【DME】今日の学び_20110305

English Method

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ってことで、Lesson116の始めから途中まで。

・What do you do as you enter a room?
  - I swhich the light on as I enter a room.

・What would happen if somebody switched off all the traffic lights in your town?
  - If somebody switched off all the trarffic lights in my town, there would be very large traffic jams and a lot of accidents.

・What should you do when you drive and see a yellow traffic light?
  - When you drive and see a yellow traffic light, you should stop.

・What do some people do in such a situation?
  - Some people keep drivning instead of stopping in such a situation.

・Why do people sometimes have their electricity cut off?
  - People sometimes have their electricity cut off because they don’t pay the bill on time.

・Do some cars have electrically opening windows.
  - Yes, some cars have electrically opening windows.

・In what situations can you feel cut off from the world?
  - You can feel cut off from the world, when you’re far away from people or on a desert island.

・Could you do without a mobile phone / the Internet?
  - I suppose so.

・Would you enjoy working under pressure?
  - I’m afraid not.

・Should a company director have personal contact with his workers?
  - Yes, a company director should have personal contact with his workers.
  - Because if he knows them, he can encourage them to work better.

・Why don’t governments sometimes respect rights of the individual?
  - Governments sometimes don’t respect rights of the individual bacause they think there are things more important than the rights of the individual.

・What’s the difference between stairs and steps?
  - Stairs are inside a building to go from one level to another, and steps are used to go into or out of a building.
  - We can find steps outside buidings, churches, on buses and trains.

・How long would it take you to fo up the stairs to the 10th floor of a building?
  - It would take me about 5 minutes to go up the stairs to the 10th floor of a building.