【DME】今日の学び_20101112

English Method

金曜日の夜は、密かに気に入っている倦怠感たっぷりの某先生。

彼の倦怠感っぷりはいいわぁー。

・It is a good idea to speak English at every opportunity?
  - Yes, it’s a good idea to speak English at every opportunity.

・Do you agree that a trip to Brazil would be a great holiday?
  - Yes, I agree that a trip to Brazil would be a great holiday.
  - Because Brazil is an interesting country.

・What are all the people employed in a company called?
  - All the people employed in a company are called that company’s staff.

・When you stay at a good hotel, are the staff usually very friendly?
  - Yes, when you stay at a good hotel, the staff are usually very friendly.

・How many people are there in the teaching staff of this school?
  - I think there are 30 people in the teaching staff of this school.

・Do you agree that wisdom often comes with age?
  - Yes, I agree that wisdom often comes with age.

・Do you think it is right to copy other students’ work during an exam?
  - No, I don’t think it’s right to copy other students’ work during an exam.

・How many copies of the most popular newspaper in this region are printed?
  - I think about 100,000 copies of the most popular newspaper in this region are printed.

・What do we use a printer for?
  - We use a printer for printins things from a computer.

・Do you agree that large sections of the road to Tokyo need to be repaired?
  - Yes, I agree that large sections of the road to Tokyo need to be repaired.

・Do you like the exercises that we sometimes do from the grammer section of the book?
  - Yes, I like the exercises that we sometimes do from the grammer section of the book.

・If you had a house, would you like to have a large hall in it?
  - Yes, if I had a house, I would like to have a large hall in it.

・How many people can this city’s sports hall contain?
  - The city’s sports hall can contain three thousand people.

・When do we use the past perfect?
  - We use the past perfect when we want to show that one action happened before another in the past.

・What words do we use to make the past perfect?
  - We use ‘had’ plus the past participle to make the past perfect.

・Had you known any English before you started learning in this school?
  - Yes, I had known some English before I started learning in this school.

・What’s a Christmas stocking?
  - A Chrstmas stocking is a long sock in which children find Christmas presents.

・Why do young people want to find a job picking fruit in the summer?
  - Young people want to find a job picking fruit in the summer because they hope to earn some money for their holiday.