http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/rss Naoki's latest journal entries Lang-8 Inc. Thu May 23 17:50:06 UTC 2013 Thu May 23 17:50:06 UTC 2013 Lang-8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Lang-8 But my college is already started and I am given lots of homework and things to do.
I wanna write daily though now this kind of writing does not need to improve right now and so I skip cheking this site around monthes.

Anyway, as you see the title, I wrote two kinds of essay.

One is the decribing the graph. The graph is shown and I summarized this.
I can't put the graph image so I am glad if you check only the grammaer and the expression correct.

Another one is the argument essay and so I will write the exam statement.
It takes lot time, thoguh it's so helpful if you check the grammer and if I can rightly answer the questions.
Or I am very happy if you response to my opinion as you read my essay and give me feedback!


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The decribing the graph

The chart provides the information of the three kinds of factors that gave the profit to British society in the four kinds of year. Overall, there are big changes and the figure was clearly reversed in the three factors.

Looking more closer at the chart, the agriculture and manufacturing were nearly fifty per cent in the 1900. After fifty years later, the gap between them have spread relatively. The agriculture grow up a little to more than fifty and conversely there was the small slump in the manufacturing just under forty. In the 1900 and 1950, the Business and Financial were not reached more than ten per cent. However, as the divided after a quarter of century, the agriculture dramatically finished at no more than five per cent.


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The argument essay

::To some people studying the past has little value in the modern world. Why do you think it is important? What will be the effect if children are not taught history?


As we move to 21st century, it is undeniable that fewer people who study the history as major at the colleges. The demand of society for young people is to have skills that is helpful for the company to make profit and clearly the area of society is now not the objection from those. However, it can stay that learning the past will never be disappeared in the world because this gives us several things which are still available to us.

It goes without saying that our modern world is the consequence of the past. Many people got the knowledge of historical facts and these help them to consider the relation between counties. Our human beings experienced the severe war twice in the past and nowadays the possibility of war is still remained in some countries. We can choose the right action by using the happened things. Furthermore, when we consider how our society in the future will be, the information of history is definitely good source.

If children are not to study the history in the school, they will lose three good ideas and when they grow up to adult, they cannot understand what happens in the world. As I wrote, there were two notorious war in the past and these still relate to our modern world. The world keep watching the atomic bombs to prevent from occurring the conflict that will be more worse than that of past. We must know the history and tell to children for the secure of future. Also children will cannot look back what happened in the world and connect with the past and the now.

People are in the tendency to get the skill to make their career better, though the history –learning the past experience – is obviously valuable for us to think about the world relationship. It is important to know the history from young age. The experiences give us the opportunity to think about the modern and the future.















Posted at Sun Apr 29 04:00:25 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/1449997 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/1449997 Naoki Sun Apr 29 04:00:25 UTC 2012 These days I am preparing the English examination "IELTS" which, I guess, is similar type of test of TOEFL.
British or Newzealander may have heard about this test.

Futher information is here : http://www.ielts.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IELTS


For geting the goal score, I practice on writing the essay of IELTS.
And I putted my essay below and I need some help to check and correct the grammer, vocaburary , task response, and coherence.
The item of task response is to see what some extend the examiner correctly answer the given questions.



Topic question:
People naturally resist making changes in thier lives.
What kind of problems can this cause? What solutions can you suggest?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own
knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words.

Here is my writing:
In 21st century, the mankind has developing their life styles with creating the variety of changes. It is more convenient for people to adapt new ways, at the same time some people may suffer and feel the stress because of these changes. In this essay, I will propose some solutions.
When some way changed in their life, it is obvious that the number of people undeniably must get used to it. Therefore, they could spend the time for accepting and preparing the new changes. Let's take a example that is uploading computer software. For more efficient work, a company exchanged their computer system. As a result, the workers have to learn how to use this software and may face any errors or could not understand the usage by themself. In addition, these varied ways could give them the amount of stress in order to be able to handle these.
The proposal for the problems about the wasting time and stress is to firstly conduct the attempting introduction. By doing this, any errors would be revealed and they can find out more efficient ways to reduce the time and stress which can forecast to happen. By saying with the example I took, it is a good approach to make software upload in only few department to avoid the big confusion. The attempt introduction allows to escape the whole annoying.
In conclusion, the changes will be more confortable way for many people, while this could happen the negative effect that the adapiting time and the stress to deal smoothly with these changes. Before introducing the new ways, it is likely true to do the attempt and see if there are any drawbacks and more effective ways.

