What's New at Kyoto NHK ESS?

Presenter：　Mr. Yamamura

Genre: Work and presentation

Title: Introduce your partner

Description:
In this practice, you will introduce not yourself,
but your partner in a group.

First, you will have a mutual interview with your partner,
and then introduce your partner to the other group member
according to your interview.

Presenter：　Mr. Higashiyama

Genre: speaking

Title: Psychological test

Practice descriptions:
First, make five to six groups. Second, work on a psychological test I will provide you with. Third, analyze your own result. Fourth, take up each group member's result and talk about it within your group. The main subject of the talk is how the result reflects your own self- image or your group member's character.　　Thank you.

Presenter：　Mr. Sugihara

Genre: talk/debate

Title: Northern Ireland

Practice descriptions:
Official name of "Igirisu", where English language was
born, is "the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland." You may wonder why Northern Ireland has to be
attached to "Great Britain" to form the United Kingdom. Or
you may not wonder..

Northern Ireland, with land area almost same as Fukushima
prefecture and population slightly larger than Kyoto city,
is known for UNESCO world heritage of Giant's Causeway,
the world first legal whiskey distillery of Bushmills, and
the birthplace of the cruiser ship "Titanic." Or is it
Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the conflict known as "the
Troubles" that you imagine?

In practice, I give you the brief introduction of the
region, and you talk on the topics about this English
speaking region. Northern Ireland is bigger than its
actual size of land area and population in its presence in
English speaking world. So you English language lovers,
it's good for you to talk something about Northern
Ireland. No prior knowledge about Northern Ireland is
required.

slainte!(cheers in Gaelic language)

Presenter: Mr. Yasuda

Genre: Drama

Title: Princess Diana

Practice descriptions:
Please make a drama by your own creativity.
Perform a drama filled with laughter and tears.

As we don't have enough time, I decided the
title this time. You may follow the real story or
you can also make an imaginary story. It is
entirely up to you.

I hope all of you will enjoy acting like
an actor/actress happily.

皆様、こんばんは。Ａｋａｏです。
遅れて申し訳ございません。2月号のニュースレターを送らせて頂きます。

＜ＰＲＡＣＴＩＣＥ　ＲＥＰＯＲＴ＞
2月2日　　Miyamae-san:Let`s play with "Synonyms"
　　　　　　参加者　30名

2月9日　　Ｎａｋａｎｉｓｈｉ－ｓａｎ：Ｃｒｏｓｓ　word puzzle-ｔry to find forty words with your partners.
　参加者　21名

2月16日　Ａｓａｎｏ－ｓａｎ：Ｓｕｐｅｒｓｔｉｔｉｏｎｓ game
　　　　　　参加者　24名

2月23日　Ｍａｔｓｕｍｕｒａ－ｓａｎ：Astrology- Describe your character.
参加者　22名

＜ＮＥＷＣＯＭＥＲＳ＞
2月2日　　　Kachi-san,Matsuda-san,Nonaka-san,Saitou-san,Yamamoto-san
2月9日　　　Ｓｈｉｏｉ－ｓａｎ
2月16日　　Ａｗａｎｏ－ｓａｎ
2月23日　　Miyake-san

以上8名の方々が見学に来てくださいました。

　だんだん暖かくなり今日は19度まで上がり春らしい気候でしたね。皆様においてはいかがお過ごしでしょうか。とはいえ、この冬は雪が続き寒かったように思います。私自身首のヘルニアの持病もあり、血流が悪いためこの寒さはかなりの大敵でした。そこでピラティス、ヘルストロンとサプリメントの内服でなんとかしのいできたので少し紹介させて頂きます。
　ピラティスは、とあるドイツ人が第一次世界大戦で負傷した兵士のリハビリのため開発したエクササイズでお腹の深層にある筋肉や肩甲骨周りの筋肉などを動かす運動です。一通りがんばった後は、循環がよくなり肩こりがすっきりするように感じます。
　ヘルストロンは通電している椅子上に座っているだけで、体の血流がよくなり体がすっきりします。
　いちょうの葉のサプリメントは血流改善の効能を持ちます。
　３つのどれがよく効いているのかははっきりわかりませんが、肩こりや血液循環不良などで苦しんでおられる方がおられましたら一度試してみてください。