Picture of the Week: Fireworks

Last weekend was the biggest time for fireworks in the U.S. Saturday was the Fourth of July. This picture gives us a good view of the fireworks first shooting up into the sky and then exploding....

Phrase of the Week: Head for the Hills

“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...

TOEIC Practice Question of the Week

“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...

Happy Valley Storytime – New video and learning tips! ハッピーバレー ストーリータイム 新しい動画と勉強のヒント!

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...

Trivia of the Week: Sour Grapes

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...