Last Class Survey
1. Concerning Religion:
a) Which religion discussed in class was the least interesting and why?
All religions was very interesting for me.
b) Which religion was the most interesting or changed your attitude? Why?
Buddhism-Because it's our religion but I hardly heared and learned about it before. Moreover, I
realized there are many things and words around me meaning Buddhism.
2. Looking back at all the other topics discussed, which one do you remember as being the most interesting whereby you learned a lot?
Last one-one of the job in UN. I am interested in UN so I've studied and remembered about the Letter (ex.UNESCO. UNICEF.UNU.UNA) and I never thought about which job I wanna work and I consodered about it seriously.
3. Which topic was least important to cross culture discussions?
Every topic were important for me and interesting.
4. Which speakers were most interesting and what did you learn?
last speaker-Politician. that day he visited our class was near the polling day for selecting of house of the Councilors so I was thinking about young people's vote and I thought I have to vote for Japan in the future.
2007年7月30日月曜日
2007年7月28日土曜日
Politics and International Relations
Politics and International Relations
If you were working for the UN, which job would like to have using your English abilities? Why?
I would like to work at UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) because I am really interested in Education in the world. I know many children do not have educational opportunities in developing country so I would like to help them to study and tell them the interesting of studying. I think education is really important for them to develop their country. They can not study without our help. so Especially I'm glad to join in teacher-training programmes and teach them how to teach in that countries. the reason why I chose UNESCO is because I am also interested in the world cultural and natural heritage. In the world, there are many beautiful and wonderful World Heritage Site. they have old history and we are learning many things from them. For World Heritage Site, many people travel around world and it is one of Cross Culture Communication. WHS is really important for us to know our country and for foreigners to know other countries so I would like to secure them.
Therefore, UNESCO is a best job in UN for me.
If you were working for the UN, which job would like to have using your English abilities? Why?
I would like to work at UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) because I am really interested in Education in the world. I know many children do not have educational opportunities in developing country so I would like to help them to study and tell them the interesting of studying. I think education is really important for them to develop their country. They can not study without our help. so Especially I'm glad to join in teacher-training programmes and teach them how to teach in that countries. the reason why I chose UNESCO is because I am also interested in the world cultural and natural heritage. In the world, there are many beautiful and wonderful World Heritage Site. they have old history and we are learning many things from them. For World Heritage Site, many people travel around world and it is one of Cross Culture Communication. WHS is really important for us to know our country and for foreigners to know other countries so I would like to secure them.
Therefore, UNESCO is a best job in UN for me.
2007年7月8日日曜日
Family Life
Family Life
For homework please answer the questions in the textbook on page 14, section 4 a-f.
Do not give one sentence answers, but explain them by giving evidence and examples.
a, when do children usually leave home?
they do when they have a job: after graduate high school or university.
They have a part time job when they are high school and university students however, they can not make money to live by theirselve.so their parents pay for the rent. Even if they can make it, their parents do not allow to live alone because they want their children to concentrate their study at school and home and do not worry about money to live.
b,How many people live in your home?
there are 6 of us. my grand mother,parents, sisters and myself.
c,Do you have a head of the family?
Yes, it's my father. because my father make most of money to live. so he does not cook,prepare for dinner and clean it.
d,Who does the housework?
My mother does. she cook and clean rooms and laundry. she does all housework. I really proud of her because she works everyday ,does the housework and care about family perfectly.
e,Who runs the family?
My mother does. I think it is becasue most of mother in Japan have to buy food or things to live every day for family so they have to have money.
f,How many rooms do you have to sleep in?
There are 6 rooms to sleep in. It is becasue my house is duplex house.
For homework please answer the questions in the textbook on page 14, section 4 a-f.
Do not give one sentence answers, but explain them by giving evidence and examples.
a, when do children usually leave home?
they do when they have a job: after graduate high school or university.
