BR 2-33: ENGLAND

2. Who are the English?

Today, nearly fifty million people live in England, and about fifty thousand more come and live here every year.

     I read ENGLAND. It was written by John Escott. This book is written about England. The name 'England' comes from 'Angle-land'. This was the name the Angle and Saxon people gave it. They came here from Europe in the fifth and sixth centuries. All through the twentieth century,  people came to live in England.
     I didn't know the name 'England' comes from 'Angle-land'. If I go to England in the future for the travel, I want to read this book again!!

Escott, John. ENGLAND. (2001.) Oxford: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. (123 words/11017 words)

BR 2-32: NEW YORK

9. New York and New Yorkers

Some visitors find that New Yorkers are not very friendly.

     I read NEW YORK. It was written by John Escott. Some visitors say New Yorkers aren't friendly. For example some taxi drivers talk all through the journey, some talk if you talk to them, but only to say 'Yeah!' or 'OK!' So I think that is New York dangerous? Perhaps it is, but so are many big cities. All visitors must to remember 'Don't carry a lit of money with you,' 'Don't travel on the subway alone at night,' 'Stay with the crowds late at night,' 'Go into the nearest hotel or shop if you suddenly feel afraid.' The city is always changing. That's New York!!! That's the most exciting city in the world! I think New York is top of the world! New York is the biggest city in the world! I want to go New York!

Escott, John. NEW YORK. (1995.) Oxford: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. (165 words/10894 words)

BR 2-30: NEW YORK

1. The Big Apple

New York - The Big Apple. The history of the city and some of the things you can see and do there today.

     I read NEW YORK. It was written by John Escott. This book is written about New York. New York often called 'The Big Apple'. Because, in the 1920s and 1930s, lazz musicians all wanted to work in New York. 'There are a lot of apples on the tree,' they said, 'but when you take New York City, you take The Big Apple!'
     More than twenty million people visit New York every year. Most of people say it is the most exciting city in the world. I think New York is the center of the world. But I haven't been to there. I want to go New York! (142 words / 10,307 words)

BR 2-29: ENGLAND

5. sports and events

Every year millions of people visit England from all over the world. Why? Readabout the sports and events of the country.


     I read ENGLAND. It was written by John Escott. This book is written about England.

Sports...     English football is very famous in the world. English football is played every Saturday between august and April. The Cup Final in May is a big, important match. I think you know the world-famous Manchester United football team. And English tennis is very famous in the world too. Famous tennis players come from all over the world.

...and events     Two exciting events every year are the Glastonbury Music Festival and the Notting Hill Carnival. The Glastonbury Music Festival is in June, at Glastonbury in Somerset. It's the place to hear pop and rock music in the open air. Notting Hill Carnival in London is on the last sunday and Monday in August.


     I know English football team is very strong! But I didn't know English tennis is strong. I want to go England and watch a football match. (196 words / 10,165 words)

BR 2-28: JONAH and the WHALE

" I love all the people, Jonah. And I am everywhere," said God.
 

     I read Jonah and the whale. It was written by Heather Amery. Jonah lived a very long time ago in a country called Israel. He was a good man who believed in God. But he was obediented to the God. But But BUT! The God saved him again and again. God saved him whenever he needed to someone's help.

     I have never read this book. I think this book is good story. Please read this book! (99 words / 9,826 words)

Jonah and the Whale (Usborne Bible Tales)

Heather Amery

Usborne Publishing Ltd

発売日：2003-02-28

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BR 2-27: NOAH'S ARK

God put a rainow in the sky. "That's my sign," said God. Ipromise I'll never flood the whole Earth again." "Thank you," said Noah.
 

I couldn't find a page of NOAH'S ARK on booklog.

     I read NOAH'S ARK. It was written by Heather Amery. I didn't know this story, but it's famouse story all over the world. Noa was a farmer who lived a long time ago. He was a good man. He worked hard, growing food for his family. Noah always did what God told to do.
     One day, "The people are wicked. I'm going to flood the Earth and destroy them all, except you." said God. "Noah, you must build an ark." he said. Noah and his sons started work. They worked hard very much. They loaded it with lots of food for their family and food for all the creatures. The creatures came. It started to rain when all creatures into the ark.It rained for forty days and nights. Noah said to a raven, "Go and find some dry land." ...

