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This week I learned that actually not all katagana words are from English words, and there are three different kinds of katagana words. It may means different from the original English words. And I just came to the class on Thursday so I don't think I have to too many problems this week.

カタガナ語には、短縮形とか元の英語の意味と違う意味とか和製英語があります。プリントは日本語でhand outです。スマートはskinnyという意味です。
1.cheer girl
2.windshield
3.pocket bell
4.magic tape
5.skin ship

姉とショーンさんはくだけた言い方を使います。
英語のレポートを書いたけど、ちょとこの部分を読んでくれませんか。

ビデオの感想

日本で成人式は日本人としてとても大きい式典です。各地の成人式で大人になる人は全国では１２４万人そうです。横浜は全国では最も大きい式典で、約２万人が参加します。今年は約３万４０００人が新成人になりました。千葉で新成人はミッキーから祝をもらて、楽しかったと思います。熊本市の市長はAKB48の曲を歌った、かわいかったと思います。それに、新成人は立派な大人になりたいと言いました。

Reflection 01

In the first week of this semester, I learned lots of new grammar which I haven't grab every point of grammar yet. I have some confusion about the difference between ～になる and ～になってきます because they both mean something becomes to... So I think I need to practice more with these two grammar point. Moreover, the reading part in this chapter is about robot in Japan which I am really interested in. I saw tons of news on TV about robot in Japan already and I think some of those robots can help humans a lot whether in daily life or production.

冬休み

冬休みにニューヨークに行く、いろいろなことをしました。ニューヨークはケントーよりすごく大きい都市だから、おいしい食事としてあります。毎日中国の料理の他にラーメンと焼く肉も食べたけど、高かったので、たくさんお金を払うことになりました。でも最近あまり運動しないし、たくさん食べたし、ちょっと太ってきました。それに、私は五年間ずっと長い髪をキプして、変わったほうがいいと思ってので、髪を短く切りました。冬休みは終わったけど、自分の人生をよく考えました。私は生きている間に、なるべく旅行にいくようにしたいです。それから、一生懸命働いて、もっとお金を貯めたほうがいいと思います。

Reflection 13

By doing the peer review for essay, I felt a little bit hassle to do that at the first time. However, the result turned out to be a good opportunity to learn new grammar and vocabulary. With reading classmate's essay, I can learn from them because I may do not know something that they know better than me as well as I can learn from their writing style. Nevertheless, I think I still need more practice to review other's essay because there are still many grammar and words that I am not familiar with.

Reflection 12

In the class on Tuesday, I gained knowledge of writing essay in Japanese. I wrote essay about my experience at college in the US which is quite different from Chinese universities. The biggest challenge for me to finish essay is that I had to finish by the end of class so that it forced me to think quicker than when I write essay after class. Although I think did not write a really bad essay, I still need more time to practice with using grammars that I just learned. And then, I will think about my topic that relates to Japan and also I want to make it more interesting.

Reflection 10

During the presentation, I didn't have too much eye contacts with others but I was reading the essay all the time. So I don't think I did very well for the presentation this time so that I will do more preparedness if I have another chance for next presentation.
Nounって is a colloquial topic marker and it is often in a question setence. ～だけじゃなくて/でなくて、～も means not only...but also...
アーロンのトピクはクリスマスプレゼントのあげ方。アメリカでクリスマスの時、家族や友達にプレゼントをあげます。まず、リストを作って、プレゼントを書きます。ときどき、友達に手伝ってもらって、プレゼントを考えます。そして、早くモールで探して、プレゼントを買います。クリスマスのイブの前に、プレゼントを包んで、クリスマスの木の下で置いてます。