BR 1-08: The Story of Toilets, Telephones and other useful inventions

The reason of that I chose this book is I want to read non-fiction contents. This book shows some useful invention's process of birth. There are many things what I didn't know.
First is the story of toilets. Early toilets were only a hole in the ground. Then ancient Roman had public toilets, but medieval towns were being built and everyone had forgotten the Roman public toilets. They had chamber pots instead, but it is not clean. So Kings and queens had to introduce toilet laws. Compared to this time, current toilets have many functions, for example sound eraser, washlet, toilet seat warmer, automatic washer and so on. This advance is very big, I am very surprised.
Second is about telephones. Do you know Alexander Graham Bell, don’t you? He is the telephone’s father. In this book, his childhood episode is introduced. One day his voice boomed out from his telephone trial product, namely he succeeded after several attempts. Today, a lot of people have own mobile phone. It is wireless and it can send pictures too.
In addition to this, this book introduces invention of frozen food, soccer nets and safety razor and so on. When I finished reading this book, I think today is very convenient world! We can drive, up to stars by elevator, and go to space too! Knowing around inventions’ history is very interesting.



(229 words)

Reference: Daynes, Katie. (2005) . The Story of Toilets, Telephones and other useful inventions. London: Usborne Young Reading

BR 1-01: Nelson Mandela

 "On 11 February 1990, Mandela walked out of Victor Verster after more than 10,000 days in prison." (33p.)

I read "Nelson Mandela". The reason of I chose this book is that I want to know about his life more because I knew only his name and his achievement, but I didn't know detail of the apartheid and his works. This is non-fiction story of Mandela's life to be free.
Then I read book, I understood he is greater person than I was thinking before I read this book. I felt that "free" is not ordinary thing in many places. Now Black people get free, but I think still there is a little segrigation in some people's mind. I hope what the segrigation perish at once. I don't want what his effort will to be vain things. He and his friends didn't give up, even if they were in whatever bad situation. They rose again and again, protested again and again. I was cheerfuled by his figure. I think what he had good friends, supporters and a wife was very lucky. Surely he couldn't work if he didn't have them. I think he was very good leader, because he betted his life many times for Black people's free. I want Japanese prime minister to imitate him.
 This book give us some Mandela's picture, those are very interest in us. Please read this one;))

Reference: Coleen. D (2001). Nelson Mandela. Penguin Active Reading.  (230 words)