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      This week I read Seasons and Celebrations by Jackie Maguire. This book is about the seasons and celebrations as a title. I found that the meaning of celebration is different from Japan even if the same day. I will write some quote and my opinions. The people of Britain have had festivals for thousands of years. Long ago the sun, the moon, the wind, rain, animals, and trees were all important in their religions, and they had festivals for them. When Christianity came to Britain, people wanted to keep some of their old festivals so they brought the religions together. 　In the old days, it was interesting that the festival started with gratitude and respect for natural things such as the moon and the sun.Festivals often have religious implications, but I would like to find out what they really mean. New Year's Eve is on 31 December, the last day before the New Year begins. In many places, people go to parties or restaurants with friends in the evening. Sometimes they meet outsid

  This week I read Japan by Rachel Bladon. What do people know about Japan? Japan is in East Asia, in the Pacific Ocean Many people like sushi, and that comes from Japan. And everyone knows about Japanese sumo wrestling. But there are a lot more amazing things about this country. most people know that. - Japan is one of the most exciting countries in the world. It is also a country with many different faces. In Japan, east meets west, and old meets new.  　 In Japan, sushi and sumo are common ideas.  But I don't like either of them. Japan is a really fascinating country with a variety of delicious food and attractions. I love Japan like that. Many of the important things about life in Japan today were also important more than 1,500 years ago. Japan is near to Korea and China, and many ideas came to ancient Japan from people in these countries. Like Korean and Chinese people, the ancient Japanese learned to grow rice and to make cloth. 　China and South Korea are close to Japan and ar

  This week I read The Beautiful Game.  Do you like soccer  Do you play soccer?  In fact, soccer and football are different.  Also, football has a long history.  If you want to know such a thing, please read this book.  On 30 July 1930, 93,000 people went to the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay, to watch the final of the first FIFA World Cup. Uruguay beat Argentina 4–2, and was the first country to have its name on the World Cup. There was no television then (the first World Cup on TV was not until 1954). There were forty-one countries in FIFA (from the French for International Federation of Association Football), the international organization which controls football, but only thirteen countries played in the competition.  FIFA, now a global organization, initially had only 41 nations and only 13 teams in the match.  The world's first World Cup would have been very meaningful.  Football, for most people, is association football or 'soccer'. A hundred years ago, so

      This week I read The Olympic Games by Alex Raynham.  In 2020, the Olympic Games were scheduled to be held in Tokyo, but it was postponed due to the global pandemic of the new coronavirus.  I have little interest in the Olympics.  However, reading this book gave me an idea of ​​the history and charm of the Olympic Games.  I will write what I found in this book with a quote.  Ten seconds On a summer evening in 2012, eight men took their places at the start of a race in the London Olympic Stadium. It was the 100 metres final, and these men were some of the best, fastest, and most famous athletes in the world. There were runners from Trinidad and Tobago, the USA, Jamaica, and the Netherlands. Around the world, about two billion people were watching the race on TV. There were about 80,000 people in the stadium that night, and the noise of the crowd was amazing.  In 2012, I was 12 years old. And I remember this.  Usain Bolt ran 100 meters in less than 10 seconds.  Many people will have