http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/rss みの's latest journal entries Lang-8 Inc. Fri May 24 14:59:54 UTC 2013 Fri May 24 14:59:54 UTC 2013 Lang-8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Lang-8
Why this story looks horrible is that this is familiar to us. Nobody but the company know how dangerous chemicals is. I remember pollution diseases in Japan. I hope all company is considerate of residents.(35 words)

Posted at Fri Jun 08 08:01:18 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1519743 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1519743 みの Fri Jun 08 08:01:18 UTC 2012
Frankenstein has no one but himself to blame. What I think is important is to imagine what could happen beforehand and to prepare to take all responsibility. From this point of view, I feel sorry for the creature.(38 words)

Posted at Fri Jun 08 08:00:21 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1519740 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1519740 みの Fri Jun 08 08:00:21 UTC 2012
Thank you for writing me. Well, I certainly recommend you visit Kyoto, because there are a lot of old temples and traditional Japanese gardens. And also you will meet Maiko (they’re wearing Kimono.)

Japanese culture has changed a lot. Why don’t you go to Akihabara in Tokyo first? It is a famous place for modern Japanese culture, anime and games. Then you should experience sado in Kyoto. Sado is old Japanese style to drink tea.

I’m afraid you can’t meet samurai any more. And you can’t experience chambara, which is how samurai fought.

Feel free to ask me if you have trouble about Japan.
Mino

Posted at Fri Jun 08 07:59:38 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1519739 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1519739 みの Fri Jun 08 07:59:38 UTC 2012
1 ......?
Эта ручка стоит 10 рублеи.
2 ......?
Эта дешёвые билеты.
3 ......?
Мне нравится этот город, потому что он болишой и красивый.
4 ......?
Мне нравится этот фотоаппарат. Этот фотоаппарат маленький.
5 .......?
Я думаю, что это интересный фильм.
6 ......?
Мне нравится этот словарь. Он очень большой.
7 ......?
Это гостиница «Москва».
8 ......?
Мне нравится журнал «сполт».

1 Сколько стоит эта ручтка?
2 Кокие эти билеты?
3 Вам нравится этот город? Почиму?
4 Кокой фотофппарат вам нравится?
5 Что это?
6 Кокой журнал вам нравится?

Posted at Wed May 30 06:22:54 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1502839 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1502839 みの Wed May 30 06:22:54 UTC 2012 Меня зовут Мино. Я японская студентка.
Я сейчас учусь в уневерситете, а учу руский язык.
Руский язык очень трудна.
Я понимаете ещё плохо по-русский, но хорошо по-японский и неплоха по-английский


ほとんどロシア語がわからないので、日本語か英語でもコミュニケーションできればうれしいです。
I hardly understand Russian so I'm happy to communicate in Japanese or English

Posted at Wed May 30 06:21:38 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1502837 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1502837 みの Wed May 30 06:21:38 UTC 2012
The good point of this book is that I could see two selfish children changed to be agreeable. And this had a great influence on Colin’s father, who was always in gloom, to change to be happy. Happy ending made me also happy, so I like such a lovely story.(50)

Posted at Thu May 17 08:50:46 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1481043 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1481043 みの Thu May 17 08:50:46 UTC 2012 Robinson boarded a ship, because he wanted adventure. Having many troubles, he finally had to live alone on an island. One day, he found just one footprint, which made him afraid of wild people. Later, he saved a prisoner who was being killed by them, and then the prisoner became his friend. When an English ship arrived there, he managed to be taken back to England. However when his nephew told him to sail seas together, he had more adventure.(79)


Actually I felt this story was really boring, because only what happened was written. In other words, I couldn’t feel I experienced adventure with Robinson, because this Oxford book is a digest one for beginners. I’ll try to read original one someday.(43)

Thank you in advance for your coorperation!

Posted at Mon May 07 10:01:55 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1464073 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1464073 みの Mon May 07 10:01:55 UTC 2012 I'll correct your Japanese, starting today.
And also I'll post journals constantly.

In the near future, I'll post entries in Russian language, because I started to learn Russian.

Posted at Fri Apr 20 03:39:30 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1433874 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1433874 みの Fri Apr 20 03:39:30 UTC 2012 From today, I'll start to check your journals!!

