執筆者 Modern English | 2014年04月24日 | Trivia
On this day in 1923 Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud published his paper on the ego and id. Although Freud’s theories are no longer widely accepted, they became very popular and influential. The “ego” in Freud’s theory is the conscious self,...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年04月23日 | Idioms
“Wow, you can program computers, too? I thought you were an art major.” “I’m something of a jack of all trades.” A jack of all trades is a person who can do many different kinds of things. However, he is not an expert at any one thing. The longer version of the phrase...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年04月22日 | Words
“What a cute little bunny!” “Bunny” is a cute word for “rabbit”. Cute words often end in Y. For example, we add Y to “dog” to make the cute word “doggy”. “Cat” becomes “kitty”, which is a little more different than the original word. “Bunny” doesn’t sound anything...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年04月21日 | Pictures
This forest is full of bluebells. These flowers hang down from their stems and have a bell-like shape....
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年04月19日 | Phrases
“I can’t come to the party today. I’ve come down with a bad cold.” “Come down with” means to get a disease. You might come down with a cold, the flu, measles or another disease. If you don’t know what sickness you have, you can just say, “I’ve come down with...
