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I want to continue to study English and Chinese as ever.  I think I could write sentence in English than ever. Thank you very much for the lessons.

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Did you have negativistic age? What do you think about negativistic age? When I was teenager, I often heard that my friends quarreled with their parents and said "I hate my mother!" or "I hate my father!". Most of teenagers pass the negativistic age to grow up and many people have it negative image. Negativistic age is thought the period of appearing the attitude of denial. Usually negativistic age appears infants about two or three years old and youth of age from twelve to fifteen years old. So the former is called the first negativistic age and the latter is called the second negativistic age generally. The infant of the former is called “terrible twos” and “horrible threes” in America. For example, the infants of the first negativistic age repel for seniors, including their parents, which say “no!!” for all and ignore the instruction on purpose in Japan and America. The negativistic age shows to grow up their ego. In the second negativistic age, it is difficult in Japan and America.

In Japan, when many teenagers are in the second negativistic age, they oppose their parents and teachers because they mount a spirit of independence, their pride and identity. According to the research of Dai –ichi Mutual Life Insurance, the 59.8 percents of parents who had grown up teenagers had experienced their negativistic age. For example, they say “baba-(the terrible word for mother in Japanese)” for their mother, when they oppose her. In addition, when they come home from school, they stay at their own room and play game, read a comic, listen music and more, without saying “I’m home.” In the worst cases, they use violence on their parents. However one researcher says that the second negativistic age is different to happen because increase families such friends which parents never scold for children and teachers who don’t scold for students because they don’t want to be hated by their.

           Meanwhile in America, the negativistic age is involved in the car society. When American’s children want to go to somewhere, they can’t go without taking their parents, although Japanese children can go anywhere by themselves own by a bus and a train. For example when they want to go to movie, shopping, they have to take there by parents. Surprisingly, even when they date, their parents see off. Therefore they learn that they can’t go to anywhere if they make their parents angry. Of course they quarrel with their parents but they don’t say terrible words for them such as Japanese teenager. If they say terrible word for them, they tend to join the class of anger management, (which means to control to control of temper). In America, for the period called “negativistic age” in Japan, many American teenagers tend to try to drink, smoke, and drug, from their curiosity and fellow feeling, not oppose their parents.

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group.dai-ichi-life.co.jp/dlri/ldi/news/news0508.pdf

new years holiday

I worked very hard this winter vacation and in average 6 hours. I work in supermarket, so  many customers came and bought new year's goods, especially the end of year. In addition, I got new year's gift from the store because I worked on Jan 1 and 2. I was so happy. 

cake

I went to the cake shop, DENMARK THE ROYAL CAFE, with my friends last Tuesday. I knew the shop by friend's book. I ordered the cake, ROYAL PLINCESS with blended coffee. It was very cute, so I said "cawaii---!!!" when the cake was carried and I saw it. In addition, it was very delicious and tasted bittersweet strawberry. Then the design of shop interior was cute and it has looked fairyland. If I have a chance to go to there again, I want to eat apple crumble cake.

Love language

Japanese express Love language with gift. For example Japanese more often give souvenir. According to Hutton's date, the Japanese travelers came to US, accounting for only 7.2 percent of all foreign travelers, have expenditures amounting to 14.2 percent of the total, contrasting other country travelers. In addition, Japanese always buy souvenir for family, friends and more, when they go to Disney Land. However American don't buy souvenir when they travel. That' way, Japanese express "Love language" with souvenir, but American express "Love Language" in word, "I love you" and touching, hugging and kissing.

About a good place

Lalaport TOKYO-BAY is one of the largest shopping mall in Japan and leads a large shopping mall in Japan. Lalaport was built in 1981 and refers Ala Moana Center in Hawaii. Before standing it, there was “Funabashi health center”, which had been leisure center, including spa, artificial beach, pool, theater, golf course, museum, amusement ground and more. On opening day, about 40 thousand people waited in line before the opening of a shop. Eventually, about 250 thousand people visited there in that day. About 12 million people visited there in first year and there had been about 200 shops in those days. Then it has expanded business, so SSAWS, the largest indoor ski ground in world, opened in 1993 (But it closed in 2003). In the current of generation, it has had competitor, for example aeon Lake town in Saitama, Osaka station city, Costco, IKSPIARI. However, it has increased ability to attract customers of local, so has tended to increase the number of visitors before. Now there are about 540 shops, for example clothes shop, restaurant, theater, cooking school, general store and more. Lalaoprt TOKYO-BAY has been popular by people called “lalapo ” and it is the place where everybody will have a good time.

T or F

When I was the fourth grader in an elementary school, I became a champion of double skip (it’s called “nizyu-tobi” in Japanese) in a rope skipping contest. I practiced on double skip many times until the day. Surprisingly, I jumped 113times the day. I jumped this first time. I was jumping, I might get a cramp in my leg and lose my breath, but I was cheered by my classmates. I was so happy, so I could do my best. It’s my unforgettable memory.

When I was playing basketball for class of high school, I injured my left eye. When I was trying to catch a ball under the goal, the competitor's elbow hit under my left eye. I was stupefied a moment. Of course, my left eye became red and under my left eye swelled like small fill. Unfortunately, the day was the day before of an interview of this university, so I cried for a long time. Then I went to hospital and I took a medicine. The nest day, I had the interview, having a bandage over my eye. I was asked "what's the matter?" by interviewer.