I took Tokyo University entrance exam on Feb.25th&26th.
I failed because my math score was poor.
On the other hand, my English score was good, because of your corrections :)

Now I have more confident on my English skills.

I took another university's exam on March 12th.
I'll get the result on 22th.
I hope I'll get good news.. (*´ω｀)

Posted at Thu Mar 15 07:03:34 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1365413 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1365413 みの Thu Mar 15 07:03:34 UTC 2012
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This is a practice to make an advertisement.


Only 2 weeks are left before my exams.
I'm becoming nervous....

Thank you very much for your kind corrections :)
And I have a question.

By the time he was ten years old, he had developed a strong taste for chemistry and made himself a laboratory.
* What dose "make himself laboratory" mean ?
Did he make a laboratory by himself ?? Or he came to know everything as if he were a laboratory ??

Someone teach me!

Posted at Sun Feb 12 04:11:18 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1311084 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1311084 みの Sun Feb 12 04:11:18 UTC 2012 (61 words)

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This is a CM for an aquiarium.
I don't know what CM is like in foreign countries.
Is 61 words for CM too noisy or restless??

Posted at Fri Feb 10 06:57:53 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1308321 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1308321 みの Fri Feb 10 06:57:53 UTC 2012
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This theme is really tough... I know my opinion is a little bit strange...
Could you show me your opinion about this theme within 60 words?
I want to refer yours and try again.

Posted at Mon Feb 06 13:47:40 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1302071 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1302071 みの Mon Feb 06 13:47:40 UTC 2012 As you know, we broke the window last time while practicing. It is responsible not only for the pitcher, Mr. Takaki, or the batter, Mr. Maruyama, but for all of us. So, we are going to make up for the window and we all hafe to hand 500 yen to the captain by the practice next week. (55 words)

Posted at Thu Feb 02 13:46:37 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1295759 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1295759 みの Thu Feb 02 13:46:37 UTC 2012

Thank you for your correction.(*ﾟ∀ﾟ)*｡_｡)

Posted at Thu Feb 02 13:45:37 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1295755 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1295755 みの Thu Feb 02 13:45:37 UTC 2012
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Actually, I overslpet today.
I slept until about 11 o'clock !!
I didn't have school today, so it wasn't so big damage, but....

I'll make up!!

Posted at Mon Jan 30 05:29:34 UTC 2012
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I went shopping today.
I bought a bag for spring!
I will definitely pass the exam~~!

Posted at Sun Jan 29 06:33:24 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1288710 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1288710 みの Sun Jan 29 06:33:24 UTC 2012

I thinks this logic is rather strange, but I don't come up any other ideas.
What do you think?

Posted at Fri Jan 27 12:20:29 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1286314 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1286314 みの Fri Jan 27 12:20:29 UTC 2012

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Today, I played volleyball for a recreation with my team member.
Actually, I was playing it until last year.
The fun of it is beyond description!!

But I'm sure I will have muscular pain though I just played 30 minutes or so....(^^;

Posted at Thu Jan 26 12:35:08 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1284914 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1284914 みの Thu Jan 26 12:35:08 UTC 2012
This is a part of a past exams collection. (過去問の一部です)
I have to express my opinion within 50~60 words.
Tell me my grammatical mistakes, whether or not it is logical, and show me, if any, better expressions.
(文法・論理・より良い言い方など添削お願いします。

Posted at Tue Jan 24 12:27:09 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1282121 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1282121 みの Tue Jan 24 12:27:09 UTC 2012
"Now, more bad news from the automobile industry."

I thought this was strage, and it should be "Now, worse news from the automobile industry."
Why not "worst"? Actually, I heard "mad" though... (^^;

Here is the script:
Now, more bad news from the automobile industry. As we reported several months ago, because of the economic situation, Family Moters saw a 30-percent drop in domestic sales last year. Anticipating that consumers will continue to control spending, Family Moters has just announced that it will cut auto production for the domestic market by 25 percent. With so many people already out of work, this can only mean more job cuts in the industry. (I'm sorry if I made any spelling mistake.)

