CROSSROADSCROSSROA DS Language StudioÊs Newsletter December,December , 201
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countries
reported
approximately 10,000 crop circles in the last
third of the 20th century; 90% of those werelocated in southern England. Crop circles arefound all over the world but are mostly foundin the South West of England, particularly
near Stone Henge.
A crop circle is a geometrical shape or
pattern that has been formed in a field of
wheat or corn that from above looks like a"circle" or a pattern of circles. The wheat or
corn is flattened and bent in such a way as tomake a pattern within a field. So where dothey come from, who makes them and how
are they made? So far, the answers to thesequestions remain a mystery. The biggest
mystery is that they are always exactly
symmetricalandadheretoperfect
mathematical dimensions. One particular
crop circle even helped solve a long-standing
mathematical problem related to "squaring
the circle".
Most crop circles are formed at night,
though some have been seen to be formed
during the day. They often form within threeor four hours and there is very often noevidence of any "trampling" by people in or
around or leading to the circles. Some crop
circles are so big, up to a thousand metres
long, that it is claimed that it would takehundreds of people more than 8 to 12 hours tomake and these would look "crude" at best.

Probably the most shocking and interesting
crop circle occurred on Tuesday 21st of August,2001 when two crop "squares" appeared rightnext to the SETI radioscope in Hampshire, thecounty next to Wilshere which contains
Stonehenge! This crop square appeared to be aHenson Recording
LA, USA
responseto Studios,a message
that the sameradioscope sent into space in 1975. The
response was decoded easily as it was sent in"binary" form (computer language 010101 etc.)
and was found to be in English! The code reads:"Beware the bearers of FALSE gifts & their
BROKEN PROMISES. Much PAIN but stilltime. BELIEVE. There is GOOD out there. We
oppose DECEPTION. conduit CLOSING.!"
The second square contained what looks likean image of the sender(s) of the message!
The people who study crop circles arecalled cereologists and they travel all over theworld trying to solve the mystery. They claim
thatelectromagnetic
readings
increase
dramatically within the circles and this cancause cameras and cellphones to stop working.
More worryingly however is that people havefelt the skin change on their hands and arms
while walking or lying in a circle. It has been
recently advised that pregnant women should
not enter a crop circle!

Article by Matthew

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Some Crop Circules

Is this how it’s done?

Joshua Says: We had a very enjoyable, if somewhat unusual, end-of-term
party last term and I’d like to thank all those who came along and shared in
the fun. A big thanks also to Craig, our “games master”, and “Professor”
Matthew for adding to the night’s fun, and magic, and for judging the entries
in the cooking competition – good job guys! Also, a special mention to Kaoriand Yoko who performed a role-play in Korean for us - well done, girls!

Junko Says: I was very pleased to see Kaori and Yoko practice a Koreanrole-play at our last party. I was especially pleased that they used the occasion
to help prepare for a competition organized by the Prefecture Government.
The competition was held on the 9th of this month and guess what? They came
5th out of 15 entrants in the role-playing section! Congratulations to you bothand to your teacher, Yeonsu. I’m very proud of all three of you!

Matthew Says: So this month you all get to choose who you would liketo lead your country. It's a shame there are only idiots to choose from.
It's the same all over the world. How do these people get to these
positions of responsibility? There are only three things these politicians
are good at. One is telling fibs, the second is wasting our hard-earned
money and the third is pointing at us when they address us.

Craig Says: It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas! In British
culture, children (and many adults, too) receive an advent calendar
at the end of November. These have 24 or 25 windows and behindeach is a picture or a chocolate. On the days running up toChristmas, people open one window every morning and receive aChristmas treat. Do you count down the days until Christmas?

Ludovic Dit: Voilà, c’est fini ! Je retourne en France pour toujours ! Je quitte
le Japon et Matsuyama le 18 janvier 2013. C’était une expérience très plaisante etenrichissante d’enseigner à Crossroads, et que je regretterai mes étudiants sigentils! Bonne chance pour la suite, bonnes fêtes et surtout : continuez
d’apprendre le francais, cette langue difficile mais merveilleuse !! A bientôt !

GamesMasterCraig
setting
thestage
Professor
Matt’samazingexperiment

The food competition judges hard at work

Kaori and Yoko with their Korean role-play

Setsuko, from our A1 group, went on a shorttrip to Norway last October. Here are some ofthe photos she brought back with her, andwhat she had to say about her trip:“I went to Norway from the 3rd of October for ten days to see the aurora. I
traveled in a big group of 36 people from Ehime. We left Narita airport and arrived
first at Helsinki airport in Finland. It took 10 hours, but the time difference between
Japan and Norway is just 7 hours.
Then, we went on a cruise from Kirkenes. We stayed on theship for five days. It’s called ‘the world’s most beautiful Voyage’.
I went to Nordkapp. It is located at latitude 71°10’21 and is
the northern most cape in Europe. I was able to see the aurora on
three nights”.

At Nordcapp

A Fjord in Norway

Laplander and his reindeer

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