"World news B 2008" January 25

This blog is based on a class of "World news B" in Osaka Shoin Women’s University .


Today’s lesson


1.
Look at this photo and answer the questions

1. Where was this photo taken?

This photo was taken in Baghdad, Iraq.


2. When was it taken?

This photo was taken on Wednesday, April 9, 2003.


3. What does the caption say under the photo?

The photo says that many Iraqis fall a statue of Saddam Hussein and also, it means that the Hussein Government collapse.


4. Translate the caption into Japanese.

The captionというのは、大勢の群集がイラクのバグダッド中央にあるサダム・フセイン像を倒し、歓声を上げたということである。


5. “Crowds cheer” = how many people, do you think?

I think that about more than half of Iraqis’ cheer as the fall of the statue.


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 that there are 80 people in the square.


2. Do you think “crowds cheer” is accurate?

I think that “crowds cheer” is not accurate because I can't see that crowds are cheering on the photo.


3. What do you think of the first picture now?

I think that the first photo is accurate, too.


4. Why did CNN use the first picture, do you think?

I think that CNN uses the first photo in order to show many crowds are cheering
for us.


5. What do you think after seeing these two photos?

I think that depend on photo's enlargement or reduction, we have a variety of opinions.


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

I think that it is important to know the truth on the newspapers because we know the truth and make use of it in our lives. That is why I think that the newspapers should not say lies.


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

According to we read some same news and compare them also, the writer's name and the photographer’s name of the news articles and so on is clear, I check if some item of news is true or not.


5.
Read your classmates’ answers to these questions (read at least 3 other blogs)


6.
What do you think now, after reading your classmates’ blogs? Write your thoughts on your blog.

I thought that every of blogs is wonderful, but I thought that others don’t know the subject very well when they see those blogs. So we should write the blogs for everyone can understand it easily. The reason is everybody can write blogs or read ones with happiness.


7.
Go to Masa’s blog and read his latest news.

I read this blog on Thursday, January 24, 2008. I thought that I want Masa to work hard the Spring Semester and to regain the last grade.

"World news B 2008" January 18

This blog is based on a class of "World news B" in Osaka Shoin Women’s University .


Today’s lesson


1.
How many Muslims live in Britain? (Go here for the answer).


1,591,000 people.


2.
How many Hindus live in Britain? (Go here for the answer).

500,000 people.


3.
Check my answers! Find the answers on some other website (tell us the website and link).

・http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4180000/newsid_4189000/4189047.stm
・http://hinduism.iskcon.com/tradition/1212.htm

・http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism_in_the_United_Kingdom

4.
Check out Masa’s blog . Leave a comment (it will make him happy!) or ask a question (he will surely answer you in his next blog entry).

Today, we will be using Student Times and Catch A Wave magazines for reading about news in English.

Catch a Wave has audio for its articles here .


I read The Japan Times of FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2007.
The headline is Old woman saved from freezing by dog .
A 73 years old woman who is suffering from dementia had gone missing on December 5, but thanks to a dog’s body temperature helps her life.
The news moved me deeply because a dog saved a human. So, I became feeling to want to give something to eat the dog.

"World news B 2008" January 11

This blog is based on a class of "World news B" in Osaka Shoin Women’s University .





Today, we will find out about January in Britain. WRITE ALL YOUR ANSWERS IN MS WORD and SPELLCHECK FIRST, then upload to your blog.


1 Tell us about your New Year. Add a picture. 2 How did you spend your New Year?


1. and 2.
My family went to my grandparents’house in, Iga city Mie prefecture on January 6th. My grandmother gave a New Year's present to me. It is called Otoshidama in Japan.I was very happy because I didn't know that was given it from her. My grandmother, aunt, mother, older brother and I went AEON which is the shopping center. We had lunch there and enjoyed talking for a long time.










Otoshidama
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenikku/354535644/























New Year’s Day Parade
ukstudentlife.com


Now go to the website Project Britain and answer these questions about New Year in Britain:

1. Hogmanay is the name for New Year in which country?

The name is Scotland.


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

It is held in London.


3. Whose birthday is on January 3rd, and what famous book did he write?

The birthday is JRR Tolkien. He wrote Lord of the Lings in 1982.


4. Whose birthday is on January 5th? Why is this person’s birthday in a British calendar?

The birthday is Guru Gobind Singh. He was final Sikh prophet and he introduced many customs.


5. Whose birthday is today (January 8th)? What is he famous for?

The birthday is Elvis Presley. He is a famous rock singer. The Official Elvis Presley Web Site .


6. What is Al Hijra and why is it on a British calendar?

It is the Islamic New Year. Muhammad left Mecca to travel Medina and it became the first day of Muharrm.


7. Who reached the South Pole in 1912 on January 17th?

It was Robert Scott and his party.


8. Whose birthday is on January 18th? What famous book did he write?

The birthday is AA Milne and he wrote teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh .


9. Who died on January 24th, 1965? What is he famous for (write ONE thing).

It was Sir Winston Churchill . He was famous for Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.


10. What do you think about this calendar?

I think that it is easy to see and read. Also, I can enjoy this calendar.


3
Find an interesting news article and blog it. (Here are some news articles I found recently.)

I found this article. I want him to do his best.


4
I like this blog because I can enjoy picking a fortune slip.


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