2009年7月16日木曜日

Great Barrier Reef in Australia


First, I’ll tell you about the Great Barrier Reef. There are a lot of coral reefs there. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world, and it’s still growing now. There is a Heart shaped reef which is called Heart Reef.

There are also many creatures there, for example, clownfish, Paracanthurus hepatus, and so on. I think you all know the movie “Finding Nemo.” This place was used in the movie.
However, the Great Barrier Reef has environmental problems such as the increase of starfish that eat the coral reef, and the death of the coral reef because of global warming. The Australian government is trying to solve these problems. Otherwise, the coral reef will become extinct.

2009年7月2日木曜日

LEGOLAND in England


I am going to tell you about Lego. Do you know what Lego is?
The word, LEGO comes from Denmark, and it means “play well”. There are Lego bricks, the person who made this wandered what he could make out of this, and made Legoland.
There are many Legoland theme parks in the world. The first place was built in Denmark in 1968. It has 1.7 million visitors every year, and it became the largest tourist attraction in Denmark. The second place was England, and next America, Germany, and so on. Now, Legoland is famous all over the world. We will introduce the one in England, Windsor, near London; it’s the second oldest Legoland.