English Recordings

The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening.
At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty.
Mr. Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display.
Two of his assistants had been working busily since eight o'clock and had only just finished.
Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet.
After gazing at the display for several minutes, Mr. Taylor went back into his shop.
The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade.
It came to a stop outside the jeweller's.
One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stockings over their faces jumped out and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars.
While this was going on, Mr. Taylor was upstairs.
He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade.
One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue, but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain.
The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed.
Just as it was leaving, Mr. Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases, but it was impossible to stop the thieves.
They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.

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OoooOoo~~ I`M really sleepy now.

(Just A MOMENT ago, I nodded off WRITTING MY entry,)
(Just a minute ago, I fell asleep while writing my entry.)

After I wrote my entry in Chinese ,
Now that I have written a Chinese ,
After I HAD wrote my CHINESE ENTRY of THE day,

(and corrected some of my lang-8 friends' entries in Korean
(and had corrected some of my lang-8 friends' entries in Korean(Korean entries),

(I decided I wanted to write an English entry. )
(I would like to write my own English entry,)
(I would like to write my own entry in English),

(However, I feel awfully sleepy.)
(but I feel awfully sleepy )
(but I feel really sleepy ).

I am still at my desk.
I am going to bed now! right now!^^
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(1)
•OoooOoo~~ I'm really sleepy now.
• Just a minute ago, I fell asleep while writing my entry.
• After I wrote my entry in Chinese of today, and had corrected some of my lang-8 friends' entries in Korean, I decided I wanted to write an English entry. However, I feel awfully sleepy.
• I am still at my desk.
• I am going to bed now!
(2)
•OoooOoo~~ I'm really sleepy now.
• Just a minute ago, I fell asleep while writing my entry.
• Now that I have written a Chinese entry and corrected some of my Lang-8 friends' Korean entries, I would like to write my own English entry (my entry in English), but I feel awfully sleepy .
• I am still at my desk.
• I am going to bed now!
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--<Complaint >--
My eyes are complaining badly to me now .
My eyes are complaining mightily to me now .
My eyes are really complaining to me now .

Yes, I know (that) I should go to bed,
( but now I am here in front of my desktop.)
( but now I am here in front of the desk.)
( but now I am here at my desk. )
( but now I am still at my desk. )

WOoooo~~ ok, I really need to go to bed, like right now!
WOoooo~~ ok, I will really go to bed, right now!

Who's teaching you Chinese?

Who taught you Chinese?

Who is your teacher?

What is your name?

What is your reason for learning Chinese?

What is your job?

What is your age?

What do you do in your spare time?

What does this mean?

What is the time?

What is the date?

What are your hobbies?

When did you start learning the language?

When did you go to Taiwan?
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Where in China will you go?

Where is your hometown?

Where did you want to go?

Why are you interested in Chinese?

How did you learn the language?

How long have you been learning Chinese?

How much time do you spend studying Chinese?

How do you say...?

How do you write...?

Which countries have you been to?

Which books are you using to learn Chinese?

Which city do you live in?

Which language do you enjoy learning the most?

Which language are you learning?

What kind of food do you like?

What kind of audio are you using for learning Chinese?

People and things are called names. Robin Banks wished his parents had called him something different.

We can call people things. If you call me a pacifist again, I'll hit you!

We can call people on the telephone. Laura called her husband to remind him to answer the phone if it rings.

Trains call at stations. The Orient Express does not call on Orient.

People and animals can call out. Try not to call out if Freddy starts go towards to you.

I was watching the movie "Open Water" and doing householdwork,such as ironing sheets and sewing buttons.
”Open　Water”　is a horror film based on the true story of an American couple who went out with a scuba group and were accidently left behind.
It was a simple movie but I was concentrating more on sewing buttons so I missed many parts.
I am going to watch it again tomorrow.