     Noah opened the door of the ark. The sun was shining and the land was dry! And God put a rainow in the sky!


Amery, Heather. (2003, 1996.) NOAH'S ARK. USA: USBONE. (207 words / 9,727 words)

BR 2-26: The Magic Cooking Pot

The little girl sits down and cries. But look! Who's this? It's an old woman. An old, old woman. 'Don't cry!' she says.

     I read The Magic Cooking Pot. It was written by Sue Arengo. A littele girl lives here. She lives here with her mother. They have no money. And they are very hungry. But they have no food in their house. One day, the little girl sits down and cries. But, an old woman come here. And the old woman says 'Don't cry!' But a little girl says 'I must cry, because I'm hungry,' 'Look! You can have this.' It's a magic cooking pot. ' Cook, little pot, cook!' says the old woman. And the pot cooks. It cooks nice hot porridge. The little girl runs home. And she says 'Cook, little pot, cook!' And the pot cooks nice hot porridge. So, her mother is very glad. The little girl and her mother eat porridge evry day.

     I read this book for the first time. I think this story is very nice story. I think that an old woman is very kind person. If an old woman doesn't give her a magic cooking pot, the little girl and her mother can't eat.

Arengo, Sue. (2000.) The Magic Cooking Pot. Oxford: Oxford University press. (223 words / 8,835 words)

The Magic Cooking Pot: Beginner 1, 100-word Vocabulary (Classic Tales)

Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)

発売日：2001-10-04

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BR 2-25: The Enormous Turnip

'Pull!' says the woman. The mouse pulls the cat. The cat pulls the dog. The dog pulls the girl. The girl pulls the boy. The boy pulls the woman. The woman pulls the man. The man pulls the turnip. The pull and they pull and they pull and ...
 

     I read The Enormous Turnip. It was written by Sue Arengo. I have read this book manytimes. This story is very famous in Japan. We call this story "Okina kabu". Every Japanese people know this story. I think that this story is very famouse all over the world. Do you know this story? This story is written about the enormous turnip. The man has a seed. He puts the seed in the ground. The seed grows. But the seed grows and grows. The turnip is very very very big. The man is very happy. He is hungry. He wants to eat the turnip.The man pulls the turnip, but the turnip doesn't move. So the man need many people! He needs cooperator... This story is good! Please read this one.

Arengo, Sue. (1998.) The Enormous Turnip. Oxford: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. (193 words / 8,492 words)

The Enormous Turnip

Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)

発売日：2001-10-04

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BR 2-24: The Ugly Duckling.

This much-loved story is about a little ducking who is different from the other duckings. Everyone laughs at him, animals and humans alike, and only his mum loves him. But when spring comes, he sees his reflection in the water, and .... what a change has taken place!
 

     I read The Ugly Duckling. It was written by Ruth Hobart. Mummy duck has got one... two... three... four... five... six... seven eggs! But there is a big grey egg. One little yellow duckling. Two, three, four, five, six little yellow ducklings. But one egg is different. It's big and grey. The big and grey duckling is different looks another ducklings. But the Ugly Duckling's mother and brother kind for the duckling. But another animals make a fool of the duckling. The Ugly Duckling is sad. The Ugly Duckling goes away from the farm. The Ugly Duckling goes away. He's very sad. He goes to a river. He hides. He hides all winter.
     It's spring. "What's a beautiful swan!" says a swan. 'A beautiful swan?... Where?' says the Ugly Duckling. Amaging!!! The Ugly Duckling become a beautiful swan! The Ugly Duckling isn't sad. He's happy! He isn't different. He isn't grey. And he isn't an ugly ducking! He's a beautiful white swan!

     I read this book when I was a child, but I forget this story. So I think this story is really good! I think the Ugly Duckling is sad duckling, but he is happy duckling. He is very beautiful and white. I think that swan is the most beautiful bird. He lived sad life before he became a swan, but he enjoy his life now. I like this story. Please read this book.

