Reading Reviews

"Pure gold weighs 19.3 times more than water. Imagine a ball of gold size of a basketball. It would weigh 144 kilograms." (p.7) Gold is very priceful matter. Since this, it has been used since acient ages. It also has been the cause of war. However, now, it's used in electronics. Sargent,B. (2014) Gold Greed and Glory.  Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

 "Even children in America love cars. Some of them make their own cars and have a race called a soap box derby." (p.14)   Many unique cultures are written in this book. For example, dog surfing,demolition derby, frog jumping, and eating competition. They are very unique and crazy, but some of them have long history, so I was surprised about them. I thought these events are very popular because American people like very dynamic shows. Kocienda, G. (2014). Only in America, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

“ “The doctor  says that Ken Mattingly can’t fly with us,” said Jim. “What does this mean?” “What does this mean? You know the answer to that question. We have a big problem,” answered his boss.” (p.5) This book is the story of Apollo13. Apollo13 was the third plan of landing and walking the moon. However, an accident happened. One of the team member might had measles, and the crew of Apollo 13,  Ken Mattingly didn’t have the immunity of measles, so he lost the chance for riding it. So, Jack Swigert became the crew instead of him. But, during the mission, the tank of oxygen exploded, and the situation became worse and worse. Can they overcome it? Anastasio, D. (1995). Apollo 13. London, Pearson Education Limited

    Today, I started German course of Duolingo. German nouns have 3 genders, feminine, masculine and neuter. "I am a man" means "Ich bin ein Mann" in German, but "I am a woman" means "Ich bin eine Frau" in German.

Scott looked at him angrily. ‘This is stupid!’ he said. ‘It’s not a race! I came here to learn about the Antarctic- I’m not interested in Amundsen, or in races!’     In the summer of 1910, a black ship, the Terra Nova sailed from London. Robert Falcon Scott was the captain of this ship, and they were going to the South Pole. They would be the first men at the South Pole if they arrived there. However, after that,  Ronald Amundsen who is a Norwegian explorer competed with this. He said he will win the race of South Pole. Scott got upset when he heard about this because his object was research, not the arriving the South Pole itself. Consequently, they competed each other, and who will be the first person who has arrived at the South Pole? Vicary, T. (1992). The Coldest Place on Earth. Oxford University Press

My first foreign trip. Wonderful, don't you think? But that's just the problem. It wasn't wonderful at all. (p.6)      Penny Wade is a member of the orchestra. One day, The orchestra will hold a concert in Barcelona. It was the first time for her to go abroad, she was very looking for it. However, her trip turned out to be a bad experience. When she arrived at Barcelona, her double bass has stolen, but it was only the entrance of the series of an accident.     Harmer J. (1999). The Double Bass Mystery. New York, Cambridge University Press.