BR2-08 Aladdin ＆His Magical Lamp

This is story of Aladdin. I think that everyone know about Aladdin. But this book is a little different.

There was a boy named Aladdin. He lived with his mother. One day, a man came to Aladdin. Suddenly, he said "I'm your uncle." But Aladdin had thought that he don't know an uncle without the man. So he couldn't believe the man. Next day, the man took Aladdin to out of the city. Suddenly, he said some words. And then a door appeared in the grass. He asked Aladdin to find a lamp from the cave. He went out from the cave and got back his home. His mother had a lamp. She give Aladdin the lamp. Aladdin rubbed the lamp, a giant man appeared from the lamp named genie. He come true whatever Aladdin want. Aladdin asked him to want to food and money. So Aladdin and his mother's life was better. One day, Aladdin was in love with the princess. He thought that he want to marry the princess. He and his mother brought jewels to princess's father to marry the princess. Finally, Aladdin could marry the princess. He was very happy. But the man who is Aladdin's uncle came back. He has a lamp too. He rubbed the lamp and he asked genie to want to the palace and the princess. And then the princess had gone. Aladdin went to his uncle to help the princess. Aladdin kill his uncle. And help the princess.

This story isn't the story which you know isn't it. If you are interested in this story, please read this book.

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BR2-07 The Emperor's New Clothes

This is a story about emperor who likes clothes. There was an emperor who liked clothes very much. He always thought about clothes. He didn't think without about clothes. He ignored what his soldiers said and he didn't listen advice from his advisers. One day, The emperor was looking for new clothes for a parade. He thought that I always fantastic person. So, he wanted to find new clothes. He asked Boris who is his servant to find new clothes. Boris went to a clothes-market in town to find new clothes. Then Boris went to the town, he met two men named Slimus and Slick. They said "we can make magical clothes." Boris took them to the emperor. And new clothes decided to be made by Slimus and Slick. The day when a parade is held came. The emperor went to the room which Slimus and Slick was making the new clothes. And he asked them to bring the new clothes. But they brought only a hanger and they said " This is your new clothes. We will put on your clothes in front of the mirror." And they said "Oh it fits and very cool." The emperor was satisfied and went to the parade. But actually, he was naked. All people was surprised at naked emperor. The emperor blush for with same. And he run away at once. The emperor was tricked by two men!!

This story is very funny. I like this book very much. If you read this book, you feel happy!!

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BR2-06 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

This is a story about Ali Baba. Ali Baba was very poor. He cut some branches and sold at the market to live. One day, he saw thieves in front of a cave. Surdenlly, one of the thieves said "Open Seame". And then a wall opened. They went in the cave. After a long wait, Ali Baba saw the wall open again. And one of the thieves said "Shut, Seame". The wall closed. Ali Baba was very surprised. He wanted to go to in the cave. So he went to in front of the wall and said "Open Seame". The wall opened too. He went in the cave. He saw a lot of tresure in the cave. He brought back some coins. He talked to his brother about this story. After a few days, his brother went to tha cave. And he went in the cave. But he forgot the words to open the wall. Thives came to the cave. And they found Ali Baba's brother. Ali Baba's brother was killed by the theives. The theives knew another people went in the cave, they tried to catch Ali Baba. But Ali Baba wasn't killed by the theives. He sent the theives many times and finally he kiiled the theives. And then Ali Baba spent very good life.

This book is very interesting. And this story comes from a collection of Arabian stories. If you have a time, please read this book.

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Professional basketball in Japan and in the U.S

During I went to Minnesota in America, I studied about defferent of professional basketball in the U.S and professional basketball in Japan. Now I'm going to write about this.

1. Introduction
Recently, a professional basketball league was founded in Japan. Even so, in Japan, basketball isn’t very popular. In Japan, soccer and baseball are more popular than basketball, and basketball games are almost never broadcast on TV.
How is it in Minnesota? Basketball is very popular in America, so it is a probably very popular in Minnesota too. There is the National Basketball Association in America. NBA’ s games are broadcast on TV sometimes in Japan, and many NBA fans came to watch the game.
This paper will write the reason why NBA is popular in America and consider what we should do to make basketball more popular in Japan.

