Picture descriptions

[dogsbody70]

Originally Posted by Supperman

A small girl with a basket / TOEIC

This is a closeup photograph of a small girl holding a basket in her left hand. She is bending down on the grass and probably picking up the white grass flowers. YEs she is picking the flowers, we would not say Picking UP the flowers in this situation, simply Picking the white flowers.The weather is lovely, and she wears a sleeveless light-pink-colour one-piece. PALE PINK DRESS..
She puts her brown hair up in a ponytail.she wears her hair in a ponytail style. She is well tanned as a Caucasian, or she may be an Asian girl.

Her colourful basket is disproportionally a little too big for her, and that is the point I feel this photo IS very attractive. I think she is so charming.
A cute photo!

very well done supperman.

[Supperman]

[ The revised version ] (thanks to the suggestions of dogsbody70)

This is a closeup photograph of a small girl holding a basket in her left hand. She is bending down on the grass and picking up the white flowers.

The weather is lovely, and she wears a pale pink dress. She wears her hair in a ponytail style. She's well tanned as a Caucasian, or she may be an Asian girl.

Her colourful basket is disproportionally a little too big for her, and that is the point I feel this photo is very attractive. She is so charming.

What a cute photo!

[JohnBraden]

I don't want to intrude and make things more difficult. As it stands, your description is great.

It's just that, I think this is a photo of a girl doing an Easter egg hunt. Of course, someone from Japan may not be aware of it and that's why I was a little reluctant to mention it. But I wonder if you get extra points for figuring that one out! The over-sized basket and its colors screamed out to me: Easter!

Egg hunt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Supperman]

There are three people in this photograph. An elderly lady is sitting in a wheelchair which is rolled by a younger man. An elderly man in her left side is lowering himself near to her face and holding her right hand with his both hands. They’re looking at each other and smiling. The younger man is also smiling and looking at them.

She is a distinguished-looking Caucasian with a golden hair, pink sweater, a pearl necklace, a pair of white round earrings and a wrist watch.　

The younger man is a handsome, good-looking guy with a blue uniform and hairy arms. He seems to be a hospital staff or the facility staff.

The elderly man is wearing a blue shirt and pale gray trousers. He has silver hair on the lateral sides, though the top is bald. He has silver mustache and beard. His whole head is flushed. I think it is because he’s so delighted and moved to meet her again.

It is a heartwarming scene.

A friendly greeting / TOEIC

[Supperman]

Originally Posted by JohnBraden

I don't want to intrude and make things more difficult. As it stands, your description is great.

It's just that, I think this is a photo of a girl doing an Easter egg hunt. Of course, someone from Japan may not be aware of it and that's why I was a little reluctant to mention it. But I wonder if you get extra points for figuring that one out! The over-sized basket and its colors screamed out to me: Easter!

Egg hunt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thank you, JohnBraden , for the information.

I know nothing about Easter. I confused it as Halloween, so I've almost written back to you, "Thank you, I know it. Trick or Treat? Right?".
But I realized it is not Easter but Halloween.

I'll looking for some information about Easter, and come back.
See you later!

edit)
peanuts Easter - Google
I thought that there might be some episodes about Easter in the story "PEANUTS", and found those!

I now know the reason why "over-sized baskets".
To win the game, they have to collect a large number of "the eggs", right?

[dogsbody70]

Originally Posted by JohnBraden

I don't want to intrude and make things more difficult. As it stands, your description is great.

It's just that, I think this is a photo of a girl doing an Easter egg hunt. Of course, someone from Japan may not be aware of it and that's why I was a little reluctant to mention it. But I wonder if you get extra points for figuring that one out! The over-sized basket and its colors screamed out to me: Easter!

Egg hunt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

HI John, I have not got a clue about easter egg hunts. It seemed to me that there were white flowers DAISYS Or something similar. UM easter egg hunt amongst short grass?

Is this something you do in America?

[dogsbody70]

Originally Posted by Supperman

Thank you, JohnBraden , for the information.

I know nothing about Easter. I confused it as Halloween, so I've almost written back to you, "Thank you, I know it. Trick or Treat? Right?".
But I realized it is not Easter but Halloween.

I'll looking for some information about Easter, and come back.
See you later!

edit)
peanuts Easter - Google
I thought that there might be some episodes about Easter in the story "PEANUTS", and found those!

I now know the reason why "over-sized baskets".
To win the game, they have to collect a large number of "the eggs", right?

Easter is supposed to be a celebration of Jesus Christ rising from the dead. He had been crucified on the previous Friday--For some weird reason called:

"GOOD FRIDAY"-- although there was nothing Good about crucifying our Lord.

Jesus rose from the dead which is what christianity is all about. Jesus is the Messiah so a very special day in the Christian calendar.

Why and how easter eggs came into the equation I do not know. Here in UK we tend to give chocolate Easter eggs to children. When I was a child we painted hard boiled eggs and would roll them down the hill. Also I have no idea where the EASTER BUNNY comes into it.

Why do we have eggs at Easter?

