Scientific American How Certain Gestures Help You Learn New Words

     I read an article about Mind ＆Brain. It explains about gestures. When people learn a foreign language, most people use some methods. For example, reading, writing, speaking and so on. Using gestures is effective way that you remember the vocabulary. Linking a word and body movements can improve your memory.

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Club Activity

      I played soccer in a soccer club yesterday. Many people belong to the club. When I participated in the activity for the first time, I saw more than 20 club members, but I heard that only a part of them participated.  I enjoyed playing soccer with them.  Senior club members were very kind, so I enjoyed talking to them. I woke up in the morning of the next day, I realized muscle pain on my legs.
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Last Month

     December is the last month of the year. What do you imagine when you hear December? I imagine snow, so I will talk about snow.      Winter in Japan is very cold, so some places have a lot of snow. For example, Hokkaido is located at the north end of Japan and very cold. Because of that, Hokkaido has snowy winters. Hokkaido is known for winter sports and Sapporo snow festival.       There are a lot of phrases about snow in Japan.  For instance, powder snow and eternal snow, large snowflakes and so on. Powder snow is very famous phrase in Japan. Eternal snow means snow which does not melt all year round. You can see it in some mountains. Large snowflakes means snow which is plump and  become big snowflakes when they stick together.   
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Cars

One movie that I really liked was Cars. It was made in 2006. John Alan Lasseter directed this film.        The story about Cars. All the characters are cars. In the beginning, Mc Queen competed Car racing. After that, he got lost in radiator Springs. In the middle, he helped residents of the town and practiced racing on the outskirts of town. In the end, he participated in the race. At the end of the race, he looked One of his rivals has an accident. As a result he lost but he pushed the rival to the goal. I liked this movie because I was impressed with his kind behavior. In addition, I watched this movie for the first time when I was seven years old. I still remember that time.
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