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Our Opinions about going Barefoot
What we wrote about Antarctica
Our writing about Onsens
and outsiders
Thoughts on volunteering in old
age
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Some Homepages we made to introduce our hometown, Sapporo
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Tim Greer
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This is our teacher, Tim. He comes from Australia,
but he has been living in Hokkaido for around
six years. He teaches English in the Institute
of Language and Culture and his research
interests include interactive sociolinguistics
and conversational analysis. He has a wife
and young son. In his spare time he likes
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Yuriko Katsumata
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This is Yuriko Katsumata. She comes from Shizuoka. She
is a fourth year doctoral student in the faculty of
Medicine. She will graduate next March after completing her
thesis. Playing piano is what she likes to do recently.
Until grade four-year in elementary school, she learned
piano. After a long break, she began playing that instrument
again. She seems very calm. She said it is impossible for
her to finish her thesis and to graduate from the school,
but I believe she can do that!
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 Mayu Maekawa
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This
girl is Mayu Maekawa. She is in her 2nd year in the
department of engineering. She is from Wakayama. Her hobbies
are reading, shopping and traveling. With regard to travel,
she had a wonderful experience this summer. She visited
Thailand for nine days as a member of a tour to protect the
environment. She really enjoyed it. Actually, she is
“ghost”, but she is willing to take this class without
getting credit and hopes to make progress with her English
skills. |
Masayo Fukuhara
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This is
Masayo Fukuhara from Fukui. She is charming and looks so
kind. She is a second year student of the faculty of Law.
She is studying about Japanese politics and would like to
learn more about international governments such as the
United States and Australia in the future. Her hobby is
reading books. She likes various categories such as love
stories, mystery, and history: anything except horror. In
particular, her favorite writers are Shotaro Ikenami and
Ryotaro Shiba. She also likes looking at trees at Hokkaido
University. So, she recommends the nature of the university
as the best place in Sapporo. |
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Sayaka Takei
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This is Sayaka Takei from Chofu city, Tokyo. My first
impression for her is that she is so intelligent. She is an
undergraduate student in the department of Architecture of
the faculty of Engineering. As she is in her fourth year,
she has to complete her thesis by this December. The theme
is ‘moisture content of concretes’. She went to some
buildings to conduct quality surveys. After graduating, she
will be enter the master course to continue this research.
She is working as a waitress from 7 am to 11 am every
weekend in a hotel’s restaurant. She serves breakfast for
the guests. She likes traveling to foreign countries. She
has been to four countries; UK, Belgium, France and
Australia.
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Kei Kawasaki
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I’d
like to introduce a sports man, Mr. Kei KAWASAKI. He came to
Hokkaido from Tokyo last year. He is twenty years old and a
sophomore in the Faculty of Fisheries. When he was in his
freshman year, he started to learn Shorinji-kenpo as a club
activities. Now he has a black belt. Skiing is also one of
his favorite sports. He has been skiing for more than ten
years. He will move to Hakodate after he completes his
general education curriculum. He is going to study
biotechnology there.
by KATAMURA Fumitaka |
Saori Imafuku
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This is Saori Imafuku from Okinawa. She is the third
year of the faculty of medicine now. Hokkaido is a three
hour flight from Okinawa. The reason why she chose the
Hokkaido University is that she had very exciting experience
here while in high school. I do not know exactly what it was
like. Sometime I will ask her and let you know about it.
I promise. This winter will be the third one she has been
here.
The first impression that I got is she looked so cute and
bright. Black eyes and shining hair reveals that she is
typical of Okinawan beauty.
She has a brother nine years younger than she. When she has
some free time she like to play Chopin and read novels. Her
hobbies show that she tends to ba a little bit introverted.
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Chung Sung Woo
(Tom)
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This is a brilliant guy whose name is Chung Sung Woo.
As you can guess from his name, he is from Korea. But when I
first met him, I didn’t notice that he is not Japanese. He
speaks Japanese very fluently. He learned it in high school
as a third language. According to him, learning Japanese is
popular among young people in Korea.
Now, he
is in the master course in the department of Economics. As
there are many convenient systems in Japan, he thinks it is
easier to live here compared to Korea, for example, the
educational system. In Japan, overseas students can get
subsidies for education from the government. On the other
hand, there is no such a system in Korea. He is planning to
stay another year in Japan. I hope he will enjoy the rest of
his stay.
