BR2-34: Martin Luther KING

'I have a dream,' are some of the most famous words in the history of the United States of America. When Martin Luther King said these words in front of a crowd in Washington in 1963, thousands cheered, and the speech was shown all over the world. But less than five years later, he was shot dead. Why didi millions of people love him? Why did others hate him?

I read 'Martin Luther King.' I know a greatest man because I learned about him in English class when I was a junior high school student. I recite his famous speech at that time.  Martin Luther King is a book which is Oxford Bookworms Factfiles series. The series give us real history and interesting information. I learn many things from Oxford Bookworms Factfiles. Oxford Bookworms Factfiles has 4 stages. The book is stage 3 and it has 1000 headwords. The book has 14 chapters: 1 A man from Alabama; 2 Growing up in Atlanta; 3 Slavery and the south; 4 War in America; 5 Learning; 6 The Montgomery Bus Boycott; 7 Big trouble in Little Rock; 8 A new start?; 9 The march on Washington; 10 'This country is sick!'; 11 'I'm black and I'm proud!'; 12 'Black and White, unite and fight!'; 13 Death in Memphis; 14 Still dreaming. I thought chapter 9 is very shocking. Because there are some pictures in the page. I was shocked by a picture in which a black man was bitten by a police dog, therefore many people was hurt. I don't know why to happen a radical discrimination. There were many discrimination in America about 60 years ago. For example, the black people had to use taps which was separated from the white people. The black people could not permit to take the buses with white people.
Now, the President of the USA is Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. I think he can be making steady change America.
C. McLean, Alan (2001). MArtin Luther King, Oxford Bookworms (334/ 12954 words)

BR2-33: Kings and Queens of Britain

This is the story of Boudicca, Alfred, Henry Ⅷ and many other kings and queens, some great, some not so great. Each of them changed the history of Britain. But to become queen in 1588, like Elizabeth Ⅰ, was a very different things to becoming queen in 1953, like Elizabeth Ⅱ. They have the same name but the job is very different. This book tells us just how it has changed.

I read 'Kings and Queens of Britain.' I learned about it in the class of the Britain history in KGU, so I can also understand. The book has 3200 words and 10 chapters. The average sentence length is 24 words. It takes me to read more times. It is difficult to read a little. There are many the name of a person and a place names, so it is difficult too. Because these are different from Japanese one. Some pictures is in each of pages. The book was published by Oxford University Press in 1997, so Diana, ex-Princess of Wales is in a picture. She was so beautiful.
The book has exercises in the ending of the book. (189/ 11812 words)

Factfiles: Kings and Queens of Britain: 400 Headwords (Oxford Bookworms ELT)

Tim Vicary

Oxford University Press

発売日：1997-08-28

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BR2-32: Natural Partners

Natural partners are animals or plants that live or work together to help themselves and each other.

I read 'Natural Partners.' The book has about 600 words so it is easy for me to read. The average sentence length is about 13 words. And the book has many big pictures in each of pages like a magazine. The book has 3 chapters. These are 1. Natural Partners, 2. Natural Partners in the sea and 3. Natural Partners in the Insect World. There are many animals and plant's picture in this book. I like chapter 2. Natural Partners in the sea because these pictures which I have not seen before is very fantastic.

Trussell-Cullen, Alan (2007). Natural Partners, Fast Forward (119/ 11623 words)

BR2-31: The Truth Machine

'Why did you make the Truth Machine?' asked the reporter. 'I love truth,' said Professor Verity, 'and I hate lies.' 'But how does the truth machine work?' asked the reporter. The Professor laughed. 'That's a secret.'

 The Truth Machine is one of Macmillan Readers series. Macmillan Readers are retold versions of popular classic and contemporary titles as well as specially written stories, published at six levels. The book is level 2, Beginning. As you know, Macmillan Readers series have many pictures each of pages like comic books. The book has 2600 words and 5 chapters.
The Professor Verity makes The truth machine. A lot of people come to him and they want to use The truth machine. When they use it, they know a truth. The truth is not only good but also bad. A lot of people don't know what to do when they know a truth. So they want Pro. Verity to help. But Pro. Verity is not superman and he cannot help more for them. Some of them are very confused. Pro. Verity is confused too. He says 'You fools!' Finally, they reproach Pro. Verity and break The truth machine.  (194/ 11504 words)

The Truth Machine: Beginner (Macmillan Readers)

Norman Whitney

Macmillan Education

発売日：2005-03-31

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BR2-30: Wonderful Water

Read and discover all about wonderful water ... 

• Why is water important? 

