執筆者 Modern English | 2014年07月07日 | Pictures
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in England. Scientists think it is 4 or 5000 years old. What’s the oldest structure you’ve ever visited?...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年07月05日 | Phrases
“When are you going to go?” “It depends on the weather.” This is a useful phrase when you can’t answer without more information. Sometimes the necessary information is unknown, like tomorrow’s weather. Remember, learning a language is a big job. It takes a lot of...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年07月04日 | TOEIC
“We have narrowed the options to these two choices.” Find the mistake. A. narrowed B. options C. these D. choices 「この2択まで絞りました。」 間違いはどこでしょうか? 「Narrow」には「狭くなる」という意味がありますが、これだけでは「絞る」という意味になりません。この意味で使うなら「narrow (something) down」ですので、「We have narrowed it...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年07月03日 | Trivia
Cirrus clouds are high, wispy clouds. The name comes from a Latin word for a lock of hair. Cirrus clouds don’t rain, but sometimes they indicate that rain is coming soon. They can drop ice crystals, but the ice evaporates before it reaches the ground....
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年07月02日 | Idioms
“Wow, I haven’t been here in ages! Everything looks different!” “In ages” just means “in a very long time”. In the dictionary, an age is a long period of time, such as the Stone Age or the Bronze Age. We are exaggerating quite a lot when we use “ages” to mean a few...