執筆者 Modern English | 2014年06月19日 | Trivia
The jaguar is a beautiful spotted cat that lives in the rainforest in Central and South America. Not only can they climb trees, they can also swim. Sometimes a jaguar is born with all black fur, although if you look closely you can still see the spots....
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年06月12日 | Trivia
Rainforests are a kind of forest where a lot of rain falls. Most rainforests are tropical. They are very warm. More unique species can be found in the rainforest than anywhere else. We still haven’t discovered many plants and animals that live in the rain forest. But...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年06月05日 | Trivia
Many places other than Japan also have rainy seasons, wet seasons or monsoons. Some places in the Mediterranean, and also California and Australia, have their wet season in winter and dry seasons in the summer. A monsoon is a rainy season that occurs because the wind...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年05月29日 | Trivia
Have you noticed that if you take a long bath, the skin on your fingers and toes gets wrinkly? English speakers call this “pruney fingers”, because the wrinkled skin looks like the skin of a prune (a sweet dried plum). Scientists say this doesn’t happen because our...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年05月22日 | Trivia
“John Smith, a.k.a. the Springfield Bandit, was arrested yesterday.” “A.k.a.” stands for “also known as”. We use it to tell another name of a person or thing. For example, it can be used with nicknames, pen names or aliases. However, when the additional information is...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年05月15日 | Trivia
The zodiac sign from April 20 to May 20 is Taurus, the bull. Taurus is one of the oldest constellations. People first saw the shape of a bull in the stars several thousand years ago. You can see Taurus in the sky in winter in the northern hemisphere....