• What is the biggest ocean animal?

I read ' Wonderful Water.' It is in Oxford Read and Discover series. The series has 4 levels. These are Level 3, Level 4, Level 5 and Level 6. Wonderful Water is Leval 3. Level 3 has 600 headwords. This series is non-fiction. The book has about 1300 words and an Introduction, 10 chapters. It has activites each of chapters in the ending of the book. We can review about the book. In addtion, the book has picture dictionary and two projects. The projects are very interesting things. The projects are 'My water diary' and 'Water in my county.' We keep a water diary in My water diary to check the number of times that we drink water, flush the toilet, take showers and brush our teeth in our lives. If I have a time, I want to try doing it!

 I like chapter 1 the best of all chapters because there is a picture about the Dead Sea. I see it on TV many times but I have never been there. I want to go and floating there! (198/ 11310 words)

Wonderful Water (Oxford Read and Discover, Level 3)

Cheryl Palin

Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)

発売日：2010-07-15

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BR2-29: King Arthur

The myth of Arthur is one of the most famous and enduring British legends. Abducted as a baby by Merlin in the Magician, Arthur succeeds in extracting a magical sword from a stone and becomes King of England. He brings peace and prosperity to the troubled country and creates a new company of knights - the Round Table. But the love affair between his queen, Guinevere, and his best friend, Sir Lancelot to destroy his golden court at Camelot.

I read 'King Arthur.'  It is in Password Readers and written in American English. Password Reader has five levels, Beginner is A1: Breakthrough, Elementary is A2: Waystage, Pre-intermediate is B1: Threshold, Intermediate is B2: Vantage and Upper-intermediate is C1: Effective Operational Proficiency. King Arthur is A2: Waystage. The book has 2100 words and 3 settings and 12 chapters. The settings are A tournament, The round table and The last battle. The chapters are 1. The birth of Arthur, 2. The sword in the stone, 3. Camelot, 4. Guinevere and Morgana, 5. The round table, 6. Sir Lancelot, 7. Sir Tristan, 8. The Holy Grail, 9. Sir Preceval and Sir Galahad, 10. Guinevere and Lancelot, 11. Civil war and 12. The death of Arthur. Each of the beginning of chapters has a simple questions and each of the ending of chapters has simple questions too. But the ending of chapter's questions are more difficult than the beginning's ones. So I think the book looks like a text book which I used when I was a junior high school student. The ending of the book, there are many information about this story. For example, these are history about Britain and the Arthurian myth. In addition, there are many vocabulary, questions and crossword puzzles. These are not related to the text of a book, but we can enjoy to learn English.
The King Arthur is famous person. He was active in the end of 5 century to the beginning of the 6 century in Britain. But nobody knows the Arthur's story is true. (341/11112 words)

King Arthur

Elizabeth Sharman

Mcgraw-Hill / Interamericana De España, S.a.

発売日：2006-04

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BR2-28: Money for a Mortorbike

Martin worked in a garage. He had a bike for sale. It was a beauty! Martin wanted £350 for the bike, but Stuart didn't have £350. He didn't have any money.

I read 'Money for a motorbike.' It is in Macmillan Readers. Macmillan Readers has six levels, Starter, Beginner, Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate and Upper. This book's level is Beginner. Beginner level has about 600 basic words. And the book has fewer pictures than Starter level. It has 2000 words. The each of sentences is not long. The average of sentence length is 11 words.  Before I read this book, I didn't know '£' means pond. So we can learn about culture from the book.  (116/ 10771 words)

Money for a Motorbike: Beginner (Macmillan Readers)

John Milne

Macmillan Education

発売日：2005-03-31

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BR2-27: Around the World in Eighty Days

This is the exciting story of Phileas Fogg and his journey around the world in eighty days. Phileas Fogg believes that he can travel around the world in eighty days. Can he do it? Around the world in Eighty Days is the wonderful story of Phileas's adventures as he travels from country to country with his servant Passepartout.

I read 'Around the world in eighty days.' The book is in Macmillan Readers series. Macmillan Readers publishes at six levels. Around the world in eighty days is level 1, Starter. As you know, Macmillan Readers series has many pictures like a comic books. If you don't like only long sentence, I suggest you to read this series.  Surely, it is useful for you to learn many English conversations. It was published in 2008 and written in British English. So, you can know British English vocabulary. The book has about 1000 words. I think 1000 words is long story a little, but it is not difficult to read. Actually, there are many conversations. (173/ 10655 words)

Around the World in 80 Days: Beginner Level (Macmillan Readers)

Jules Verne

Macmillan Education

発売日：2008-01-09

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BR2-26: Animals in danger

Every year some species of animal disappear - we never see them again. Every year cities, factories and pollution eat up more land - land that animals need. Every year hunters kill more elephants, rhinoceros and tigers. Animals everywhere are in danger - what can the world do to save them?

