Last year, I went to a music shop that only sells cassettes and vinyl in Nakameguro. There were also a lot of cassette players and Walkmans. A lot of people really like the old technology. But I’m not a fan. My friend says that you can carry a Walkman around like a memory. You can’t […]
Reported Speech with statements that are still true now means we don’t have to change the verb to the past tense. THEY/IT SAID :〜だと言われていた。と言う意味。例文1だと前文で、昨日の夜、犬についてのテレビ番組を見ていたら、ブルドッグをペットとして飼うのは簡単だって言っていた。 例文2では前文で沖縄の本について言ってますね！ そのため、It said that 〜は、〜と書いてありました。とゆう意味になります。 前のセンテンスで何について言っているかで訳し方は変わりますがニュアンスは同じになります。 I read the newspaper this morning. There was an article that said that we eat too much salt. I saw a documentary last week . […]
Movie quiz! Can you guess the movie from the famous quote? We got 12/15. Not too bad! Quiz: Can you guess the movie from the famous quote?
Pretending to work on Monday. Look at those big eyes!
I went to a dog cafe in Asakusa the other day. It was a pretty good 30 minutes! The dogs were running around and playing with various toys. Some of them had funny clothes on. Enjoy the photos! http://owls-cats-forest.com/free/mameshiba-asakusa Nik 新橋
『インターステラー/Interstellar』(2014) 監督：クリストファー・ノーラン/Christopher Nolan 『メメント/Memento』でその名を世に知らしめ、その後も『ダークナイト/The Dark Knight』や『インセプション/Inception』など、ヒット作を連発。CGを嫌い、フィルムを愛するハリウッドのヒットメーカー、クリストファーノーランの監督作品からご紹介します。理論物理学者による綿密な科学考証に基づいたSF超大作『インターステラー』。その難解なロジックとは裏腹に、時空を超えた家族愛を描く、アツい作品になっております。ノーラン作品の中では評価がそれ程高くない作品ですが、個人的には好きです。 宇宙へと飛び立つ直前、必死に止めようとする娘と、そんな娘を必死になだめようとする父。この父の一言は娘を更に怒らせる結果に…。 By the time I get back, we might be the same age. (帰ってくる頃には、お前と同い年になってるかもしれない) By the time～ ～するまでには、～する頃には 例：By the time my parents come home, I will have finished my homework. (両親が帰ってくるまでには宿題を終わらせる予定だ) 例：I want to get married by the time I’m 30 years old. […]
Be supposed to: 〜することになっている、や、〜するはずとゆう意味。ここでは、wasと過去形になっているので、〜するはずだった（しなかった）になります。 I’m supposed to go to a movie tonight but I don’t feel so well. I was supposed to go to a movie last night but I didn’t feel so well. I stayed home instead.
The Australian Quiz True or False The Didgeridoo is also used as a weapon. True or False? The Great Australian Bight is an open bay on the south coast of Australia. True or False? Paul Hogan became famous by playing the role of a crocodile hunter in Crocodile Dundee. True or False? Mt Kosciuszko […]
Last year, when my wife and I were walking through Akasaka, we saw this vending machine. It had a bunch of funny animal figurines. The ones that I liked the best were the Shakurel Planet animals. All the animals have really big chins. I want to know why all these animals have big chins. Mark 新宿校
Sam Cooke wasn’t that good in school. A funny comic based on his song “What a wonderful World.” Have a fantastic weekend!