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Try to find and figure out the meaning of the following words and phrases as they occur in the passage below: utter,went about their business, hit it off, transpired, feeling buzzed, get the ball rolling,positive take,got into the act
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Wow! That was quite an amazing class! I really enjoyed today's English lesson with my Freshman International Relations group.

Please find the following words and phrases which occur in the text below: Punishment, suspension, driving school, excessive, tweak, hold accountable, ease our way, quick show of hands, something going around,the punishment fits the crime,get arrested for, the authorities,

It was really nice to see everyone after such a long summer break.

in the order of appearing..

①priceless：（値段をつけられないほど）きわめて貴重な
②in awe：畏敬の念を抱いて、畏れて
③disappeared：消える
④getting the hang of it：コツをつかむ
⑤diverse：多様な
⑥prairies and springs：草原や泉？
⑦give a hand：手伝う

Every year in my summer vacation, I have had a lot of ①priceless experience.
As a this year's memory of summer vacation, I still can not forget that I was watching Nagaoka fire displays ②in awe.
Big, big fireworks suddenly appeared in the dark sky and ③disappeared immidiately.
I tried to take pictures of them many times, but it was more difficult than I expected.

In Ken's diary on September14, he asked us to find the Vocablary and phrases hidden in the text.
So I tried to find the words. It was bit difficult but I could find them.

Then I tried to know the meanings of each words. However, no matter how many times I consulted with many kinds of dictionary, I was not able to get the meaning of "prairies and springs".
Now I guess it means just "prairies and springs". "Praisies" as in "Little House on the Prairie ", "springs" as in "hot springs"...is this correct??

Had an really wonderful stay in Tarpon springs.We saw some very special sights like the Greek church

The Greek church

and we ate the most amazing Greek food at a place called Mama's

Mama's Greek restaurant

and just walked around a very historical place learning about many interesting things like sponges for example.

The Sponge museum

It's my extreme pleasure to introduce to you one of my newest friends and a proud resident of Winter Park, Florida. Her names is Katie.

Say hello to Katie

She's done volunteer work for 30 years.
It's pretty hard to believe that the charming thrift shop she's doing volunteer work at used to be a jail.

Winter Park thrift shop

That's where the thrift shop was relocated to some years back.

Ichetucknee Springs State Park

The Ichetucknee River, located in North central Florida, flows six miles through shaded hammocks and wetlands before it joins the Santa Fe River. From the end of May until early September, tubing down the river is the main activity in the area.

Tubing on the Ichetucknee

In addition to tubing, visitors can enjoy picnicking, snorkeling,

Please find the following Vocabulary words and phrases hidden in the text.

(priceless, in awe,disappeared,diverse,prairies and springs, give a hand, getting the hang of it)
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After seven long years it feels good to be back home in Florida on so many levels.
I totally surprised my brother Howard who had no idea I was back in town. The look on his face was absolutely priceless.

My amazing brother

Spanish Moss

フロリダにスパニッシュモスという樹がある。
不思議な樹。
日本では見かけない樹だから余計に見入ってしまう。

Kenの家族に会ってきた！
Kenも個性豊かだけど、彼の姪たちもとっても個性が豊かで面白い。
日本の漫画が好きな子、ボーイッシュでクールな子、
おませでスポーツ大好きな子、シャイで怒りっぽい子、
寂しがり屋でしっかりしてる子、、、
それでいてみんな優しい。

Kenのお兄さんはとっても良いパパ。子供達はみんなパパの事が大好き！と言う。
パパは幸せだ〜。

私は今までアメリカはNYくらいしか知らなかったから、アメリカの違う地域に来てみて、アメリカのイメージが良い意味で変わった。

でもやっぱり外国に来てみると、日本って凄いなといつも改めて思う。
食べ物は美味しいし、みんなしっかり仕事をこなす。トイレはきれい。

どんな国にも良い所と悪い所があるけれど、
今回はアメリカの良い所をたくさん経験させてもらっているよ