執筆者 Modern English | 2013年08月01日 | Trivia
An ice cream sandwich is ice cream sandwiched between two cookies or other sweet cakes. Different countries have different types of ice cream sandwiches, but the standard American sandwich is vanilla ice cream between rectangular chocolate wafers. Round chocolate-chip...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年07月25日 | Trivia
“The Pied Piper” is a fairy tale about a man who saved a town from rats. The town was overrun with rats, so they asked for the piper’s help. He played his flute and the rats followed him out of the town. Then he asked for the money the town had agreed to give him, but...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年07月18日 | Trivia
Have you tried “bubble tea”? The bubbles are not really bubbles, but round balls of tapioca. Tapioca comes from the cassava root, which is originally from Brazil. In the U.S. tapioca is usually made into a milky pudding, but recently bubble tea has become popular....
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年07月11日 | Trivia
Why do people like to lie in the sun at the beach? Some people do it to get a tan. They like the brown color that the sun gives to their skin. But what happens if you get too much sun? Then your skin turns red and painful. Then you are not tanned, but sunburned!...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年07月04日 | Trivia
What makes the different colors in fireworks? Different chemicals are added to each firework to give it color. For example, copper glows with a green or blue-green color, so it can be used to make bluish fireworks. Sodium makes fireworks yellow. Charcoal or iron can...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年06月27日 | Trivia
June 24 is Take Your Dog to Work Day in the U.S. and U.K. It was started in the 1990s to convince more people to adopt homeless dogs. But having dogs at work can also help relieve stress and make the workplace more fun....
