Project Short Information

Tile: Stress Relief 

Reason that I chose this topic:

I chose "Stress Relief" for my topic because I thought everyone won't choose it and also it will be interesting. 

Information:

- importance of the stress relief and where does it come from 

- good example 

- bad example 

- my stress relief

I will use power point to do this presentation 

Novel Reading Presentation

Treasure Island

Written by Robert Louis Stevenson

Genre: Thriller and Adventure

Main Character

              Jim Hawkins; a boy who is narrating this novel and his father was owned the Admiral Benbow inn.

Setting

              Setting is in Bristol, England, in the eighteenth century.

Main Events

              Jim Hawkins was a young boy who was living in father’s inn and there was the old man named Bill which he calls himself `Captain`. However, Bill was killed by the Black Spot very violently which they were enemy of him. After Bill’s death Jim and his mother found the book and map. Inside the book, it was all about the money that Flint had stolen from another ship. Flint is a pirate who was traveling with Bill. Also there was a map that shows the location of the treasure. To find those treasures, Jim had a conversation between Captain Smollet and John Silver in the ship Hispaniola and the ship move to go to Treasure Island. As the ship arrives at the island, Captain Smollet gave the crew a rest especially to the crew which they were sailing the small boats; they were having some stress. They should sail the boats to make ship to get to right direction. Jim and Captain Smollet were worrying about the mutiny cause of stress. However, Silver was killing the people who are hoping there will be no mutiny because he wants to have treasure more. Jim was walking by himself and he met with Ben Gunn who was a crew of Flint. And in same time Smollet and silver had negotiation, but Smollet refused his opinion which was about treasure, so Silver and the pirates attacked him and he injured. Jim got afraid of it and he tried to run away by sailing Ben’s ship, but he got caught by Silver because of wind. After all, Silver tried to find the treasure, but actually Ben has it. The pirates mutinied, but Dr. Livesey, Ben Gunn, and the others used gun to avoid from them. Finally Jim, Captain Smollet, Dr. Livesey, Ben Gunn, and Silver went back to town bringing back the treasure. However, Silver betrayed them and he run away by having his own treasure and he stole some of treasure that Jim had.

Short Interesting Passage

In page 35 line 1 to 5, The crew rowed to the beach and our boat arrived first. I ran toward the trees. Silver and the rest were a hundred meters behind, and I heard him shouting, “Jim, Jim!” But I took no notice, pushing through the trees and bushes, and ran until I could run no longer. This part is when Jim ignored Silver. I sometimes do this to my parents. When my parent calls my name, I sometimes ignore because I'm sleepy or when I'm playing game. Maybe there is a part he looks like me.

Short Recommendation

              I recommend this novel especially for younger person. This book is interesting and can have enjoyment and also can have excitement.

Project- idea (Stress- Relief)

where does stress comes from

• sometimes it comes from your parents cause they are noisy.
• too much studying
• other friends or people
• when the things goes bad 

why stress relief is improtant 

• to make yourself to calm down
• to relax yourself

                                                
 good examples

• sleep
• listen to music
• look at the view
• do what ever you want
• play with your friends

 bad examples

• steal things
• using knife to cut stuff other than foods
• eat- you will get fat
• watch television- your eyesight will get low
• punch someone

 My stress- relief
    When I get stress or somthing that have been bad, there is a place next to my room which I go through the window; it's outside. I bring there a cushion to lay down, and ipod to listen to music. First I lay down and then look at the sky and finish, this is my stress- relief. It feels very relaxed and can forget whatever that happened. In winter, there are some stars; afterschool when the weather was good, it will be nice to have a nap there. I hope in Tokyo there will be more stars and in summer hope I can see some fireworks. I thought this place will be good for stress- relief because when I had interest in space, I really like to see stars. One day when I had stress and I went to the place to see stars. I was very relaxed and that was the start of my stress- relief.

Self- Introduction

- Where did you learn English?
 I learned English when I was little in Tokyo which is near my home and it takes 5 minutes to go there.

- How long have you known English?
  I have known for almost 10 years, but I don't feel like to achieve English, so this summer I hope my English will improve.

- Where do you go to school?
  Canadian International School

- What is your strength in English?
  I have no good of it.

- What is your weakness in English?

•  reading
• spelling
• grammer

Grade 9’s Social Study Debate:

Japan should continue to rely on nuclear power as a major energy source in the 21th century

              In grade 9^th social study class, we will do debate whether continue using nuclear power in Japan. We will do this tomorrow 2013/05/24. So for my practice for debate I thought it will be good idea to share with my ESL class. If I have to choose I’ll be on negative, but in case it is coin flip to choose negative side or positive side. For my affirmative position, a lot of people are using electricity and 27% of Japan’s energy comes from nuclear energy, also, most of students and workers are using computer even you are using it now to look this site. Second, when tsunami comes we can protect with the wall that government makes, so that there won’t be damage to city, town and nature. For example, in 2012 Kansai announced that it would take over four years on defenses against earthquakes and tsunamis. However for my negative position, in the future there will be big earthquakes coming to Japan and nuclear power could explode again. In Chernobyl disaster, lots of people was affected after nuclear reactive blew up. Most of people and plants were harmed by this. For other reason, people are concentrating no nuclear plant too much. They shouldn’t use electricity too much; around 27%of Japanese are using electricity. In future in 2017, it will increase until 41% and 50% by 2030. 