They have a part time job when they are high school and university students however, they can not make money to live by theirselve.so their parents pay for the rent. Even if they can make it, their parents do not allow to live alone because they want their children to concentrate their study at school and home and do not worry about money to live.
b,How many people live in your home?
there are 6 of us. my grand mother,parents, sisters and myself.
c,Do you have a head of the family?
Yes, it's my father. because my father make most of money to live. so he does not cook,prepare for dinner and clean it.
d,Who does the housework?
My mother does. she cook and clean rooms and laundry. she does all housework. I really proud of her because she works everyday ,does the housework and care about family perfectly.
e,Who runs the family?
My mother does. I think it is becasue most of mother in Japan have to buy food or things to live every day for family so they have to have money.
f,How many rooms do you have to sleep in?
There are 6 rooms to sleep in. It is becasue my house is duplex house.
Emotions
Emotions
1.Are feelings emotions and facial expressions universal across borders, happy, sad, etc..?
No. I don't think so. I think there are some differences. For example, in Japan, we do not often express our feelings with face because we have to think about others more than myself. If I express sad with my face, it may makes others sad or uncomfortable. it is OK to express happy though. but not when others feel sad. Recently I had a interview test and when I said I do not often express my feeling especially sad with my face, the interviewer said it is good for you to working with co-worker and meeting with customer. so Japanese people are taught not to express your feeling with your face. However, other countries do facial expressions so much so that 's why they often say they can not understand what Japanese thinking about.
2. Try to name as many feelings as possible in Japanese. ( 10 minimum) Now write the English translation.
・楽しい/happy (愉快でここちよい) ・悲しいSad(泣きたい）・寂しい/lonely (ものたりない) ・悔しい/regrettable (残念だ．不快だ) ・惨め/miserable (情けない) ・忙しい/busy （ひまがなく せわしい落ち着かない） ・渋い/tasteful ・苦い/bitter/hard （不快だ つらい） ・厳しい/strict （容赦がない ものものしい） ・憎たらしい/hateful （妬ましい）・ 羨ましい/envy ・退屈な/boring （あきる 暇）
大変/terrible （苦労） ・恋しい/miss （なつかしい） ・頑な/obstinately（頑固 強情） ・暑い/hot うれしい/glad （喜ばしい 心楽しい）・暑苦しい/sticky???? ・良い nice （いい） ・悪い bad （良くない） ・頼もしい/reliable （心強い 頼りになる）・ムカつく/disgusted ・冷たい/cold（冷淡） ・腹立たしい/annoying（尺にさわる）
＊ （ ）・・・・equivalent
3. Are there any feelings in Japanese that cannot be translated into English?
渋い/tasteful ⇒ it may be wrong a little bit because 渋い means a little old but still nice
憎たらしい/hateful ⇒憎たらしい has more meaning. it use for human or animals. it is used by the older to younger people. so people who use this word think they are distinguished and great than others or people who call 憎たらしい.
暑苦しい/sticky ⇒ it is used for not only weather but also human. if someone follows you all the time and you feel uncomfortable, or if you feel someone disturb you, you can used it to explain she or he.
1.Are feelings emotions and facial expressions universal across borders, happy, sad, etc..?
No. I don't think so. I think there are some differences. For example, in Japan, we do not often express our feelings with face because we have to think about others more than myself. If I express sad with my face, it may makes others sad or uncomfortable. it is OK to express happy though. but not when others feel sad. Recently I had a interview test and when I said I do not often express my feeling especially sad with my face, the interviewer said it is good for you to working with co-worker and meeting with customer. so Japanese people are taught not to express your feeling with your face. However, other countries do facial expressions so much so that 's why they often say they can not understand what Japanese thinking about.