I read 'Animals in danger.' This book is in Oxford Bookworms Factfiles. The book has about 3200 words. It is too long. But the grammar is not difficult and The avaerage sentence length is about 13 words.  In addition, it has 10 chapters. The chapters are 1. Do animals matter?, 2. Why are animals in danger?, 3. How bad is it?, 4. On land, 5. In the water, 6. In the sky, 7. what can countries do?, 8. What can I do?, 9. Do zoos help?, 10. What is the good news? There are some animal's picture in each of pages. Some of them is very pitiful sight. The pictures say what actually is happning. I think we have to think about animals and we do anything to save them.  (183/ 10482 words)

Animals in Danger (Oxford Bookworms: Factfiles)

Joc Potter

Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)

発売日：1996-10-24

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BR2-25: Goodbye, Hello!

Alex meets a beautiful girl in a store. He falls in love, but she goes away. He wants to meet her again, but doesn't know even know her name. How can meet her again?

I read 'Goodbye, Hello!' The book has about 600 words, it is not long, so I can read it easier and faster. The book is in a Foundations reading library series. I like the series books because the series are very interesting and easy to read. I have read the series many times before. The series are nonfiction.
There are the hero and the heroine in this story. Their names are Alex and Jessica. Alex sees Jessica in a big store and he falls in love with her at first sight. But she is going after finishing her shopping. So, he cannot know her name. However, a miracle is happen! To tell the truth, Jessica come to Alex's school as such a transfer student! He is very surprised and glad to see her again! She sits next to him in the classroom. They become friends each other. (182/ 10299 words)

Goodbye, Hello (Foundations Reading Library Level 1)

Rob Waring

Heinle & Heinle Pub

発売日：2006-02-09

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BR2-24: L.A. Detective

Los Angeles. Len Samuel is a private detective. Carmen Blane is a prisoner of the Young Ones. They want $100 000. Carmen's father is a rich man. But he is also a bad man. Len Samuel has a dangerous job.

I read L.A. Detective of Macmillan Readers.  I think Macmillan Readers series books have many pictures. So, we can read the books easier. I like to read Macmillan readers series. L.A. Detective has 600 words. Recently, I read the books which has many words. So, I can read it easier than others. The book is like a comic book. It has many conversations. There is no difficult grammars and each sentence are not long.


Prowse, Philip (1993). L.A. Detective, Macmillan Readers (122/ 9599 words)

BR2-23: This is London

... the history of London ...
... places to visit ...
... travelling and shopping ...
... London at night ...
... information and advice ...

I read 'This is London.' It has about 1500 words and 6 chapters. In introduction, many informations about London are written easily. The book has many photograph and a map in each of pages. We can learn about London's history. The average sentence length is about 11 words. So, it is not difficult to read.
Now, over seven miollion people live and work in London. Londan has many interesting places. I want to go on the London Eye. The London Eye is big wheel that takes you 135 metres above London. These are written in page 12.
In page 34 and 35, there are many informations and advices to visit London. For example, there are Tourist Offices, Travel Information, Useful website and Useful telephone numbers. If I visit London, I use them.

Prowse, Philip (2006). This is London, Macmillan Readers (162/9477 words)

BR2-22: The Wrong Man

A man wants to kill the Police Commissioner. But who is he? Can Steve Malone find the killer? He only has two days...

I read 'The wrong man.' It was written in British English. The book has about 1500 words and 4 chapters. Additionally,  there are a lot of pictures. So I can enjoy reading easier.  I think the book is used to study English. Because each of the bottom of the pages has the meaning of the words in English and the phonetic symbols. In addition, many questions are written in the last page, so we can check again about content. The sentences are not too long and there are many conversations. Therefore, I can read more easily than others.

Anderson, Kris (2000). The Wrong Man, Penguin active reading (131/9315 words)

BR2-21: FLIGHT

Three thousand years ago, Icarus tried - and died. One thousand years ago, Oliver of Malmesbury tried - and nearly died. Five hundred years ago Leonardo da Vinci tried - but his plane was too heavy. And finally, in the Wright brothers tried - and flew for fifty-nine seconds. Today, we think nothing of flying thousands of kilometres, but the fight for flight has been long and dangerous.

