Toefl exam part6.

 Q6.
 If you could change one important thing about your hometown, what would you change? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.

My answer.
I would change the way of using my hometown's land.
Now it is used for factories. Because there are many large space  in my hometown's land, and factories increase the number of employment.
But actually it is not for my hometown.
There are two reasons of it.

First, factories often pollute environment around them.
Waste produced from factories often damages living things around them and sometimes damage people living around them too.
For example, the Minamata disease was caused by the waste from a factory and it produced numerous casualties.

Second, this characteristic doesn't produce specialty.
People living in my hometown only work for companies which have the factories and nothing will produced as a my hometown's specialty. 

So I think we would better use my hometown's land for farms.
It would produce my hometown's specialty foods and doesn't pollute environment.
For example, Miyazaki city uses its land for farms, and it produces its specialty foods such as the Miyazaki beef, which is well known in Japan. And pollution hasn't happened these days in Miyazaki city.


Because of the above reasons, I would change the way of using my hometown's land from using for factories to using for farms.


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Toefl exam part5.

Q5.
A company has announced that it wishes to build a large factory near your community. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this new influence on your community. Do you support or oppose the factory? Explain your position.

My answer.

The advantage of it is that leap in employment happens in my community.
And the disadvantage is that it pollutes environment around my community.

I oppose the factory.
Because the pollution of environment around my community makes my life worse.
The factory gives out pollutant and it might damage my health.
For example, some Japanese experienced some diseases such as the Minamata disease, caused by the waste from factories.
So I think the factory may damage us.

Someone argue why I don't consider the advantage.
But nothing is more important than life.
So we should put life first in everything.

Because of the above reasons, I opposed the factory.



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So busy.

These days, I have many things to do.
Actually, I delayed a graduation work because of an exam for a graduate school.
So I have to work little harder.(><)
And I wanna keep studying English so hard.
And I have to work on my assignment from a professor of my lab.
It is about programming an application of iPhone.
It is actually interesting for me.(><)
And this book of reference is totally written in English.
So it is good for improving my reading skill.

But it cause a lack of time for improving speaking English.

I need more time than 24 hours in a day!!!


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Toefl exam part4.

Today, I broke my glasses.(><)
What is worse is that this happened while I did my job at a cram school.
So I connected it with a tape and I wore this.
I was so embarrassed.
I really loved it!!!(><)

I work on Toefl exam today too.

Q4.
It has been said, “Not everything that is learned is contained in books.” Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why?

My Answer.
In my opinion, knowledge gained from experience is better.
There are two reasons for my argument.

First, it is easier to practice knowledge gained from experience, because we experienced practicing the knowledge before.
For example, when I want to play basketball, if I only learn how to dribble from a book, I can't do.
But if I actually manage to dribble once, I can do it next too.

Second, there are many things which are expressed more complicated in a book.
For example, when I learned how to subtract at a math class, I couldn't understand what an explanation about subtraction on a textbook meant.
But when I actually experienced practicing subtraction with some apples, I could understand it easily.

Some people might argue that knowledge gained from experience is less.
But a number of knowledge gained from books is usually about equal to knowledge gained from experience unless you don't read books very much.

Therefore, I think knowledge gained from experience is better.



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Toefl exam part3.

Q3.
Nowadays, food has become easier to prepare. Has this change improved the way people live? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

My Answer.
I think this change improve the way people live.
There are two major reasons for my argument.

First, this change makes people more stronger. It means this change gets it easier to get proper nutrition.
For example, when I finish training, I can consume enough protein easily.
And it improve efficiency of training.

Second, thanks to this change, we can spend much time doing other things but preparing food. So we can improve various ability.
For example, thanks to this change, I can spend much time learning. And it improve my knowledge.

Some people argue that some people lose preciousness of food. But actually we need to work to get food as well as preparing food. So we usually feel preciousness of getting food.

Therefore, I think this change improve the way people live.



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Toefl exam part2.

Q2.
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents are the best teachers. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

My Answer.
I agree with this statement because of some reasons.

First, they generally teach us knowledge needed to live.
For example, I was learned a language from my parents in my childhood.
They taught me it every day, and I think no one could do it.
In addition, they taught me a table manner. No one could do it every time I had a dinner too.

Second, generally no one thinks of us more than our parents.
So parents tries to teach us harder than anyone else.
So it is usually the most efficient and effective to learn from our parents.

For example, when I used chopsticks in a wrong way in a school, my teacher of the school scolded a little, but when I did a same thing in my house, my parents scolded much more, and actually it was more effective than that of the teacher in the school.

Some one might argue that teachers of a school usually have more knowledge than parents and it is the reason why teachers of a school are better.
But knowledge which teachers have more than parents is usually specialized things and usually their are not more important than a common sense.

For example, even if I know the way to solve addition, if I don't know a table manner, I can't do business.

So I agree with this statement because of these reasons.



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Strategy of TOEFL.

Today, I learned the strategy of Toefl speaking and writing from my foreign friend.
So I will practice it.

Q1.
People attend college or university for many different reasons (for example, new experiences, career preparation, increased knowledge). Why do you think people attend college or university? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

My Answer.
I think people attend college or university for getting knowledge.
So let me explain these reasons.

First, in a college or university, I can learn from professors of what I want to learn. And I can get more knowledge than I get by myself.
For example, when I learned in the mathematics class, I had an question which I couldn't solve by myself. So I asked a professor and then he answered it quickly and understandably. And he taught me what was related with the question too. 

Second, I can use the most recent equipments in an area of what I want to learn and practice using them.
For example, in my college, I can attend classes which I can learn how to use the most recent system and I actually use it in. And I actually use it by myself now.

Someone may say that he can learn knowledge by myself, but it is efficient and effective to learn in college by these two reasons.
Therefore, I think people attend college or university for getting knowledge.



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Too hot.

Today it was too hot too.
I wonder how long this hot temperature is going to last.(><)

A cram school which I work at has a big problem.
It is that something is wrong with the cram school's air conditioner.
It sometimes stop its work.
So it was too hot in the cram school today.


I hope it would be fixed soon.



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I want more than 24 hour in a day.

Today, I went to my lab and I did my work.
Actually, it is assignment given by professor.
It is about making applications of the iPhone.
To be honest, it is interesting.
And an instruction written in English, which was given by the professor, I think, will improve my English skill.
So I feel like trying it now!(^^)


These few days, I've gotten a many new friends who can speak English in skype.
I‘m happy about it.

But there is only one problem.
There is not enough time for me.

I'll pick up what I have to do in a day.

Doing my assignment
Talking at an online English lesson
Studying for the TOEIC test
Watching the Full House

My goal at this summer is improving my English skill and building up my muscles more by training with my friend.


I'll hang on with all my might!



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Holiday.

Today, I went to Asakusa and Odaiba with my friends.
This picture was taken at Odaiba.
It's so beautiful, isn't it?
Sometime soon, I'd like to go to Odaiba with my girlfriend.(^^)

How long will this summer linger?

The weather forecast said that this summer heat would linger until the end of September.(><)

Yesterday, I can get many friends living in the other countries in Skype.
Because I put my comment on the forum in the site of Skype.

I hope to chat and talk with many friends in English.(^^)



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Feel refreshed.

Today, I went swimming with my friend.
It got me feeling really refreshed!
The hotter it is, the more refreshed we feel when we swim in a pool.
I love it!



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Talking.

Today, I tried taking an online English speaking trial lesson.
After the trial period I have to pay for the course.
But a tuition of the course which I took is very cheap.
It seems that lessons whose teacher is from Philippine are taken at lower cost.

It is chance for me to improve my speaking skill!(^^)



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