執筆者 Modern English | 2016年09月16日 | Happy Valley, Kids, News
Classroom Tip This chant from Happy Valley Student Book 2, Unit 2, introduces the different places where Kinka and Pinka will visit. Do the chant and then do again with gestures. After, put the teacher or student cards around the room and use the dialogue Let’s go to...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年09月15日 | Trivia
A buttercup is a small yellow flower. The name sounds cute and delicious, but actually, they are poisonous. Cows and horses sometimes get sick from eating them if they have nothing else to eat....
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年09月14日 | Idioms
“The committee criticized his paper, but he took it on the chin.” Imagine being punched in the face. If you stand there and accept the punch, you “take it on the chin”. We use this to mean accepting something bad, such as an attack or misfortune, without...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年09月13日 | Words
“The sun rises over the horizon.” “The plane rose into the sky.” When you make something else get higher, you raise it. When it gets higher by itself, it rises. There are many ways to use “rise”: “Let the dough rise.”...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年09月12日 | Pictures
Chrysanthemums come from Asia and northeastern Europe. The English name comes from the Greek words for “gold” and “flower”. They are mostly used for decoration but sometimes also used in cooking in Japan, Korea and China. ...