 Flight is a book in the Factfiles subseries of Oxford Bookworms. As you know, Factfiles is a nonfiction sub series. The book has 2900 words. There are too many words, so it is difficult for me to read it. The average sentence length is about 17 words. There are some much longer sentence, but these are very simple grammar. The book has 10 chapters. I think chapter 5 has many words of all.

The books has a lot of information. FLIGHT is written about many flying things. For example, there are  birds, a man who made wings for him arms, balloons, parachutes, gliders, aeroplanes, helicopter, airships, flying boats, aeroplane at war and passenger aeroplanes.  Japan has a competition which is the JAPAN INTERNATIONL BIRDMAN RALLY. It sometimes hits screen. Some of people want to fly and they make wings for their arms. They compete on the flying distance.
The first aeroplane was made by the Wright brothers. Now thousands of people are in the air every day of the week. They are making hundreds of journeys and flying faster than any bird.

Dean, Micheal (1997). FLIGHT, Oxford bookworms (256/9184 words)

BR2-20: Information Technology

Computers are everywhere - in our homes, our schools, our shops, offices and hospitals. We use the every day, but what do we know about them? Where did they begin, and and when? What is Moore's Law, and how do you pass the Turning Test? What can Deep Blue do, and how did Nolan Bushnell begin with 500 dollars and end can find the answers to all these questions - and much more.

Information Technology is a book in the Factfiles subseries of Oxford Bookworms. As you may know, Factfiles is a nonfiction subseries. Many of the books are about computers, and some about technology.

The language in general is fairly simple, but the impression is that it's noticeably more challenging than stage 1 books. Most of the vocabulary is fairy simple, but there are many proper nouns. This is unavoidable in a book introducing a place, but may give an impression of difficulty to some students, Picking page 20 at random, the numbers of words in each sentence are as follows: 17, 14, 8, 30, 20, 10, 10. These figures give a mean of 15.6. One noticeable difference from Stage 1 books is the absence of very short sentences of fewer than 10 words, which may slow down reading speed a little.

The chapter that appealed to me the most was Chapter 11: 'I love you' (and other viruses). There is a story about computer viruses. The viruses are difficult to stop; they can damage millions of computers in a very short time. (254/8173 words)

Information Technology (Oxford Bookworms ELT)

Paul Davies

Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)

発売日：2002-11-07

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BR2-19: Scotland

Oxford Bookworms Factfiles is a sub-series in the Oxford Bookworms series. It is devoted to nonfiction, and most of the books are about countries or famous cities or environmental problems. 

The book I read today is Scotland. Generally, the book is quite easy to read. There are few embedded clauses, and the sentences are simple in structure. The average sentence length is about 7 words. There are some much longer sentences, but most of those are lists or have easy-to-understand clauses such as "because" clauses. The vocabulary is quite simple, with few unknown words that learners will need to look up in the dictionary. But the books do have quite a lot of information and the number of words is fairly large. Thus, these books are recommend for learners who are aiming to progress beyond very short and simple books such Usborne First Reading or Oxford Reading tree. 

The book consists of ten chapters: This is Scotland, Scotland today, Scotland's past, Edinburgh, Glasgow, The Highlands, The Islands, Traditional Scotland, Eating and drinking, and Scotland tomorrow.

Chapter 2, Scotland today, there are more than five million people in scotland. Scottish people are called Scots, but not Scotch. Scots people are British, because Scotland is part of Britain, but don't call them English! The scots and the English are deferent.

Overall, the book was very interesting for me and it gave me a lot of knowledge and interested about Scotland. I want to know about Scotland more and more.  The book has many words, so it is more useful for me to learn English than easier books like Foundation Reader. I try to read the book had many words.  (277/7746 words)

Factfiles: Scotland: 400 Headwords (Oxford Bookworms ELT)

Steve Flinders

Oxford University Press

発売日：1998-11-05

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BR2-18: Blue Fins

It's hot. The Sun is shining. Men, women and children are in the sea. Everybody is happy. The lifeguard watches the sea. He looks at the people swimming. Suddenly he shouts loudly. 'Shark! Quick! Get out of the water!'
 