Thank you for your kind help.(*^-^*)

Posted at Fri Jan 20 14:39:34 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1276572 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1276572 みの Fri Jan 20 14:39:34 UTC 2012 (昨日今日とセンター試験と呼ばれる大学受験者のほとんどが受けるテストを受けました。)

We can check our own answers, so I marked them.
My score is pretty good in the terms of the average score of all of them, but of the average of who's aiming the same university with me, my score is so-so.
(全体の平均からしたらかなり良いのですが、私の狙っている大学からすればそこそこです。)

I have to take another tests on February 24th and 25th.
Until then, I'm really busy in studying, so I won't be able to talk much with you.
Sorry.

Posted at Sun Jan 15 14:43:01 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1269082 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1269082 みの Sun Jan 15 14:43:01 UTC 2012 Then How about "サミシマス" ?

It stands for "lonely Christmas (especially you don't have a sweetheart)."
寂しい＋クリスマス→サミシマス
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A day before Christmas was finishing ceremony of our school's second term.
(クリスマスの前の日は終業式でした。)
I have to study hard during this winter vacation, so I didn't make any special plan even for the Christmas Day.
I just spend with my family. I had サミシマス...笑

It's 31th today...Time flies!!
Have a happy New Year, everyone :)
Next Year, I will study harder for entrance exams.

Posted at Sat Dec 31 02:10:14 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1246702 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1246702 みの Sat Dec 31 02:10:14 UTC 2011 Christmas is around the coner.
You know, though many Japanese are not Christian, we madly celebrate this day.
You can see christmas trees literally EVERYWHERE in Japan. (I think the chances are that in Tohoku area, it's not quite true because of the big earthquake.)
We bought presents for close friends, children and parents.
Actually, almost of all see this event as the day for couples to confirm each other's love.
So some envy who has a sweet lover^^;

Today I went to a shopping mall to look for presents, but I couldn't find any good thing.
What did you buy for your precious people or what will you do for the day??

Now listening to "All I want for Christmas is you," I'm planning about making cokkies for friends and a cake for my family...


Thank you for your corrections and comments!^^

Posted at Fri Dec 23 12:31:00 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1237548 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1237548 みの Fri Dec 23 12:31:00 UTC 2011 What does "so to an almost unsociable extent is his mind." mean? I couldn't even see the grammatical stracture.
And What does "drawing his up" mean?

What is it in the English mind and character, or in the English way of life, that has proved so propitious to poetry? The answer must surely be that Englishmen, by reason of their defects no less than their virtues, are closer than most peoples to those reservoirs from which poetry springs. If the Englishman's home is his castle, *so to an almost unsociable extent is his mind.Accustomed to respect the intellectual and emotional privacy of his neighbors, he expects a similar forbearance towards himself. More sociable nations put their ideas into a common pool, but the Englishman keeps *drawing his up painfully from his own private well for his own pribate useーーSIR ERNEST BARKER, The Character of England

Thank you for your help(*^-^*)

Posted at Tue Dec 06 12:29:27 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1214945 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1214945 みの Tue Dec 06 12:29:27 UTC 2011
ライト兄弟の飛行が成功したのは、空気より重い物体が飛ぶはずがないという「科学的証明」がなされてから、わずかに数年後であった。

My answer: It was just after "scientific proof" was established a few years ago that materials heavier than air couldn't fly when Wright brothers succeeded to fly.

Sample answer1: The Wright brothers made a successful flight only a few years after it was "scientifically" proved that an object heavier than air could not fly.

Sample answer2: It was only a few years after science "proved" that anything heavier than air could not fly that the Wright brothers made their successful flight.

Sample answer3: It was only a few years after science "proved "that objects heavier than air couldn't fly that the Wright brothers made thier successful flight.

Posted at Sat Dec 03 15:14:36 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1210780 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1210780 みの Sat Dec 03 15:14:36 UTC 2011 (もうすぐ試験なので勉強しないといけません。)
I have to translate some Japanese into English, and to remember one of the three model answers, but I don't know whether my answer is good and which one is best/natural English.
(英訳をして、模範解答のうち一つを覚えないといけないのですが、私の答えは合っているのか、どの答えが一番自然なのかわかりません。)
Would you help me?(手を貸して下さい。)

本当の国際化とは何か。実際には、この問題が我々の日常生活とはあまりにかけはなれているので真剣な議論がおこなわれることはあまりないように思われる。
Mine: What is real internationalization? Serious argues don't seem occur, because such a question has no relationship at all with our daily life.

