執筆者 Modern English | 2013年09月17日 | Words
“I splurged on this Blu-ray box set of my favorite TV show.” To splurge is to spend a lot of money on something extravagant. Sometimes we want to buy something nice even though it is pretty expensive. It’s okay to treat ourselves to something now and then....
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年09月14日 | Phrases
“I love to make my friends smile.” Often we use the word “make” to mean “to force someone or something to do something”, but this is not always what it means. It’s good to make someone smile, but you shouldn’t force them! “Make” means that the smile would not have...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年09月13日 | カテゴリーなし
I love doing flyers. It was hot and I was up early today – I slept on the sofa at school. Then I met the team and we handed out over 1,500 flyers. Good job! The reason I love it is because we can make it fun. If we smile at people and they react, smile back and...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年09月13日 | TOEIC
We need to _____ our product to consumers with disposable income. Fill in the blank. A. advertisement B. teach C. tell D. promote 「自由に使える収入のあるお客様に我が社の商品を宣伝する必要がある。」 広告などを使って宣伝しますが、Ａは名詞なのでここでは使えません。Ｂは「使い方を教える」という意味になります。Ｃは目的語が情報ではないので使えません。「We need to tell consumers...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年09月12日 | Trivia
Dates are a very sweet fruit. It comes from a type of palm tree. It is usually brown and oval-shaped. It first appeared around Iraq and was an important food in the Middle East. The name “date” comes from the Greek and Latin words for “finger”....
