Happy New Year everyone !!!

Happy New Year everyone !!!

Skype de English Online School is wishing you all Student members a Very Happy New Year . Also Hoping you all could learn more effectively with our Native English Tutors .


今年もあと残り数時間。　みなさんどんな1年だったでしょうか？

Skype de English　はお正月もレッスンをオープンしている先生もいます。
私は毎年、今年の目標など心に決めては3日坊主の繰り返し　（笑）

それでも今年の目標をたてて、少しでも前進していこうと思います。
2014年もよろしくお願いします。


Skype de English Online School　スタッフ一同

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays!

It's the holiday season in the U.S. After the Thanksgiving celebration at the end of November, people here would start getting ready for Christmas.

We put up a Christmas tree (real or fake, big or small) in the living room, and have fun decorating it. We also put Christmas decorations throughout and outside the house. Then comes the shopping part. We browse the stores, looking for the right gift for that special someone.

I love Christmas shopping; and I love Christmas gathering even more! What better time to get together with friends and family than the holiday!


From Alison




あなたはどんなクリスマスを過ごしますか？
11歳になる私の娘はサンタクロースに手紙をかいていました。もちろんプレゼントのリクエストです。


オンライン英会話Skype.de.English

もうすぐ夏休み。昼間のレッスンオープンしてます。

夏休みもうすご始まりますので私の8月のスケジュールをチェックしてね！たくさん時間をオープンしました。予約待てますよ！

Hello my loyal and dear Student members !

Since I am a School teacher in Japan, I will be on my Summer Vacation Starting from August 2013.

I have plenty of Open Lesson hours . You can check and choose them for your lessons .

Morning lessons ,afternoon and Evening lessons almost all available for you !

Love to teach you and communicate with you in English .

Regards

Steven

Should there be copyright on songs over 100 years old?

Should there be copyright on songs over 100 years old?

歌の著作権は100年以上なくてはいけないのでしょうか？


Let’s talk about music, what’s the oldest song you know?
Read below to find out about why the “Happy Birthday To You” song is now in a court case!

あなたが知っているもっとも古い歌は何ですか？
下記の記事をよんで理解してみましょう、なぜ今　“Happy Birthday To You”の歌が訴訟されているのか、？


“Everybody knows the song "Happy Birthday To You".
It is the most popular and most often sung song in the English language. It is also now part of a legal case.
A New York film company called Good Morning To You (GMTY) Productions has opened a lawsuit that says the song belongs in the public domain.
This means anyone can use it because there is no copyright on it. However, the record label Warner Music says it owns the copyright to the tune.
GMTY is making a documentary about the history of the song and had to pay Warner Music $1,500 to use it.
If it didn't pay, it could have got a penalty of $150,000. The boss of GMTY was angry about this fee and took the case to a court in New York.
The melody of "Happy Birthday To You" comes from the song, "Good Morning to All". This was written in 1893 by two sisters from Kentucky, USA.
They wrote it because they thought it would be easy for young children to sing.
The words to "Happy Birthday To You" were added to the tune around a decade later.
One of the most famous performances of the song was when Marilyn Monroe sang, "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" in a sexy voice to John F. Kennedy in 1962.
GMTY says any copyright on the song ran out almost 100 years ago.
The company wants Warner Music to return the millions of dollars it has collected for the song.
Warner Music has so far stayed quiet and has not commented on the court case.”


Read more: http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1306/130617-happy_birthday_song.html#ixzz2XI0f0DHr


So what did you think about it? Do you agree or disagree with the opening question.
Who should win this court case?

あなたはこの記事を読んでどう思いましたか？意見に賛成、または反対ですか？
誰がこの裁判で勝つとおもいますか？


I’m eager to hear your thoughts and responses! ^^ Michele　

あなたの考えをきかせてくださいね。　ミッシェル

オンライン英会話　Skype.de.English

アイトラッキングソフトについてどう思いますか？

What do you think of eye-tracking software? *

アイトラッキング（追跡）ソフトについてどう思いますか？


“New computer software will soon be keeping an eye on you, or on your eyes, when you go shopping.
It is called the Sideways project because it tracks the movement of your eyes as you glance at products on shelves.
The researchers, from Britain's Lancaster University, told the BBC that the technology would be a common feature in stores before the end of the decade.
Senior researcher Andreas Bulling said:
"The system uses a single ordinary camera…[It] detects the faces of people walking by and calculates where the eyes are relative to the eye corners."
This information is then used to flash up adverts related to what products you were looking at longest as you pass by video screens ahead of you.
Eye-tracking technology is being used in a number of different situations. One is to help motorists better identify cyclists on roads.
Studies suggest drivers are five times likelier to spot pedestrians than people riding bicycles.
This could significantly cut the number of road deaths.
Eye-tracking can also be used to allow people to use their eyes as a mouse to scroll through and select content on screens.
Disabled people are already using this technology to enhance their daily mobility.
Last month the tech giant Samsung launched a smartphone that monitors what users look at on-screen.
Mr Bulling said: "It is really gaining momentum. I fully expect this technology to become available widely in the near future."


(This article was taken from the website >>Read more: http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1305/130502-eye-tracking.html#ixzz2SiLPbVXs)


After reading this, what do you think?
There are a lot of questions that can be asked and generated with this topic.
For example, what will happen to the footage from cameras that tracked your eyes? Are you a fan of this kind of budding technology?

これを読んで何を思いますか？たぶんたくさん
質問、疑問がでてくることでしょう。例えば、何があなたの視点を調査することで何がわかるのか？　とか
またこのような新しい技術は好きですか？


Let’s discuss it soon! -a Michele :>