Hobart, Ruth. (2006.) The Ugly Duckling. USA: Black Cat Publishing. (307 words / 8,045 words)

SCOTLAND

How much do you really know about this country of exiting cities, beautiful islands and wonderful mountains? Everybody knows about Scotch whisky, but this book looks a little further than the Scotland of visitors ― at the real Scotland that lies underneath.

SCOTLAND is a book in the Factfiles subseries of Oxford Bookworms. As you may know, Factfiles is a nonfiction subseries. Many of the books are about places, and some about social problems such as the environment. Many of books about places are about countries, but this country is the country north of England, part of Great Britain and of the United Kingdom.


 The language in general is fairly simple, but the impression is that it's noticeably more challenging than Stage 1 books. Most of the vocabulary is fairly simple, but there are many proper nouns. This is unavoidable in a book introducing a place, but may give an impression of difficulty to some students. Picking page 10 at random, the numbers of words n each sentence are as follows: 19, 31, 24, 24. These figures give a mean of  24.5. One noticeable difference from Stage 1 books is the absence of short sentences of fewer than 10 words, which may slow down reading speed a little. It is a country in a country.


The chapter that appealed to me the most was Chapter 9: If you visit Scotland, you can stay in a hotel or in a 'B & B' (where you get bed and breakfast, but not dinner). (250 words)

BR 2-23: David and the Giant.

David is small. But he must fight a mean giant! How can David win? Find out in this favorite Bible story.
 

     I raed David and the Giant. It was written by Emily Little. Long ago there was a boy named david. Once a lion came to steal a sheep. Was David afraid? No! He killed the lion all by himself! Soon war came to David's land. david's brothers went off to fight. One day david's father said, "You must take somee food to your brothers." David saw his brothers. Evreyone was looking at the other army.

    Then― across the valley came a giant. The giant was big and strong and mean. The giant shouted, "I am Goliath. Send one man to fight me!" The king asked, "Who will fight Goliath?" "Not me! Not me!" cried the men. Then David said, "Send me. I will fight the giant." The king gave David a big sword. David gave it back. David picked up a stone. ZING! The stone hit Gpliath between the eyes! The giant fell down― dead!!!!!!! David was a hero! David grew up to be a great king!


Little, Emily. (1987.) David and the Giant. USA: STEP into READING. (208 words)

David and the Giant (Step into Reading)

Emily Little

Random House Books for Young Readers

発売日：1987-10-12

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BR 2-22: Dorothy

Every night, Dorothy delivers dreams ― to adults, children and even pets. Usually everyone gets the dream they want, but one dark night Drothey can't see, and she delivers the wrong dreams... But in this delightful, original tale everything ends happily as a chorus of cats comes to the rescue!
 

     I read Dorothy. It was written by Robert Hill. Dorothy has a big bag, and in her bag she has a lot of dreams. Dorothy has the right dream for everyone. She has a toy mouse for Kitty, she has a big bone for Bongo... What wonderful dreams! Now the moon smiles and the stars twinkle. Dorothy sings. She's happy! The sky is happy! But big, dark clouds come. They come fast. They cover the moon and stars. They cover Dorothy and her bag of dreams. It's very very dark. The sky is sad. The cats on the roofs sing a special song. The cats sing and sing. The moon smiles. The stars twinkle. The sky is happy. Drothy is happy. She smiles. She takes the right dreams out of her bag!

    I like  this book's illustrate. This book's illustrate is colorful. Dorothy is beautiful! This story has a lot of dream.

Hill, Robert. (2007.) Dorothy. USA: Black Cat Publishing. (218 words)

BR 2-21: CALIFORNIA

     Oxford Bookworms Factfiles is a sub-series in the Oxford Bookworms series. It is devoted to nonfiction, and most of the books about countries or famous cities or environmental problems. 

