Word of the Week: Crust

The crust is the hard part on the outside of something. Some children don’t like to eat the crust of bread or pizza. The earth also has a crust. We live there!...

Picture of the Week: Aquarium Fish

This fish lives in an aquarium. An aquarium is a glass box full of water that lets you keep fish indoors. Many people keep pet fish in aquariums. The same word, “aquarium”, can mean a large building with many fish to look at. アクアリウムの魚...

Phrase of the Week: Name Your Poison

Bartender: “Name your poison.” Customer: “I’ll have a whiskey.” “Name your poison” is a way to ask what kind of alcohol someone wants to drink. Alcohol can have negative effects (including alcohol poisoning) so in this phrase it is called “poison”. バーテンダー:「何にする?」...

TOEIC Practice Question of the Week

His _______ at the meeting was so poor that he lost his opportunity for promotion. A. conduct B. behave C. actions D. conductor ミーティングでの彼の態度はあまりに悪くて、出世するチャンスを失くしました。 Bの「behave」は動詞なのでアウトです。Cの「actions」は、意味は近いですが、複数形なので「was」と一緒に使えません。Dの「conductor」は実は電車などの運転手です。残るAが正解です。...

Trivia of the Week: Foster Care

A foster family provides care for a child or pet that has no place to go. It could be a pet that was abandoned or born homeless, or a child who has lost his parents or whose parents could not take care of him. If the new home becomes permanent, then the child or pet...