Posted at Thu Mar 22 17:33:24 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/1378172 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/1378172 Naoki Thu Mar 22 17:33:24 UTC 2012
I wrote this dairy yesterday though I cannot post into because something was wrong

with this site last night.



部屋にいてすごく寒いなと思って、ツイッター見たらみんなが雪だと。

外を見たら、一面が白銀の世界に！

雪遊びしたいな、と思ったけど残念ながら今はテスト週間。

また長期の休みの間降って欲しいな。


今日は、音声学のテストでした。

つまらないし、理論ばかりで難しい。

クラスメイトの助けがなかったら、テストはさっぱりでした。

でも単位には自信がないかな。


それから帰ってTOEICの勉強しようと思ったけど

なんだか気持ちがだれてできなかった。

あと3日後に実施なのに…

800点以上取らないと、今のクラスに残留できないのです。

なんとか頑張らないと。

I felt very cold when I was in my room and everyone said "it is snowing " in the

twitter.

I took a lock at outside and found out to be plains of silvery white in all side

that I saw.

I wanted to play in the snow, though unfortunately it is now exam week.

I hope it will snow again during the long holiday.



Today was Phonetics exam.

This class was boring and included so much content of theory so that it was

difficult.

I couldn't answer any questions without my classmates helped me.

But, I don't have confident to get credit.


After that, I tried to study for the TOEIC

though I didn't feel like to study.

It will be after 3 days...

I couldn't stay current class except I get more than 800points.

I have to stand out.


Posted at Wed Jan 25 08:31:34 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/1283158 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/1283158 Naoki Wed Jan 25 08:31:34 UTC 2012 日本から、みなさんこんばんわ。

今まで英語のみで日記を書いていましたが、これから少しやり方を変えます！

まず、母語である日本語で、普段通りに日記を書いて

それから英語に、自分なりに、できるだけネイティブの表現に近づけるように翻訳します。

なぜかというと、英語で日記を書いていても

無意識に、自分が英語で表現できる考えしか書けないし、

思っていても、表現の仕方がわからないと、そこから逃げてしまいますしね。

それに、日本語を勉強してる方もたくさんいるし、この方法の方が何かといいのではないかと。

なので、出来る限り、正しい日本語を使うように気をつけたいと思います笑

日本語には方言がありますので、無意識に方言で書いてしまう事があります。

ご了承ください笑　（ちなみに僕は名古屋出身で、時折名古屋弁が出てしまいます。）

自分に妥協せずに頑張りたいと思います。


From Japan, Good evening for everyone. Now Japan is around 6p.m.

I had been wrote my diary with English since I joined lang-8

though I　would like to change my way.

At First, I write it as usual with my mother tongue, Japanese,

And I translate it into English with expression as closer to English native

speaker as possible in own way.

The reason is, when I write the diary in Egnlish

sometimes I don't know how my feeling tell with my real thought of what I think in

Japanese and I sometimes distort my feeling or escape from trying in afraid of

mistakes.

Plus, There are many Japanese learner in this site, in my lang-8 friends.

So I think this way could be better not only for me but for others.

Although Japanase has many dialects, so I unintendedly use my way of speaking with

dialect. So please notice it before you read my part of Japanese.

(Just to tell you, I am from Nagoya, so I use Nagoya-ben(Nagoya dialect) at times)

I hope to keep this decision without compromise.



Bye!

Posted at Sun Jan 22 09:04:44 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/1278919 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/1278919 Naoki Sun Jan 22 09:04:44 UTC 2012 The whole classes in my college of this year came the end yesterday.

But we have several exams until next Saturday.


Tommorow is Chinese test and English vocaburary test.

There is no worry for the credit of two of them.


The class party, the Nabe party is my incetive for studying.


Maybe some of them know that the chinese and the Kanji is similar.

There are compelete same shape writings and complete different writings.

But, unfortunately, there are also similar writings.

I have to be careful.

Bye.

