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  KUNG FU PANDA 'Now I understand!' Po said. 'It's me! I am special and I can fight Tai Lung!'  Po wasn't good at kung fu, but he accidentally became new Dragon Warrior. Dragon Warrior had to fight with the villain named Tai Lung. He was very strong and he wanted to be the Dragon Warrior, but no one wanted this. Po was afraid of fighting with Tai Lung. However, he fought and fought with his teacher, and soon he was good at kung fu. Finally, he could win because his kung fu was greater than Tai's. Everyone was happy. I didn't know the story, but I like it because this book reminded me of the importance of effort. I want to read next version. vocabulary palace:宮殿、豪華な建物、館、殿堂、宮廷の有力者たち

  SHREK THE THIRD Suddenly, Arthur shouted, 'Stop the show! You don't have to be villains. Look at Prince Charming. He's horrible and he's never happy! Do you want to be like him?' Prince Charming was a handsome man but he was horrible. He wanted to be King of Far Far Away. He could get the villain's help. Then, they broke things and were  inside the castle. Shrek wasn't there because he had to look for new king named Arthur. Fiona run as well as she could, but Prince Charming trapped her and threw her into prison. At that time, Shrek and Arthur came back to the castle and found Prince Arthur. Then, Arthur beat Prince Arthur and could help Fiona. Finally, he became a great king. I didn't know the story and this book is  third version, so I can't enjoy reading. I want to  read the first and second versions. vocabulary villain:悪党、悪者、犯人

  'I'm sorry, Fiona,' said the Frog King. 'Please be happy with Shrek!' Fiona had to be kissed by Prince Charming to become human, not an ogre. When Prince Charming came to the dark castle, he didn't find Princess Fiona. He was very angry and decided to get back Princess Fiona from Shrek. He tried to do a lot of measures, but he all failed. Shrek and Fiona loved together very much. I want to make lovers like Fiona. She was single-minded. vocabulary nothing

  Then Shrek comes in . 'Stop!' he says. 'Fiona, I love you!' Shrek was an ogre and he lived in a swamp. Shrek was happy there. However, fairy tale characters sought help to Shrek. They couldn't live because Lord Farquaad didn't permit. Shrek didn't like them to live together, so he had to find princess Fiona and give to the Lord. However, he fell in love. Finally, he fought Lord and won. Shrek and Princess Fiona married in Shrek's swamp. They were very happy. I like Shrek's kindness. I decided to be a kind man like him. vocabulary ogre:人食い鬼、鬼のような人 swamp:沼地、湿地

 'What?' asked Ellie.                         'I like you,' he said. It was a hot sunny day in the valley, so the ice is melting. Manny, Diego and Sid had to go to the safe place because their valley was going to be under water. On their way to the safe place, Manny met the other mammoth, named Ellie. He fell in love. After they escaped to the safe place, Manny and Ellie lived together and looked so happy. I like Manny's masculinity. I want to be a man like him. vocabulary valley:盆地、谷間、谷 possums:オポッサム

  Suddenly they see Diego. 'Hello, my friends!' he says. 'Diego! Are you OK?' Sid asks. 'Yes,' Diego says. 'I can walk with you again.' Sid the sloth and Manny the mammoth found the baby. They wanted to look for her parent. Diego the tiger wanted to eat the baby, so he pretended to know where her parent were and suggested to go with him. They were always together, and the last, they became all friends. They could finally find her parent. I didn't expected that they would become friends. I enjoyed reading this. vocabulary sloth:怠惰、ものぐさ、ナマケモノ

'Alex and our King are home again,' they shouted. 'Welcome to the pride!' Alex and Marty had a great time in Madagascar, so it was time to go home. They got on the plane, but it had something wrong, and they accidentally reached Africa. Then, Alex met his dad and Mom. He had a great time and made good memories. I impressed by parent's love to their children. If I become parent, I want to be that kind of parent. vocabulary pride:(ライオン・クジャクなどの）群れ

 'RAAAAHHH!' shouts Alex. The fossa run away. 'RAAAAHHH!' shouts Alex again. Marty wanted to go to the wild because he didn't know it. His friend, Alex, stopped him, but he didn't listened to his advice. Marty ran away from the zoo, so Alex followed him. Then, they were trapped by police and going to a new zoo. However, they accidentally reached Madagascar where was  a paradise for wild animal. Marty was delighted, but Alex wanted to go home because he didn't have food. They quarreled, but at last, Marty caught fish for Alex and was reconciled with him. I didn't know this story, but I enjoyed it. I like this kind of friendship. vocabulary lemurs:キツネザル

  'My mum loved me,' remembered Po. 'Shen and the wolves killed her. She put me in the box so I could live.' Shen was a peacock. He wasn't strong but he had a big cannon, and he wanted to rule Gongmen City and all of china. However, everyone around him didn't happy, so Po had to fight him. At first, he was frightened about Shen's cannon, but his mother's love made him strong. At last, he won. Everyone looked happy. I read the first version of this book. I like this series because Po was a hard worker. vocabulary peacock:クジャク cannon:機関砲、大砲 

Mr Bean  Toothache Mr Bean was frightened of the dentist. "Sit down, please, Mr Bean. Let's see your tooth!" One day, when he was watching TV, eating popcorn, he found his tooth hurt. He felt pain, so he wanted to come out the tooth. He tried a lot of measures, but couldn't. Finally, he did it. Then, he had to put his new tooth in his mouth. He went to the dentist. At first, he was frightened of the dentist, but the dentist was kind. Mr Bean looked happy with his new tooth. I had a toothache few days ago, so I felt sympathy with him. I enjoyed reading this book.

Mr Bean  Royal Bean This is for you. Thank you, Mr Bean! In the mourning, Mr Bean accidentally crashed his favorite mug, and he was not happy. He went to the mug shop to buy same one, but it wasn't there. At that time, he saw the lorry which was painted with his favorite mug. He went after the lorry and reached the mug sho p at Buckingham Palace. Then, a strange dog got Teddy which was Mr Bean's friend. He trapped the dog. Surprisingly, the dog's owner was the Queen. She was delighted to see the dog and gave Mr Bean a mug which he wanted to buy. He and she looked happy.  I have watched this TV programs, so I surprised to see him talked in this book. I enjoyed reading this book, so I want to read another version. vocabulary majesty:威厳、主権、陛下 lorry:トラック、トロッコ butler:執事、使用人

Hachiko a loyal dog                                                                                                                            Day after day, Hachiko walks for many kilometres to the train station. He waits all day but Dr Ueno never comes. There was a big, brown and white dog. His name was Hachiko. He was a very loyal dog. He always went to the station to wait for Dr Ueno who was his owner. After Dr Ueno passed away, he continued to go to the station and wait his owner whatever the weather was. That's why he was called " A loyal dog". Actually, I know this story. I never read this story without being impressed. I love this story very much. vocabulary nothing