Someone in another thread told me all the fifth elements of GE has their representatives like †KEN† prefers DVDs (but he seems to have given them up now). So it sounded very tough to me to get yourself a master of GE!! But I'll try it and get the hang of English!!
I didn't know about GE, and I already am an average English speaker. But as I looked at the method that KEN recommends, I found that I was doing it already! I would say GE is the most effective and efficient method that mankind has ever created throughout the entire history of universe.
>>402 Are you the one who taught me what GE was comprised of? In the thread we talked about GE?
Well, anyway you studied GE before its method is open to every leaner of English? It seems to me GE is a jumble of every English-learning method concievable. So it sounded hard for me to learn English. What have you ever been doing with the GE method?
>>403 1 I was using DVDs to learn some phrases. 2 I was using some English softwares to memorize English words though I didn't particularly use Shunno-Kassei-Eitango. 3 I read hundreds of English books, including picture books for kids, paperbacks, and books for college students. 4 I tried listening to English speeches which are more than 3 times faster than normal speed.
>>407 I'd say about 9 years since I got into college... Before DVDs are around, I was using movie videos. One thing that should be mentioned here is that GE method is excellent because it's both traditional and brand-new. It contains every method which already exists but does not go after any of them.
there are a lot of people who are studying Egnlish watching DVDs. Even Hasegawa, a baseball player or the former K-1 fighter Kakuta also published a book in which they emphasize the importance of watching DVDs. So there is nothing new in studying English by using DVDs.
>>413 You sure got GE wrong. It's not GE. You want to read what >>405 wrote. That's the GE!! Though using DVDs is part of GE, you must read a lot of books, try PC softwares, blah-blah-blah.
We are to respect and care for our bodies. A healthy lifestyle promotes a sense of well-being. Exercise, eating and sleeping properly, a cheerful attitude, all contribute to our happiness.
By making choices and experiencing their consequences, you learn the difference between good and evil. As you learn to choose good, you find greater happiness.
The choices you make affect not only yourself, but others as well. You may benefit from someone’s good choice, and someone may suffer from a bad choice that you make.
†KEN† the Heavenly Father respects you if you choose his GE method to study English. He will never force anyone to choose GE, nor will He stop anyone from making wrong choices.
I personally think if you choose a wrong choice, you won't even get used to English, though.
In the long run I've got into the later part in my life. I don't know how long I can live, but I feel very sad now. In a sense I feel envious of young people. Nobody can control age. Many things I couldn't do in my younger days are coming to my mind now. I should've done such and such, but it's too late now. In general my life is not bad, rather very good, but I don't know why I've had a deep feeling of sadness recently. I really want young people to strive hard for their goal, otherwise they may go in the bad direction in late middle age.
>>443 Hey, cheer up! Let me introduce somewhat famous Japanese saying to you: There's a lot to learn even for people in their 40s and 50s! That's what I translated. Originally, 40,50wa hanatare-kozou.
a russian government says the two plane crashes were likely caused by mid-air explosions. the pilot of one plane triggered a hijack alert, just before it crashed. security bureau officials say it could be an act of terrorism. but they have not ruled out human or technical error.
>>445 Both of them crashed because of human or technical error? Cut it out!! What they said sounds wierd to me. On the other hand, terrorism made sense..
To someone who love Dragon Ball, let me tell tell you something intersting! I just heard on TV that the story of Son Goku would be a film. I'm not certain when the film will be open, who the actors will be, and how good the movie can be, though.
>>448 Now that you mention it, "Shall we dance?" , one of the world-famous Japanese movies, is going to be remade by Hallywood movie staff. That sounds good to me. I think the quality of Japanese movies is so great that Hallywood couldn't ignore them.
I want to talk about how to study English. What I have in mind is "shadowing", which has recently gotten popular among learners of English in Japan-it may be called tadem reading in the States. Shadowing needs people to concentrate on both sounds and meanings of English so intently that you have to be somewhat used to the language before you try it. Some of the people who tried the method say it's a good way to learn English. And I agree with them. Why don't you try it if you want to boost your lisning and speaking skills?
my brother is very weak-minded. He is a heavy debtor, that is, having multiple debts.after all he has gone to a loan shark. Now he is having troubles repaying debts to consumer credit companies. he asked me to be his guarantor, but i didn't agree, because he is sick. a foolish person cannot get over his foolishness until he dies. i think this proverb is true.
>>451 Lady, how much money have you given him? It seems to me you can't give him up. If you try to talk him out of spending too much money, he can't grow out of the habit.
What do you want to do about him next? If he ask you to once more?
i like midnight, but have to get up before seven as long as i work for the present company. i want to change jobs so that i can sleep until noon. but it's a dream. because such a job is usually very hard. i cannot continue it. life is not easy. maybe giving something up is very important in our life.