Posted at Thu Jan 19 15:39:09 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/1275195 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/1275195 Naoki Thu Jan 19 15:39:09 UTC 2012 Today, I wached a news on TV.

It was about the Yasukuni shrine issue.

A korean man set a fire on the Japanese embassay in Korea

because he thinks Japan didn't fulfill resposiblity to apologize

for the Korea and Korea people.



There are a lot of issues related with the war.

Between Japan and Korea, we still have something to talk.



However,most of them happened before I birthed.

I actually did't know well.

I have studied about them in the school

But, I know it is not good thing.

It was kind of boring class and I forgot most of the content.



The internet has suprisingly developed

and tremedous amount of information is spreading out.

It is hard to choose the information.


Nowadays, I have many oppotunity to think such issues.

Everytime we discuss, I feel it is so much difficult and tough time

because we don't have enough knowledge to discuss.

And for me I cound't make resposible judgement for them because of the same reason.


Anyone may have felt as I had, haven't you?

Posted at Tue Jan 17 15:55:18 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/1272410 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/1272410 Naoki Tue Jan 17 15:55:18 UTC 2012 Yesterday, I got my big homework finished.

That is the lecture of name " Reading strategy"

thoguh we have to write the report about my choice topic in five pages with

microsoft's word.

I want to ask my teacher "Is this the Reading Stragegy class, isn't is?"

Anyway, I finished but my conclusion is a little bit poor and obscure one.

I have to revise it!! Only if i have time to do it! :)

And I　asked my friend and have his note copied with mine.

Thanks, friends. The thing we should have is friend.

It's common phrase,sorry.

i"ll go to work! Bye!


Posted at Sun Jan 15 08:11:55 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/1268491 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/1268491 Naoki Sun Jan 15 08:11:55 UTC 2012
I realy wish my 2012 be good year!

cauze i did nothing special last year...

go to school and work on part time job

i wanna do something new!! Get me out from this closed world!haha!!

Anyway,examination will come soon.

scared,tired,but i have to struggle for my credit...

but after this, long holiday will come again about 2 months.

I think it really long, i dont want so long free time because i will just waste my

time.

SOMETHING　NEW! All i think and want is something new!!

Posted at Sat Jan 14 09:36:21 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/1267193 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/1267193 Naoki Sat Jan 14 09:36:21 UTC 2012 2011 ended and i am worrying with my future in the college.
now i go to the college to "study English"
i expeceted to get the skill, speaking English frequency and naturally,
but i didnt achieve it.
it was hard and stressful for me to just catch up the class because the class i am in is ranked as "honors class", meaning that student has the good english ablity.
Therefore, most classes are carried out with only using English in the class.
Students are all Japanese, though the students who have the experience living in another English speaking country.
They speak english without stopping, though some of our classmeit, incuding me mostly become anxious and hesitate to speak because we know our speaking skill is not good and for me i get worried when i speak, Am i speaking english wrongly? will this english make sense?

Of course, my english has growed before i entered in the college.
This is not enough for me. So i have struggled to catch up.
But, the fact that the other students speak english makes me looks so poor and stupid.
I have to speak slow and stop many times because when i speak english i built the sentence in my mind with cheking the grammer.
Just the simple sentence is hard for me.

I dont know how i improve. I think i cant make my english better in Japan.
I want to live in another english-speaking country.

Posted at Sun Jan 01 18:46:00 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/1248961 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/1248961 Naoki Sun Jan 01 18:46:00 UTC 2012
But, my summer vacation has come! We have almost two monthes and there are lots of free time! I can do anything what i wanna do!

Don't get me wrong. I wanna study English and Chinese.
In next October, my college let us take TOEFL ITP test.
So I have already started to study.
It seems to be similar with the test that I had saw.
Hearing from my friend, the vocaburay appered in reading section is a bit difficult.

And I wanna take Chinese test that is taking place in only Japan.
I study Chinese in my college as the secound foreign language and also study by using textbook that is sold by NHK.
Studying chinese is easier than English for me because the chinese have the same form kanji and sometimes these have defferent meaning from Japanese, it stimulates my curiousity.

I will be on Lang-8 soon!
Thanks for reading!

