Picture of the Week: Maple Leaves

執筆者 | 2012年08月20日 | Pictures

In the fall, the leaves change into magnificent colours throughout Canada. Many visitors travel to Ontario especially to see the maple leaves in their fall dress. But, the colours are as spectacular in other parts of the country. 楓の葉...

Phrase of the Week: Out of Control

執筆者 | 2012年08月11日 | Phrases

“Jeff is really out of control! He never came back from the party and two days later he came back on a bus from Texas.” When a car goes out of control, the driver cannot control how it moves, and it often causes an accident. When a person is out of control, he is...

TOEIC Practice Question of the Week

執筆者 | 2012年08月10日 | TOEIC

We enjoyed the movie ______ we missed the first ten minutes. A. because B. even though C. however D. unless 「最初の10分は見逃した＿＿映画を楽しみました。」 10分間見逃したのに、それでも楽しみました。BもCもここで使えそうですが、Cの「however」を使った場合、順番を変えないと意味が逆になります。それに文章としては二つに分けたほうが正しいです。（We enjoyed the movie. However, we...

Trivia of the Week: Japanese English: Revenge

執筆者 | 2012年08月09日 | Trivia

In Japanese, sometimes the word “revenge” is used to mean a second attempt after a failure. If a class does a poor job on an assignment at school, the teacher might say the next similar assignment is “revenge”, or a chance to make up for the...

Idiom of the Week: A Piece of Cake

執筆者 | 2012年08月08日 | Idioms

Boss: Jenkins, I can’t believe you fixed the company website so fast! Jenkins: It was a piece of cake! If something is very easy to do, we say it is a piece of cake. Of course, some things are easy for some people and not for others. We usually say something is a...