I went to the cinema yesterday. I went alone. I watched a new Studio Ghibli film.

The Boy and the Heron, a Ghibli film, started in the UK last month. I asked the Japanese lessons what people thought about the film.　Some people thought it was interesting, some thought it was not interesting and some thought it was ok. I thought it was very interesting.

きのう映画館に行きました。一人で行きました。スタジオジブリの新しい映画を見ました。

イギリスで先月からジブリの映画The Boy and the Heronが始まりました。日本語レッスンで映画の感想を聞きました。　おもしろいと思った人と、おもしろくないと思った人と、まあまあだと思った人がいました。私はとてもおもしろいと思いました。

この映画にはジブリの古い作品や、世界のファンタジー作品を思い出す場面があります。私が初めてジブリの映画を見たのは４０年前です。映画を見ながら、私の４０年の時間が、昔のジブリ映画の記憶と一緒になって、体の中でぐるぐるしました。

ストーリーも良かったです。少年と不思議な世界に行き、　　すてきな人たちと出会いました。宮崎駿みたいなおじいさんもいました。おじいさんは１３個の石を持っていて、少年が１つ　もらって自分の世界に帰ります。「いし」はstonesの石の他に、違う漢字で、will意志やlast wishes遺志という言葉になります。宮崎監督のメッセージかもしれません。

I went to the cinema yesterday. I went alone. I watched a new Studio Ghibli film.

The Boy and the Heron, a Ghibli film, started in the UK last month. I asked the Japanese lessons what people thought about the film.　Some people thought it was interesting, some thought it was not interesting and some thought it was ok. I thought it was very interesting.

There are scenes in this film that remind me of old Ghibli films and fantasy films from around the world. I first saw a Ghibli film 40 years ago. As I watched the film, my 40 years went round and round in my body, together with my memories of the old Ghibli films.

The story was also good. I went to a fantasy world with a boy and met lovely people. There was an old man who looked like Hayao Miyazaki. The old man had 13 stones, and the boy got one and went back to his own world. In addition to stones, the word "stone" can also be used with different kanji, as in will, or last wishes. This may be a message from director Miyazaki.

I woke up at 8:00 today. It was a beautiful day. I had breakfast. Then I did some jogging.

Around nine o'clock, I ran for about 15 minutes near my house. I don't like running, but every year I run in January. It's a new year and I want to do something new. It's a chance to exercise.

But I am lazy. Every year jogging ends after about three days. Last year I ran five times in a year. The year before, I ran four times. The year before that I ran only three times. My goal this year is to run six times. I want to run more times than last year.

今日、８時に起きました。いい天気でした。朝ご飯を食べました。それから、ジョギングをしました。

９時ごろ、うちの近くを十五分ぐらい走りました。走ることは好きじゃありませんが、毎年一月に走っています。新しい年ですから、新しいことがしたいです。運動をするチャンスです。

でも、私はなまけ者です。ジョギングは毎年、三日ぐらいで終わります。去年は一年間に五回走りました。一昨年は四回　走りました。その前の年は三回しか走りませんでした。今年の目標は六回です。去年より多く走りたいです。

私みたいな人を三日坊主と言います。坊主（お坊さん）に　なるためにお寺に入ったのに、三日でやめる人。飽きっぽい人です。怠け者は三日坊主とは少し違って、動くことが嫌いで、休むことが大好きな性格です。ナマケモノという動物もいます。

私のジョギングコースにはアーモンドの木があって、三月にきれいな花が咲きます。花が咲くまでジョギングを続けられたら、今年は優勝です。三日坊主にならないように、がんばります。

I woke up at 8:00 today. It was a beautiful day. I had breakfast. Then I did some jogging.

Around nine o'clock, I ran for about 15 minutes near my house. I don't like running, but every year I run in January. It's a new year and I want to do something new. It's a chance to exercise.

But I am lazy. Every year jogging ends after about three days. Last year I ran five times in a year. The year before, I ran four times. The year before that I ran only three times. My goal this year is to run six times. I want to run more times than last year.

People like me are called three-day monks. A person who entered a temple to become a monk, but quits after three days. They are people who get bored easily. A lazy person is slightly different from a three-day monk; they don't like to move and love resting. There is also an animal called a namakemono -sloth.

On my jogging route, there are almond trees, which have beautiful flowers in March. If I can keep jogging until the flowers bloom, I will be the winner this year. I will do my best not to become a three-day monk.

I went to a museum in London, The Wallace Collection. I went with my niece. My niece is 16 years old. There was a pink room in the museum. It was cute.

There were French paintings in the museum. There were old French clocks and tea cups. There was a picture of a girl in the pink room. My niece said she had seen that picture. She said she had seen it in the film 'Anna and the Snow Queen Frozen'. I looked on YouTube. It was really the same picture.

ロンドンの美術館The Wallace Collectionに行きました。めいっ子と行きました。めいは１６才です。美術館にピンクの部屋がありました。かわいかったです。

美術館にフランスの絵がありました。フランスの古い時計やティーカップもありました。ピンクの部屋に女の子の絵がありました。めいっ子はその絵を見たことがあると言いました。映画の「アナと雪の女王 Frozen」で見たと言いました。私はYouTubeを見ました。本当に同じ絵が出てきました。

私はディズニー映画には興味がないし、「アナ雪」も見た　　ことがありませんでした。めいっ子はアナ雪が大好きで映画の中の歌も覚えています。アナ雪の歌のシーンには世界の有名な絵をモデルにしたアニメーションがたくさん出てくることを、私は初めて知りました。ウォレス・コレクションにある女の子の絵「ぶらんこThe Swing」が出てくるのは「生まれて初めて」という歌のシーンの背景です。絵が見えるのはほんの一瞬です。子どもの記憶力はすごいですね。映画が見たくなりました。

I went to a museum in London, The Wallace Collection. I went with my niece. My niece is 16 years old. There was a pink room in the museum. It was cute.

