lesson7
Mr.Hatakeyama was an oyster farmer.
He raised oysters near Kesen-numa.
But his oysters were damaged by pollution.
He wanted to solve the problem,so in 1984, he
visited oyster farms in France. There he
learned that the leaves from trees enriched
the soil on land. It made the sea water
nutritious. He said to himself, "If the
mountains didn't have a lot of trees, the
people couldn't raise healthy oysters."
Mr. Hatakeyama spoke to the other
oyster farmers. "without clean sea water,
good oysters can't grow. Where does the
water come from? From the mountains! So
we should grow trees on the mountains for
the future of our oyster farms."
At first they didn't understand. But little
by little they came to support his movement.
they planted different kinds of trees under
the slogan,"The forest is the partner of the
sea."many people around Japan, including
school children , have joined this movement.
Lesson8
The music started. It was the folk song
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Katarina
Witt began to skate to the music. At first
the music sounded violent and she
expressed then cruelty and the ugliness of
war.
Then the music changed into a gentle
and moderate tone. She expressed the
importance of peace.
Lastly, the music became dynamic again.
She showed a strong-willed girl, who never
gives up her hope. She finished her
performance with this image.
Katrina's skating was not as perfect as
before. But the audience gave her great
applause from the heart. They knew why
she had come back to the rink.
She had won her first gold medal in
Sarajevo. However, there was a civil war
and many people were killed. Katarina
decided to express her sorrow for Sarajevo
and her prayer for peace.
Katarina said , "I don't think I can change
the world only through sports. But I believe
I can give some beautiful present to people
through my performance."
