Last year I went to a yoga class every week. This year I haven't been going at all. In summer I like to swim in the pool. But this summer was cold and the weather was bad, so I didn't swim much. I have been skipping exercise for a long time.

These days I do simple exercises while watching YouTube on my iPad. I still have to do something for my health.

運動が好きですか。どんな運動をしますか。私はうちで　ストレッチをします。ヨガも好きです。

去年は毎週ヨガのクラスに行きました。今年はぜんぜん行っていません。夏はプールで泳ぐことが好きです。でも、今年の夏は寒くて、天気が悪かったから、あまり泳ぎませんでした。ずっと、運動をサボっていました。

このごろ、iPadでYouTubeを見ながら簡単な運動をしています。やっぱり、健康のために何かしなければいけません。

毎朝、「首・肩１０分」とか「腰１０分」という短い動画を　適当に探しています。私の友達もYouTubeでストレッチしてるそうです。きっかけは、最近子犬を飼い始めて、毎日お世話が大変で、エクササイズの教室に行けなくなったからだそうです。私は犬はいないけどヨガ教室に行けなくなったところは同じです。家でできることをコツコツがんばります。

Do you like exercise? What kind of exercise do you do? I do stretching at home. I also like yoga.

Last year I went to a yoga class every week. This year I haven't been going at all. In summer I like to swim in the pool. But this summer was cold and the weather was bad, so I didn't swim much. I have been skipping exercise for a long time.

These days I do simple exercises while watching YouTube on my iPad. I still have to do something for my health.

Every morning, I look for short videos at random, like '10 minutes for neck/shoulders' or '10 minutes for hips'. My friend also stretches using YouTube. The reason for this is because she recently got a puppy and it's hard to look after him every day, so she can't go to exercise classes anymore. I don't have a dog, but I can't go to yoga class anymore which is the same situation. I'm trying my best to do what I can at home.

I went to Kew Gardens in London. Kew Gardens is a large botanical garden. It was a good weather day. We walked a lot. There is a greenhouse in the botanical garden. We saw lotus flowers.

The lotus in the Kew Gardens was very big. It is called an oni-basu. The colour of the flowers was beautiful.

When I went to Paris last month, I saw a painting of flowers in a museum. There are paintings of water lilies in the Musée de l'Orangerie. There were four paintings. The paintings are large and panorama-sized, so I felt like I was in nature.

ロンドンのキューガーデンに行きました。キューガーデンは大きい植物園です。いい天気でした。私たちはたくさん　歩きました。植物園に温室があります。はすの花を見ました。

 キューガーデンのはすは、とても大きかったです。鬼ばすと言います。花の色がきれいでした。

先月、パリに行った時、美術館で花の絵を見ました。オランジュリー美術館に睡蓮の絵があります。モネという画家が描いた絵です。4枚 ありました。絵が大きくて、パノラマサイズだったので、自然の中にいるみたいでした。

東京にも蓮の花がきれいな所があります。上野駅の近くの上野公園に大きい池があって、夏は蓮の花が見事です。ロンドンのキューガーデンのように温室の中で見る植物も特別感があっていいですが、東京の空の下で見る蓮の花も好きです。おすすめスポットです。　　

I went to Kew Gardens in London. Kew Gardens is a large botanical garden. It was a good weather day. We walked a lot. There is a greenhouse in the botanical garden. We saw lotus flowers.

The lotus in the Kew Gardens was very big. It is called an oni-basu. The colour of the flowers was beautiful.

When I went to Paris last month, I saw a painting of flowers in a museum. There are paintings of water lilies in the Musée de l'Orangerie. There were four paintings. The paintings are large and panorama-sized, so I felt like I was in nature.

There are places in Tokyo where lotus flowers are beautiful. There is a large pond in Ueno Park near Ueno Station and the lotus are spectacular in summer.　It is nice to see plants in a greenhouse like Kew Gardens in London as it gives a special feeling, but I also like to see lotus flowers under the sky in Tokyo. I recommend the place.

Yesterday, we had dinner at home. I made chestnut rice. It was delicious. I love chestnut rice.

It's autumn in the UK. In a park near our house, there are many trees. There are also big chestnut trees. Under the trees, spiky shells have fallen. Inside the shells are chestnuts. Chestnuts are delicious, but it is difficult to eat them. To eat them, you have to remove the skin. Chestnuts have a tough skin. When I want to eat chestnuts, I buy peeled chestnuts at the supermarket. When I cook rice in a rice cooker, I add the peeled chestnuts. I also add a little sake, mirin and soy sauce. Simple and tasty chestnut rice is ready.

きのう、うちで晩ご飯を食べました。私は栗ご飯をつくりました。おいしかったです。栗ご飯が大好きです。

イギリスは今、秋です。うちの近くの公園に木がたくさんあります。大きい栗の木もあります。木の下にはトゲトゲの殻が落ちています。殻の中に栗の実が入っています。栗はおいしいですが、食べるのは大変です。食べるためには皮を剥かなければなりません。栗の皮は堅いです。私は栗を食べたい時、スーパーでむき栗を買います。炊飯器でご飯を炊く時にむき栗を入れます。お酒とみりんと醤油も少し入れます。かんたんで、おいしい栗ご飯のできあがりです。

栗の木にはいろいろな種類があって、葉っぱが細くてつやつやしているのが甘栗、食べられる栗です。焼き栗として　売られたり、栗のデザートに使われます。葉っぱが大きくて紅葉するのは馬栗です。見た目はそっくりですが、馬栗は食べられません。フランス語ではマロニエと言うそうです。

Yesterday, we had dinner at home. I made chestnut rice. It was delicious. I love chestnut rice.

