Picture of the Week: Galaxies

執筆者 | 2015年06月29日 | Pictures

This is a picture taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Although you can’t see anything in this tiny square of the night sky with your eye, the powerful telescope found many distant galaxies....

Phrase of the Week: Give Up

執筆者 | 2015年06月27日 | Phrases

“This is impossible. I give up.” “Don’t give up. You’ll never achieve anything like that!” “I just can’t get this program to work on my computer. I’m going to ask my sister to do it. She’s good with...

TOEIC Practice Question of the Week

執筆者 | 2015年06月26日 | TOEIC

“It’s a difficult problem, but if we put our heads together I’m sure we can figure it ____.” Fill in the blank. A. up B. down C. in D. out 「難しい問題だけど皆で力を合わせればきっと解決法がわかるはずだ。」 努力して難しい問題を解いたりするときに使う動詞。Figureだけでも「考える」として使うことはあります。I figure he must be...

Trivia of the Week: Practice Makes Perfect

執筆者 | 2015年06月25日 | Trivia

“Practice makes perfect” is an old saying that encourages people to practice a lot in order to improve. It takes a lot of practice in order to become perfect! “Practice makes perfect” is by far the most common version, but a few other versions...