2. In Kumamoto 　
Kumamoto doesn’t have a professional basketball team, so professional
basketball isn’t very popular in Kumamoto. Soccer and baseball seem to be more popular than basketball among young people in Kumamoto. For example, elementary schools often have soccer and baseball clubs but not basketball clubs. This is one of the reasons that basketball isn’t popular in Kumamoto.
But basketball is popular among young people in some prefectures, for example, Fukuoka and Akita. They have many people who play basketball, and there are many good basketball players in Fukuoka and Akita. Yuta Tabuse who was an NBA player played basketball in Akita when he was high school student.
I asked Japanese students some questions about basketball. First, I asked “Do you think basketball is popular where you live?” Half of them answered “so-so”, about 30% people answered “Yes” and about 20% people answered “No”. Most students think that baseball and soccer are more popular in Japan. Second, I asked “What professional basketball team do you know in your country?” All of them answered “I don’t know”. We have some professional basketball teams for example “Tochigi BREX”, but nobody knows them because we have almost no professional basketball TV programs. Third, I asked “Do you ever watch professional basketball on TV?” Half of them answered “Never”, about 30% people answered “Rarely” and about 20% people answered “Sometimes”. Fourth, I asked “Would you like to watch more professional basketball on TV than you do now?” About half of them answered “No”, about 35% people answered “so-so” and about 15% people answered “Yes”. This shows well that Japanese students aren’t very interested in basketball games. Fifth, I asked “Have you ever watched an NBA game?” 70% people answered “No”, about 30% people answered “Yes, on TV” and nobody answered “Yes, in person”. We can watch NBA games on TV sometimes but it is always broadcast at 1 am or 2 am, so only a few people watch it. Sixth, I asked “In Japan, basketball is not as popular as it is in the US. Why do you think this might be?” People answered “US is very big country, so many good players play in US.” and “Japanese like baseball and soccer better than baseball.”

3. In the US
There is NBA in the US, so basketball is very popular in the US. Most of the states in the US have a professional basketball team. Minnesota’s team is named “Timberwolves”, and also there is a very big basketball court, named “Target Center”. People in Minnesota often go to watch basketball games. The biggest reason that basketball is popular in the US is performance. NBA games are very exciting and fantastic because there are many more good basketball players in the US than in Japan.
I asked American people the same questions that I asked Japanese students. The result of first question was about 70% people answered “Yes”, about 30% people answered “so-so” and nobody answered “No”. The result of second question was that all of people knew professional basketball teams in the US. For example, “Timber Wolves”, ”Chicago Bulls” and “Celtics”. The result of the third question was that about 60% people answered “Never”, about 25% people answered “Sometimes” and about 15% people answered “Rarely”. This result was surprising. American people aren’t as interested in watching professional basketball on TV as I thought. Most Japanese people probably think American people often watch NBA not only in person but also on TV. We think that all American people like to watch basketball. The result of the fourth question was that about 90% people answered “No”, about 10% people answered “so-so” and nobody answered “Yes”. This was also a surprising at result. Watching professional basketball on TV seems to be boring for Americans. The result of the fifth question was that about 60% people answered “Yes, in person”, about 20% answered “Yes, on TV” and about 20% answered “No”. The result of the sixth question was very interesting. People answered “Because basketball is newer in Japan.”, “Baseball is very popular in Japan.”, “Japanese people maybe are too short.”, ”Height” and so on.

4. Conclusion　
Now basketball is a very popular sport in the world, but basketball isn’t very popular in some countries. Basketball isn’t very popular in Japan either, but baseball and soccer are very popular in Japan. We have had professional baseball teams and professional soccer teams from a long time ago, so we can often watch professional baseball and professional soccer games on TV. We have professional basketball teams too, but they started only a few years ago, and we can’t watch professional basketball games often on TV. This may be why baseball and soccer are much more popular in Japan. Also we don’t have basketball courts outside like America. This is another reason that basketball isn’t popular. There are many basketball courts outside in America. This is a very good thing for boys who play basketball. We need to make better circumstances to play basketball everywhere.
Basketball is a very interesting sport. It is said Japanese are too short to play basketball but there are very good players in Japan too. We can’t watch games like NBA, but I think we can enjoy watching Japanese professional games too. Recently, Yuta Tabuse a very good basketball player came back to Japan. From now on Japanese professional basketball games will be more exciting because of him. I hope basketball is very popular than now. If basketball will be popular, people who play basketball will increase and level of basketball in Japan will improve.

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