Trivia of the Week: Inner Tube

執筆者 | 2014年08月21日 | Trivia

An inner tube is a big rubber ring used for floating in the water. It’s great for floating down a river and relaxing and looking at the scenery. Or if you have goggles and the river is clear, you can see the underwater scenery. Why is it called an inner tube? It’s...

Idiom of the Week: Spick and Span

執筆者 | 2014年08月20日 | Idioms

“You’d better start cleaning your room now. I want it spick and span by the time Grandma gets here!” “Spick and span” means very clean. Originally it may have meant “brand new” but now anything can be spick and span, so long as there is not a speck of visible dirt on...

Word of the Week: Former

執筆者 | 2014年08月19日 | Words

“I visited the store where I used to work and went drinking with my former colleagues.” “Former” is used with things that someone or something used to be but no longer is. For example, if you give your cat to your friend, the cat is now your former pet. If you get...

Picture of the Week: Watermelon

執筆者 | 2014年08月18日 | Pictures

This watermelon has a bite taken out of it! When you eat watermelon, do you spit out the seeds or swallow them? In the U.S. some parents warn their children that if they swallow the seeds, a watermelon plant will grow from their belly button....