It has been a week since a huge earthquake hit Japan.
I will write about what I studied today. The paperback I ordered has arrived today. It is Master of the game by Sidney Sheldon. This book is very famous, because as a paperback, it was a bestseller. I want to read as many paperbacks as possible (around 50 books) to practice my reading skill. I still feel my reading is slow so that I try to read fast. I might try to read without checking words that I do not know.
I like reading books so that it will not be painful to continue reading. Also, the English-English dictionary that I ordered has arrived. It is Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary 5th edition. I chose this dictionary, because it was very cheap and it was only 350 yen. It was cheap because it was a secondhand book and it is the 5th edition. Normally, people buy the 8th edition that is the latest, but I thought there will not be big changes for this dictionary. I will look up more words by using this dictionary and improve my vocabulary.
Other than these things, I listened to BBC’s Biz Daily by podcast. Podcast is useful, because I can listen to the programs by registering to the podcast programs. I have registered for BBC related programs, such as BBC World Update, Business Daily, Business Weekly, Global News, and so on. I have iPod so that I can listen to the programs outside of my house. I use iTune for listening to music that I rented from rental CD shop.
I watched the movie, Cove again, because I did not watch it carefully before. It was the story of killing dolphins in the town of Taiji, Japan. American activists claim that dolphins are the same as whales and they should be protected. However, Japanese fishermen do not stop fishing dolphins, because it is for the research purpose. There is an organization by U.N. about whaling, but their help seems to be not enough. This movie helped my English practice so that I would watch other movies.