#３ Homework

1. Do you judge people according to what they wear? Why?

Yes.

For example.... a person wear clorful clothes, I think she has a perswonality.
a person wear clothes of lost popularity I think she/ he is stranger or negative.
a person wear showy clothes I think she/ he is cheerful or can assert oneself.

I think we judge people by their looks. So, judge people by clothes is very usually.
I think clothe express person's character. "What color..., What wear..." is very important!!
Clothes is one of thing to judge character.


2. Do you think Japanese society puts an importance on clothing when judging other people from another country?

Yes, it is one of very important things.


3. What colors are you wearing now? Do they reflect your mood?



Now,I wearing black clothes.

If my mind is very bad, I wear dark color clothes.

If my mind is very good or high, I wear light color clothes.

#2 Homework

1.a. Do you have any international friends or a host family? If so, how would you express your condolences to them if a family member died? If not, then how would you express condolences to an American host family if their Grandmother died?

No, I haven't.
If I hear that my host family's grandmother died, I send a message.
I writte that "I'm very sad. I want to meet her again. I can't go to funeral, I pray her soul may rest in peace." or I call famly.

Then, if I can go to America, I meet host family, and I talk grandmother's memories with family.

b. Have you ever been to a foreign funeral?
No.


2. The language of Clothes (preparation for next weeks topic)
a.Why are Japanese designer label crazy? Why is what you wear so important?

I think it have few reasons.
1, Designer label is very cute.
Designer labes is always latest fashion. Japanese people are very sensitive to fahion.
SO, wear least fashion is very important for Japanese people.

2, Many Japanese people read fashion magazin.
Many kind of designer label clothes is introduced in fashion magazin. So, Japanese people buy clothes after read magazine.
And, clothes that favorite fashion model wear is in sight very cute. This is one
of the important reason.

3, Wear designer label clothes is very cool.

4, Designer label clothes is always talked in our. If she wear not designer label, possibly she
can't talk with her friends.


b.What does “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.” mean to you?

#1 Homework

Do you agree with the web site's description?What do you do that can be called "wrapping"? Give examples and reasons for your actions.

Japanese people are always wrapping something.
Now, I work in spermarket. There sell many kind of goods. Many goods are wrapped than needs. For example, box of cookies. First cookie was wrapped by small snack, second many group of cookies wrapped by big snask, then box of cookie was wrapped by wrapping paper, finally put bok of cookie in a paper bag.
Many Japanese people are very nervous temperament. (Especially food.) So, they feel relieve from wrapping and express respect for person.

I always declined to wrapping more than need especially buy my goods.



a. Where do you go when you die?

I think I go to second world after death.
I can continue to live in second world and can watch my family.
So, I was always watched by my dead family.


b. Explain why do Japanese have death memorial services 1 month, 1 year, 3 years, 7 years, etc. after a person's death?

We express mind of memorial service in the form.
We hold a service for a dead person.

Memorial service (1 year, 3 year...) have a relation to Japanese Got.
Each yeach has Got.
Dead pearson was read each Got.
We guide dead person to Got by memorial service.