English Recordings

THE HANA MONTHLY
Hana Middle School English Newspaper Wednesday March 5, 2003

Message from the Principal

It's been a busy month. New students and teachers have joined the Hana family. Those little boys and girls who first walked through the school gate last year have now become second-year students. Those who were second-year students, then, have started the late year of their middle school life as seniors. Teachers have taken on new classes.
Throughout this busy time and these changes, we have always done a good job, thanks to help from each of you, students, parents, and teachers. There is nothing special about the changes that are taking place this spring. So, let's do it right again this year.
We all know that spring is when everything gets started. New leaves come out. Animals wake up and begin to move around. What does that mean for us? I guess nature always teaches us a lesson. The lesson I have learned from this spring is that Hana should move forward, and that Hana students should keep up the good work. That way, we can all be successful. Thank you.
Lee Dong-Su
Principal
Hana Middle School

HANA ARTS FESTIVAL

MARK THE DATE! The highlight of the school spring season is our Arts Festival. It's a great evening of families spending time with one another, of students showing off their skills and ideas, ad of parents and teachers proudly looking on. This year's Arts Festival will be held on Saturday, May 7th Baekbeom Hall. Please join us!

VISIT OUR NEW HANA Check out the special
WEBSITE! classroom pages. Many
thanks go to Mr. Kim Han-gu and to the students who work so hard to keep our website up to date. Check out the new pages today!

Coming up on the School Calendar

April 5 Arbor Day (No classes)
April 15 Music Festival (1:00 p.m., Baekbeom Hall)
April 27 Hana Talent Show (3:00 p.m., Baekbeom Hall)
April 30 Meet the Principal Evening (7:00 p.m., Principal's Room). All parents are welcome.

MARKS YOUR CALENDARS!

Dasha Homeyer & Dylan Walsh, Ages: 14
The House on Maple Street

Dr. Fleinenstein lived alone in his 1800s style house on Maple Street.

Every day, he would get up very early for work. He worked only in his house in the attic. He never stepped outside, only to get his paper and mail. Many neighbors wondered about him. Some didnt even know his name. His latest top-secret invention was building a house rocket. What is a house rocket, you might ask? Dr. Fleinenstein would describe it as "The new way to outer space!" The doctor had many ideas, some were useless once built, but some were helpful in everyday life. One of his past inventions involved a motor and metal hands, which he used to help him with building his inventions.

His new invention was all about getting to space. Dr.Fleinenstein always had a thing for the universe. His house was mostly decorated of space pictures of the earth and many of the planets. His theory was to make somekind of rocket in his basement of the house, strong enough to lift off the ground and into space.

On a bright Saturday morning, Dr. Fleinenstein got up and did the usual, a cup of tea, eggs, and bacon. Then, he went off to his office in the attic. His office consisted of old antiques and small gadgets. One of his most prized possessions was kept in a wooden chamber in his office. He took it out rarely, just long enough for him to clean it. But nobody knew what this thing was.

As Dr.Fleinenstein turned on the lamp, he started drawing many shapes and numbers. Once he had an idea, it must be put on paper, or else the idea wouldnt exist. Once he had all his ideas down, he started off to the basement where all the tools were held. Back and forth he went, until finally he had all his tools. Since the rocket would be underneath the house, Dr. Fleinenstein went to the basement to work.

It has been a while since anyone stepped foot in the bottom story of the house, so most of it was filled with cobwebs and boxes. Dr.Fleinenstein got straight to work. He measured and cut every piece of metal to its needed shape.

Weeks later, Dr.Fleinenstein had finished his most possessed project. It was 11:30 PM, and he was getting ready for lift-off.

Dr.Fleinenstein strapped himself in. he clicked off all the buttons, and soon after, lift-off began. "It was the perfect lift-off."

He saw many things, from the planets to shooting stars. According to his calculations, it would take about 10 hours to get to the nearest planet. Finally he got to the planets atmosphere. The name was planet Unknown. As soon as he landed, he got out and saw many great things. He thought to himself, "Wow! I made it!" He took many samples of dirt and rocks. As he was searching for intelligent life, he stumbled upon a Wallabeast. "Whats a Wallabeast?" he wondered. As he got out his notebook, to take notes, he suddenly thought, "How in the universe am I gonna get home?"

JFK international airport
Your attention please!
This is an important message for the passengers of flight GCB 8053 to San Fransisco. The departure time has changed. Your flight is leaving at 9:35 and not 9:15.
The gate hasn't changed. Please go to gate 13.

