執筆者 Modern English | 2013年07月11日 | Trivia
Why do people like to lie in the sun at the beach? Some people do it to get a tan. They like the brown color that the sun gives to their skin. But what happens if you get too much sun? Then your skin turns red and painful. Then you are not tanned, but sunburned!...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年07月04日 | Trivia
What makes the different colors in fireworks? Different chemicals are added to each firework to give it color. For example, copper glows with a green or blue-green color, so it can be used to make bluish fireworks. Sodium makes fireworks yellow. Charcoal or iron can...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年06月27日 | Trivia
June 24 is Take Your Dog to Work Day in the U.S. and U.K. It was started in the 1990s to convince more people to adopt homeless dogs. But having dogs at work can also help relieve stress and make the workplace more fun....
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年06月20日 | Trivia
Rocky road is an ice cream flavor in the U.S. It is chocolate ice cream with nuts and marshmallows. The nuts and marshmallows must be the rocks on the chocolate road. You might also see vanilla ice cream with chocolate chips, nuts, and marshmallows. There is also a...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年06月13日 | Trivia
When you send an e-mail, you fill in the “To” and “Subject” fields. Have you ever used the “Cc” field? This will send a copy of the e-mail to an address that isn’t in the “To” field. “Cc” stands for “carbon copy”, which is an old way of making copies of documents. If...
