Word of the Week: Count

“That doesn’t count!” In tennis, if your opponent doesn’t hit the ball back, you get a point. However, if the ball doesn’t bounce inside the lines, it doesn’t count. We don’t count that point when we calculate your score. We can say something counts or doesn’t count...

Phrase of the Week: Give It Your All

“The other team is good, but if we give it our all, we can win today!” “I don’t care if you win or not, so long as you give it your all.” Giving something one’s all means to try as hard as possible, to put all your strength and...

TOEIC Practice Question of the Week

“We were able to catch a glance of the deer through the trees.” Find the mistake. A. able B. glance C. deer D. through 「木々の間に鹿がチラッと見えました。」...

Kids love vehicles! Let’s learn some vehicle names in English. 子供は乗り物が大好き!英語で名前を覚えましょう!

Many children love cars and trains, whether toys or the real thing. This week’s video will make English more fun by teaching them words for things that they like!   多くの子供はおもちゃであれ、本物であれ、車や電車が大好きです。今週の動画で好きな物の名前を教えることで英語をさらに楽しくします!   Classroom Tip This is the...

Trivia of the Week: Gills

How can fish breathe underwater? They have gills instead of lungs. Lungs are organs that extract oxygen from air. Gills do the same with water. The slits on either side of a fish’s head are its gills, but other animals have gills that look different....