執筆者 Modern English | 2016年12月12日 | Pictures
Do you know the song “Jingle Bells”? The bells are on the harness of a horse pulling a sleigh like this. This sleigh is pulled by two horses, but the sleigh in the song is a “one-horse open sleigh”. ...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年12月10日 | Phrases
“Rub the sunscreen into your skin.” “Rub it in” means to rub a liquid onto a surface until it is absorbed. But we often use this phrase to mean drawing attention to someone’s failure. “You failed the math test?” “Yes.” “After you studied all night? Your...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年12月09日 | TOEIC
“Can you help me _____ for the school play?” Fill in the blank. A. rehearse B. review C. memorize D. remember 俳優は劇の台詞を暗記して練習します。もちろん台詞を「見直す」「復習する」こともあるのでBは使えそうですが、それなら目的語に「the script」や「my lines」が必要です。Cの「暗記する」も目的語の「my...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年12月09日 | Happy Valley, Kids, News
Classroom Tip This chant from Happy Valley Student Book 2, Unit 5, isolates the beach vocabulary for practice. First, say the chant with the video. Then do it again with gestures. After, using Student Flashcards, recycle the question from Unit 4 What do you want? so...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年12月08日 | Trivia
Like chocolate bunnies at Easter, chocolate Santas are often given to children at Christmastime. These Santas are made of molded chocolate, but the foil wrapper provides most of the details so that you can recognize them as Santa Claus. ...
