Autumn Festival for Presentation

Apple Festival

I’m going to talk about “apples.” The apple has been called the loveliest of all fruits. North Carolina is an apple home of the maximum scale in the southeast. So North Carolina is a good place to produce apples and also one of the most important agricultural crops grown in Henderson County (it is the site of the Apple Festival.) Henderson County ranks seventh in production among all counties in the U.S.

The most widely-grown apples are Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Rome Beauty and Galas. In North Carolina there are many kinds of apples, for example, Honey Crisp Apples, Empire Apples, and Fuji Apples and so on. The apples of North Carolina are high quality because of the climate of North Carolina. The warm days and cool night here in the mountains are growing juicy apples.

During a normal year it brings in an average income of $22 million dollars or more. If we line up with apples from a normal harvest grown in the county, they would reach from Hendersonville to Tokyo and back!!

Autumn Festival

Halloween!!


Halloween is a traditional festival on the night of October 31st. Halloween has its origin in the ancient Celtic festival.
Celt had believed that end of the year was October 31st, and spirit of dead visited their family and witches appeared on that night. Saving one to wear a mask, and make a fire. On night of Halloween people make Jack-o’-lanterns(this picture →) which made in pumpkin to charm from evil spirit. Children dress up as witch or ghost, and visit house of neighborhood saying” Trick of treat (if people don’t give them sweets, they will mischief them).” At home, people make pumpkin sweets and children bring sweets that are given them to held Halloween party!

In Japan this event had known as American children do event through American movies and TV drama. However Halloween is not popular in Showa era in Japan because there are many fall festivals by shrines and the festival day for children aged seven, five and three. Afterward thanks to E.T. (movie) was a smash hit, Halloween was known to many people. And it was active in capital territory. In these days Tokyo Disney Resort and Universal Studio Japan is held Halloween event, so we can as experience it as Christmas.

MFM

My Favorite Movie


The Shawshank Redemption (Japanese title is”ショーシャンクの空に”)

This is my best favorite movie I have seen. This is an American movie, which released in 1994. It is based on the Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption written by Stephen Edwin King. It was not so popular when it released then, but it became popular thanks to starting video rental. Now, there are so many fans. For example, Koizumi Junichiro, Utada Hikaru, and Matsumoto Hitoshi publish this title as a favorite movie on the Internet.

Plot: In 1947, Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), who was a successful bank clerk, was cast in prison for killing him wife. However actually he didn’t kill her, so he was in the Shawshank Prison regardless of innocence. First Andy was alone because of atmosphere of the prison, but he did never throe away hope, and believed free of tomorrow.
One day he met Ellis Boyd Redding (Morgan Freeman), who called Red and could fit out anything which someone wants to. Andy knew him, and he asked him to get a rock hammer, posters and so on. They became getting along well with each other. In addition Andy got to be trust by Red, friends, and even warden. Because he was an excellent bank clerk, he handled the bribe of warden. After that he broke prison by digging a tunnel by the rock hammer. Finally he got the freedom.
A few decades later Red was allowed going outside temporarily, but he couldn’t adapt to modern society. He lost hope. Suddenly he remembered a promise that Andy tell him to go to a big tree in Mexico before…


This movie’s theme is hope and life. We can learn that it is wonderful not to give up having hope strongly. It gives me a lot of impression. I feel refreshed after watching it. What is the meaning to live? What is the hope? What should I do when I face a difficulty? I cannot help saying to myself about these. It is not easy to answer these questions, but I think that I will live. Also I think friends are important by watching the last scene. I want to form friendship as Andy and Red because bonds of friendship unite them.

I really want you to watch it once!! You will change your mind.