【DME】今日の学び_20110223

English Method

新しいブログを構想しつつ、深夜のDMEレッスンまとめ。

Lesson108の途中から終わりのグラマーレッスンまで。

・What do some people do when their marriage is unhappy?
  - Some people get divorced when their marriage is unhappy.

・How many marriages nowadays do you think end in devorce?
  - I think one in five marriages end in divorce.

・In which kind of clause do we use commas?
  - We use commas in non-defining relative clause.

・What’s the difference between: ‘The drivers who knew about the accident took another road’ and ‘The drivers, who knew about the accident, took another road’?
  - The first sentence means that only drivers who knew about the accident took another road and other drivers didn’t. The second sentence means that all the drivers knew about the accident.

・When you buy clothes do you always try them on to see if they fir?
  - Tes, when I buy clothes, I always try them on to see if they fit.

・Would your shoes fit me well?
  - No, my shoes wouldn’t fit you weｌｌ.

・Are you fit enough to run for 30 minites without getting tired?
  - Yes, I’m fit enough to run for 30 minites without getting tired.

・Have you ever been to a fitness club?
  - Yes, I’ve been to a fitness club.

・What do you do to keep fit?
  - I go to a fitness club.

・In which direction do you usually turn a key to open a door?
  - You usually turn a key clockwise to open a door.

・Do you turn a tap anticlockwise when you turn it off?
  - No, you don’t turn a tap anticlockwise when you turn it off, but you turn it clockwise.

・Where do we find taps?
  - We find taps over a bath or a sink.

・Has medicine advanced in the last 100 years?
  - Yes, medicine has advanced in the last 100 years.

・Is a Ford which is produced now more advanced than a Ford produced 30 years ago?
  - Yes, a Ford which is produced now is more advanced a Ford produced 30 years ago.

・Do you have to work hard on your pronunciation if you want to advance your English?
  - Yes, you have to work hard on your pronunciation if you want to advance your English.

・How can you advance your career?
  - You can advance your career by changing your job or studying.

・What’s the most common career young people choose in this country?
  - The most common career young people choose in this country is a career in banking.
  - Because they can earn enough for a living.

・At which stage of studying English are you now?
  - I’m at an intermediate stage of studying English now.

・What would you have to improve if you wanted to advance from an intermediate to an advanced stage of English?
  - If I wanted to advance from an advanced stage of English, I’d have to improve my speaking.

・Why do some people believe that boys and girls shouldn’t go to school together?
  - Some people believe that boys an girls shouldn’t go to school together because they’re at different stages of development.

・What should you do at the early stage of an illness?
  - You should take madicine at the early stage of an illness.
  - So that the illness woun’t develop.