The Business of Beauty - (click here)

What is beauty? What makes someone beautiful? What beauty products do you use? Do you think they will make you more beautiful?

Listen to this reading about the business of beauty and discover
1. Beauty is big business
2. There are ways that people measure beauty.

The Business of Beauty - Fashion (click here)

An interview with Mr. Greg Kennerly about how fashion influences his life.
Some of the questions that were asked throughout the interview...
Are you influenced by fashion?
How about your friends?
What do you wear on your day off?
Do you know any 'brand names'?
Why are the prices so high?
Do they fit well?
Why on earth would you cut the labels off?
Can you recommend any places to buy clothes?
Do you wear the same sorts of colours now as you did when you were a teenager?
What makes a person beautiful? Does fashion contribute to making you beautiful?

Interviewer: Mr. Steven Mondy
Interviewee: Mr. Greg Kennerly
Special thanks to
- the Osaka Y.M.C.A. International College
- Mogu coffee shop

Sleep Walking (Click Here)

Sleep Disorders:
Do you have any problem getting to sleep?

Sleep walking:
When do most people usually outgrow this condition?
What is the behavior characterized by?
What ‘triggers’ (causes) sleep walking?

Comprehension:
What does Dr. Judith Owens specialize in?
What does she say about sleepwalkers?
What did Owen’s suggest Michael do?
What did it help Michael do?
What was discovered?
What was the treatment for Michael?

Vocabulary:
chronic, adolescence, episodes, bolt, screaming, yelling
rip, shatter, appeared, parasomnia, night terrors, charting
cause, consistent basis, caffeinated, anxiety, deprivation,
results, immediate, restful, plentiful, travel free

Parasomnia, which means "around sleep," includes sleepwalking, night terrors, bedwetting, and narcolepsy.

Also available through i-tunes music store, Discovery Channel - Night Terrors, 2/05/2006
Copyright 2005 Discovery Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. www.discovery.com.

Part Time Job (Student Response)

Special thanks to
- Keita and Takeru
- YMCA International College for hosting the student response

Music: (I can't get no) Satisfaction, by "Rolling stones" (from Forty Licks)

Weddings in America (click here)

Are you planning a wedding? Have you already had one? Do you enjoy going to weddings?
This weeks program is a VOA special on 'American weddings'.

What movies do you know about weddings?
What kinds of things do people do for weddings? Where do people like to get married?
What is the difference between a traditional wedding and a modern wedding?
How about a Religous ceremony vs. a civil one?
What are some wedding traditions?
Whose responsibility is it to plan a wedding?
What kinds of music is played at traditional weddings?

VOA news - Special English Program
Planning a Wedding Becomes a Marriage of a Million Details
Written by Jerilyn Watson
11 June 2006
You can see the transcript of this program at:
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2006-06-11-voa1.cfm

special thanks to:
-YMCA International College for hosting this program
-VOA.com

Weddings in America (click here)

Are you planning a wedding? Have you already had one? Do you enjoy going to weddings?
This weeks program is a VOA special on 'American weddings'.

What movies do you know about weddings?
What kinds of things do people do for weddings? Where do people like to get married?
What is the difference between a traditional wedding and a modern wedding?
How about a Religous ceremony vs. a civil one?
What are some wedding traditions?
Whose responsibility is it to plan a wedding?
What kinds of music is played at traditional weddings?

VOA news - Special English Program
Planning a Wedding Becomes a Marriage of a Million Details
Written by Jerilyn Watson
11 June 2006
You can see the transcript of this program at:
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2006-06-11-voa1.cfm

special thanks to:
-YMCA International College for hosting this program
-VOA.com

The Odd Spot -Story 5 - Wrong Hostage

Please listen to this series of odd true to life stories taken form "The Age Newspaper" (Melbourne).
The stories are read by fellow students in the college.
For this weeks class, your homework is to find five more interesting stories to share in class.
Story 5 - Wrong Hostage
Special thanks to
- Amor, Toyo, Kae, Tomoko, Chisato, and Noriko for reading the stories.
- The YMCA International College for hosting the MP3 files
- Blogger for hosting this Blog

The Odd Spot -Story 4 - Britain's Speaking Clock

Please listen to this series of odd true to life stories taken form "The Age Newspaper" (Melbourne).
The stories are read by fellow students in the college.
For this weeks class, your homework is to find five more interesting stories to share in class.
Story 4 - Britain's Speaking Clock
Special thanks to
- Amor, Toyo, Kae, Tomoko, Chisato, and Noriko for reading the stories.
- The YMCA International College for hosting the MP3 files
- Blogger for hosting this Blog

The Odd Spot -Story 3 - Wrongful arrest

Please listen to this series of odd true to life stories taken form "The Age Newspaper" (Melbourne).
The stories are read by fellow students in the college.
For this weeks class, your homework is to find five more interesting stories to share in class.
Story 4 - Wrongful arrest
Special thanks to
- Amor, Toyo, Kae, Tomoko, Chisato, and Noriko for reading the stories.
- The YMCA International College for hosting the MP3 files
- Blogger for hosting this Blog

The Odd Spot -Story 3 - Lightning Bolt

Please listen to this series of odd true to life stories taken form "The Age Newspaper" (Melbourne).
The stories are read by fellow students in the college.
For this weeks class, your homework is to find five more interesting stories to share in class.
Story 3 - Lightning Bolt
Special thanks to
- Amor, Toyo, Kae, Tomoko, Chisato, and Noriko for reading the stories.
- The YMCA International College for hosting the MP3 files
- Blogger for hosting this Blog

The Odd Spot -Story 2 - Love through a peephole

Please listen to this series of odd true to life stories taken form "The Age Newspaper" (Melbourne).
The stories are read by fellow students in the college.
For this weeks class, your homework is to find five more interesting stories to share in class.
Story 2 - Love through a peephole
Special thanks to
- Amor, Toyo, Kae, Tomoko, Chisato, and Noriko for reading the stories.
- The YMCA International College for hosting the MP3 files
- Blogger for hosting this Blog

The Odd Spot - Story 1-False Teeth

Please listen to this series of odd true to life stories taken form "The Age Newspaper" (Melbourne).
The stories are read by fellow students in the college.
For this weeks class, your homework is to find five more interesting stories to share in class.
Story 1 - False Teeth
Special thanks to
- Amor, Toyo, Kae, Tomoko, Chisato, and Noriko for reading the stories.
- The YMCA International College for hosting the MP3 files
- Blogger for hosting this Blog