China Calls for North Korea to Release Fishing Crew

New York Times

2013/05/21

HONG KONG — China on Monday repeated its call for North Korea to free a Chinese fishing boat and crew seized earlier this month, and the boat’s owner voiced concern about the safety of the detained fishermen, in the latest episode to lay bare recent discord between the two governments. The Chinese Foreign Ministry revealed on Sunday that the vessel’s owner, Yu Xuejun, had called the Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang on May 10 to seek help after North Korea captured the fishing boat, which operates from Dalian, a northeastern Chinese port city.

The ministry said it urged North Korea to release the boat and crew as soon as possible, and on Monday a ministry spokesman, Hong Lei, demanded that the North ensure that the crew members were kept safe.

“China is in close communication with North Korea over the Chinese fishing vessel held by the North,” Mr. Hong said. “China has made representations to North Korea through the relevant channels, demanding that it properly deal with the matter as quickly as possible and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights of the Chinese fisherman, as well as the safety of their lives and property.”

The ministry did not explain why it had waited so long to reveal the seizure, which has come at a time of brittle tensions with North Korea, an isolated country that depends on Beijing for diplomatic and economic support.

China has long supported North Korea, despite disagreement over the North’s nuclear activities, and many Chinese experts see the North as a strategic shield against potential regional domination by the United States and its allies, South Korea and Japan. But in recent months, signs of irritation have surfaced in the two countries’ relations.

The announcement about the captured boat promptly drew an outcry from Chinese media and citizens online, some of whom have already expressed increasing impatience with North Korea over its nuclear weapons ambitions and threats to the region. Since Saturday, the North has launched several short-range projectiles into waters off its east coast.

The Chinese media reports said that the boat was seized May 5, with 16 men aboard, and that the North Korean authorities demanded payment of 600,000 renminbi, or about $98,000, to release them and the vessel, apparently on the grounds that it was fishing in waters claimed by North Korea. The deadline for payment was Sunday, the Beijing Times newspaper said.

The owner of the boat, Mr. Yu, drew public attention to its capture through messages on Tencent Weibo, a Chinese microblog service. And on Monday he issued a message saying that he feared his crew had been beaten.

“The captain of the seized boat communicated using a satellite phone, and when I asked questions, it was clear that he didn’t dare speak,” Mr. Yu wrote. “We’re afraid that the crew have been beaten.”

Earlier this month, the state-controlled Bank of China said that it had ceased dealing with the North Korean Foreign Trade Bank, in what appeared to be a move supported by the Chinese government to show impatience with the North. Since then, other Chinese banks have taken similar steps.

In May of last year, Beijing disclosed that three Chinese vessels had been seized by North Korea, which demanded payment of a fine before it released them and the crew. They were freed several days after Beijing made the incident public.

Summary

              This news was published in 2013/05/20 which means yesterday, one of Chinese fisherman was fishing around China’s territory. However, fisherman was fishing pretty far away from China, so off course it is hard to go back. During he was fishing, the wind went to south to north. Boat went to north and went until North Korea’s territory. North Korea caught him and Yu Xuejun said to them to give back the fisherman.

Vocabulary

-          Fisherman : a person who catches fishes which is doing for a job or a sport

-          Territory : land that is controlled by that country or ruler

-          Detain: to somebody in official place, for example police station.

-          Ministry: a government that has responsible of that area.

-          Diplomatic: connected with managing relations between countries. 

Chris Hadfield: ‘Space was too good not to share’

BBC News

9-1

Cmdr Hadfield, 53, said his experiences in space were "too good" to keep to himself. He landed on Tuesday.

With nearly 1 million Twitter followers, Cmdr Hadfield said he was pleased with the interest in his work.

He had been on the International Space Station since December 2012 and in command of the vessel since March.

While in space, Cmdr Hadfield tweeted about his life at the space station, sharing striking images of the Earth from space.

"There is beautiful imagery, there's poetry in what is happening, there is purpose in what is happening," Cmdr Hadfield said of his work on the space station. "There is a beauty to it, there is hope in it and it's an international thing."

Sore and dizzy

His social media activities included singing a song with children around the world and filming a cover of David Bowie's hit Space Oddity.

But Cmdr Hadfield insisted his social media activities were secondary to his main functions at the space station.

He said life in space was extremely busy, with no spare time to be idle.

At his first news briefing in Houston, Texas, where the astronaut is undergoing rehabilitation, Cmdr Hadfield described the physical sensations of being in space and landing on Earth.

His first sensation of Earth was the smell of spring after landing in the Kazakh steppe on Tuesday, he said.

Emphasising the differences between life in space and "reality" on Earth, Cmdr Hadfield said he was "readapting to it physically and mentally".

Cmdr Hadfield added that upon his return to Earth he noticed the weight of his tongue and lips and was remembering how to speak under the force of gravity, while his neck and back felt sore from having to support his head again.

"It feels like I played a hard game of rugby yesterday or played full-contact hockey yesterday and I haven't played in a while," he said. "My body is just sore and I'm dizzy, but it's getting better measurably by the hour."

Summary

              Commander Chris Hadfield had land to Earth from space (ISS). He was there since 2012 December and when he landed there was 1milions of flowers. Commander Hadfield was working at ISS (International Space Station) and it was for to get information of space. Commander Hadfield was famous because he was an old astronaut and also by using computer, he answered questions from Earth’s children and he experimented. He said that he feels so dizzy, but it is getting better.

Vocabulary

Dizzy:  feels like you are spinning around and cannot stand still.

Commander:  a person who is in charge of something.

Idle:  not working hard

Gravity:  the force that makes you stands because of the center of the planet

Space:  the area outside of Earth atmosphere where all the other planets and stars are.