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 Kazushi Yuasa
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This is Kazushi Yuasa. He is 19. He is a freshman at
Hokkaido University. He studies science. He is a member of
the English Speaking Society club. He is living in Sapporo
alone. His hometown is Soubetsucho near Muroran. Soubetsucho
is a very small town and most people there are farmers. He
has one little sister. He spends his free time playing
baseball and reading books. When he was a junior high school
student, he went to Finland and Denmark on a school trip. He
is studying English earnestly in order to have a perfect
command of English.
By Hitoshi Takami
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Fumitaka Katamura
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This is a nice guy in our class called Fumitaka
Katamura. He is from Hyogo Prefecture. He graduated from
Ehime University, and now he is in the first grade of a
doctoral course. He is studying in the Institute of Low
Temperature Science, which is located behind the building of
the faculty of veterinary science. He majors in Ecology. He
has been to Siberia 5 times for the sake of his research. He
has five people in his family. He has two brothers, one
older and one younger. His hobby is rugby. He has been
playing rugby since he was 6 years old. That’s a very long
time! His position is Stand Off. He still plays rugby even
now.
He seems like a massive man. I'm sure that he will
become a good scientist in the near future ! I think that I
want to be a surefooted scientist like him.
By Keita Tokunaga |
Keita Tokunaga
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I’d like to introduce you to
Keita Tokunaga. He comes from Sapporo and he is 19 years
old. He is a first year student in the faculty of Fisheries.
He does not
belong to any university club, but he loves soccer and he
spends a lot of time playing soccer and watching soccer
games. He says “My favorite national soccer team is the
England team. But I like actually playing soccer the
most.”
By Kei Kawasaki |
Hitoshi Takami
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This is Hitoshi Takami from Tokyo. He is 19 years old.
He has a father, mother and two sisters. He majors in
chemistry at Hokkaido University and he is learning Chinese
as a second language. His hobby is wandering around the
city. He belongs to “slap stick”, which is one of the
volleyball circles in Hokkaido University. During this
summer vacation, he went to India for 17 days for
sightseeing. During this trip, of course, he had curry rice
almost everyday. Now he is thinking about his future
seriously.
By Kazushi Yuasa |
Asuna Arai
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This is Asuna Arai. She is a 4th year in the doctoral
course in the medical department. She studies about senior
citizen’s health. When she was a bachelor student, she
studied biology. I think she is able to do good research.
She has a pet in her house. It's a salamander. His name is
Ingbey, but she calls it Ingey. This name comes from famous
guitarist in U.S.A. She likes Ingey very, very much. And she
likes swimming, too. She swims once a week. And she likes
watching movies, too. She especially likes foreign movies.
She often go to a small theater, and enjoy it. I think she
would be clever, and smart.
Ｂｙ Masayo Fukuhara.
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Naoki Yamashita
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This cool guy is Naoki Yamashita. His name is similar
to my name, which is Naoki Yamamoto. He is 21 years old and
in his 3rd year in the education faculty. He was
born in Iwanai in Hokkaido and grew up there. He attended
high school in Otaru at the same high school that the famous
comedian Kato from Gokuraku tonbo Kato graduated from. Naoki
plays guitar in his free time and he likes Eric Clapton.
This winter, Clapton is coming to Sapporo to hold a
concert and Naoki has already bought his ticket.
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Ken Sasaki
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I would
like to introduce you to a nice guy whose name is Ken
Sasaki. He came from Tokyo two years ago. He majors in
agriculture, and he takes part in football club activities
and artistic activities. This summer he traveled in Wales
for a month, from September 7 to October 3. He did volunteer
work in the first two weeks and he enjoyed sightseeing in
the last two weeks. He is an active man!!
By Mayu Maekawa |
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Naoko Yokoyama
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This nice girl is Naoko Yokoyama from Sapporo. Her
nickname is “Nao”. She is studying biology and she is in
her third year now. She is a cool girl, because she is good
at playing tennis and she can play violin! She belongs to
the orchestra and she has been playing violin for two and
half years. She says “I’m not good at playing violin”,
but I don’t believe her. She must be a great violinist!
Her hobby is listening to music and her favorite music genre
is classics. She also likes to travel and she has been to
California in America when she was in her first year of
University. I met Nao for the first time today, and I found
she was not only smart but also active. I mean she is a
great girl!
by Miyuki Dempoya |
2003,
Semester 1 Writing
2002 Writing class
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