It's autumn in the UK. In a park near our house, there are many trees. There are also big chestnut trees. Under the trees, spiky shells have fallen. Inside the shells are chestnuts. Chestnuts are delicious, but it is difficult to eat them. To eat them, you have to remove the skin. Chestnuts have a tough skin. When I want to eat chestnuts, I buy peeled chestnuts at the supermarket. When I cook rice in a rice cooker, I add the peeled chestnuts. I also add a little sake, mirin and soy sauce. Simple and tasty chestnut rice is ready.

There are various types of chestnut trees. Chestnuts with thin, glossy leaves are sweet chestnuts, which can be eaten. They are sold as roasted chestnuts or used in chestnut desserts. The ones with large leaves that turn into autumn colours are horse chestnuts. Although they look similar, horse chestnuts are not edible. In French, they are called marronniers.

先週の日曜日にブライトンに行きました。友達と電車で　行きました。朝、天気はくもりでした。８時半に家を出ました。ブライトンでハイキングをしました。少し雨が降りました。

ブライトンは海が有名ですが、ハイキングも楽しいです。ハイキングコースがたくさんあります。駅からバスで２０分ぐらいで、景色がいい所に行くことができます。緑の丘がきれいで、高い木がありません。３６０度見えるから、ダイナミックです。私たちは元気に歩きました。１時間ぐらいで、お腹が空きました。バスで町に戻ることにしました。その時、ポツン、ポツン。雨です。バス停の前にパブがありました。パブで雨宿りしました。

防水ジャケットを持って行ってよかったです。それでも服が　けっこう濡れました。バスが来るまでパブで休憩することにしました。散歩帰りの人や犬で混んでいました。私はお腹が空いていましたが、昼ご飯を食べたら次のバスに間に合わないから、飲み物だけにしました。午後は雨が上がって、天気がよくなり　ました。町で昼ご飯を食べてから、海に行ってのんびりしました。

I went to Brighton last Sunday. I went with a friend by train. The weather was cloudy in the morning. I left home at 8.30am. We went hiking in Brighton. It rained a bit.

Brighton is famous for its beach, but it's also fun to go hiking. There are many hiking trails. It takes about 20 minutes by bus from the train station to get to the scenic spot. The green hills are beautiful, there are no tall trees, you can see 360 degrees, it's dynamic. We walked briskly; after about an hour, we were hungry. We decided to take the bus back to town. Then, pat, pat. It was raining. There was a pub in front of the bus stop. We took shelter from the rain in the pub.

It was lucky that I had brought a waterproof jacket. But my clothes still got quite wet. We decided to rest in the pub until the bus arrived. It was crowded with walkers and dogs. I was hungry, but decided to have a drink only because I would not be able to catch the next bus if I ate lunch. In the afternoon the rain stopped and the weather improved. We had lunch in town and then went to the beach to relax.

I went to Brighton last Sunday. I went with a friend by train. The weather was cloudy in the morning. I left home at 8.30am. We went hiking in Brighton. It rained a bit.

Brighton is famous for its beach, but it's also fun to go hiking. There are many hiking trails. It takes about 20 minutes by bus from the train station to get to the scenic spot. The green hills are beautiful, there are no tall trees, you can see 360 degrees, it's dynamic. We walked briskly; after about an hour, we were hungry. We decided to take the bus back to town. Then, pat, pat. It was raining. There was a pub in front of the bus stop. We took shelter from the rain in the pub.

One Piece is a Japanese animation. It is popular all over the world. There is also a manga. First it was a manga and later the anime was created. The manga is not finished yet. It's in its 106th volume now. One Piece on Netflix is not an anime, it's live action. It is a live-action version of One Piece made by a studio in Hollywood. The story is a bit different from the anime.

When an anime is made into a live-action version, there are a lot of opinions among fans, but I thought the live-action version was entertaining. The sets are gorgeous, the casting fits the characters and it's exciting.

ワンピースは日本のアニメです。世界中で人気があります。漫画もあります。最初はまんがで、後でアニメができました。漫画はまだ終わっていません。今、106巻です。Netflixのワンピースはアニメじゃなくて、実写です。ハリウッドのスタジオが作った実写版のワンピースです。話はアニメと少し違います。

アニメが実写化される時はファンの間でいろいろな意見が出ますが、私は実写版はおもしろいと思いました。セットが豪華だし、キャラクターに合ったキャスティングで、わくわくします。　　

特にナミが好きです。ナミはルフィの麦わら海賊団の女性メンバーですが、アニメのナミより自然で、頭が良くて、かっこいいから、ナミが大好きになりました。私は日本語の字幕をつけながら音声は英語にして観ています。ルフィの演技は元気すぎて、つかれる時があります。子ども向けみたいな時もあります。でも逆に、いいことを言うなあと感動することも多くて、そういう時は私も真似して英語でルフィのセリフを練習しています。

One Piece is a Japanese animation. It is popular all over the world. There is also a manga. First it was a manga and later the anime was created. The manga is not finished yet. It's in its 106th volume now. One Piece on Netflix is not an anime, it's live action. It is a live-action version of One Piece made by a studio in Hollywood. The story is a bit different from the anime.

When an anime is made into a live-action version, there are a lot of opinions among fans, but I thought the live-action version was entertaining. The sets are gorgeous, the casting fits the characters and it's exciting.　　

I especially like Nami. Nami is a female member of Luffy's Mugiwara Pirates, and I started to like her because she is more natural, smart and cooler than the Nami in the anime. I watch the film with Japanese subtitles while the audio is in English. Luffy's acting is too cheery and sometimes it gets on my nerves. Sometimes it's like it's for children. But on the other hand, I am often impressed by the good things he says, so I practise Luffy's lines in English by imitating him.