A Snowy Weekend. (December 14, 2013, Sat)
It's snowing outside here in Seoul! The snow flakes are large. It's going to be a snowy weekend. The children must be very delighted that it is snowing.By the way, I feel good because the snow makes it a real winter atmosphere .(= By the way, I feel very good because it does not feel like winter without having snow. ) I am eating spicy ramyun right now and it is so good.I like this winter atmosphere .I can hear the sound of Jjang-ah's breath now. Oh, and also there's the slurping noises from sucking the noodles from the ramyun soup. (=Oh, and also there's the sucking noises from slurping ramyon soup . )

<Self-Reflection: Naughtiest dogs >
Sometimes we need to take a good lookat ourselves, right?I found really cute and fun pictures.They are such cute dogs.If you see their a sad[sorrowful] expression , you can not help loving them. Don't you think so? Any way, plese encourage these troublemaker?/ mischief-maker?/ dogs.

During the Middle Ages, gravlax was made by fishermen, who salted the salmon and lightly fermented it by burying it in the sand above the high-tide line. The word gravlax comes from the Scandinavian word grav, which literally means "grave" (in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish), and lax (or laks), which means "salmon", thus gravlax means "buried salmon".

There is a squirrel. Her name is Vera.
Is there a hamster? No, there is a squirrel. Her name is Vera
Is there a hamster or squirrel? There is a squirrel Vera.
She is very tiny squirrel.
Is she huge squirrel or tiny? No, She is tiny squirrel.
So, is there tiny hamster or squirrel? There is a tiny squirrel.
Who is tiny squirrel? Vera
She lives under the bridge. She is homeless.
Does Vera the squirrel live in a forest? No, she lives under the bridge
Does she live in the park? No, Vera the squirrel lives under the bridge . She is homeless.
Who lives under the bridge? Vera, the squirrel lives under the bridge
Why does Vera the squirrel live under the bridge? She lives under the bridge because she is homeless.
So, does she live under the bridge because she likes this or because she is homeless? She lives under the bridge because she is homeless.
Does squirrel live in the house? No, she lives under the bridge.
She has a problem. She is very lonely and doesn’t have friends.
Who has a problem? Vera the squirrel
What is her problem? She is very lonely and doesn’t have friends
Who doesn’t have friends? The squirrel, which lives under the bridge
Vera doesn’t have friends because her classmates make fun of her.
Who doesn’t have friends? Vera, the squirrel.
Why she doesn’t have friends? The squirrel doesn’t have friends because her classmates make fun of her.
They tease her all the time because she has freckles.
Who teases the squirrel all the time? Her classmates tease her all the time
Why her classmates tease her all the time? Because Vera, the squirrel, has freckles
What does have the squirrel? Freckles, Vera, the squirrel , has freckles
Does she have birthmarks or does she have freckles? Squirrel has freckles. Not birthmarks.
So, who has birthmarks? Nobody has birthmarks
And who has freckles? The squirrel has freckles. Vera doesn’t have birthmarks, but she has freckles.
Vera doesn’t have friends because her classmates make fun of her. They tease her all the time because she has freckles.
She needs to get rid of her freckles because everybody makes fun of her.
Who needs to get rid of freckles? Vera, the squirrel
Does she need to get rid of freckles or birthmarks? She doesn’t need to get rid of birthmarks but she definitely needs to get rid of freckles. She needs to get rid of freckles.
Why does she need to get rid of freckles? Because everybody makes fun of her.
Who makes fun of her? Everybody
Why does everybody make fun of the squirrel? Because Vera has freckles.
She decides to go to Warsaw, to visit a plastic surgeon.
What does she decide to do next? She decides go to Warsaw to visit a plastic surgeon
Vera, the squirrel, goes to Warsaw and asks the plastic surgeon: “Could you help me to eliminate my freckles”?
Why does Vera, the squirrel go to Warsaw? To eliminate her freckles, to get rid of freckles
Where does she go? To Warsaw, to the plastic surgeon
He looks at her freckles and says” you don’t need this, you are very beautiful squirrel. They suit you. This is ridiculous problem.”
What does the plastic surgeon say? The plastic surgeon says “you don’t need this, you are very beautiful squirrel. They suit you.”
What does suit the squirrel? Freckles suit Vera.
The plastic surgeon says “you don’t need this, you are very beautiful squirrel. They suit you. This is ridiculous problem.
What the problem is ridiculous? Freckles on the face of the squirrel
Are they awful? No, the freckles suit her.
Is this problem ridiculous? Yes, this problem is very ridiculous
Vera the squirrel is very disappointed. And she decides to go to another doctor, in Prague.
Who is very disappointed? The squirrel is very disappointed
Why Vera, the squirrel is very disappointed? Because the plastic surgeon tells her that the freckles suit her and this is ridiculous problem
Is squirrel’s mother disappointed? No, the squirrel is disappointed.
Why is she disappointed? Because of her freckles
Vera the squirrel is very disappointed. She decides to go to another doctor, in Prague.
What does Vera the squirrel decide to do? She decides to go to another doctor, in Prague.
Where is another doctor? In Prague
Who is in Prague? Another plastic surgeon
With the plastic surgeon in Prague she has very long and interesting conversation.
What does the squirrel Vera have with the plastic surgeon in Paruge? She has very long and interesting conversation
Is this conversation long and interesting? Yes this conversation is long and interesting
What is long and interesting? The conversation between the squirrel and the plastic surgeon
IS the conversation short and boring? No, the conversation is long and interesting
The conversation is long and interesting between whom? Between the plastic surgeon and the squirrel
Is the conversation long and interesting between the squirrel and her friends? No, the conversation is interesting between the squirrel and the plastic surgeon from Prague
With the plastic surgeon in Prague the squirrel has very long and interesting conversation.
She likes him. He likes her. They like each other.
Does Vera the squirrel like John? No, she likes the plastic surgeon from Prague
Who likes each other? Vera the squirrel and the plastic surgeon from Prague like each other
Does the plastic surgeon like the squirrel? Yes he likes her. He likes the squirrel.
And the plastic surgeon tells her: “The appearance doesn’t matter much. The best way to stop your classmates making fun is simply to ignore them. If you want I can be your friend.”
Who tells the squirrel that the appearance doesn’t matter much? The plastic surgeon from Prague
Does the plastic surgeon from Kyiv tell her the appearance doesn’t matter much? NO, the plastic surgeon from Prague tells her that the appearance doesn’t matter much.
What doesn’t matter much? An appearance doesn’t matter much.
The plastic surgeon tells her: “The appearance doesn’t matter much. The best way to stop your classmates making fun is simply to ignore them.
What is the best way to stop classmates making fun? It is to ignore them
The best way to stop making fun is to ignore who? The best way to stop making fun is to ignore classmates
The best way to stop making fun is to beat classmate? No the best way to stop making fun is to ignore classmates
Who to ignore? It is Classmates. To ignore classmates.
The plastic surgeon tells her: “The appearance doesn’t matter much. The best way to stop your classmates making fun is simply to ignore them. If you want I can be your friend.”
Who can be the squirrel’s friend? The plastic surgeon from Prague
If she wants the plastic surgeon can be her husband? No, he can be her friend
Who can be her friend? The plastic surgeon from Prague
Her friend can be the doctor from Prague or from Warsaw? Squirrel’s friend can be the doctor from Prague
And why her friend can’t be the doctor from Warsaw? Because squirrel Vera was disappointed at him.
So squirrel gets a new friend. He is her doctor. Now he is her best friend.
Who is the squirrel’s best friend? The plastic surgeon from Prague
She finally succeeds in making friends.
Does she finally succeed in her life? No, she succeeds in making friends
Does she finally succeed in business? No, she doesn’t succeed in business, she succeeds in making friends.
Who succeeds in making friends? The squirrel finally succeeds in making friends
So, she finally succeeds in making friends or in making business? She finally succeeds in making friends.
And she takes it easy.
Who takes it easy?
Why does squirrel takes it easy? Because now she has the best friend
Who is Vera’s best friend? The doctor from Prague
What does she take easy? she takes easy her freckles.
Why does she take easy her freckles now? Now she has the best friend. This is the plastic surgeon from Prague.