Jesus said of his purpose, “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”[Jn. 10:10]
In the book of Matthew, Jesus says, “I desire mercy, not sacrifice. For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”[Mt 9:13] Mark says that Jesus came to “give his life as a ransom for many”;[Mk 10:45] Luke, that Jesus was sent to “preach the good news of the Kingdom of God”;[Lk 4:43] and John, that Jesus came so that “those who believed in him would have eternal life”.[Jn. 3:16]

I used to keep ALL the letters I had received in the past, but that's not the only thing I had a hard time getting rid of. It also took me a while to let go of these little notes that my friends and I used to pass around during classes in junior and senior high school! :P

Every time I read even one of these, I couldn't stop reading one after another. I noticed that we had some kind of a secret code or something that I, as an adult, couldn't decipher what it meant anymore.

Moving on to the next photo, which is absolutely embarrassing, but I thought you might enjoy trying to read what I wrote in my schedule book in January, 1999, when I was 14 years old. :P Apparently, I really liked MJ and Yuzu (a Japanese popular music duo), and when it comes to boys, I liked a guy called Shin-chan. lol

We were in the same orchestra club, where he played the clarinet and I played the oboe. Aww, the way I wrote things here sounds very young and hilarious to me now. lol

Here's one of my favorite songs from Yuzu. This is the very first song I heard by Yuzu and I totally fell in love with the beautiful harmony they created with their voices! I used to sing their songs with my friends all the time no matter where we were. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgAZiCLbc0U

The lyrics are so touching as well. Check them out here:
http://yellowyuzu.atspace.com/lyrics/lyricame_to_namida.htm
(The lyrics are written in katakana, English and Japanese!)

As for the last photo, I had my belly button pierced soon after I graduated from high school. You can actually find some Purikuras my friend and I took on the day we went to a clinic to get our piercings done. I bought these little navel accessories while I was studying in the U.S. for a year...

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....WHAAAAAT!?!? *0*

What in the world was I studying in the States?! xD

I've never seen this kind of flirty (? lol) accessory in Japan. Haha. I'm not sure if I'm ever going to wear these again, but they are cute so I'm not gonna throw them away just yet! :P

Just in case, you know! ;)

Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics.
Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president's palace in a new African republic.
When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it.
The article began: 'Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's palace'.
The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.
The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts,
but he took a long time to send them. Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press.
He sent the journalist two more faxes, but received no reply.
He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired.
When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written.
A week later, the editor at last received a fax from the journalist.
Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well.
However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he informed the editor
that he had been arrested while counting the 1,084 steps leading to the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded the president's palace.

The Pusan International Film Festival officially changed its identity to the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), Thursday.
The move follows a decade after the host city changed its name under new Romanization standards implemented in 2000.

“Film industry people often incorrectly assume that the place where the festival is held is different from the city, Busan,” according to a statement. “The festival committee has decided to unite all the related names of the festival, such as events and facilities, with the name of the city.”

Other changes include the Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) being renamed the Asian Project Market (APM), and the festival’s future hub will be known as the Busan Cinema Center.

The long-awaited complex will be completed in September, in time for the 16th annual event to be held Oct. 6 to 14. The Busan Cinema Center will be the largest cultural Cineplex in Asia with four large screening venues, including a multi-functional theater and 4,000-seat outdoor screening facility.

The official website has been changed accordingly, from www.piff.org to www.biff.kr.

In addition, the APM, previously held at Haeundae, will be moved to Centum City’s Bexco, marking a move away from the popular beach area.

Organizers also unveiled this year’s official poster, based on a photo by festival regular Abbas Kiarostami, a director and photographer. The final design was by BIFF art director Choi Soon-dae.

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Man is a pliable animal, a being who gets accustomed to everything.
사람은 유연한 동물이며, 모든 일에 숙달될 수 있는 존재이다.
2
electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks[WordNet 3.0]
3
Don't worry, you'll get accustomed to the work in a little while.
(Never mind about it,) you'll grow used to the work over time.
이런 일에 차츰 익숙해질 거예요.
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It won't take too long before you get accustomed to life here.
You'll get used to life here pretty soon.
곧 이곳 생활에 익숙해질 거야.
5
be accustomed to see; get used to seeing[프라임한영사전]
눈에 익다
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Have you gotten accustomed to Korean food?
Are you used to Korean food?
Have you grown used to Korean food?
한국 음식에 익숙하십니까?
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get one's hand accustomed (to); get skilled (in)[프라임한영사전]
(일이) 손에 배다