執筆者 Modern English | 2013年01月21日 | Pictures
January 21 is Squirrel Appreciation Day (started by a wildlife rehabilitator in 2001). Squirrels are rodents that live in trees and eat nuts. Squirrels bury nuts to eat during the winter. Sometimes they forget about some of the nuts, and the leftover nuts sprout new...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年01月07日 | Pictures
Ice sculptures do best when the weather is cold. Artists can carve dragons, swans, castles, anything, out of ice. You might see an ice sculpture at a wedding even in warmer weather, but it will melt quickly. ＜氷の彫刻＞...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年12月17日 | Pictures
Santa Claus lives at the North Pole. Near Christmas, you can see him at the shopping mall, asking children what they want for Christmas and posing for photos with them. He has a team of elves that build the toys for the children, and reindeer that pull his flying...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年12月10日 | Pictures
A snowman is any sculpture of a man made out of snow. The most traditional image of a snowman has three big snowballs. One is the base (possibly the legs), one is the torso, and one is the head. The torso has coal for buttons and sticks for arms. The face has coal for...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年12月03日 | Pictures
In addition to Christmas, there are several other holidays around the same time. Probably the best-known is Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday. The story of Hanukkah tells how one night’s worth of oil lasted for eight days. For eight days people light eight candles in a...
