執筆者 Modern English | 2014年11月13日 | Trivia
A Pegasus is a horse with wings. The original Pegasus was a creature in Greek mythology. His father was Poseidon, the god of the sea. His mother was Medusa, a monstrous woman with snakes for hair. He helped a hero named Bellerophon to defeat a monster called the...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年11月06日 | Trivia
A zipper is a kind of fastener that keeps the edges of two pieces of fabric together. It’s often found on clothes, luggage, tents and other things. It has two rows of teeth and a slider that can be moved up and down to push the teeth together or pull them apart....
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年10月30日 | Trivia
In many stories, a silver bullet is the only thing that can kill a werewolf or other monster. Because of this, we use the phrase “silver bullet” to mean a simple but very effective solution to a problem. 多くの物語では、狼男やモンスターを唯一殺せるものが Silver Bullet（特効薬）です。そういう訳で、 Silver...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年10月23日 | Trivia
Dracula is the name of a vampire who first appeared in the book Dracula by Bram Stoker. It was published in 1897 and had a strong influence on how we imagine vampires. Dracula is probably based on a real person, Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad the Impaler)....
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年10月16日 | Trivia
Beth: Oh no! What am I going to do now? Tom: What’s wrong? Beth: You know what’s wrong! You threw my doll into the tree! What’s wrong with you? Tom: Oh, yeah. I was just playing around. I’ll help you get it down. In this dialogue, Tom sees that Beth is upset and says,...
