執筆者 Modern English | 2012年06月28日 | Trivia
June 28 is Paul Bunyan Day. Paul Bunyan is an American folk tale. He was a giant lumberjack. They say he created the Grand Canyon with his axe. That’s how big he was. His pet was a giant blue ox named Babe. He carved Babe from a mountain so he wouldn’t be lonely....
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年06月27日 | Idioms
“When I talk to my dog, he only hears ‘blah blah blah walk!’” “Blah blah blah” is the sound of boring or unintelligible speech. If a teacher gives a very boring or confusing class, her students might say, “She was just going blah blah blah!” They don’t remember what...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年06月26日 | Words
The toothbrush was invented on June 26 in the year 1498. A toothbrush is a tool we use to brush our teeth. Before toothbrushes, people used things like sticks and feathers to clean their teeth. Keeping our teeth clean is important for our health. Some people brush...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年06月25日 | Pictures
This is one sign you will not see in Australia. It is a picture of a child on a sled and it either tells people not to sled in this area, or tells drivers to look out for people sledding in this area. The vast majority of land in Australia sees no snow, therefore...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年06月23日 | Phrases
Sometimes in life, we don’t know which choice is the best. It is usually easier to judge choices in the past, because we know the outcome of the choice that was actually made. Sometimes we have more information now than we did at the time we made the choice. We...