2007年11月2日金曜日

Homework #3

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

Sometimes I judge people. Because I think that the clothes shows liking, character,
their living standard. If someone wear fancy clothes. I may think that the person must like
vintage clothes. And someone always wear brand name-goods, I think that someone must
be rich or brand-conscious. Because The rich people can spend much money
for clothes because they well of.


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

I would feel funny If I were foreign. Because many young Japanese people dress up       
  anywhere, anytime. For example, I saw one young couple in the theme park.
She was wearing high heels so I gazed at her! Even Japanese,We sometimes feel
strange. `Japanese is strange.'


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

I wear the clothes with black. I can calm down when I wear black clothes.
Particularly, I usually wear black clothes during the winter.

Homework #2

1. Death and Funerals

a: Yes, I have. If my international friend's family member died,
I condole with the family, and encourage. And I will talked about the memory of deceased.

b: I have not never been to a foreign funeral. But I have seen the scene of funeral in the movie.
Then, I noticed one difference. We, Buddihist don't go to the grave if someone died. At least
40days, we keep putting ashes near the buddihist altar in the house.
On the other hand, some foreign countries burry a coffin into dust.


2.The language of Clothes

a: I have one idea though I don't think crazy about clothes. These days, many Japanese women don't marrige soon, work few years after graduate university. While they work, they enjoy themselves life. The salary is used for own hobby, deposit by them. Especially, they spend
the money on designer label's clothes or brand-name goods. Therefore, some designers label
are targeted for a career women such like that.

b: I think that the meaning of this sentence is anything had better not judge how it looks.
For example, I think that I shoud't to judge a person how they looks. But sometimes I do
impulse buying when I find nice clothes. So, I feel deeply moved by this sentence.