Posted at Fri Jul 29 03:05:14 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/1031661 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/1031661 Naoki Fri Jul 29 03:05:14 UTC 2011 I started to study chinese recentry.
It yet has been a week to study chinese.
What I learned is that..

你好
您好
再见
明天见
谢谢
不客气
不懈
对不起
没关系
请问
劳驾
不好意思

‹phrase›

我姓－
我叫－
您贵性？
你叫什么名字？


But I din't remember all of that chinese.
I will study chinese over 30 minutes in a day.
In fact, I study English over 1 hour half in a day.
Sometimes I actually skip my schedule! haha!

Bye

Posted at Wed Apr 13 05:09:27 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/885855 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/885855 Naoki Wed Apr 13 05:09:27 UTC 2011
My collage started last sunday.
We all freshman took a test(TOEIC) for 2 hours.
I did my best.
I had took TOEIC test for three time.
This test has 200 questions.(100 is Listning section and 100 is Reading section)
So I even scan through all question ever since.
But this time, I solved all questions.
I don't know how I did it! haha!

The result is going to give us two week from Wednesday.
I belive I get the best score!

And I am anoying what activities I participate in.
It is difficult to explain Japanese style activities in collage.
But What I can say is that we have to choose it carefully.

bye!

Posted at Mon Apr 11 13:58:55 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/883697 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/883697 Naoki Mon Apr 11 13:58:55 UTC 2011
This week , I went to some kind of plane where I had never went since.
And I met new friends who go to the same collage.
I enjoy every day.
I feel unsure before I live in by all alone.
But I manage to make it now.

Then, the my collage cannceled the enrollment ceremony due to the big earthquake.
The collage maybe care that the parents get trouble of going to the collage.
Some students are from Touhoku which is at the disaster area.
So I wish I could, but there is no choice.

Now, I study fot the test (TOEIC) on this sunday.

Thank you for reading^^
Good bye!



Posted at Mon Apr 04 03:24:03 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/873402 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/873402 Naoki Mon Apr 04 03:24:03 UTC 2011 It was so great.
The university life is going to be right.
We acutually sang there.. haha!
We just used it where we have fun to talk with new frends.
After that, we went to the another place.
And we alsoo have fun there.

Also, the effect of the earthquake still contines these days.
We have to check the information about planed outage out in the internet or TV.
I pray devoutly for the earliest possibole recovery work ends.


Posted at Tue Mar 29 02:31:22 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/865653 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/865653 Naoki Tue Mar 29 02:31:22 UTC 2011 After some days, I live in all alone.
My mother is still here.
excited and feel a little uneasy...

Posted at Thu Mar 24 15:32:49 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/860170 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/860170 Naoki Thu Mar 24 15:32:49 UTC 2011 I always use it.
It is enable to make reader feel my emotion when you read.

But face mark is defferent between Japanese and foreign people.
In Japanese, we use it like this...

おはよう！(^O^)

Please teach me some face marks when you write senteces regardless of the languages which you speak.

Posted at Wed Mar 23 04:39:14 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/858145 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/858145 Naoki Wed Mar 23 04:39:14 UTC 2011
we are going to take bus from Nagoya to Tokyo.
Then, we are going to take train from Tokyo to the station where my new house is close.

I heard from news show that people over the world are impressed with Japanese because we take an action with the heart for other people.
But this is not same to the information that foreign people know.

It is shameful that some Japanese buy things(especially related to dairy life)
more than necessary because they worry about supply shortage due to this earthquake.

But still now, the afficted area suffer from supply shortage.
This causes not only the supply shortage but also traffic hindrance.



Posted at Tue Mar 22 10:16:46 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/857016 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/857016 Naoki Tue Mar 22 10:16:46 UTC 2011 But the stuation is being recovering by helping not only Japanese but aloso all over the world.
Unfortunately, we can't say there is no problem at Fukushima reactor.

Now I'm in Nagoya, Aichi.
I am going to move out to Saitama(Kanto area) from here just because I study at the university in Saitama.
I'm very worry about the radiation.
And Kanto area reaches the electronic shortage.
We don't know when the situation recover perfectly.

Posted at Wed Mar 16 14:03:35 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/850284 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/850284 Naoki Wed Mar 16 14:03:35 UTC 2011 Asking for a discount(by my father),I bought it by 20000yen cheap.

