May The Newsletter ofCROSSROADS Language Studio 2003

M” is for the million things you gave me“O” means only that she’s growing old“T” is for the tears she shed to save me“H” is for her heart of purest gold“E” is for her eyes, with love-light shining“R” means right, and right she’ll always be
Put them all together they spell mother
A word that means the world to me.

This is a famous poem inhonor ofmothers everywhere. It’s especially
popular in America and Canada on
Mother’s Day which is Sunday, May
11th this year. (It was March 30th inEngland).

Mother’s Day is a time to show
appreciation for the work, sacrifice, andlove that mothers give their children.
Bringing her breakfast in bed, buying
her flowers, or gathering for a familymeal are all traditional ways children
and husbands show mothers they
love them.
It is also themost popular
day atrestaurants,
so if youwant to go
out fordinner, makereservations
early!
Are you a dad? Don’t worry! Father’s
Day is celebrated in June. There is evena Children’s Day on May 5th!
There are some strange holidays in May
such as: No Socks Day – on May 8th,
Eat What You Want Day - on May 11th,
Dance Like a Chicken Day - on May 14th,
and, Body Painting Day - on May 28th!

GLOSSARY (These words are in orange in the story)

Joshua Says: The famous writer Henry David Thoreau said that thethings we have own us as much as we own them. I discovered that is true
when I moved to a new apartment this month! I had so many things toorganize, move, (and throw away) that I began to wonder if I possessed
them, or they possessed me!
Junko Says: I’m very happy to say that five students have taken
advantage of the opportunity to receive 80% enrollment fee from thegovernment by signing up at CROSSROADS last month. Remember, thegovernment will still pay 40%, so ask me for details and begin learning
English with us!
Joanna Says: Thanks to the coming of summer, I’m now able to do alittle gardening on my balcony. I’ve started growing herbs andstrawberries, and also some eggplants because I love eggplant in curry!
The only problem is that now I live in constant fear of those little green
insects – aphids! Uurrrrghhh!
Drew Says: Hooray! Warm weather is here! I’m especially happy
because I like to go to the gym and exercise in the morning. It is always
difficult to wake up for exercise, but when it’s cold and rainy, it’s nearly
impossible! The funny thing is, soon we’ll all be saying the weather is too
hot!
Tamara Says: I went to Tokyo for Golden Week and had a great time!
It was definitely worth the 12 hour bus trip! I got to see Sensoji temple,
the Tokyo Tower, the Imperial Palace, rode a giant ferris wheel, and bestof all…I did lots of shopping! If you want to see my pictures let me know!

Greg Says: I enjoyed a relaxing Golden Week this year. But I remember
an interesting Golden Week two years ago when I went to Las Vegas.
That city is always interesting, and I had a lot of fun. But it was theweird crazy man I met that made it very unusual. Ask me about him andI’ll tell you an amazing story!
Yuka Says: This year marks the 400th anniversary of Kabuki. Somepeople think Kaubuki is boring and old-fashioned, but I like Kabuki verymuch and think it is very interesting. A good place to see Kabuki is atthe Kabukiza theatre in Tokyo. I’m sure you will enjoy the male actors’
performances!

Kayo Otani Says: Recently, I was a tour guide for special new friends
Martin and Kasper. They were part of a group of physicallyhandicapped people visiting from Denmark! “They had a lot of fun
here, and we all appeared on NHK T.V.!”
Yukiko Hihara Says: My son
gave me his dog in April. Now I
have 5 pets!
Setsuko Miyagawa Says: I took a test for ballroom dancing and passed! Now I willlearn how to dance Latin dances like the Samba, Salsa, Merengue, and Cha-ChaCha Let’s dance!

Congratulations To:Ichido Marabe – Ichido got his first job! He will work at NTT. He begins next year
after studying Mechanical Engineering at Ehime University.

WILL or GOING TO?
Use will and going to to talk about thefuture.
Will: Use w i l l for un-planned actions.
When you decide to do something as youspeak.
John: Oh look, we’re out of milk.
Noriko: We are? O.K. I’ll buy some.
Going to: Use going to for p l a n n e dactions.
Susan: What are you doing next weekend?
Yoshi: I’m going to see a movie.
Do you have a question? Please askus!

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