Blog#14:Pollyanna

     Hi, i'm Yuri. Sorry, I'm late!:(
Do you know Pollyanna? It is a title that the book I read.

Miss Polly Harrington was a cold, very rich woman. She is forty years old, and her father, mother and sisters were all dead. She lives alone in a big house because she liked living quietly. One day in June, Miss Polly got sad news: her sister’s husband was dead. So she had to take care of her niece, Pollyanna.

POLLYANNA

    

     Pollyanna was a little bit strange girl for Miss Polly. She was always glad when Miss Polly punished her. She said she was playing the “glad game”. Pollyanna met some people. Mrs. Snow, a lady who was very sick and never left bet. Mr. Pendleton, a man who never smiled and always looked angry when Pollyanna talked to him. Jimmy, an orphan boy who wanted to live in a real home with family. They all have some kind of problem, but she cleared them after she visited and talked to them some times. She changed people who were around her. She was good at finding the good aspects of the people. Mrs. Snow became feminine,Miss Polly became softer and Mr. Pendleton became friendly.

     I think she was a little bit mysterious girl. Because she had a talent to make everyone who she met happy and lively. She connected Mr. Pendleton and Jimmy, who both felt lonely, live together. She made Miss Polly and Dr. Chilton, who used to be lovers, a couple again. So I was shocked that accident happened to her. She injured badly, and she couldn’t walk for about 10 months.

     However she never gave up. She tried to walk by herself and she was glad about every small step she got. She didn’t change at all even though she got serious accident and almost dying. She always encouraged people and I was one of them. She taught us how important not to give up and being always “glad” about everything.

Pollyanna was made into a movie, but I haven't seen it, so I want to see this movie sometime.

#14 A great artist

   Hello, I am Juri. Today I introduce a great artist, Pablo Picasso. Do you know him? I learned his history when I was a high school student. Mabey you imagine him a strange, unique  or unskillful artist. But I don't think so. His all of pictures are really wonderful !! Please take a look at this picture.

   This picture's title is "First Communion". it was painted by Picasso when he was fifteen years old. I was very surprised at his paintong skill ! Don’t you think so? 

   Picasso was born in malaga, spain. His first word since he was born was ’piz’. It means pencil in English. Very unique story :)　His one of the most famous pictures is 'Guernica'. Have you ever seen this?

   Guernica is very large picture, 3.5 by 7.8 meters. it was painted after spanish war. spanish goverment asked picasso to paint the cruelty of the war. He spent only one month painting it. Picasso’s works are categorized into periods; Blue period, Rose period, Cubism, Classicism and Surrealism. I like blue period. One of his friends died. That led this Blue period. So,during this period, he painted pictures with cold color such as blue, black and gray. Sadness was represented with these colors.  

if you are interested in him and his picture, please check this website !!

 

Blog#14：Figure Skating

Hi!　I'm Mari.
Today, it is too cold so I want a Kotatsu. (>_<)

I would like to talk about figure skating. In winter, there are some games of figure skating, such as the series of Grand Prix, Japan Championships, and World Championships. Have you watched  figure skating on TV? I like to watch the games. In Japan there are some famous skaters, such as Mao Asada, Miki Ando, Akiko Suzuki, Daisuke Takahashi, Nobunari Oda, Takahiko Kozuka, Yuzuru Hanyu. They are great skaters. In particular, I like Miki Ando. But in this season she doesn't enter any games because of taking a rest. So I am very sad.

Also I introduce my favorite skater.

He is Johnny Weir in United States. Do you know him? If you have watched him once, you could not forget him, I think. As you can watch, he is a unique skater. Some people criticize him because he is not a typical man. But I think he is a wonderful skater. Now he has taken a rest so I hope that he will come back to the official games in the future.

The Grand Prix Final  and  Japan Championships will take place in this month. And World Championships will take place in March next year. So please watch some games. I think the games will make you excited.

Blog#14 My pleasure in winter

 Hi! I'm Saho. It got cold recently, so there is a lot of flu about. We have to be careful.

 By the way, today, I would like to talk about my pleasure in winter. Every year, I am looking forward to watching illumination. When winter comes, the cities are brightly illuminated. My house is also lighted.

 Last year, I went to Yebisu garden place and LaQua to watch illumination. I like the former in particular.

It is very beautiful, isn't it?

 I want to go various places to watch illumination. Where do you recommend? Please tell me:-)