2. Try to name as many feelings as possible in Japanese. ( 10 minimum) Now write the English translation.
・楽しい/happy (愉快でここちよい) ・悲しいSad(泣きたい）・寂しい/lonely (ものたりない) ・悔しい/regrettable (残念だ．不快だ) ・惨め/miserable (情けない) ・忙しい/busy （ひまがなく せわしい落ち着かない） ・渋い/tasteful ・苦い/bitter/hard （不快だ つらい） ・厳しい/strict （容赦がない ものものしい） ・憎たらしい/hateful （妬ましい）・ 羨ましい/envy ・退屈な/boring （あきる 暇）
大変/terrible （苦労） ・恋しい/miss （なつかしい） ・頑な/obstinately（頑固 強情） ・暑い/hot うれしい/glad （喜ばしい 心楽しい）・暑苦しい/sticky???? ・良い nice （いい） ・悪い bad （良くない） ・頼もしい/reliable （心強い 頼りになる）・ムカつく/disgusted ・冷たい/cold（冷淡） ・腹立たしい/annoying（尺にさわる）
＊ （ ）・・・・equivalent
3. Are there any feelings in Japanese that cannot be translated into English?
渋い/tasteful ⇒ it may be wrong a little bit because 渋い means a little old but still nice
憎たらしい/hateful ⇒憎たらしい has more meaning. it use for human or animals. it is used by the older to younger people. so people who use this word think they are distinguished and great than others or people who call 憎たらしい.
暑苦しい/sticky ⇒ it is used for not only weather but also human. if someone follows you all the time and you feel uncomfortable, or if you feel someone disturb you, you can used it to explain she or he.
Names and addresses
Names and addresses
Next weeks class is about names and addresses. To prepare for the class, answer questions in the textbook on page 9 number 1,3 and 7.
1, How do you choose a child's given name in your family?
I will choose my child's given name with my favorite Chinese characters and their meaning. that name will have my hope to a child in the future. it is not strict though. I may care about the number of strokes in a Chinese character because it's kind of trend in Japan.
3,Does your given name or your family name mean anything?
Yes, it has. My given name's Chinese character has a meaning but my given name have no meaning. one meaning of my Chinese character is vegetable and the other is beauty. I know it is funny. so when I was in the states, many friends laughed (^^) My family (actually, my mother) decided my name with her favorite form of Chinese character not meaning. she wanted my name to have two letter because my older sisters also have it.
Most Japanese family care about the number of strokes in a Chinese character, however, my family didn't. so maybe in my family.
7, How do you know if names are boy's names, girl's names, or both?
Most common reason is sometimes boy's names have "O" "ROU" and girl's names have "KO""MI" at the end of their name. the other reason is that since I have a friends, i have met many friends who have the same names and it always fits with girl or boy so I remember it is boy's name or girl's name unconsciously.
Next weeks class is about names and addresses. To prepare for the class, answer questions in the textbook on page 9 number 1,3 and 7.
1, How do you choose a child's given name in your family?
I will choose my child's given name with my favorite Chinese characters and their meaning. that name will have my hope to a child in the future. it is not strict though. I may care about the number of strokes in a Chinese character because it's kind of trend in Japan.
3,Does your given name or your family name mean anything?
Yes, it has. My given name's Chinese character has a meaning but my given name have no meaning. one meaning of my Chinese character is vegetable and the other is beauty. I know it is funny. so when I was in the states, many friends laughed (^^) My family (actually, my mother) decided my name with her favorite form of Chinese character not meaning. she wanted my name to have two letter because my older sisters also have it.
Most Japanese family care about the number of strokes in a Chinese character, however, my family didn't. so maybe in my family.
7, How do you know if names are boy's names, girl's names, or both?
Most common reason is sometimes boy's names have "O" "ROU" and girl's names have "KO""MI" at the end of their name. the other reason is that since I have a friends, i have met many friends who have the same names and it always fits with girl or boy so I remember it is boy's name or girl's name unconsciously.
2007年7月2日月曜日
Dating
"Considerration" and "Positive" is 30% and it's really important for me because My Ideal Man is generous and think about others very mush but not selfish. Sometimes It's OK to hear his Negative thing but not Always because I'm afraid to be Negative, too.
"Polite" is 20%. I care it a little because no one likes Rude, right? and I did not like boys breaking our School rules when I was high school even if many girls like him.
