THAN BROTHER

My favorite restaurant in Seattle is THAN BROTHER which is vietnamise pho restaurant. I will tell about that. PHO is vietnamise popular food which is so delicious. There are four reasons which I recommend THAN BROTHER. At first, PHO that is THAN BROTHER's is very very delicious. When I was in Japan, I had never eaten pho, but I noticed the fact that Pho is delicius. I've been to many Pho restaurant in seattle, and I think THAN BROTHER is the best. Secnd, we can begin to eat soon. Sometime, custemer have to wait long time after order some food, but if you go to THAN BROTHER, you don't need to wait. Pho appear soon. That's good point for custpmer who has no time. Third, there are four size at pho in THAN BROTHER: small, medium, large, extla large. I always order small size, because that is american size. Whwn i orderd medium size, I couldn't eat all of that. So if you are woman, small size is enough to you. Fourth, you can save the money!! THAN BROTHER's PHO is really cheep. I compared cost betweenTHAN BROTHER and other PHO restaurants, THAN BROTHER is cheeper than others. To conclution, you have to go to THAN BROTHER, if you have never eaten pho in thare, and I recommand there.

Summer fun book #5

 Title Of Book : Murder On The Orient Express

 Author : Agatha Cristie

 This book has 322 pages. I read 158 pages.

 I understood 75%.

 Tell in my own words what I read this week

 As the evidence mounts, it continues to point in wildly different directions and it appears that Poirot is being challenged by a master mind. A critical piece of missing evidence - the scarlet kimono worn the night of the murder by an unknown woman - turns up in poirot's own luggage.

 Poirot discovers that some of the passengers had connections to the victim, while others had connections to the armstrong family.

 a. MacQueen's father was the district attorney in charge of the Armstrong case.

 b. Masterman was Colonel Armstrong's batman during the war and his valet in New York.

 c. Pierre Michel was the father of Susanne, the maid driven to her death.

 e. Miss Debenham was Mrs. Armstrong's secretary & Countess Andrenyi's governess.

 f. Colonel Aebuthnot was Colonel Armstrong's brother officer and best friend.

 g. Princess Dragomiroff was Mrs. Armstrong's godmother.

 h. Countess Andrenyi was Mrs. Armstrong's sister.

 i. Count Andrenyi was Mrs. Armstrong's brother-in-law.

 j. Flaulein Schmidt was the Armstrong's family's cook.

 k. Mrs. Hubbard was Mrs. Armstrong's mother, the actress Linda Arden.

 l. Foscarelli was the Armstrong family's chauffeur.

 m. Hardman was a policeman who fell in love with Susanne.

 n. Greta Ohlsson was Daisy Armstrong's nurse.

 After meditating on the evidence for some time, Poirot assembles the thirteen suspects, plus M. Bouc and Dr. Constantine, in the restaurant car where he lays out two possible explanations of Ratchett's murder.

  

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Newspaper Report #2

Title of article : Southcenter gets bigger

Date of newspaper : JUly 23, 2008

Author : Amy Martinez

Main Idea

This article said $240 million expansion will make this mall state's biggest, and the addition not only includes new retailers, but a view of Mount Rainier. Before the expansion, space was so tight that retailers had to take whatever was available.

Opinion

I think expansion is good thing for customer. But Southcenter is far from seattle, I don't have chances to go there. If there is south center near seattle, I can go there.  But $240 is so expensive. I am expecting southcenter to become great.

retailer [noun] : a person or business that sells goods to the public.

upscale [adj] : designed for or used by people who belong to a high social class

addition [noun] : the process of adding two or more numbers together to find their total

summer fun book #4

 Title of  my book : Murder On The Orient Express

 Author : Agatha Christie

 This Bool : 322 pages. I read 126 pages.

I understood 65%.

 1. Cassetti kidnapped three-years-old American heiress Daisy Armstrong. Though the Armstrong family paid a large ransom for Daisy's release, Cassetti murdered the little girl regardless and fled the country with the money. Daisy's mother, Sonia Armstrong, was pregnant when she heard of Daisy's death. The shock sent her into premature labor, and both she and the child died. Her husband, Colonel Armstrong, shot himself out of grief. Mrs. Armstrong's maid, Susanne, was suspected by the police, despite her protests. She threw herself out of a window of the armstrong house and died after which she was proved innocent.

 2. If some one in my family is killed, I will kill someone who killed my family. 

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kidnap(v): to take sb away illegally and keep them as aprisoner, especially in order to get money or sth else for returning them

premature(adj): happening before the normal or expected time

ransom(n): money that is paid to sb so that they will set free a person who is being kept as a prisoner by them.

Summer fun book #3

Title of my book : Murder On The Orient Express

Author : Agatha Christie

This book : 322 pages. I read 90 pages.

I understood 70%.

 1. Tell in your own words what you read week

 The clues and circumstances are very mysterious. Some of the stab wounds are very deep and some are glancing blow. Some of them appear o have been inflicted by a right-handed  person and some by a left-handed person. Poirot finds several more clues in the victim's cabin and on board the train, including a linen hand kerchief with the letter ''H'' on it, a pipe cleaner, and a button from a conductor's uniform. All of these clue suggest that the murder or murders were somewhat sloppy. Each clue seemingly points to different suspects, which suggests that some of the clues were planted. By reconstructing some bits of a burned letter, Poirot soon discovers that Mr. Ratchett was a notorious fugitive from the U.S. named Cassetti. 

My Question Answer

-Why did you choose to study in Seattle?-

  I have three reasons about this question. At first, Seattle is hometown of Jimi Hendrix. I love his music and respect him. And there is a bronze statue of him in front of our school. So I am happy everyday. Second, my agency recommended Seattle. State of Washington dose not take semester system, so I can study English so easily. Third, Seattle is not hot in summer. I do not like japanese whether, because that is so humid. So seattle is very confoutable to me. To sum up, I think my choice is right.

Newspaper Report #1

 Title of article - German revels in wearing the jersey

 Date of newspaper : July 9, 2008

Main idea

Stefan Schumacher of Germany took the yellow jersey at the Tour de France, and now say s everything else is bonus. He knows his early lead won't last.

Opinion

I think he is great athlete. Because to take the yellow jersey is so difficult. All of people who is in Tour de France hope that take it. And his time score is so fast. I want to go to see Tour de France!!

decisive(adv): having an important effect on the result of someting

overall(adj): including everything