     Generally, the book is quite easy to read. There are few embedded clauses, and the sentences are simple in structure. The average sentence length is about 10 words. There are some much longer sentences, but most of those are lists or have easy-to-understand clauses such as "because" clauses. The vocabulary is quite simple, with few unknown words that learners will needs to look up in the dictionary. But the books do have quite a lot of information and the number of words is fairly large. Thus, these books are recommend for learners who are aiming to progress beyond very short and simple books such Usborne First Reading or Oxford Reading Tree.

     The book I read today is California. The book consists of ten chapters: The Golden State, The Gold Rush, San Francisco, Parks, Highway1, Los Angeles, The Desert, San Diego and California. 

Chapter8, San Diego is California's oldest, and second largest, city.

     Overall, the book was very interesting and useful for me. My knowledge of Ireland was very limited, and the book gave me lots of useful information and made me want to visit California my self . As mentioned adobe, this book and other books in the Factifiles sub-series may be a useful next step for leaners who have read mainly very simple books. (257 words)

BR 2-20: The Little Mermaid.

The little mermaid lives in a magical, beautiful place at the bottom of the sea, but she wants  to see what the world is like. When she visits it she falls in love with a prince. What will the little mermaid have to do to be able to have a life in the world with the man she loves?

The little Mermaid.

     I read The Little Mermaid. It was written by Judith Percival. The little mermaid lives in a beautiful castle in the blue sea. She wants swims up to see the world. "On your birthday," says her father. On her birthday, she swims up and up and up! "The world is wonderful!" she says. The next day the little mermaid swims up alone. She sees the dark blue sky, the moon and thousands of stars. Then she sees  a big ship. It's the Prince's birthday party! The prince is very handsome. She wants to dance with him. Suddenly, big wave hit the ship. The prince falls into the sea. He down. down, down to the bottom of the deep blue sea! The little mermaid quickly swims down, down, down and saves the Prince. She swims to the beach with the prince, but she goes back to the sea. She wants to be a girl! So she swims to a dark , ugly place. She gets a magic drink, but she must give Merwich her beautiful tail. The little mermaid swims to the beach and drinks the magic drink. In the morning the prince sees the little mermaid sleeping, but she isn't a mermaid. She is a girl! The prince says "I'm a very happy man and I want to stay with you forever!"
      I know this story. I have read a lot of books of the little mermaid, but the little mermaid gives Merwich her beautiful voice. I like this story very much. I think this book's illustrate is colorful and beautiful. Please read this book! I love the book!!!


Percival, Judith. (2008.) The Little Mermaid. USA: BLACK CAT PUBLISHING. (350 words)

BR 2-19:BONES

You have 206 bones in your body. If you had no bones, you would look like a blob.

     I read BONES. It was written by Stephen Krensky. This story is written about bones. We have 206 bones in our body. I didn't know it. I think that human's body is wonderful. The smallest bones are inside our ears. And the biggest bones are in our legs. Writer of BONES said, some people think skulls look scary, but skulls coversour brain like a helmet. So skulls are very important in our body. We have to think of our bones and say, "Thankyou!"

Krensky, Stephen. BONES. (1999.) USA: STEP into READING. (113 words)

Bones (Step Into Reading. Step 2 Book.)

Stephen Krensky

Random House Books for Young Readers

発売日：1999-07-27

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BR 2-18: The Leopard and the Lighthouse.

"The leopard is very hungry and can kill our children. We must catch him. But how?" Mohammed thinks. Then he says, "Let the men of Sindi have a competition. The competition is to kill the leopard. The winner can marry Tanza."

     I read The Leopard and the Lighthouse. It was written by Anne Collins. One day a leopard swims across the sea to Sindi. The leopard is very hungry and he is looking for food. He run into a market place in the village. The people see him. Children cry and men throw stones. The leopard runs out of the market and he up into the building. The building is the old lighthouse. The Head Man of Sindi is called Mohammed. Mohammed's daughter is beautiful, so he said "Let the men of Sindi have a competition. The competition is to kill the leopard. The winner can marry Tanza." Many men on Sindi are in love with Tanza.  So, all men do they best to kill the leopard. One man has a gun, he is young. He likes Tanza and she likes him too. He hits a dart to the leopard, but the leopard isn't dead, because his dart doesn't kill animals and only sleeping." As a result, he got to marry her.

