Email Service Notes 18th January (Jesse)***

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The Summary of the Movie “Your Name”

The movie is directed by a Japanese director, Makoto Shinkai. It was very popular when it was released in different countries in 2016, it is beyond “Harry Porter and his magician” at the box office in Japan, JPY 205 billion.

It is a story happened between a boy and a girl when they were in their senior high school in Japan. The Boy’s name is Tachibana Taki, the girl’s name is Miyamizu Mitsuha. they didn’t know with each other. One day, when they waked up from their own bed, they found their soul were in another body, and, with different sexual. They were very shocked and scared, and unfortunately, this situation happened very frequently, they didn’t know why it happened, the only communication was their cell phone. In case they forgot what they did in that body, they used the cell phone to record anything they did when they were changing. With the cell phone, they knew the name each other, would give advice to other side regarding studying, part-time work, talking about each other’s friends, and, growing pains.

When they thought the life would be move on like this way, suddenly, they found they would not change the body anymore, Taki San was very worried about the girl, he wanted to know what happened. He was trying to find the place that girl lived in, he didn’t know the place name only had a picture was drawn following his memory, it’s a difficult. Finally, he found that place, however, the place was totally ruined by a very serious meteorite fall 3 years ago. Taki San felt lost because he can’t understand why it past 3 years, they just changed body several days ago!

After talking with some people who lived near that place, Taki san remembered that day, when he was in Tokyo, people saw the meteor shower that’s caused of big Meteorite falling, and it was fall down the hometown of Mitsuha San, without enough decomposed in the same time, the town was destroyed, most people died, including Mitsuha San.

So sad, he even not tells her he likes her!

He wanted to save her. Following his memory, when he was her, he saw there was a place of worship in this small town, he remembered Mitsuha’s grandmother said there were some drink to the Deities only, if drunk it, people can travel through the time to another time and space, it was a connection with the Deities.

Taki drunk it without any hesitation, and unbelievable, he saw the girl, Mitsuha San, they were very happy to meet each other, they talked a lot, and Taki San told her the disaster would come to her very soon, try to leave here. When he wanted to say “I like you very much” to her, both of them cannot see the other side. After for a while, both of them realized whatever they tried, they can’t remember each other’s name.

The Small Town was saved from meteorite falling, all lived. Mistuha san left the hometown to Tokyo, she didn’t know why, she forgot that experience of body change, as well as someone she was very care. But a voice told her to Tokyo to find something she forgot. In the meanwhile, Taki San continued his life and work in Tokyo, he forgot everything, either, he always felt he knew a girl’s name, but cannot recall it.

A day, When Mitsuha was walking on a street, a boy passed her quickly, at that moment, both of them felt a kind of connection. They turned together, the boy asked the girl, “what’s your name?”, girl answered, “Miyamizu Misuha.”

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The Summary of the Movie “Your Name”

The movie was directed by a Japanese director, Makoto Shinkai, and very popular when it was released in multiple countries in 2016, it even surpassed “Harry Porter and his magician” at the box office in Japan, earning 205 billion Japanese Yen.

It is a story of a relationship between a boy and a girl at senior high school in Japan. The Boy’s name is Tachibana Taki, the girl’s name is Miyamizu Mitsuha and they didn’t know each other at all / they had never met before. One day, when they woke up in their own beds, they found their souls were in another body, and, they had switched genders. They were very shocked and scared, and unfortunately, this situation happened very frequently (you mean suddenly?), and they didn’t know why it happened. The only communication between them was their cell phones. In case they forgot what they did in that body (you mean their own body or the body they are currently in?), they used the cell phones to record anything they did when they were changing. With the cell phone, they knew the name of one another, and would give advice to the other side regarding studying, part-time work, talking about each other’s friends, and, growing pains.

When they thought that life would continue on like this, suddenly, they realised that they were not changing / switching bodies anymore, Taki San was very worried about the girl, he wanted to know what happened to her. He was trying to find where the girl lived but he didn’t know the name of the place and only had a picture that was drawn from memory, which made things really difficult. Finally, he found the place, however, it had been was totally ruined by a very serious meteorite strike 3 years ago. Taki San felt lost because he couldn’t understand how 3 years had past even though they had just switched bodies several days ago!

Catherine, this topic is very difficult! I would suggest talking about your own life, and experiences, just like a diary. Describing events in a movie or book is far too difficult for your level. A good topic for next time is: talk about what you did last weekend, including your feelings and thoughts about what you did and who you spent your time with.