執筆者 Modern English | 2012年11月22日 | Trivia
Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in the U.S. on the fourth Thursday of November. Traditionally, families gather to eat a feast including turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, and other foods. Then they watch football. In elementary school, many children...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年11月21日 | Idioms
Delilah: What are you doing? Janet: Nothing! Nothing at all! Delilah: You know, you have a terrible poker face. Come on, spill it. A poker face is an emotionless expression that doesn’t give anything away to other people. When playing poker, you don’t want the other...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年11月20日 | Words
“I need to draw a straight line. Can you lend me a ruler?” A ruler is a smooth, straight stick with lines that can be used to measure length. A longer ruler can also be called a measuring stick. In the U.S. most people use inches, but sometimes we also need to use...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年11月19日 | Pictures
Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth, if you measure by height above sea level. Its peak is 8,848 meters above sea level. Many people attempt to climb it, but it is very dangerous. The first people to successfully climb Everest were Edmund Hillary and...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年11月17日 | Phrases
“Why is the train so late? I’m in a hurry.” “I’m sure it’ll come any minute now.” Something is going to happen soon. It could happen at any minute: this minute right now, the next minute, the minute after that, and so on. As for “now”, it means that previously...
