2009年10月28日水曜日

Upper Class


Upper Class is the highest class and consists of royal family, aristocrats, politicians, captains and so on. they are rich and high class, so their life is paticular. What they do costs a lot. For example, the sports they play are polo and something high class. New Paper is Guardian or Telegraph. They take special education and speak with the received pronunciation. And they go to high class universities like Oxford and Cambridge. Anyways, whatever they do is high class.



Upper Middle Class


This class consists of senior bankers, top businessmen, lawyers, doctors, CEOs and so on.





Middle Class


This class consists of teachers, office workers, and so on.
According to an article of BBC, "the middle class are the worst type of class because they are the only ones who actually care what the other classes think of them."



Working Class


This class consists of skilled works like carpenters, sales clarks, engineers and so on and unskilled works like waiters, labores and so on.




People belonging to each class think their own class is the best and they like their life style. And they sometimes criticize the other classes. I wonder what the class system in UK is good for and why it keeps existing .

2009年10月10日土曜日

British Music

About UK
I have many good impressions of the UK. For example, its long history, fashionable people, beautifull and historical buildings and cities, and so on. In my opinion, the UK is the cutting-edge of the world and actually many countries have been influenced by the UK.

Music
I'm especially interested in Brit.Pop and there are many musicians who I likeY The UK has produced a lot of great musicians. Needless to say, the Beatles from Liverpool is the best well-known band. Their songs are so great and won't never be old. Many modern artists in the world have got many influences by the Beatles.

Weezer
Weezer is my favorite British band. The band consists of 4 people and sings rock songs. Their songs are kind of similar to the Beatles' ones. one of their popular song is "Buddy Holly" and it's my favoriteY Their songs make me relaxed and I love it!

Lily Allen
Lily Allen is a singer-songwriter from London. she is 23 years old and debuted in 2006. Her single, "Smile" charted at No.1 in the UK. She is popular also in the US. (actually my american friend likes her too :D) Her songs are so catchy and the lyrics express her frank feelings. Anyways, she is cuteY I recommend you to listen to her songs:)

Why I like British Music
There are some other musicians who I like. The Ting Tings, Bjork (from Ireland) and so on. I like also Japanese music and American Music, but British music is a little bit special for me. the music videos are good, too! British music has something different from others. British musicians seem high leveled to me. It might be because they have grown up with good music in the traditional culture.