"Looks" and "Hard-working" is 10%. If someone ( doesn't matter boy or girl ) is hard-working, I am really respect he or she. it is also match every points I put on the pie. My Ideal Man is people who I can respect. "Looks" is 10 % though, always person who I respect fits my Ideal looks. so I don't really care about that.
2007年5月20日日曜日
Class#4 Islam
Class #4 Islam
what I learned about Islam last class is how much they hope the world peace. Islam means peace, and I think the reason why they do not drink alcohol and gamble or something like bad things is because if they take those things in their body, they become bad people and think negative way.Therefore the world peace be collapsed. From this class, I am really interested in the word "Arabic" because it is different from other religions. Most of the Bible was translated to other languages, and sometime, the meaning was changed. However, Arabic is common language among Islam in the world. some people say we have to have one religion and trust one god, then we can have strong mind. however, I think it is also good for us to learn any other religions because I learned religions including Islam have so many history and roots or many deep things in each religions. Every religions have each different ways of thinking and they are from their histories and minds.I do not think any religion has wrong ways of thinking. I think maybe people who have negative feeling of any religion is ignorance about them and their histories, or can not think other ways of thinking. therefore I want to learn it more to broaden my horizon of religions .
Q1. How do you greet people in your life?
I make a bow to greet my senior and superior to respect them. To my friends, I just say "Hi";konnitiwa or Ohayo to be friendly. I have to change the way of greeting depend on their age. It is one of Japanese cultures.
Q1-2 Is it different for different people? Why?
Yes, because Japan has a tradition which we have to respect our elders in many ways. I think this tradition come from Japanese mind that we think the elders are intelligent and experienced many difficulties and learn many things so we want to learn it and improve ourselves from elderly.
Q2. Do you touch people when you talk to them? Why? Or Why not?
I sometime do it to my friends on their shoulder because it makes more Images of friendly. but it depends on friends, some does not like it so I have to ascertain.
I do not do it to people I do not know well and elderly. It is because Japanese do not like to be touched by a strangers. If I do it to elderly, It will means I do not respect them and it will be rude. so friendly and respectful should be separated. it means too friendly will be rude and too respectful will be not friendly. It is difficult for even Japanese sometimes.
what I learned about Islam last class is how much they hope the world peace. Islam means peace, and I think the reason why they do not drink alcohol and gamble or something like bad things is because if they take those things in their body, they become bad people and think negative way.Therefore the world peace be collapsed. From this class, I am really interested in the word "Arabic" because it is different from other religions. Most of the Bible was translated to other languages, and sometime, the meaning was changed. However, Arabic is common language among Islam in the world. some people say we have to have one religion and trust one god, then we can have strong mind. however, I think it is also good for us to learn any other religions because I learned religions including Islam have so many history and roots or many deep things in each religions. Every religions have each different ways of thinking and they are from their histories and minds.I do not think any religion has wrong ways of thinking. I think maybe people who have negative feeling of any religion is ignorance about them and their histories, or can not think other ways of thinking. therefore I want to learn it more to broaden my horizon of religions .
Q1. How do you greet people in your life?
I make a bow to greet my senior and superior to respect them. To my friends, I just say "Hi";konnitiwa or Ohayo to be friendly. I have to change the way of greeting depend on their age. It is one of Japanese cultures.
Q1-2 Is it different for different people? Why?
Yes, because Japan has a tradition which we have to respect our elders in many ways. I think this tradition come from Japanese mind that we think the elders are intelligent and experienced many difficulties and learn many things so we want to learn it and improve ourselves from elderly.
Q2. Do you touch people when you talk to them? Why? Or Why not?
I sometime do it to my friends on their shoulder because it makes more Images of friendly. but it depends on friends, some does not like it so I have to ascertain.
I do not do it to people I do not know well and elderly. It is because Japanese do not like to be touched by a strangers. If I do it to elderly, It will means I do not respect them and it will be rude. so friendly and respectful should be separated. it means too friendly will be rude and too respectful will be not friendly. It is difficult for even Japanese sometimes.
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