Sweets

Topic: Sweets
What kinds of sweets do you like? I think there are lots of gilrs who like sweets. Sweets have many kinds, such as cakes, cookies, parfaits and so on. So, I'll introduce about sweets from lots of view points.

Vocabulary:

Angelfood cake
-a light cake made with the white part of eggs without fat, often baked in a ring shape

Brownie
-a thick soft flat cake made with chololate and nuts and served in small squares

Flan
-an open pie made of pastry or cake filled with eggs and cheese, fruit, etc

Fudge
-a type of soft brown sweet/candy made from suger, butter and milk

Macaroon
-a soft round sweet cookie made with almonds or coconut

Marshmallow
-a pink or white sweet/candy that feels sonft and elastic when you chew it

Sundae
-a cold dessert of ice cream covered with a sweet sauce, nuts, pieces of fruit, etc, usually served in a tall glass

Tart
- an open pie filled with sweet food such as fruit

Waffle
-a crisp flat cake with a pattern of squares on both sides, often eaten with sweet sauce, cream, on top

Scone
-a small round cake, sometimes with dried fruit in it and often eaten with butter, jam, and cream spread on it

Reading:

Please check this article "New sweetner not so sweet for your diet", and answer the questions.

*Questions
1. What is "stavia"?

2. What is found by researchers at Louisiana State University's School of Public Health?

3. What is a problem with sweetners?

Listening:

Please listen this movie and answer the questions.

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*Questions

1. Why does a girl choose cooking donuts? Please answer her three reasons.

2. At how many degrees of oil should donuts be deep-fried?

3. What did they do donuts just after deep-fried ?

Writing:

Please read this web page "Eating Sweets Every Day In Childhood" and write some comment for the article. What do you think about this article?

Shaved ice

I returned my hometown on last weekend. My family had a barbecue in my house's yard with many friends on last Sunday. It's sunny and very hot day. So, I drunk a lot and ate four cups of shaved ice. I ate shaved ice in four different flavors. First, I ate it with honey. I found this flavor is very delicious with my friends a few days ago. Second, with powder of tea and condensed milk. It's delicious, but was a little bitter. Because I put powder of tea too much. If you try this flavor, I reccomend to put a smaller quaitity of tea powder and a larger quantity of condensed milk. Next, I ate shaved ice with an undeluted solution of Calpis. It's excellent for me without making complains. Finally, with shochu. If you are permitted and like drinkining, you should try it. It's great to be eaten on a hot day.

Let's try these flavors.

Travel Review

I wrote about a food in Nagoya.
Here is my URL↓

http://wikitravel.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Nagoya&action=edit&section=31


Review

Hitsumabushi （ひつまぶし）is a cuisine of an eel in Nagoya. Hitsumabushi is a cuisine which is served rice in a small box and put eel loachs on rice. This is eaten, diveded into three ways. First, it's eaten after mixed the whole. It's eaten after put the cut of a Welsh onion and nori on the second cup. On the third cup, you can eat it as boiled rice soaked with tea or stock.

My best friend

Sayumi is a third-year student of a university in Tokyo. So, she lives alone in Ikebukuro now. We have known each other for five years. Though it is three years since we graduated from a high school, we meet about once every three months. Last time we met was in May in Tokyo. Then I visited Sayumi's house.

Last Saturday, I spoke with Sayumi by phone for two hours. Then it was decided that we will meet on August in our hometown, Shizuoka. There are not many department stores in Shizuoka. Therefore, we always talk in a teahouse. Everytime we just talk for hours. But we enjoy talking and I feel very comfortable with her. I am looking forward meeting her in August.

Travel Unit

Picture by David Spender

a. I want to go to Turkey, because there are many beautiful Islamic architectures, so I want to see them. Also, I'm interested in pretty accessories and belly dancing. Thus, I have heard Turk like Japanese. I want to see whether it is correct or not.

b. I want to travel for excitement and go to the top tourist destinations with my best friend. Then I want to make my own detailed plans.

★Summary

One ticket

From Narita in Japan to Istanbul in Turkey

Leave: Mon, Sep 6

Return: Mon, Sep 13

One person / ＄1,085(+＄256 taxes ＆ fees = ＄1,341 USD )

Economy class

Leave: Mon, Sep 6/ Non-stop flight

Depart: 1:35 pm Tokyo (NRT) to Istanbul (IST) Arrive: 7:40 pm

Flight: Turkish Airlines 51

Return: Mon, Sep 13/ Non-stop flight

Depart: 6:30 pm Istanbul (IST) to Tokyo (NRT) Arrive: 7:40 pm

Flight: Turkish Airlines 50

★Hotel

When looking for a hotel, I prefer Good Value, Clean Rooms, and Spacious Rooms & Beds.