I read 'Blue Fins.'
Jen and her friends go to the beach because it is the weekend. Her boyfriend, Rick, is happy to buy a new surfboard. They enjoy swimming and surfing. Jen is going to look at the fish underwater. She can look many fish in the sea. After that, she finds the dolphin. The dolphin is rounded by net and the dolphin cannot breaks it so she cannot move. Jen helps the dolphin. She pulls the net from the dolphin and the dolphin can be out of the net. The dolphin swims up and up. The dolphin is very beautiful. Jen tells Rick about it. Next day there are many people on the beach too. But suddenly the lifeguard shouts loudly 'Shark! Quick! Get out of the water!' The people get out of the water in a flurry. The shark is swimming quickly and comes towards Rick because Jen and Rick are swimming a long way from the beach. The shark is fifteen metres away! Jen can see the shark's sharp, white teeth. But suddenly the beautiful blue dolphin comes out! The dolphin hits the shark and the shark swims away. The dolphin shows repayment of a kindness for Jen.  (241/7070 words)

Blue Fins: Starter (Macmillan Readers)

Sarah Axten

Macmillan Education

発売日：2005-04-27

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BR2-17: ANIMAL HOSPITAL

When animals are sick or hurt, they go to the animal hospital. They vet always has a lot to do. Medicine is given, and some animals even have operations. A lot happens at the animal hospital.
 

I read "Animal Hospital" written by Carmel Reilly. The story about working at the animal hospital. Work starts at 6.30 a.m. when the day nurse arrives. The day nurse checks three things, temperature, pulse and breathing. Then, she takes all the animal one by one, to have a good look at them. The day nurse also checks to see if the animal look happy and if they are eating well. Then, she gives the animals their medicine and cleans their cages. At 8.00 a.m. the veteran arrives at the animal hospital. There are many sick animals and sometimes the animals hit by a car, hurt by another animal and eating something that is not good, like poison. So the vet thinks about what to do with them next. Some of animals need a drip, more medicine or even an operation. When animals are better, they go to another part of the hospital where they can rest before going home. At 4.30 p.m. the day nurse goes home, at the same time, another nurse arrives to care for the animals in to the night. This nurse stays until midnight. Before she goes home, she checks that all the animals are safe and have everything they need for the night.

Reilly, Carmel (2007). Animal hospital, Thomson Nelson (249/6829 words)

BR2-16: A Night Out

Rudy and Raf walked into the school dance. There were lots of kids inside. But no one was dancing.
 

I read "A Night Out. " It is a story about the school dance. On Friday night, the school dance is held. Raf and Rudy go to the school hall. There are kid in big group and kids in little group. Some of them are laughing the others are shouting over the music. Some are eating and drinking but no one is dancing. Rudy wants to dance and she grabs Raf's hand. She takes him out into the middle of the room. Raf doesn' want to dance because nobody is dancing. He doesn't want to be laughted by other kids. But Rudy says "Don't think about them!" She wants to be fun with Raf. Ruf is afraid that he will be alone if he is dancing with Rudy. Rudy says "You won't be alone! I'll be with you." After that Rudy starts dancing and she doesn't look at other kids. She is fun. Raf is starts dancing and he is fun, too. The others look at Rudy and Raf. All the kids are coming over to dance with them. They are all having fun. No one looking at Raf.

Reilly, Carmel (2006). A Night Out, Thomson Nelson (216/6580 words)

BR2-15: Dangerous Journey

Four men are trapped in the forest. Heavy rain has turned the tracks into mud. The bridge across the river is broken. 

The men looked at the broken bridge and the rushing water. 

Pedro spoke first: 'How can we get back to base now?'

There are four men in this story. Manuel, Leon, Joe and Pedro are in the story. Leon is the boss of them. He is angry with Joe and Pedro because they are too late before they leave in the truck. Joe is always making troubles. He is a younger than Loen and he is clever, so he wants to be a boss. Later, Joe and Pedro are back. Joe is smiling when he is back. It makes Loen more angry. Joe and Pedro are hunting in the forest for two days. Hunting is not Joe's work, and they haven't time for hunting. The action makes Loen angry more and more. Loen says "the rain will start soon and then there will be mud everywhere." So they start to leave there. They go back satisfactorily at first. But the rain starts soon. Then, their car is stopped by the mud. Their wheel are turing round and round in the mud. After that, their can get away from the mud one way or another. But then a trouble is happened. A large branch fly up from under a wheel and it hits Leon's arm. Leon is hurt.
They are face a next trouble. The bridge crossed over the river is broken, so they can't across the river. We decide across the river to swim. But Loen is hurt. So Pedro back to the hill near the river to call to rescue. Few times later, a helicopter is coming and Loen is taken to the hospital. Manuel, Joe and Pedro are in the hospital too. Loen wakes up slowly. They are rescued! They are think they want to see the water! They are laughing each other.

Cox, Alwyn (1976). Dangerous Journey, Macmillan readers (332/6364 words)