News Exercise #70
Questions: 1) What comparisons were made to the size and weight of this plane? It is bigger than a 747 but the weight of a family car. 2) As this plane is solar powered, how can it it be flown in …
Author: 英会話Rees English
Protected: The Flatmates Episode 1
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YouTube Transcription #16 QI
QI is a BBC ‘panel show’. It’s basically a quiz, but all the guests are comedians (many of whom are graduates of Cambridge or Oxford). The questions are usually impossible to answer, and if somebody makes an incorrect answer, there …
British & American English (update)
Here is a list of different word usage. Please check back again in future, as more will be added.
News Exercise #69
Questions: 1) What caused Apple to make promises to protect its workers in 2010? In 2010 14 workers killed themselves. (0:32) 2) What three rules were mentioned as being broken by the factory in Shanghai? 1. Employees’ ID cards are …
The Flatmates
２０１５年１月２３日より、ＢＢＣのオーディオドラマ〝The Flatmates” を掲載します。迷惑メールを避けるため、パスワードが必要ですので、クラスルームのホワイトボードでご確認ください。 各エピソードはとても短く、何度でも聴いていただけます。エピソードの最後に質問がありますので、コメント欄に解答をご記入ください。また、質問がある方も、コメント欄にご記入ください。 Meaning of the title: “The Flatmates” In British English, a flat is an apartment, so flatmates are people who share a flat; they live together. Characters Tim: Tim’s ambitious and very competitive. He’d like to start up …
British Expression: It’s not my cup of tea
British people say “It’s not my cup of tea,” to mean that something is not to their taste, be it food, music, films… anything really. For Example: “I went to the theatre last night but it wasn’t my cup of …