The last summer, I have gone traveling around Europe. I was in Paris, Madrid and Barcelona and in other little villages along the way.

I have been for 2 months traveling, from July to August. In each place, we have been staying about 3 or 4 days. It has been a wonderful trip. Carlos and I have drove about 5000 km each.

In Paris, we had gone to visit the Eiffel Tower. It was fantastic to see to the people walking on the street from the tower. In Madrid, we went to buy clothes and presents for ourselves and our parents. We have also been eating at great restaurants.

Finally, we went to Barcelona, for 5 days, we often had lunch at the beach. The weather is hot and sunny in August, so we have been under the sun many times.

Summary of an article about mosquitoes from BBC.

For humans, one of the most dangerous threats is the mosquito. They carry several diseases by sucking human blood from one to another. Around half of the people in the world are affected the insects. This article shows three main points.

To begin with, there are many species of mosquitoes all over the world. The number is approximately 3,500. 6% of mosquitoes are females which draw human blood in order to take care of their eggs, and half of the mosquitoes bring infectious diseases to humans. Some diseases carried by the small insects are deadly, for instance yellow fever, and dengue fever. This article lists three principle species possessing such diseases, namely Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus and Anopheles gambiae.

A number of scientists have tried to eradicate mosquitoes. One utilized 30 types of pesticides and others modified the insect's genes to make them sterile, reducing the number of mosquitoes by more than 90% in a few certain local areas. However, it is sometimes argued that there could be side effects of the eradication. Although mosquitoes are extremely hated by humans, they play an important role in the food chain. If they were extinct, the ecosystem would change.

Finally, the article introduces two promising measures. One is a machine to detect and discern species which are capable of transmitting a serious virus(or capable of infecting humans). Another is that of altering the gene of mosquitoes which make them resistant against parasites.

お疲れ様でした！I only made changes to words that are better for academic papers.

We had a recess in the morning. The children played at the playground and ran around a lot. So they had a great time promoting their physical strength outside. During our transition to lunch, the siren rang for a fire drill. Some of them had just started to eat and kept eating their lunch on the tables, not realizing that it meant that they have to evacuate. The other children still took off their jackets and shoes near a doorway. Once Miss Anna told them to line up and go outside, some of them realized there was some kind of emergency and got scared. So I comforted them and said, “We just need to go outside like we just did. No worries.” We were calm and smoothly went outside. While outside, the teachers counted the number children and I was trying to get their attention by talking to the children at eye level. Which reminded me of the time when I was working with children in Japan because we had lot of earthquakes. So that helped me naturally know what I have to do in emergency.

At lunch, Girl L kept coming to me and could not sit and eat on the chair. I asked her, “Can you sit on the chair?” Then she went back to her seat. However, she repeatedly left her seat to get me. Krystle gave me some advice that it is better to speak directly instead of asking questions. There are two ways, the rules, and the choices in guidance. When I guide them following the rules, I need to say things directly. When there are choices, I could say things like “ ---ok?” or “ Can I--?” 

At afternoon free play time, Boy P and Boy N were trying to scared Boy M. M was running away from them while laughing playfully at first. He was getting annoyed with them after a while. However, the boys did not realize M's feelings, so they kept doing that. Finally, he ran on the shelf. He seemed to be very upset. So, I talked to them about his feeling and why the boys wanted to scare M. The boys said that M hit them and he did not understand anything. I told them that hitting was not okay to everybody. Also, it is not the best choice to scare him to solve your feelings. M had difficulty speaking, so it is always important to assist him on how you express yourself and socialize.

I will talk about my important food in my life. 

When I was a little girl, it was stewed tongue.

Those days, there was a restaurant called Shin-Yoken in Arai. It was near Arai station. 

Why I have not forgotten the stewed tongue is because my mother and I ate the lunch between the two of us.

I loved the stewed tongue of Shin-Yoken. So I ordered it every time. 

And, we ate ice cream as a desert. It was delicious too. 

Maybe, Shin-Yoken was closed when I was a junior high school student. 

So I was very sad. 

Since then, I have loved stewed tongue. But I have not had a stewed tongue that was as delicious as the one in Shin-Yoken. 

I have cooked a stewed tongue myself but, it was different... 

The stewed tongue of Shin-Yoken is very special to me.