This story began a long time ago, when evil monstors suddenly appeared on the earth, killing a lot of people. There were four kingdoms on each continent-one of them is Japanomenia. The king called in fighters, wizards, and anyone who wanted to fight it out against the monstors. It seemed, however, the human beings ended up losing to them. After the monster almost dominated Japanomenia, a boy called Yamato standed up against the forces of darkness. He was the slayer.
Yamato was 16 years old, lived a usual life until one of the monstors cast a shadow over his residence by killing his father and mother. He decided to revenge the one who made his life full of saddness. "Dad, mom, I will make the monster pay for what it did!! I won't forgive it!" said Yamato in his head.
It was a while before he noticed Megumi, a girl who lived next to his house, were taken to somewhere he didn't know maybe by the evil monstor―his foe. "Hey, where was Megumi taken to?" Yamato asked her mother, who replied "Nope, I don't know.. The monster. It took her. Oh, what can I do. Please, please save her from it." Yamato said, " Damn! I hate it. My mom and dad killed,". Then one thing came to his mind. "I'm going to see the Japanomenia king to get what I'm supposed to do," he drawled in spite of his anger.
Then Yamato got back to his house, though it had been badly destroyed to wreck. He made his way to where there should have been his own room, found his drawer, and rummaged through it to look for a small sword his father had gave to Yamato on his birthday this year. "Right," he said, getting out of there. "I'll kill the filthy monstor and bring her back home ," he told Megumi's mother. In his head full of hatred, Yamato headed for the castle of Japanomenia.
He walked on and on, went through some villages, found a lot of people wailing because of evil monstors destroying their house and killig their family members. "It's devastating..."he thought. Several days' worth of walk took him to a small town where he decided to take a rest.He went into an inn and asked the master," there haven't appeared any monstor yet? This town looks safe". The master replied,"No, not yet, but I don't know when any of them will come to break it down here." Yamato fell a sleep in a bed of the inn before the town reverberated with a fierce, horrible roar. He got up with a start."What? What happened?" he said, and got out of his room. "A monstor! A big winged cat-like one!" shouted the master of the inn. Yamato felt his blood coming up to his brain, thinking "I'll kill the monstor," and asked him "Where is it now?". He said in a hush, terrified voice,"I heard the roar in the center of the town. What are you up to? Don't do anything silly.It's dangerous!" Yamato ignored him and dashed to the place.
The cat-like monster was pacing back and forth around a fountain at the center of the town. "Ghaaaa!!!sheeeeeeee!" snarled the monster, whose malicious yellow eyes were ball-like and in them run vertical slits of black. It was huge and mud-brown. Yamato faced it before he got a strong hold of the hilt of his sword. He pulled the weapon from the scabbard, brandished it, but missed hitting the big cat, which in turn opened its mouth and blew out a snow storm. Yamato tried to dodged the stuff but got his right knee somewhat frozen. " Shit!" he shouted. It sneered and tried to rounded on him. Yamato got his eyes shut, feeling he would be killed. Then a voice echoed in there. "What the...?" Yamato thought, before a burning fire was shot from somewhere and the winged monster was burned to ash. He noticed a girl standing on the brink of the fountain, smilling at him.
She was a dimpled, charming girl and came close to him. "Hi, how's it going? Are you...?" she said. "Yamato. Um, thank you," he answered in a confused voice. "Oh, Yamato. Cute name. I'm Saki." said the girl. He found her in red and brown robe with a short wand in her hand. "Are you a witch?" said he, looking awe-struck because he's never seen such kind of person. "Of course, I am," Saki told him in amusement, " Never seen one? Anyway, you looks like you're a fighter, right?" "I am. I want to beat up monsters because of my vengence gig, so I decided to meet the king of Japanomenia." he said as if he talked to himself. "That sounds good. I am going to the chastle, too. how about if we go there together?" Saki said happily. "No. It's a pain to protect you." he replied. "What're you talking about? If I hadn't been here, you would be dead now." Saki said indignantly. Yamato felt as if a big rock hit his head and said, "Um, you're right, but..." "Deal! Let's go!" said the girl.
Someday, like everyone else, your life on Earth will end and your physical body will die. But your spirit will not die. At the time of physical death, your spirit will go to the spirit world, where you will continue to learn and progress.
In this world,death looks like an end. But it is another beginning. After a time, your body and your spirit will be reunited, never again to be separated. This is called resurrection.
Dead leaves have started falling down. I miss the summer. I hate the autumn to come so early. Because I won't be able to excuse anymore for not doing job hunting .