執筆者 Modern English | 2015年03月19日 | Trivia
TNR stands for “trap neuter return”. It’s a method to control and help feral cats. Volunteers first trap the cats using humane traps. Then veterinarians perform spay or neuter surgery, and sometimes other health care. Finally the cats are returned to...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年03月12日 | Trivia
A certain plant can have purple or white flowers. Most of the plants have purple flowers, because the white flowers are a recessive trait. Each plant receives one copy of the gene that controls flower color from each of two parent plants. One version creates purple...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年03月05日 | Trivia
If you read books or watch movies in English you might encounter the phrase “tabby cat”. People who don’t know much about cats sometimes mistakenly use it to mean any cat, but a tabby is a striped cat. You can see the letter M on these cats’...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年02月26日 | Trivia
Joe Bloggs is a placeholder name commonly used in the U.K. and other countries. It’s different from John Doe in that John Doe is a real person with no name, while Joe Bloggs is a name with no corresponding real person. For example, you can use it as a fake account to...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年02月19日 | Trivia
John Doe is a name used for a man whose name is not known—for example, if a man is found dead with no identification, or he has amnesia and his identity is unknown. For a woman, the equivalent name is Jane Doe....
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年02月12日 | Trivia
How fast can you type? In English-speaking countries, typing speed is measured in words per minute (WPM). Of course, the actual number of words you can type per minute depends on the text you are typing. If it has many long words you won’t type as many per minute....
