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This is a notebook and guide for learners of English as a second or overseas language, all over the earth. Most of the writings here are in Basic English, first designed by C. K. Ogden, using 850 necessary words and a number of international words only.
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2006.03.31 Friday
Cycle
This English word is from an
old Greek word for "ring" or "circle." "Cycle," in addition, has been used for something round, and something which goes round, like a wheel. Ms. Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea books are stories loosely joined together, like a ring. So they go by the name of the Earthsea Cycle. 2006.03.30 Thursday
Still in Winter
Kyoto was warm, with small flowers on branches of trees. But here in our town we are still in winter. We did have some warm days and the white covers on the earth are gone. The white water-birds, most of them, are gone. BUT. 2006.03.29 Wednesday
The Kyoto Meeting: My Second Experience
The two-day meeting at the Palace Side Hotel in Kyoto was hard and interesting. After long hours of hands-on teaching and discussion, we were tired and happy.
2006.03.27 Monday
The Face of a House?
One of the key ideas which make
Basic English possible is the expansion of the word-sense. A clock, for example, has a face and hands. A coat has arms. A table has legs and feet. Even a mountain has a foot, and a river has a mouth. A house sometimes have arms and wings. 2006.03.25 Saturday
Journey to Kyoto
This morning
I went to the Fukushima Airport, a small airline station among round mountains, to take a Japan Airline flight to Kansai. 2006.03.21 Tuesday
Coffeehouse with a Connection
I'm writing this at an Internet cafe.
`Cafe` is a French word and in fact it is necessary to put a hook, or nail, sign over the last letter. But I have no idea how to put it using this machine. 2006.03.18 Saturday
Electric Brain?
(The picture has nothing to do with my writing today.) I have been looking for a way to go round the use of the word "computer." It is possible by the use of company names like NEC, Toshiba and so on, or trade names like Prius, Vaio, Macintosh, and so on. The name of my machine is mostly made of Basic words: PowerBook G4. 2006.03.17 Friday
ABC, With House Music
If you have a rhythm machine,
give a push to the play button. Now get up on your feet. I will put an old verse for early learners of English letters. Give a reading of it with a rhythm, like someone dancing and talking onstage. Are you ready? Here we go! 2006.03.12 Sunday
Imperialism
I've been reading, on and off,
Culture and Imperialism, a long book by Edward S. Said. It's a hard book to go through, but still interesting. |
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