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昨日は、途中から天候が急変して雨が降り出し暗くなる中、男女二名の参加を得てReview dayと言う事で過去三回分の復習と、英文法の学習及び英語のパズルや英文ニュースを学習した。
「ニュースを読む」のコーナーでは、ニュースを音声で聞き英文を読んで一度で二度効果がある英語学習サイトVoice of Americaからコメの価格高騰に関する話題について書かれた記事を取り上げた。 英題は'Behind the Price of Rice Rising fuel and fertilizer costs are only part of the problem'で、詳しい内容は、http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-05/2008-05-01-voa6.cfm にアクセスすべし！ 【Grammar in Use】 1. It's no use 〜ing, It's no good 〜ing 2. There's no point in 〜ing 3. It's (not) worth 〜ing 4. have difficulty 〜ing 5. waste of money 〜ing, waste of time 〜ing 6. spend (time) 〜ing, waste (time) 〜ing 7. be busy 〜ing 8. go 〜ing, come 〜ing ↓良かったら、こちらをクリックしてね。↓   |
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昨日は猛暑の中休みか、やや曇り空のもと男女二名の参加者が集まり午後２時から約２時間半、熱心に英語の学習に取り組んだ。
そんな中、エッセーを読む」のコーナーではアメリカ人の眼から見た被爆都市について Adrienne McPhail女史が書いた'An American View of Hiroshima'を取り上げた。 次回は過去三回分の総復習編＋ニュースを読む＋英文法＋英語パズルを行います。 【昨日学習した表現】 1. firsthand:じかに（得た）、直接の、直接仕入れた、直接聞いた、直接体験によって得た 2. debris:瓦礫 3. portray:描写する 4. torment:悩ます、苦しめる、責める 5. cookery:料理本 ↓良かったら、こちらをクリックしてね。↓  |
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The local sheriff in a small suburban town was looking for a deputy. He posted ads in the paper, and sure enough, Lisa, a wonderful looking blonde, went in to try out for the job. She wasn't the sharpest nail in the bucket, but seeing as she had a natural charisma about her, the sheriff gave her an interview...
"Okay," the sheriff drawled, "Lisa, what is 1 and 1?" "11!" she enthusiastically replied. The sheriff thought to himself, "That's not what I meant, but she's right in a way..." "Okay, Lisa. What two days of the week start with the letter 'T'?" "Shucks, that's easy," the blonde replied. "Today and tomorrow!" The sheriff was again surprised that Lisa supplied a correct answer that he had never thought of himself. He thought of his next question carefully to make sure there could be no equivocation about the answer: "Now Lisa, listen carefully: Who killed Abraham Lincoln?" Lisa looked a little surprised, thought really hard for a minute and finally admitted, "I don't know." "Well, why don't you go home and work on that one for a while," the sheriff replied with satisfaction. So, Lisa wandered over to the salon where her pals were waiting to hear the results of the interview. "How'd it go?" they all asked. Lisa was ecstatic. "It went great! First day on the job and I'm already working on a murder case!" ↓良かったら、こちらをクリックしてね。↓ |
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Jim and Mary were both patients in a Mental Hospital. One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Jim suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom and stayed there. Mary promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled Jim out.
When the medical director became aware of Mary's heroic act he immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital as he now considered her to be mentally stable. When he went to tell Mary the news he said, "Mary, I have good news and bad news. The good news is you're being discharged because since you were able to jump in and save the life of another patient, I think you've regained your senses. The bad news is Jim, the patient you saved, hung himself with his bathrobe belt in the bathroom. I am so sorry, but he's dead." Mary replied, "He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry." ↓良かったら、こちらをクリックしてね。↓ |
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昨日は、梅雨明け間近の猛暑の中、午後２時から約２時間半熱心に英語の学習に取り組んだ。
そんな中「エッセーを読む」のコーナーでは、在日外国人のFun Volga氏から見た日本で営業する事の難しさを書いた'How Not to Be a Salesman'を取り上げた。 【次回のToday's expression】 1. No wonder 〜：〜だとしても不思議ではない。 2. compelling：人の心を掴んで離さない、人をひきつける 3. full plate：目いっぱいのスケジュール、常に忙しい状態 4. resurrect：復活｛ふっかつ｝させる、よみがえらせる 5. barbaric：とても粗野で乱暴な ※次回は主宰者の仕事の都合で中止と致します。 【８月度活動予定表】 ８月９日（土）：世田谷区代沢地区会館 ８月１６日（土）：世田谷区代沢地区会館 ８月２３日（土）：世田谷区代沢地区会館 ８月３０日（土）：世田谷区代沢地区会館 ↓良かったら、こちらをクリックしてね。↓ |
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