CROSSROADS Language StudioÊs Newsletter, August 201
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QueenVictoria(AlexandrinaVictoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901)
was Queen of the United Kingdom of GreatBritain and Ireland from 20 June 1837
until her death. From May 1876, she wasalso the Empress of India.
Queen Victoria
was the United
Kingdom’s queen for 63 years and 7months, the longest of all British monarchs
and the longest of any female monarch inhistory. Her long reign is known as theVictorian era - a period of massive
industrial, cultural, political, scientific, andmilitary change within the UnitedKingdom. The Victorian era also saw huge
expansion of the British Empire.
When she became queen at 18, theUnited
Kingdomwasalreadyanestablished constitutional monarchy, inwhich the Sovereign held relatively few
direct political powers. Privately however,she attempted to influence government
policy and ministerial appointments.
Publicly, she became a national icon, andwas identified with strict standards ofpersonal morality.
In 1840, she married her first cousin,
Prince Albert. They had 9 children and 26 of
their 42 grandchildren married into royaland noble families across the continent,tying them together and earning her thenickname "the grandmother of Europe".

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Interestingly,
shesurvived
severalassassination
attempts. On 29 May
1842, Victoria wasriding in a carriage
alongTheMall,London,
whenagunman named JohnFrancis aimedapistol at her but didnot fire because hishand was shaking somuch with nerves. The following day,Victoria drove the same route, though fasterand with a greater escort, in a deliberateattempt to provoke Francis to take a second
aim and catch him in the act. This time,
Francis shot at her and missed. He wasimmediately caught by the police and,
convicted of high treason, sentenced todeath (this was later reduced to‘transportation for life’ to Australia).
Strangely, on 3 July, two days afterFrancis's death sentence was commuted totransportation for life, John William Beanalso fired a pistol at the Queen, but it wasloaded only with paper and tobacco! He wassentenced to 18 months in jail. In a similar
attack in 1849, unemployed Irishman
William Hamilton fired a powder-filled
pistol at Victoria's carriage as it passedalong Constitution Hill, London.
In 1845, Ireland was hit by a potato
blight. In the next four years over a million
Irish people died and another million
emigrated to America in what became
known as the Great Famine. In Ireland,Victoria was labeled "The Famine Queen".

Article by Matthew

Joshua Says: We, again, had a great party for the “end-of-term”
performance night last month. The atmosphere was very friendly andvery up-beat. I’m sure that all who came had a very enjoyable time.
Jonathan played a couple of pieces on the guitar and accompanied
Yumiko through a few songs in English, Ludovic “sang” in French andthe performances were excellent. Check out the photos on P3.

Junko Says: Congratulations to Greg’s daughter, Joy. Last month she
participated in the world Junior Golf Championships in America,representing Japan. And she did very well too! She came 20th in theworld in the under-10 age group in the World Juniors, and 8th in theWorld Master’s tournament in her age group. What an amazingachievement! And, what an amazing experience for Joy!!

Jonathan Says: As Matthew is taking over some of my classes, I’d liketo thank all those students I’ll be leaving for making my work atCrossroads so enjoyable; and, of course, to welcome all the newstudents I will be taking over from Alex, Greg and Sean.

Matthew Says: After two weeks living here in Matsuyama I am over themoon. I have come to a beautiful part of the world and am very happy tobe in Japan now with very kind, polite and charming people. I do missmy dog Murphy but I hope he will join me in February to also enjoy
Japanese culture! Are Japanese dogs as polite as the people, I wonder?

Greg Says: Last month my daughter and I traveled to San Diego andLas Vegas (it was 45 degrees in Las Vegas). Joy did really well for her
first international golf tournament. She was 4th after the first day in theWorld Championships in San Diego and finished 20th after the 3rd day.
In the World Junior Master’s in Vegas she came 8th.

A BIG “thankyou” toeveryone whoparticipated!!

In(b)1 with,“It’s a SmallWorld”

In(a)1
performing,“The SingingPenguin”

Yumiko sanga few songs
accompanied
by Jonathan

Jonathan’s solos arealways worth waiting for
Joy at Callaway (farleft), and at the Masters
in Las Vegas (center)

Last month Greg’s daughter, Joy, played in the Callaway World Junior Golf Championships andthe World Master’s Junior Golf Championship – both tournaments were held in America, andGreg went with Joy for these events. Joy amazed everyone (except, perhaps,Greg) by doing amazingly well. In the World Junior’s she came 20th –that’s in the world, folks! And in the World Junior Masters, she came8th! What a great experience she (and Greg) must have had. And, whata great ambassador for Japan - and Matsuyama - she is becoming!

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