2007年12月5日水曜日

Homework#8

Question1
Since Japanese weddings are expensive, do you think having a massive wedding like Korea or UAE is a good idea? Eloping? Having it in a foreign location like Hawaii?

Answer
I don't want to have a massive wedding so I don't think it is a good idea. A massive wedding is so expensive!! I don't believe to spend millions of yen for JUST ONE DAY. It's a waste of money. But marriage is one of the happiest event in human's life so it is nice to cereblate massively. And if you have a massive wedding, you can realize that you get married and new life start.


Question2
What is your ideal wedding?

Answer
I don't want to have a wedding reception. I just want to celebrate a marriage with just family and few close friends at Itsukishima shrine (Miyajima) with wearing Kimono or celebrate a marriage at New Caledonia. After that I want to have a casual party with many friends and have fun. This is my ideal wedding.


Question3
What would you definitely do or wear or go to on that big day? Why is that important?

Answer
I definitely wear my mother's Furisode because that kimoni is my grandmother gave my mother. I definitely want my family and friends to make happy.

Superstitions Homework

Question 1
We talked about many superstitions in many countries, but do you think it is important to talk about them? Why?

Answer
I have never talked about superstitions with friends until now but I think it is good topic to communicate or discuss about it. Because it is very different from country to country. It is very interesting.
And I think superstitopns are part of custom.



Question 2
Is communication affected by superstitions?

Answer
I think so. For example, when I get a wistle without a thought at night, my grandmother must say "Stop it! A snake come. "
If I don't know this superstition or I don't notice it is superstition, communication is finished.


Question3
Do you believe in Japanese superstitions? If so, what superstitions, what do they mean and why do you do,use, or believe in them?

Answer
I believe in and use some Japanese superstitions. Because my grandmother always say when I was a little child. And some Japanese superstitions will be joke so I use.

☆You will get better if you give your cold to another person.
☆ Your hair will grows if you eat seaweed.
☆Snakes will come if you get a wistle at night.
☆You will die if you cannot stop hiccup 100 times.

Homework#4

The English language has many proverbs and sayings about time.
Please explain what you think are the meanings of each of the 4 expressions.


Question 1.
Time is money.

Answer
Time is so important and valuable so you don't have to run your around.


Question 2.
A stitch in time saves nine.

Answer
If you get a handle on a problem when it is small, you lay the ghost of a problem when it was too late.


Question 3.
There's no time like the present.

Answer
Now is the chance.
You must do it now.


Question 4.
Fashionable late.

Answer
I don't know this meaning. I think there is no proverb.