Let’s Count! Ten Little Presents!　数えてみよう！10個のプレゼント！

執筆者 | 2016年04月01日 | Happy Valley, Kids, News

Getting a present is very exciting, especially when you’re young! Please enjoy the ten presents in this video! (Although we don’t show you what’s inside!)   プレゼントをもらうと、特に子供の場合はワクワクしますね！この動画に出る10個のプレゼントをお楽しみください！（中身はお見せしませんけどね！）   Classroom Tip This is a...

Trivia of the Week: Brand Names

執筆者 | 2016年03月31日 | Trivia

What’s English for a plastic bandage you can put on a small cut? Not Band-Aid—that’s a brand name. It’s just so popular that many people don’t know any other name for that kind of bandage. This has happened to many brands. Kleenex has become a word for any facial...

Idiom of the Week: Come Up in the World

執筆者 | 2016年03月30日 | Idioms

“He used to work in the mail room, but now he’s a senior manager. He’s really come up in the world.”   In the world there are many positions and jobs. Those with more power, prestige or money are considered “higher” so as you gain more power or a better job, you...

Word of the Week: Breathe

執筆者 | 2016年03月29日 | Words

“Don’t forget to breathe.” “It was really scary. I couldn’t breathe!” It can be easy to confuse the spelling of “breathe” and “breath” (a noun, as in “Take a deep breath”), because the letters “eath” make the same vowel sound as in “breathe” in words like “wreath”....