Christmas around the world
1. What are two other names for Santa Claus mentioned on the website?
Nikolaos and
2. What is a Christmas cracker?
It makes children happy on the Christmas day.
3. Why does Santa wear red?
Because in the Coca-cola advertisement  he wore the red clothes and it became popular.

Art
1. Which painter’s art is mentioned as being in Kurashiki?
Water Lilies.
2. What is tingatinga?
It is a popular style of art in Tanzania.
3. Why did one of the artists use cats?
Kuniyoshi Utagawa.

Endangered animals in the world
1. What two categories of endangered animals are reviewed?
They are land animals and sea animals.
2. How does El Nino affect life in the Pacific ocean?
It will make the temperature of saltwater high and decrease the number of fish.
3. What is the red list?
It is a list which is written about endangered species.

Love in the movies
1. What are the main features of Indian movies? (i.e. what do most movies contain?)
They contain dancing to express love.
2. How is love expressed in Uk and USA movies? Does this happen in Indian movies?
It is expressed by words, action and songs. They are not seen in Indian movies.
3. Who fell in love with Nino? What happened?
Amelie did.

History of fashion
1. How many fashion styles are mentioned on the website?
There are 23 fashion styles.
2. How did the grange look emerge?
The members of grange rockers wore shabby shirts, ragged jeans 
which has holes and so on.
3. Who were the mods?
They were who wore three button suits and mods coat.

Schools all over the world
1. What's one school rule in Australia?
Don't blindly staring at the kangaroo.
2. What is served at school lunches in Slovakia?
Brown bread, tomatoes, fish, cheese and fruits.
3. What are red-labelled foods?
They are high in fat, sugar or salt, even pastries.


World Festivals
1. How can we celebrate Holi?
We enjoy splashing or rubbing each other with colorful powder and water.
2. Which city holds Oktober Fest?
Munich, a city in Germany.
3. What can you do and not do at La Tomatina?
We can throw tomatoes at each other, but can't ther other people's clothes.

World Mysteries;
1. Where is a possible location of the lost city of Atlantis?
600 feet below the ocean
2. What are some ideas concerning what happened to the Mary Celeste?
They were caught by pirates./They were attacked by huge squid./They lost their feets
  when they climbed onto an iceberg.
3. Which is your favourite Nazca Line drawing?
I like humming bird.

World Superstitions;
1. What does it mean when a Chinese boy gives a Chinese girl shoes?
It means that they will apart.
2. Are black cats good or bad luck in Europe?
It is good luck in Europe.
3. What does a sneeze mean in Islam?
It throws out a malicious thing.

a happy new year

 I went to my grandparents' house yesterday. I enjoyed talking with my cousins and grandparents and going shopping. I want to visit them again. Today, I talked with a friend of mine in high school. She is very kind and we talked a lot of things. I was glad to meet her because we haven't met for a long time.
 I spent nice days and was happay. I hope 2013 will be a happy year for everyone.

drunk riding

 I think of dangerous cyclists in terms of drunk riding. Many people such as labor and university students ride a bicycle after drinking. They sometimes drink so much that it is dangerous for them to ride a bicycle. Maybe concentration and attentiveness will decline, so they can't drive safely. As a result, they can cause an accident.
 Therefore, I think drunk riding is dangerous and should be banned. I want to ask people about it and find preventive measures.

my ideal trip

 I'll write about my ideal trip. I want to travel Eupore for two or three months. I like Europe because there are beautiful buildings and nature everywhere. Western-style buildings have different charms from Japanese-style buildings. They are attractive for me, so I'd like to see them and take many pictures. Also, I want to eat various European dishes such as paella and pasta. I have heard that foreign dishes are not good, so I 'd like to make sure if it is true by myself.
 In conclusion, my ideal trip is traveling Europe for a long time to enjoy and learn its culture. It must be meaningful trip for me.

sports day

 Today, I went to NDSU to join sports day. I played jump rope with my friends. It was hot, so everyone was tired. I jumped a rope for 12 minutes in total. I hurt my leg because I seldom do exercise. I regret not having done exercise for today. I'm afraid of muscular pain. However, I enjoyed playing sports with my friends very much!!

the problem of territory

 These days, I'm interested in the problem of territory between Japan and China. Both countries insist on their authority to preserve Senkaku islands. Japanese people think they belong to Japan, but Chinese people also think they belong to China. Last month, I often watched a protest demonstration in China on TV. Chinese people were filled with emotion and very violent. In addition, China runed an ad in The New York Times to dominant Senkaku islands. I don't know why they do such things. On the other hand, Japanese government is optimistic about this problem. It is responsible to take a optimal measure to conserve Senkaku islands, otherwise China perhaps take more large-scale steps. Anyway, Japan should make efforts to obtain them.

 I will write my favorite videos and the reasons.

*agricultual problems
 I like this video because the format of it is interesting. It is like a real news program!

*Stolen Bicycles
 This video is good in terms of captions and background music. They make the video easy to watch.

*Decrease in the number of farmers
 This video is unique because the reporter likes a horse. I don't know why, but I laughed to see her.

To improve the quality of a video, I suggest that reporters should speak loudly. I can't hear what they say because of their small voice. Also, background music will make a video good.