執筆者 Modern English | 2015年07月04日 | Phrases
“It’s an attack! Head for the hills!” “No, Dad, it’s just fireworks. It’s the Fourth of July!” “Head for the hills” or “run for the hills” means “run away”. The phrase might originally refer...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年07月03日 | TOEIC
“The paper is in this drawer, so just put more in the printer as need.” Find the mistake. A. The paper B. the drawer C. just put D. as need 「この引き出しに紙がありますので必要に応じてプリンターに入れてください。」 プリンターには紙が必要です。紙が必要とされます。Needは名詞でも動詞でもありえますが、名詞のほうだと「according to...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年07月03日 | Happy Valley, Kids, News
Songs are great learning tools, but not the only ones! This week’s video is a short story about Kinka and Pinka in the garden. 歌は素晴らしい学習ツールですが、それだけではありません！今週の動画はキンカとピンカのお庭でのお話です。 Classroom Tip This Storytime is used first to introduce language in Unit 2. Before...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年07月02日 | Trivia
One of Aesop’s fables tells the story of a fox who was walking along and saw some grapes. He was hungry, so he wanted to eat the grapes. However, they were up very high and no matter what he did he couldn’t reach them. “They’re probably sour...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年07月01日 | Idioms
“That’s a crazy idea! Do you have a screw loose?” If someone “has a screw loose”, it means they are crazy. Imagine them as a machine or a robot. If a machine has a loose screw, it might not function properly. So when someone acts or talks...
