CROSSROADS Language StudioÊs Newsletter,
Newslet ter, February 201
20 1 2After last year’s nuclear disaster

Another way of checking for leaks
is to read the house water meterwater conservation in Japan
before and after a two-hour period
has become very important.
when no water is being used. If theWater conservation helps prevent
meter does not read exactly the same,water pollution in nearby lakes,
then you have a leak.
rivers and underground water pockets
Also, in the bathroom, take shorterand saves you money on your utility bill.
showers and turn off the shower after
Most water saving methods can besoaping up, then turn it back on toachieved at little cost. For example,
Henson Recording Studios, LA, USArinse. A four-minute shower uses
75% of water used indoors is in theapproximately 20 to 40 gallons ofbathroom, and 25% of this is for thewater. Also ask yourself if it istoilet. The average toilet uses 4 gallons
necessary to keep the water
per flush so by simply reducing therunning while brushingnumber of times you flush the toilet will
your teeth or cleaning
save water. If you put an inch or twovegetables. Just wet yourof sand or pebbles inside each ofbrush and fill a glass for mouth
two plastic bottles to weigh themrinsing and rinse your vegetables in adown and fill the bottles withpan of clean water.
water, screw the lids on, andFinally, keep a bottle of drinking
put them in your toilet tank,water in the fridge because
safely away from the operating
running tap water until itmechanisms you could also save
becomes cold for drinking
ten or more gallons of water per day.
is also very wasteful.
To save water in other ways, checktaps and pipes for leaks because a small
drip can waste up to 20 gallons of water
Article by Matthew
per day. To check your toilets for leaks,
put a little foodcoloring in your toilet
tank.
If,
without
flushing, the color
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Joshua Says: I often wonder what you, our students, think about our school;
are there things you’d like us to do differently? Are you satisfied with the way
we are teaching you? Judging by the very few students who have left us over thelast few years, I guess we are doing something right! But, can we do better?
Soon, we will hand out a questioner for you to fill out. Of course, you don’t haveto complete it if you don’t want to, but it would be nice to hear your thoughts!

Junko Says: I’m very keen to encourage you to take a serious look at ouroverseas study programs. A journey, no matter how short, will always open
our minds to something new, and this has never been as important for Japanas it is now. The more that people embrace internationalism and make theeffort to study a foreign language, travel to other countries, etc, the greater
the benefits will be for Japan as a whole. Please keep your dreams alive!

Jonathan Says: The Queen of England will soon celebrate 60 years onthe throne. There are lots of articles in the British press about what itmeans to be British. Of course, opinions vary but the words ‘freedom ofspeech’, ‘openness’ and ‘tolerance’ crop up again and again. The British
are pessimists and like complaining about their country. However, deep
down, most of them think it’s the best place to live in the world.

Matthew Says: There are so many words in English to describe theweather; crisp, fresh, nippy, bitter for ‘cold’. Roasting, baking, boiling for‘very hot’ and blowy, breezy, blowing a gale for ‘windy’ and spitting,drizzling, and bucketing for ‘raining’. Also fascinating is that after 500
years of recording and predicting the weather, meteorologists still get itwrong – my method is to just look out the window and check.

Arno Dit: Une grande vague de froid touche l'Europe, maisFévrier est là pour réchauffer nos coeurs ! Le mardi gras,cette année le 21 février, où l'on se déguise et où l'on mangedes crêpes ! Les enfants adorent, moi aussi. Et pour les plus
grands, c'est bientôt la St Valentin, rendez-vous romantiqueou dégustation de chocolat :)After they returned from trips in Europe, Eriko asked Yukari about her favorite
places to visit there. Here is Yukari’s “Top 5 List”:
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3.
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INNSBRUCK - I love this city the best! It was once under the Imperial control ofthe Habsburgs, so many buildings show traces of the Middle-ages. It’s so pretty! I
enjoyed a visit to a Christmas market there, too.
MUNICH - This city has many big beer halls. Not only are the halls big, the beerglasses are also! I enjoyed drinking beer there!
VENICE – I rode on a gondola while drinking champagne there. I had a nicetime.
LUCERNE – I stayed at the Jail Hotel. It is a hotel that, from 1862 to 1998, used
to be a jail, but was converted into a hotel.
LONDON – Though I didn’t have high expectations of London, I like it now! I
stayed only one night, but I liked the atmosphere there.

So.… do you agree? Tell us about your favorite places for a vacation.

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