Model answer 1: What is real internationalization? Actually, it seems that this issue is so remote from our daily life that we seldom talk about it seriously.

Model answer 2: What does internationalization really mean? Probably the fact is that this subject is too detached from our daily lives to be seriously discussed very often.

Model answer 3:What does internationalization really mean? Actually, it seems that people don't think very seriously about this question because it's not relevant to thier everyday lives.

I'll appreciate your help (*^^)

Posted at Sat Dec 03 14:16:18 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1210689 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1210689 みの Sat Dec 03 14:16:18 UTC 2011 In my class, many people are coughing(^^;
You, too, take great care not to have a cold :)
Maybe I have a cold once a month....

And It's getting colder these days.
That's the main reason I'm suffering now! I think
I dislike cold climate!

see you(*･ω･)ﾉ

Posted at Thu Nov 24 14:20:51 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1198184 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1198184 みの Thu Nov 24 14:20:51 UTC 2011 And if you have time, please criticize each sample answes specifically, and show me how you would say.
(This is a part of a past entrance exam, so I don't want my English to be casual, but fomal. I want you to correct in fomal English.)

このごろ昔の長い小説を読んでいる。一つには、当今のものを退屈しながら読むくらいなら、前に読んで重い手ごたえのあったものを再読したいという気持ちになったためであり、もう一つには、長大な作品を買いていく中で作者が成熟していくのをみるのが面白くなったためである。

My translation:
Recently, I've read long classic novels. One reason is that I want to read great literatures again that heavily impressed me when I read previous, instead of reading today's ones, feeling bored. Another is that I've got interested in how authors mature through writing long works.

Sample answer1:
These days, I read some long stories written in former days. It is partly because I have come to prefer to read again what I once read and was deeply impressed rather than to read modern works only to find them boring, and partly because I have come to find it interesting to watch the process of riping of the authors while they went on writing those voluminous works.

Sample answer2:
I have been reading old long novels recently.For one thing, I prefer to read again those novels which gave me grave and deep impressions before rather than to read boring contemporary novels.For another I find it fascinating to detect the inner growth that the author achieves in writing his long novel.

Sample answer3:
Lately I've been reading some old and very long novels. For one thing, I would rather reread something which once affected me deeply than be bored with something modern. It's also fascinating to see how authors mature during the course of a major work.

Sample answer4:
Recently, I've been reading old, long novels. This is partly because I would rather reread novels that deeply impressed me on my first reading than be bored to death reading cheap, modern ones. Another reason is the pleasure I find in following the process of an author's maturity in writing a great work.

Posted at Wed Nov 09 13:38:40 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1176601 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1176601 みの Wed Nov 09 13:38:40 UTC 2011 A shared spoken language is not necessary for communication with people from other countries.

Answer:
If you want to live abroad, obviously you should speak a shared spoken language, becuase it enables you to have a sense of humor in that language. A sense of humor, making people laugh and comfortable, is needed in all countries and it shows your diligence to learn about that country, let alone that language. (55words)

Posted at Sun Nov 06 12:00:41 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1171703 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1171703 みの Sun Nov 06 12:00:41 UTC 2011
I'd like to try to work at a travel company, because I want to provide the very plan that customers want. Though I won't enter that company in the future, but I believe the experience that I would make people satisfied and I would heartly think of others must be worthy. (46 words)
(大意：お客さんにぴったりな旅行プランを作ってみたいので、旅行会社で働きたいです。将来その職に就くつもりはないですが、人を喜ばし、人を心の底から思いやったという経験は有意義に違いないでしょう。)


This is a practice for an exam on tomorrow.
I'd like you to look over my sentences and show me more natural ones :)
(明日のテストのための練習です。添削して自然な言い方を教えて下さい。)

Posted at Sat Nov 05 13:39:26 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1170410 http://lang-8.com/320740/journals/1170410 みの Sat Nov 05 13:39:26 UTC 2011