執筆者 Modern English | 2012年12月13日 | Trivia
Humans are bipeds. Dogs are quadrupeds. What about cats? Cats are quadrupeds, too. “Quadruped” means any animal with four legs. The root “ped” means “foot”. Humans have two feet, so we are bipeds. Cats, dogs, horses, elephants, and pandas have four feet, so they are...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年12月06日 | Trivia
The answer to this riddle is “a clock”. The round part of a clock where the numbers are written is called the clock’s face. The sticks that point to the current hour, minute, and second are the clock’s hands. 顔があって、手があって、目がありません。何でしょう？...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年11月29日 | Trivia
Shoes and socks come in pairs because we have two feet. However, some things that are single objects are also described as pairs. You can buy a pair of pants, but it has two legs, not two pants. A pair of glasses has two lenses. A pair of binoculars is similar. You...
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15日 | Trivia
A cornucopia is a big horn-shaped container overflowing with fruits. Sometimes it also contains flowers, vegetables, nuts, or other foods. It is also called a “horn of plenty”. It is a symbol of abundance, associated with Thanksgiving or harvest time. One story of the...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年11月08日 | Trivia
Cranberries are very sour red berries. They are often eaten with a lot of sugar. In addition to cranberry sauce, they can be used in delicious cakes and other recipes. In one Beatles song, John Lennon’s words, “cranberry sauce”, were misheard as “I buried Paul”,...
