執筆者 Modern English | 2015年04月07日 | Words
“The petals were falling from the cherry blossom trees. It was really beautiful.” Petals are like the “leaves” of flowers. They are usually the most colorful part. 「桜の花びらが舞い落ちてとても美しかった。」...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年04月06日 | Pictures
Spinach can be eaten raw or cooked. The main character of the cartoon Popeye the Sailorman always uses spinach to give him the strength to beat the bad guys. This has contributed to the popularity of spinach in the US....
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年04月04日 | Phrases
“In addition to dogs and cats, we also have rabbits for adoption.” Addition usually refers to adding numbers together, but here it means adding rabbits to dogs and cats. We can use this phrase to include details while putting emphasis on something else. It’s not...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年04月03日 | TOEIC
“We won’t have much time to prepare for the presentation, so create the slideshow afterhand.” Find the mistake. A. prepare B. presentation C. create D. afterhand 間違いはどこでしょうか？ 「プレゼン前にスライドショーを作る時間がないので予め作っておいて」という話です。「前もって」という意味の単語は after ではなく beforehand ですので、答えはDです。 Do...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年04月02日 | Trivia
Color blindness is an inability to see colors. One common type is red-green color blindness. People with this condition can see other colors normally, but red and green look the same. It can be caused when the signals sent by the “cone” cells in the eyes...
