station is there." Faye goes into the station. 

"But where's the train?" she thinks. A man says, "There are no train today." She sees a tree in front of the train.She thinks, "Oh, the bus! The bus goes to the school!" She runs to the bus station, but the bus is leaving. "Wait for me!" she says. But the bus does not wait.

This book is very interesting. Unfortunately, bad things happen to her again and again. I think she is poor. Finally, the school is closed, because it is the holiday. I don't like rains too. These days, it rains a lot. I hate this climate. I want weather to be fine.

The Bully

Rosie sat next to Chip. Chip didn't like her. She took his pens and scribbled on his picture. So Chip scribbled on her picture. Rosie got Chip into trouble. She went to Mrs May.  "He scribbled on my picture," she said. Mrs May was cross with Chip. She told him off.

Nobody liked the new girl. She was a bully. She called everyone nasty names. She called Chip a motor mouth, and she called Wilf a parrot face.

Rosie was nasty to Anneena. She called her a goody-goody and pulled her hair.
The next day, a new came to the school. His name was Sam, and he didn't look very friendly. "Oh no!" said Chip.

It is pity that she doesn't call everyone real name. If I were called "motor mouth", I would die. And, Rosie is turd. But there was a girl like her in my elementary school. I used to hate her. After all, getting along well is the best.

Sly Fox and Red Hen

 Red Hen's head went round and round, too. She fell down into Sly Fox's big black bag. Sly fox ran into the wood. The big black bag was heavy, and Sly Fox sat down to rest. Then he fell asleep.
 Red Hen jumped out of the bag. "You're the Fox, you're the Fox, you're really sly. But you won't catch me, however you try!" said Red Hen. Red Hen put some heavy stones in the bag.
Then she ran all the way home. Sly Fox tipped the bag into the cooking pot. "I'm the Fox, I'm the fox, I'm really sly. I will eat you. Say goodbye!"

When I read this book, I thought this book was similar with Wolf and Seven Little Goats. Red Hen provoked Sly Fox. I think the fox is stupid, for he was tired and fell asleep, leaving the black bag alone. Red Hen was clever, for not only she left but also stuffed many stones.



Glossary
・Red Hen: a red female chicken
・Sly: acting or done in a secret or dishonest way, often intending to trick people
・wood: the hard material that the trunk and branched of a tree are made

The Enormous Turnip

The girl called to the dog. "Help us pull up this enormous turnip," she said.They pulled and they pulled and they pulled. Up popped the enormous turnip!And they all had turnip for tea.

Needless to say, anyone who has read books knows this story.

Perhaps, a cat and a mouse should have appeared. But they didn't appear in this book. 

After all it is cooperation that is important on life.

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Clomp, clomp, clomp! Little Billy started across the bridge. Then he heard a cranky voice. " Stop there! I am going to eat you up!" yelled Troll. "Wait for my brother. He is bigger and much more delicious than I" cried Little Billy.
(It happened to Middle Billy too)
Clomp, clomp, clomp! Big Billy started across the bridge. Then he heard a cranky voice. "Stop there! I am going to eat you up!" yelled Troll. "OK", said Big Billy, for he had a sneaky plan. When Troll climbed up on the bridge, Big Billy rammed him so hard that he fell into the water with giant splash.

 Little Billy and Middle Billy said, " Wait for my brother. He is bigger and much more delicious than I ". I found they trusted their brother. And Big Billy(oldest brother) was very clever and strong. I have not trusted my brother since now. I will trust him once in a while.

Glossary

・clomp:the sound a hoof makes
・cranky:mean
・rammed:used horns to push like a ram
・troll:a small monster

Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers: The Three Billy Goats Gruff (English Edition) 著者 : Scholastic Teaching Resources Scholastic Teaching Resources 発売日 : 2006-03-01 ブクログでレビューを見る»

The Spider and the Beehive.

The spider felt greedy. He ate up every single plum and did not share any! The spider rubbed his belly. He said, "Now, can you take me to the best bananas?" The spider ate up every single banana and did not share any! His belly was full, but spider said, "Now, can you take me to the best honey?" Then the boy said, "Inside this hive is the most delicious honey in the world." The spider squeezed into a hole in the hive. He ate up all the sweet golden honey and did not share any!

 I have three brothers. I would often be said " Share everything " by my parents. Sharing something is very important on our life. Once we share something with someone, we can be helped the one who shares something before. So, sharing something with someone and helping each other is very important in our life.

Glossary

・entire: whole
・golden:the color gold
・hive:a home for honeybees
・talent:a special skill
・village:a very small town

The Spider and the Beehive (Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers) 著者 : Kama Einhorn Scholastic 発売日 : 2006-01-01 ブクログでレビューを見る»

My Last Week 8

 Our store(Sport Depo) held an event of PUMA on Saturday and Sunday. This event included we had to sell soccer shoes about 106 pairs. PUMA had released two type of soccer shoes on July 4th. The one was "PUMA ONE". These shoes' upper was made of natural leather. The price was about 21600 yen in our shop. The other was "PUMA FUTURE". These shoes' upper was made of "evo Knit". The price was about 21600 yen too.
 We couldn't sell 106 shoes. But, through this event, I made some friends and I could play soccer with children. I got things more important than sales.

William and Kate

And so the day of the royal wedding began. It was a warm day, with no rain. Hundreds of thousands of people waited on the street, and 5000 police officers were at work. In different parts of London, there were more than 8000 radio and TV reporters from different countries, ready to people around the world about the wedding.

 At 8 a.m., there was news from Buckingham Palace. William and Kate had new titles-the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. So Kate was now a duchess-but not a princess.

This book is introduction of William and Kate's wedding. They were not married smoothly. They were the members of very different family. William was a member of the important family, and Kate was a member of usual family. They met several place, and They have gone to beautiful island.

Now that they are married and have a few children, They seem to be happy.

William and Kate (Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles) 著者 : Christine Lindop Oxford University Press, USA 発売日 : 2013-09-01 ブクログでレビューを見る»

My Last Week 7

I went to "Hakata Ichiban Dori" with my friend. My friend is the captain of our soccer team. I worked at Sport Depo last yesterday. He came and picked me up.
And we went to the store. We ate several grilled chicken. I had a good time with him.
These days, I have enjoyed working at Sport Depo. I would like to continue to working at there.