CROSSROADSCROSSROA DS Language StudioÊs Newsletter September,
September , 201
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Whatafantastic
discovery!
Amysterious, coded manuscript that actuallycontained directions on how to get to thecenter of the earth! Its discovery in Jules
Verne’s fictional novel, “Journey to theCenter of the Earth”, sets in motion a seriesof events that take the protagonists in hisstory on a journey through many wonderful
and often dangerous adventures.
They
encountermanystrangephenomena
including dinosaurs, sea
monsters, what appears tobe a huge prehistoric human
more than three and a half
meters tall, huge mushrooms and other plants.
They enter an unimaginably vast cavern
containing an immense ocean which they thencross in a make-shift raft.
The action takes place in 1863 and is only
one of some 50 odd novels written by Verne.
Many of his ideas, although pure fantasy at
the time he envisioned them, have proven to
be quite prophetic. “From the Earth to theMoon” (1865) predicted space travel androcket ships; “Twenty Thousand Leagues
Under the Sea” (1869-70), submarines;“Around the World in Eighty Days” (1873),
balloon and air travel, etc. But “Journey tothe Center of the Earth” featuring a
subterranean world deep within the earth
seems too far-fetched to ever become areality, or is it?

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Verne’s imagined subterranean
ocean was not unlike the oceanson the earth’s surface, aside fromthe giant sea monsters hepopulated it with; surely an
impossible idea.
Jules Verne
But, according to the latest(1828-1905)
scientific findings, Verne may yet again becloser to the truth than anyone could haverealized.
Deep beneath the earth’s surface,
between the upper and lower mantles some
700 kilometers down at a depth where
diamonds are formed, scientists havediscovered a reservoir of water three times
the volume of all the oceans on earth’s
surface combined. It is not the sloshing,gushing liquid Verne envisioned, and has noresemblance to the oceans we are familiarwith. But it is water! Lots of it!
It is locked away inside a blue crystalline
mineral called ringwoodite; very rare on thesurface but, apparently, abundant at thatdepth.
Scientists have convincing evidence it isthere and its discovery has far reaching
implications. Does earth produce its own
water or did the earth’s water arrive hereon the backs of asteroids as many havetheorized? Does this “hidden ocean” effectthe movements of tectonic plates on theearth’s surface?
This recent discovery has generated somany new and exciting questions. And asscience looks for the answers, we can only
wonder at thecreative genius
of a Frenchman
who died over
100 years ago Monsieur Jules
Verne... thanks
for the journey!

Joshua Says It is so gratifying to see students making progress in developing
their English skills, especially as many of you are so busy at work every day
and have little time left to devote to your studies. Yet, you manage toprogress. I have also noticed that people who study English these days are
becoming much more serious in their efforts to gain a second language. Thisis, of course, a development I am very happy about!
Junko Says: : We have been doing a survey recently to find out how you
are doing in your classes. The information I have been gathering from youis very useful and goes a long way to helping us improve your lessons. I
want to thank all those who gave me frank and sincere opinions. We will
do this kind of survey regularly, but, of course, you are free to talk withme any time you like. I’m always ready to hear your ideas.
Kenneth Says: At the end of August we decided to purchase a car.
We have been renting a vehicle over the past year, which seemed toserve our travel needs well. But our usual outlet went out ofbusiness, which limited our options especially on holiday weekends
when demand is always high. So we now have a little Daihatsu Moveready to enjoy the ocean, hills and countryside.
Danielle dit: Bonjour! Je viens de rentrer du Québec où il a fait très chaud.
Heureusement qu’il y a des lacs et des rivières pour nager st se rafraîchir!
Connaissez-vous les fromages québécois? Ils sont maintenant connus en Europe.
Mon favori s’appelle le Pleine Lune. C’est un brie recouvert de cendres. Il ne sent pas
très bon mais il est savoureux! Le pain, le vin, tout était délicieux. J’adore m’assoir à
une terrasse le soir avec mes amis. Je vous invite au Québec! Bienvenue!
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1 the main character in a work of fiction
6 come upon or meet as if by chance
8 similar in appearance
10 having the characteristics of a crystal
12 impossible to imagine
14 seen in the mind as a mental image
15 splashing (usually) water around16 a remarkable experience or event

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11DOWN2 a large or extra supply of something
3 beneath the surface of the earth
4 coming out suddenly and rapidly
5 predicting events before they happen
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7 an inference or suggestion
9 great in size
11 great quantity of something
13 bring into existence(Print Version here)

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Café on Gogoshima Island
Yoshiko Yagi from S(b)1 tells us......
Recently I have become interested in islands in the Seto Inland
Sea. Last weekend we went to Gogshima only to have a cup ofcoffee, and we stayed there for about one hour. From my house toMitsuhama port was 15 minutes and it took about 15 minutes byferry from the port to Tomari port on Gogoshima. The café used tobe a primary school. They offer a free one-way ferry ticket if you
stop in for drinks. The short trip made me feel refreshed. At thecafé I got a booklet about cafés in the Seto Inland Sea, in which I
found a new café to go to next time. The island is named Kashima.
It is a bit farther out from Houjou. The uninhabited island isfamous for its deer. It would be lovely to see deer from the café
while drinking a cup of coffee.
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1 get a result by reasoning
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2 giving off or discharging
NHG
4 headed or going towards
3 something pushed between
G E O T H E R M A L
6 producing (energy)
two things to separate them
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7 restrict or hinder normal operations
4 make an important
A M P L I F Y I N GO
8 relating to heat in the interior of the earth
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11 increase in volume (sound) or size F E A S I B L E
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5 lessening the severity orLE
12 possible of being done
intensity of somethingI
T H E R M A L
13 related to heat
9 make steady, stableZA
D E F O R E S T A T I O N 10 being planned out, logical
14 the removal of treesI
15 extremely harmful, disastrous
C A T A S T R O P H I C

Last Month’s Puzzle Solution

Yufiko in In(b)1 has
a new friend....
Yufiko says.....
A tiny gold fish came to my house the other day (well, actually
she got it from a pet shop, but we won’t argue the point). It’s still a baby and it
is only 2cm long. I bought a bowl and food for it. It was uneasy at
first in the bowl. I gave it food 3 times a day, so now, when I go
close to the bowl it draws close to me and comes to the surface. He(she?) always wants food. When I give food, he eats quickly andwants more. Now he is still a baby, but I think he will grow up soon.
We have become a family. He is SO cute!

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