Do Japanese schools have too many rules? What school rules bothered you the most when you were in junior high school and high school? Should school rules in Japan be kept the way they are? I want to say that there are not just too many rules, but also ones t...
There are many advantages of working from home. The first advantage is for some disabled people. Computer system programmers, writers, dressmakers, traders, they all can go for their work. Just do not have to. On the other hand, unhealthy people, or disabled p...
Please give me something hot to drink. この文の訳は、「わたしに何かあったかい飲み物をください(わたしに何か飲むためのあったかいものをください。)。」である。形容詞は次にくる名詞を修飾しているはずが、hotが後ろから修飾している。何故後ろから修飾しているのだろう...
Merry Christmas! I have a big present for you. It is LIFE. Well, the topic of my speech is AIDS, acquired immune-deficiency syndrome, and those who are suffering from AIDS. I know you think, “Here comes another serious speech and this time it is about AIDS.”...
Environmental problems, such as dioxin and global warming, attract big attention today. In order to decrease the burden to the earth and to use resources effectively, we need decreasing garbage and recycling. This is an important problem to consider our future...
フランス語では、数字の70をsoixante et dix ,80をquatre-vingts,90をquatre-vingt-dixという、日本語や英語などから見たら変わった数え方をしている。これは、20進法に基づいた数え方であるようだが、70未満の数では日本同様の10進法が用いられている。 このことから、...
英語で固有名詞の扱い方に学生達はよくとまどいを覚える。もともと固有名詞の意味さえしっかり理解していない学生も多いようである。固有名詞に関してよく学生が間違えてしまう文法がある。例えば、次のような例文だ。 (例) This is Doraemon who has ‘Yojigen-Pocket’. この文...
Daughter These four characters, written downwards, are shown on the right side in the 'stiff' form, which approximates the printed form, and which is the one learnt at school .The middle column shows the same characters in cursive 'running' style, which is sli...