There were French paintings in the museum. There were old French clocks and tea cups. There was a picture of a girl in the pink room. My niece said she had seen that picture. She said she had seen it in the film 'Anna and the Snow Queen Frozen'. I looked on YouTube. It was really the same picture.

I am not interested in Disney films and have never seen Frozen. My niece loves Frozen and remembers the songs from the film. I first learnt that many of the scenes in the Frozen song were modelled on famous paintings from around the world. The picture of the girl in the Wallace Collection, 'Blanko The Swing', appears in the background of the song scene 'For the First Time in My Life'. The picture is only visible for a brief moment. Children have an amazing memory. I now want to see the film.

I went to a concert with my father. We listened to music from the films. The orchestra played in a big hall.

My father has come to the UK from Japan and is enjoying London. He said he wanted to go somewhere, even on a rainy day. He doesn't like museums. I looked at a concert hall's website and saw the name John Williams, who is famous for his music in films. He is famous for his film music. There is a concert where you listen to music from Star Wars and Harry Potter. My father likes classical and jazz music and old films, so we bought tickets and we both went.

父とコンサートに行きました。映画の音楽を聞きました。大きいホールで、オーケストラが演奏しました。

父は日本からイギリスに来て、ロンドンを楽しんでいます。雨の日にも、どこかに行きたいと言いました。父は美術館が　好きじゃありません。私はコンサートホールのHPを見ました。John Williamsという名前がありました。映画の音楽で有名な人です。スター・ウォーズやハリー・ポッターの音楽を聞くコンサートがあります。父はクラシックやジャズなどの音楽と古い映画が好きだから、チケットを買って、二人で行ってみました。

ジョン・ウィリアムズは作曲家で、ハリウッド映画の大ヒット作品にはよく彼の曲が使われています。コンサートは楽しかったです。懐かしい曲を聞いているうちに、父は好きな映画や音楽の話を始めて止まらなくなりました。ハリウッドよりイタリアの古い映画が大好きで、映画音楽の作曲家で一番好きなのはゴッドファーザーのテーマを作った人だそうです。一緒に楽しい時間が過ごせて、よかったです。いい思い出ができました。

I went to a concert with my father. We listened to music from the films. The orchestra played in a big hall.

My father has come to the UK from Japan and is enjoying London. He said he wanted to go somewhere, even on a rainy day. He doesn't like museums. I looked at a concert hall's website and saw the name John Williams, who is famous for his music in films. He is famous for his film music. There is a concert where you listen to music from Star Wars and Harry Potter. My father likes classical and jazz music and old films, so we bought tickets and we both went.

John Williams is a composer and his music is often used in Hollywood big hits. The concert was fun. While we were listening to the nostalgic songs, my father started talking about his favourite films and music and couldn't stop. He loves old Italian films more than Hollywood, and his favourite film music composer is the one who wrote the theme for The Godfather. I'm glad we had a good time together. We made a great memory.

On 24 December I went to Heathrow Airport in London. My father and my sister and her family came to the UK from Japan. The airport was busy on Christmas Eve.

I was waiting for my father and sisters at the airport. In front of me there were an old man and an old woman. The old man was wearing a red hat. Old lady was wearing a green hat. She was wearing a T-shirt and green shoes. They were Santa and an elf.

Santa and the elf have been waiting for a long time. I was waiting too. A woman came out of the exit with a big suitcase. Santa and the elf waved. The woman saw them and stopped. She covered her face with her hands. When I saw that, I felt tears in my eyes. Then the three of them hugged each other. They looked very happy.

12月24日にロンドンのヒースロー空港に行きました。父と、妹家族が日本からイギリスに来ました。クリスマスイブの空港はにぎやかでした。

空港で父と妹たちを待っていました。私の前におじいさんとおばあさんがいました。おじいさんは赤いぼうしをかぶっていました。おばあさんは緑のぼうしをかぶっていました。おばあさんはTシャツと、くつも緑色でした。サンタとエルフでした。

サンタとエルフはずっと待っていました。私も待っていました。出口から女の人が大きいスーツケースを持って、出てきました。サンタとエルフが手を振りました。女の人は2人を見て、止まりました。手で顔をかくしました。私はそれを見て、涙が出ました。それから、3人は抱き合いました。とてもうれしそうでした。

空港に家族や友達を迎えに行く時はいつもわくわくしますが、クリスマスなのでさらに特別な雰囲気でした。到着案内を見ていたら、25日に到着する飛行機が出ていました。夜12時1分に北極からサンタを乗せた便が到着すると書いてありました。

On 24 December I went to Heathrow Airport in London. My father and my sister and her family came to the UK from Japan. The airport was busy on Christmas Eve.

I was waiting for my father and sisters at the airport. In front of me there were an old man and an old woman. The old man was wearing a red hat. Old lady was wearing a green hat. She was wearing a T-shirt and green shoes. They were Santa and an elf.

Santa and the elf have been waiting for a long time. I was waiting too. A woman came out of the exit with a big suitcase. Santa and the elf waved. The woman saw them and stopped. She covered her face with her hands. When I saw that, I felt tears in my eyes. Then the three of them hugged each other. They looked very happy.

It is always exciting to pick up family and friends at the airport, but it was extra special because it was Christmas. I looked at the arrival information and saw that the planes were arriving on the 25th. It said that a flight with Santa would arrive from the North Pole at 12.01 am.