Toeic Books

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A colleague of mine , Emiko Matsumoto 松本恵美子, at Nichibei Eigo Gakuin Shibuya school 日米英語学院渋谷校 has been working on some Toeic books for the listening and reading parts of the Toeic test. 

Ms. Emiko Matsumoto asked me if I could help with the books by checking the English for grammar, structure, vocabulary use and naturalness.

I was only too happy to do this for her because I had never done this type of book editing work before and also if someone who is going to write something to be publish I want me to help, I will assist them in any way I can.

So now the books are finished. 

The titles of the books are:

新TOEIC TEST 必達 550点 「リスニング編」 

新TOEIC TEST 必達 550点 「リーディング編」

or in Roman letters:

shin TOEIC TEST  hittatsu 550 ten" "Listening hen"

shin TOEIC TEST  hittatsu 550 ten" "Reading hen"

They are being published by Nippon Nikkei Keizai Shimbunsha 日本日系経済新聞社.

They will be on sale at book stores throughout Japan on the 22nd of November 2009, Sunday. 

The price will be 945yen each and there is a web-site in which you will be able to download the listening material and some other things as well.

I enjoyed doing this work very much and I hope that the books sell well, so you guys out there BUY A COPY even it you do not need one. Want a signed copy, then hey, get a copy and I will sign it and more importantly I will ask Emiko, the author, to sign it as well.

In all seriousness though, I believe that if you are studying for the Toeic test, interested in taking the test, or know someone you is, then you should get these books or recommend the books to the people you know; these books will help you to get a higher score in the Toeic test.

I am proud of the work done and hope that more work like this will follow. 

I would very much like to thank Emiko for asking for my help. I enjoy the work quite a lot. Also I am humble by the fact that Emiko had my name put on the front cover of the books under her name. This is a great honour, a wonderful surprise and I am full of gratitude.

Eventually I hope to be writing my own material but probably not text books but poetry or stories (fiction and non-fiction), then again I think that all my years of teaching have given me something to write about in a text book that may benefit people who wish to develop and improve their English communication skills. 

I have included some photographs of the (possible) covers. The covers will look something similar to these photos. My apologies for the low quality of the photographs, I took them with my mobile phone.

There you have it. That is what I have been doing recently. 

Buy a copy, it will make you feel good about yourself, lol.

Syrbastyian (Amaya) 

Short-Story: The Magic Castle, Yellow Room

" The Magical Castle, Yellow Room "




Once upon a time there lived a most lovely and amazing cute princess, who lived a magical castle in the land of Easthugeisland.
 
One day the princess decided that she wanted to eat yellow-marshmallows, so she went to the yellow-room, where all the yellow things are kept in the magical castle, but she could not find the yellow-marshmallows.


Where are the yellow-marshmallows, she asked herself. 


She had looked everywhere: in the yellow-wardrobe, under the yellow-tables, behind the yellow-curtains. Everywhere yellow and anything yellow she looked in, under, behind, beside, above, on top of, below, around just everywhere! and still she could not find the yellow-marshmallows. 


She was feeling very tired and a little sad, and was about to give up on her search for the yellow-marshmallows.
When all of a sudden she realised that, that morning, she had just created yellow-marshmallows because she had dreamt of roasting yellow-marshmallows for the picnic next week in her dream. 


Happy with her self discovery, she set about asking her servants (who would do anything for the amazing cute and wonderful princess) to make yellow-marshmallows to roast at the amazingly wonderful picnic next week. 


Tomorrow she will be able to wake up to the delight of knowing that next week she will be able to roast yellow-marshmallows the amazingly wonderful picnic. 


And, life was wonderful and fantastic for the most lovely and amazingly cute princess. 


She lived her days happily ever after.


"The end."

By Syrbastyian (Amaya) Vzampfyier 

Poem: Love You, Two

" Love You Two "




I like your nose.
I like your toes.
I like you feet.
You have nice teeth.
I like your smile, 
it shines through your beautiful eyes.
I like the clothes you wear,
especially when you have no underwear.
I like all things about you.
I guess I am trying to say is that I like you.




Syrbastyian (Amaya)

Poem: There Is

" There Is "


If there is love, let me know it, for it's knowing is greater than the loss of it.


If there is love, let me see it, the radiant beauty of it will burn in me when my eyes can no longer see.


If there is love, let me hear it, it's heavenly sound fills me with tears, and it reverberates through me soul when my ears fails in winter years.


If there is love, let me feel it, the loss of it will destroy me, crush my soul to nothingness, turn me dead inside
but this pales to never having felt the love of true love.



One may learn to love again? and may find another love?


Of true love, only love, real love. one can never experience that again.


For this love is made of the stars, it's made of dreams, It is a millenium event. 


Born and destine to be.


This love, once had can never be blessed again upon we.



If there i love, let me touch it, to hold in my arms while it sleeps.

A simple kiss, Oh! how magical, to feel it's caress on my lips.Hold close and lay in love, for the two become as one.

If there is love, let me experience it, It is the most joy est thing that one can have in all one's years.

If there is love, let me have it, even if it one day I may lose it? having it is far greater than my tears and empty years.


If there is love, There is love.



By Syrbastyain (Amaya)

Poem: Come Again

" Come Again "




Here's some news,

I am free from 2 to 5,

Wish to see your heavenly wings.
Wish to fly  with you in the clear blue sky.
But if i remember yamada or ? has reserved you,

Alas not enough time.

No need to worry, no need to cry.

Time will come again,

To meet, to share, to enjoy our smiles.

Until then keep our thoughts and time together in happy memories,

For we are born to be, you and I.

By Syrbastyian (Amaya)