     I like this story, because I like leopard. The leopard isn't dead, so I' m happy. The leopard is not bad animal. He is cute! (246 words)

The Leopard and Lighthouse CD Pack (Book & CD) (Penguin Readers (Graded Readers))

Anne Collins

Penguin

発売日：2008-03-04

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BR 2-17: Wake up, sun!

All animals began to yell. Cluck! Cluck! Moo! Moo! Olink! Olink! Woof! Woof! Farmer ands his wife woke up and Farmer ran to the window. He fired his gun. BANG! BANG!
 

     I read Wake up, sun! It was written by David L. Harrison. One night, inthe middle of the night, a flea bit Dog on his ear. Dog woke up. "Woof! Woof!" said Dog. So Pig woke up too. "Olink! Olink!" said pig. But, the sun isn't up. Cow woke up. " Moo! Moo!" said Cow. Chicken woke up. "Cluck! Cluck!" said Chicken. They looked for the sun,but they couldn't find the sun. So all animals began to yell, so farmer and his wife woke up and he fired his gun, but farmer's baby woke up just as the sun came over the barn. And all animals were very nice to Farmer's baby. This story's animals are so cute. Their charactor are very pure. I likethis book.

Harrison, David L. (1986.) Wake up, sun! America: STEP into READING. (172/4950 words)

Wake Up, Sun! (Step 2 : Step Into Reading Books)

David L. Harrison

Random House Books for Young Readers

発売日：1986-09-12

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BR 2-16: Elmo says ACHOO!

Elmo has a present, no one knows what is it. He taking it to Oscar. It tickles Elmo's nose. "Achooooo!" Elmo sneezes. What will happen?
 

     I read Elmo says ACHOO! It was written by Sarah Albee. Elmo is walking. He has a present to Oscar. It tickles Elmo's nose. "achoo!" Elmo sneezes and downblow all the clothes! Bert is stacking cans. He stacks them neat and tall, but "Achoo!" Elma sneezes. All the soup cans fall. Elmo's nose makes a lot of problems. I think Elmo has been some trouble, but he has to take a present to Oscar. So Elmo go to there. I know Elom's feelings. I hane nasal inflammation too.

Albee, Sarah. (2003.) Elmo says ACHOO! America: STEP into READING. (128 words)

Elmo Says Achoo! (Sesame Street) (Step into Reading)

Sarah Albee

Random House Books for Young Readers

発売日：2000-05-23

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BR 2-15: Happy Birthday, THOMAS!

Thomas works very hard everyday, but Thomas doesn't want to work today, because it is his birthday!
 

      I read  Happy Birthday, THOMAS! It was written by the Rev. W. Awdry. Today is Thomas's birthday. He wants a party, with present, balloons, and silly hats, but today is busy. So Henry, Gordon and James are busy today. Thomas must work today! He carries people. He carries  animals. He carries wood. He carries grain.Thomas sees his friend, but no one says, "Happy birthday." Thomas is late. Thomas is tired. At the end of the day Thomas heads home. Sir Topham Hatt opens the doors to the dark shed. It is surprise! There are all Thomas's friends. It isa wonderful party. Thomas' sfriends give him presents, balloons and silly hats to wear. This story is surprise and happy story. I think Thomas is very happy and his friends are very kind. I like this story. I want to do same surprise party to my real friends.




Rev. W. Awdry. (1990.) Happy Birthday, THOMAS! STEP into READING. (181 words)

Happy Birthday, Thomas!: Based on the Railway Series (Step Into Reading/Step 2 Book)

Rev. W. Awdry

Random House Books for Young Readers

発売日：1990-09-19

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Scripts: The Fox and the Crow

Do you know Aesop's fables? One very famous fable is The Fox and the Crow. In this fable, a fox tricks a crow who has some cheese in her mouth into dropping the cheese, which the fox eats. The moral of the fable is: Don't be fooled by flattery. (49 words)