So I think I can write more times because I use my computer!

And still now, TV shows are all broadcasting about earthquake.
When I watch these shows, I sometimes cannot believe this happened in Japan.

Bye

Posted at Sun Mar 13 09:50:45 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/846230 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/846230 Naoki Sun Mar 13 09:50:45 UTC 2011
very terrible

Tsunami(about 60m) attacked to many ports or shores.

Some city is in devasted situation.

hope people as many as are safe

Posted at Fri Mar 11 15:11:23 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/843690 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/843690 Naoki Fri Mar 11 15:11:23 UTC 2011 It involves "zoni"（＝containing rice cakes and vegetables which is eaten on New Year's Day.） and so on.
Oseti dishes are different in a distinct.


I hope to know what kind of food do you eat on new year’s day in your country?

Posted at Sat Jan 01 07:52:41 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/747703 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/747703 Naoki Sat Jan 01 07:52:41 UTC 2011
Posted at Fri Dec 31 15:45:15 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/747123 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/747123 Naoki Fri Dec 31 15:45:15 UTC 2010 So I am practicing how to answer by english.

When I am questined that what culture issue you are interested in,
I will answer that I'm interested in whaling issue.
But actually I am not interested in whaling very much.

I know that Japan is condeming for hunting whales.
Why are we japanese hunting whales?
It is just because we have culuture to eat whales.
Maybe the protesters who againt this habitual think that eating whales feel sorry for.
(As I have a hatred for eating dogs, in spite of the culture that some people have.)

Do you agere or disagree for eating whales and Why?

Posted at Tue Nov 23 09:39:23 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/703868 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/703868 Naoki Tue Nov 23 09:39:23 UTC 2010 The leage championship is reaching to Granpus.
The Nagoya Glanpus has never won the J-leage title.

J leage table
http://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?d=j1f&t=ranking&y=NEW0100&l=E

From at 2:00 pm, the game starts.

If you are Nagoya Glanpus Fan, let's cheer together!
Or if you are not fan, wish the victory of Nagoya glanpus!



Here are some date about glanpus.

http://nagoya-grampus.jp/en/



Posted at Sat Nov 20 02:39:45 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/700043 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/700043 Naoki Sat Nov 20 02:39:45 UTC 2010
= After you, especially against fellow men.


It is seemingly impolite expression!

Posted at Fri Nov 19 12:20:55 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/699425 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/699425 Naoki Fri Nov 19 12:20:55 UTC 2010
The titile is not literal meaning. haha!
My book says
"Help the homeless" means that give me money.
This is a strange metaphor, isn't?
My book seems to be old.
Are there still now some english speaker that use this phrase?


Posted at Thu Nov 18 11:08:43 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/698092 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/698092 Naoki Thu Nov 18 11:08:43 UTC 2010
quarter = 25cent
dime = 10cent
nickel = 5cent
penny = 1cent

Why do these words mean to be like this?


Posted at Wed Nov 17 13:04:30 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/696985 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/696985 Naoki Wed Nov 17 13:04:30 UTC 2010 This game is very simple.
As you see the name, every member writes a novel after someone wrote.
It is very interesting to read and write because we rarely writes novel and have never read my friends novel.

Then, my turn has come and I took last turn...
Hum..
The story is very strange and I am anoying how I end up this story...

Posted at Mon Nov 15 12:16:39 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/694423 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/694423 Naoki Mon Nov 15 12:16:39 UTC 2010 I"ll keep writing using phrases.

*Hold up
uses that call on to stop someone in front of you.
For example...
When a little boy droped something...

Hey buddy! You droped your most important thing!!

*Hey buddy!
uses usually beween men.


Posted at Sun Nov 14 14:25:48 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/693355 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/693355 Naoki Sun Nov 14 14:25:48 UTC 2010
What's eating you?

It means what you are into now.
It is ashamed that you answer "I'm eating an apple" when you are asked that.


What's eating you now?
As I were asked, I would say that learnig language is my best hobby.

Posted at Sun Nov 07 12:07:12 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/685132 http://www.lang-8.com/166090/journals/685132 Naoki Sun Nov 07 12:07:12 UTC 2010