A SQUIRREL WITH FRECKLES

There is a squirrel. Her name is Vera. She is very tiny squirrel. She lives under the bridge.
She has a problem. She is very lonely and doesn’t have friends. She doesn’t have friends because her classmates make fun of her. They tease her all the time because she has freckles. She needs to get rid of her freckles because everybody makes fun of her.
She decides to go to Warsaw, to visit a plastic surgeon. She goes to Warsaw and asks him: “Could you help me to eliminate my freckles”? He looks at her freckles and says” you don’t need this, you are very beautiful squirrel. They suit you. This is ridiculous problem.”
But Vera the squirrel is very disappointed. And she decides to go to another doctor, in Prague. With the plastic surgeon in Prague she has very long and interesting conversation. She likes him. He likes her. They like each other. And the plastic surgeon tells her: “appearance doesn’t matter much. The best way to stop your classmates making fun is simply to ignore them. If you want I can be your friend.”
So squirrel makes a new friend. He is her doctor. Now he is her best friend. She finally succeeds in making friends. And she takes it easy.

Semi-dried Fish(December 12,2013)
This is the Guamegi(과메기) that we ate this evening with some acquaintances. Guamegi(과메기) can be explained as a semi-dried fish. If it's your first time eating it, may be it is unfamiliar to you.
However it's a very delicious andnutritious seafood.
We eat it by wrapping it with seaweed and various kinds of vegetables which gives various vitamins and minerals.

A taboo is a vehement prohibition of an action based on the belief that such behavior is either too sacred or too accursed for ordinary individuals to undertake, under threat of supernatural punishment.Such prohibitions are present in virtually all societies. The word has been somewhat expanded in the social sciences strong prohibitions relating to any area of human activity or custom that is sacred or forbidden based on moral judgment and religious beliefs.[citation needed] "Breaking a taboo" is usually considered objectionable by society in general, not merely a subset of a culture.