As for Halloween-- I loathe it-- I loathe trick and treating. That came to UK from the USA. something to do with the devil I think. It teaches bad habits to children when they put on frightening masks and they knock on peoples doors and threaten to trick them if they are not given a treat. That is my idea of teaching children how to blackmail people. Just my own opinion of course. I never experienced anything about Halloween when I was a child, not sure when the trick or treat fashion began here. I feel it is very commercialised in order to make alot of money for manufacturers and shops etc.

Halloween in England - History and Traditions for Kids


IN the past we had boy scouts who at a certaIn time of year knocked on peoples doors in order to do a job for them. BOB a JOB it was called. They would do a small chore for the resident then be given a BOB-- equal to what used to be a shilling in the days before decimalisation. Twelve old pennies equalled a shilling.


I wonder if you have the equivalent of boy scouts and girl guides or Brownies in Japan?


Scouts Guides and Brownies

[dogsbody70]

Originally Posted by Supperman

There are three people in this photograph. An elderly lady is sitting in a wheelchair which is rolled WHEELED by a younger man. An elderly man isn ON her left side is lowering himself near to her face and holding her right hand with his both hands. They’re looking at each other and smiling. The younger man is also smiling and looking at them.

She is a distinguished-looking Caucasian with a golden hair, pink sweater, a pearl necklace, a pair of white round earrings and a wrist watch.　

The younger man is a handsome, good-looking guy with a blue uniform and hairy arms. He seems to be a hospital staff or the facility staff.

He seems to be a member of the hospital staff.

The elderly man is wearing a blue shirt and pale gray trousers. He has silver hair on the lateral sides, though the top is bald. He has A silver mustache and beard. His whole head is flushed. I think it is because he’s so delighted and moved to meet her again. IN UK we spell moustache.
It is a heartwarming scene.

A friendly greeting / TOEIC

You have described the scene well Supperman.

[Supperman]

Originally Posted by dogsbody70

Easter is supposed to be a celebration of Jesus Christ rising from the dead. He had been crucified on the previous Friday--For some weird reason called:

"GOOD FRIDAY"-- although there was nothing Good about crucifying our Lord.

Jesus rose from the dead which is what christianity is all about. Jesus is the Messiah so a very special day in the Christian calendar.

Why and how easter eggs came into the equation I do not know. Here in UK we tend to give chocolate Easter eggs to children. When I was a child we painted hard boiled eggs and would roll them down the hill. Also I have no idea where the EASTER BUNNY comes into it.

Why do we have eggs at Easter?

As for Halloween-- I loathe it-- I loathe trick and treating. That came to UK from the USA. something to do with the devil I think. It teaches bad habits to children when they put on frightening masks and they knock on peoples doors and threaten to trick them if they are not given a treat. That is my idea of teaching children how to blackmail people. Just my own opinion of course. I never experienced anything about Halloween when I was a child, not sure when the trick or treat fashion began here. I feel it is very commercialised in order to make alot of money for manufacturers and shops etc.

Halloween in England - History and Traditions for Kids


IN the past we had boy scouts who at a certaIn time of year knocked on peoples doors in order to do a job for them. BOB a JOB it was called. They would do a small chore for the resident then be given a BOB-- equal to what used to be a shilling in the days before decimalisation. Twelve old pennies equalled a shilling.


I wonder if you have the equivalent of boy scouts and girl guides or Brownies in Japan?


Scouts Guides and Brownies

Hi.

We have the Boy Scout in Japan too, though I don't know about it except they wear cowboy hats.
The homepage of Scout Association of Japan　is here;
Scout Association of Japan

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As for Halloween, it is important for me to hear your opinion about it, which would be rather "negative".
I didn't want to write something negative in here, so I didn't mention about the tragedy that had happened at Halloween night.
A Japanese teenager international student was shot to death at Halloween night, when he disguised himself as a monster, enjoying the "trick or trade". He was dead because he couldn't understand the meaning of "freeze!".
If I had been him, I too would have thought it as "please!". And I was shot to death too.

The accident had happened around 1990, and every Japanese was so shocked. And I myself decided to quit going to America.

Why such an innocent act had to be related to death?

The shooting man was judged as innocent at the court, because of "justifiable defense".

But a ex-FBI officer said that he was guilty, in a book "I Have Lived in the Monster" by Robert K. Ressler、Tom Shachtman.
He didn't have to shoot.....
The ex-FBI officer analyzed the character of the shooting man.

I don't know what the truth was. It was just an opinion of a book writer.

Anyway, very unfortunately, I have negative feeling about "Halloween", too.
And I will never forget the meaning of the word "freeze!".

[Supperman]

[The revised version of "A friendly greeting"]

There are three people in this photograph. An elderly lady is sitting in a wheelchair which is wheeled by a younger man. An elderly man on her left is lowering himself near to her face and holding her right hand with his both hands. They’re looking at each other and smiling. The younger man is also smiling and looking at them.

She is a distinguished-looking Caucasian with golden hair, pink sweater, a pearl necklace, a pair of white round earrings and a wrist watch.　

The younger man is a handsome, good-looking guy with a blue uniform and hairy arms. He seems to be a member of the hospital staff.

The elderly man is wearing a blue shirt and pale gray trousers. He has silver hair on the lateral sides, though the top is bald. He has a silver moustache and beard. His whole head is flushed. I think it is because he’s so delighted and moved to meet her again.
It is a heartwarming scene.

A friendly greeting / TOEIC