Also, I like a hotel which is Quite, friendly and comfortable.

A good hotel; White House Hotel Istanbul

・Great location, excellent customer service

・Front desk and breakfast staff are friendly

・New and very clean

A bad hotel; Golden Hill Istanbul

・The room was small and somewhat dirty

・Poor food quality & service

・A old uncomfortable sofa bed

9/6-9/13

Sirkeci Konak Hotel: ＄190 per night
It is in a quite and very safe locality. The staff is polite and friendly. The hotel has the wonderful restaurant and food on the roof of the hotel. Travelers highly recommend this hotel as central and walking distance to all the sights.

★Sightseeing destinations

Arkeoloji Muzesi; The reason I want to visit here is a historical museum. The museum was created in the 1890s. It remains one of the world's largest museums with over one million works. There is also an extensive collection of classical sculpture and a model Trojan horse for the kids. I want to see it!

Blue Mosque(Sultan Ahmet Camii); I think blue mosque is one of the famous things in Turkey, so I will surely visit this place sometimes at least one time. According to travelers, on the outside the architecture is amazing and this is phenomenally beautiful and impressive.

Selin; I am interested in the local cuisine in Turkey. Then many travelers recommend Seilin as the place we enjoy the local cuisine. Seilin has many shops and restaurants. I want to taste, buy spice mixes and eat lunch at Selin.

★Travel tips & advice

According to traveler, I should not rent a car to reach Cappadocia from Istanbul. Because it is expensive to rent a car, and gasoline in Turkey is the most expensive in the world. Also, if I visit to Istanbul as a single, I should avoid alleys and refuse to go palace with strangers. But basically Istanbul is very safe for a single woman.

I will go to Selin to buy many accessories and mixed spices. Because many travelers recommend us as the place we should visit to.

The best way to get to the airport is to use a taxi. According to wikitravel, “taxies are an easy and cheap way .” But, “drivers will refuse to start the meter and try to negotiate a fixed prize.”

Then I should ask "how much to go to...?" before getting in to avoid these taxies. If I ask, they tell the accurate price.

A movie about Greece

A country which I want to go is Turky, but there is no video about Turky. So, I found a movie about Greece which is the second country I want to go.

This Greek tavern is based on white color. I like this color because it's simple, cleanliness, and refreshing. Greece is faced on the Mediterranean area. Therefore the sun is lightning, the ocean is blue and the building is white. I think it's perfect! Though I haven't been to Greece, I will take a fancy for scenery and Mediterranean diets. This video is introduced a lamb chop, a cheeze pie, and fresh vegitable salad. The cuisine I will like the most is used seafoods. There is no doubt that the cuisine used seafoods which faced on the Mediterranean is fresh and delicious. If I go to Greece, I will eat the cuisine used seafoods surely.

The Tanabata festival

Last Suterday, I went to the Tanabata festival in Hiratsuka with my friends. There was a very crowd and were so many kinds of vendor's carts. I was interested in decorations of Tanabata. Its colors were light pink, green, blue and yellow. I thought it's like a big jelly fish.

I really wanted to go there with a yukata. But I have a yukata in my parental home, Shizuoka. So I didn't have enough time to bring it from Shizuoka to Yokohama.

Next, I will surely wear yukata on some festival with my friends. However, I can't wear a yukata by myself now. I want to wear a yukata by myself until next festival.

TOEFL iBT test

On 26th June, I took TOEFL iBT. This was my first time. I was very nervous and couldn't sleep well the day before the test. Because I've heard the test was very difficult and most people who took the test could speak English very frequently.

The test was more difficult than I expected. Especially, I had a hard time at Speaking section. Though I practiced speaking English before taking the test, I was confused what I should speak in English on the test. I also couldn't show my full abilities on the other sections.

Next, I will take TOEFL iBT on August. Then I want to speak better than this time! I study for next test from now.

URL

Hi, Caleb!

This is URL of my movie review.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0101272/usercomments-110

Movie Review

The Addams Family

This is a horror and comedy movie.
The Addams Family step out of Charles Addams' cartoons. This family is all ghosts. They live with all of the trappings of frightening and are very wealthy. A main person, Gomez has been tormented by guilt to Fester who is Gomez's brother. Fester has been missing for 25 years. Then, an evil doctor finds out and introduces a fake Fester in an attempt to get the Addams Family's money. The fake Fester open his mind to the strange family. Can the doctor succeed his evil plan and take over Addams Family's fortune?


