2008年7月17日木曜日

Means of transportation (Car or bicycle/walk)
Comparison/ Contrast Post


It is often reported about gasoline price in the news these days, because gasoline price has been increasing. In addition, environmental problems become a big issue around the world. These topics are familiar in our life. As a one of the easy ways to get rid of these problems, riding a bicycle or walking to move instead of using a car is good idea. Riding a car and riding a bicycle or walking has advantages and disadvantages, so I will compare them to see which is the better way from 3 points - price, convenience and eco-friendliness.

Topic about money is one of the big issues, so first of all I would like to compare about price. If you always use a car to move, increasing gasoline price is very serious problem. If you ride a bicycle or walk instead of riding a car, you can reduce the amount of money that need for filling the gasoline tank of your car. It is no need to use gasoline, so it is very economical way.

Ways of riding a bicycle or walk are cheap, but it has not only good points when we think about convenience. If it is rain or too hot or too cold, it is not good condition to walk or ride a bicycle. Besides, it is difficult to go to far places where you want to visit by foot or bicycle. That’s why car is convenient.

At the end, we will think about environmental aspect. Environmental problem is very important issue around the world, and the issue was talked at the Summit conference of Hokkaido. We have to think about global warming seriously from right now. Car exhaust is one of the big aspects to damage the environment. The more a number of cars increase, the more car exhaust also increases. Now, a various kind of cars such as electric car or so on are invented, but using a bicycle or walk is more eco-friendly way.

Car is very useful, in the other hand riding a bicycle or walk is eco-friendly and cheap way. Both ways has good points and bad points. If you depend on car in your life, it may be difficult not using a car. However, not riding a car is one of the choices that you can do for money and environment.

2008年7月4日金曜日

Interesting 3 people in Japan

There are many talented people in the world and also in Japan. It is difficult to work in the front lines for many years. However 3 people who I introduce you are flourished in different fields for many years and they are very famous in Japan. They have various experiences that we can not experience easily, so these special situations make them interesting and attractive people.

1. Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi is very clever. She flourishes in various fields as actress, writer, MC and ambassador of friendship more than 50 years. One of the reasons that she is clever is her way of speaking. She is considered that she keeps speaking anytime and anywhere. However one of her TV programs (Tetsuko no heya) have been broadcasting more than 30 years and it shows that she is not only keeping speak but also good listener and having a lot of things to talk about. She has many advantage and good points and the ability as stated above is one of the reasons to have been flourishing in a long time.

2. Keisuke Kuwata
Testuko Kuroyanagi is not the only person. We can’t ignore Keisuke Kuwata. He is the vocalist of Southern All Stars. After the band’s debut in 1978, they keep releasing songs that are accepted by many people and various generations. Many songs including his solo songs are made by Keisuke Kuwata. This year, the band celebrate 30 year anniversary after the debut and they announced cessation of activity for an unknown period of time. Surprisingly, it is reported that stock price related to them declined after the announcement. From these reasons we can know how influence they have.

3. Ichiro
Not only in entertainment industry, there are many people to flourish in sports world. Ichiro is now major leaguer and he is very famous. He sets new record every year as if it is common. However, it is difficult to maintain the best condition in major league so he may make a great effort to play excellently. In addition he sometimes gets fan’s attention because of what he says. It may influence when he play baseball. If you see this website you can know about his thought.

These 3 people are very unique and they have powerful influence on people. It is hard to flourish in the front lines for many years so they may have a personal belief and make an effort. Therefore these special things make them more and more interesting.