I have loved this film since I was a child. Though this is a horror, you can watch it while you have a fun, because it's included comedy tastes. So, if you hate horror movies, you can watch this film. Why don't you try to watch it?

The Birth Day Party

I have best friends, Mie, Kazuko and Saki. We have known each other for 5 years.

On May 30th, it's Mie's birth day. So, we held a birth day party from May 29th night to 30th at Saki's home. We spent the whole night talking, drinking and eating. We could keep talking all night, because it's a very long time since we met last.

Also, there was very funny incident. Though Mie brought a red wine bottle, there was no a corky remover at Saki's home. Then, we tried to remove the corky by tweezers. First, it seemed very difficult. After 30 minutes, we eventually could remove the corky! But the wine was very bad taste. So, we gave up drinking it.

Anyway, we enjoyed the birth day party very much and I felt comfortable.

Movie Review Response

A movie I want to see is Avatar.


Here is some reviews:

lionel-14 from London, England: " This film is a 'Must see' movie, innovative, and extraordinary ....but this is not the sort of film that dwells on big star value for the actors…"


springsunnywinter from United Kingdom: "This film was absolutely fascinating, interesting, entertaining and emotional.....Avatar already makes it on my top 5 favorite movies...."


Spoich from United States: "...the "revolutionary" part of this film everybody is praising is the CGI, and I can't comprehend it...I hate this movie. I hate every single aspect about this film..."



Based on the review, I hesitate to watch this film. But I want to confirm the worth of this film by myself, so I will watch Avatar.

Ocean's Thirteen

I love a movie, Ocean's Thirteen and watched in many times. Have you ever watched this movie?

This movie's genre is thriller, rivenge, rumor and so on. It's the sequel movie. In 2001, it was released Ocean's Eleven and was released Ocean's Twelve in 2003. I've watched all serieses of this movie.

Its good point is the thing characters are very cool. When one of them have in trouble, they try solving it in very incredible way. But that way is so stylish and shrewd that we don't feel bored. I recommend you watch this movie at least one time. I'm convinced that you become like this movie.

Let's watch Ocean's seriese!

August Rush

1. genre: drama/music/romance movie

2. setting: modern day America, in New York

3. characters: The key characters are Even Taylar-August Rush, a boy who is brought up at home for orphans. His mother's name is Lyla Novacek who is a cellist and his father's name is louis Connelly who is a club musician.

4. conflict: Lyla and Louis fell in love at one night. But Lyla's father secludes Lyla from Louis. After a few months later, Lyla bears a boy baby, Evan. Then Lyla's father separates Lyla from a baby while he tells a lie to Lyla that a baby died. So Evan, Lyla and Louis don't know where they are.

5. What happens? Evan slips out of an orphan's home and goes to NY. Then Evan is found he has a remarkable musical talent by a mysterious stranger. At the same time, Louis comes to NY to find Lyla. Accidentally, Evan and Lyla will appear at one musical school's concert.

Have you seen it or do you want to? Please give me a comments below!

Guess the movie!

On a school field trip, Peter Parker (Maguire) is bitten by a genetically modified spider. He wakes up the next morning with incredible powers. After witnessing the death of his uncle (Robertson), Parkers decides to put his new skills to use in order to rid the city of evil, but someone else has other plans. The Green Goblin (Dafoe) sees ***** as a threat and must dispose of him. Even if it means the Goblin has to target Parker's Aunt (Harris) and the girl he secretly pines for (Dunst) .

Guess the movie.

Introduction

Hi, Caleb!

My name is Sae Shimomura. The reason I chose my blog's name, ‘Saetan’, is I'm always called by my friends in Ferris.

My hobby is to watch action movies like Transpoter, Mission Impossible, Biohazard and so on. But I'm recently addicted to watch love story, fantasy and suspense movies in the U.S , theU.K. , China and so on. I also like to travel. Though I want to travel abroad, I have no money, so I travel around in Japan about once in a month with my friends. We call this action the Travel Circle, トラサー.

I'll write about a movie I watched for my blog. Because I surely watch a movie at every week. And I watch the movie in English. So I can understand the main point of the movie, but I cannot understand it in detail. Then I'll write about this problem for my blog evry time.