【DME】今日の学び_20110509

English Method

連休明け！ということで、New Teacherで元気よく。

Lesson122の途中からLesson123の途中まで。

・What’s the singular of scissors?
  - Scissors have no singular. They’re always plural.

・What’s the plural of coffee?
  - Coffee has no plural. It’s always singular.

・Can we count water?
  - No, we can’t count water. Because it’s a liquid.
  - But we can count bottles of water.

・Can we count bread?
  - No, we can’t count bread. Because it’s a substance.

・What can we use if we want to count furniture?
  - We can use ‘a piece’ / ‘pieces’ if we want to count furniture.

・Why do we say ‘the police are’ and not ‘the police is’?
  - We say ‘the police are’ and not ‘the police is’ because the noun ‘police’ is always plural.

・Why do you think a theater audience may sometimes feel fed up?
  - A theater audience may sometimes feel fed up when the actors don’t act well.

・During a stay in a hotel what do they usually ask people to do with the towels?
  - During a stay in a hotel they usually ask people to put dirty towels on the floor and hang clean towels on a hook.

・What can we hang on a hanger and on a hook?
  - We can hang clothes on a hanger and towels on a hook.

・What did they do with murderers in the old times?
  - In the old times they usually hanged murderes in public.

・What are the verb forms of ‘hang’?
  - The verb form of ‘hang’ are ‘hang, hung, hung’ or ‘hang, hanged, hanged’.

・If someone rings you up but don’t want to have a conversation, what do you do?
  - If someone rings me up but I don’t want to have a conversation, I hang up.

・What can you ask people to do if you want them to wait for you?
  - I can ask people to hang on if I want them to wait for me.

・What do you do with your mobile phone when it rings on a bus?
  - When my mobile phone rings on a bus, I switch it off.

・When a person’s name rings a bell, does it mean that you remember the person well?
  - When a person’s name rings a bell, it doesn’t mean that I remember the person well.

・What do some people do with their clothes when they come home tired?
  - Some people lay their clothes just anywhere when they come home tired.

・Why do builders have to be very careful when they lay a gas pipe below the surface of a road?
  - Builders have to be very careful when they lay a gas pipe below the surface of a road because gas may explode if the pipe gets broken.

・When do birds usually lay their eggs?
  - Birds usually lay their eggs in spring.

・When we lay the table, what do we put on it?
  - When we lay the table, we put forks, knives, spoons and plates on it.

・Give me a sentence with one by one.
  - When he cooks, he put seasoning into the pot one by one.

・What things often seem to happen one after another?
  - Bills often seem to come in one after another at the end of each month.

・Do some people prefer to live in the suburbs?
  - Yes, soem people prefer to live in the suburbs.

・Why are flats and houses more expensive in the city center then in the suburbs?
  - Flats and houses are more expensive in the city center because it takes less time to get to work or school if you live in the city center than in the suburbs.

・Why do some people living in the suburbs want to return to the city center?
  - Some people living in the suburbs want to return to the city center because they’re tired of traffic jams.

・Why must students pay attention during the lesson?
  - Students must pay attention during the lesson, because otherwise they won’t learn much.

・How can teacher punish students who are not attending?
  - A teacher can punish students who are not attending by giving them more homework.

・When you enter a shop, do you like it when they attend to you immediately or do you like to have time to look around.
- When I enter a shop, I like it when they don’t attend to me immediately but I have some time to look around.

・What do we use to express a general ability in the past?
  - We use ‘could’ to express a general ability in the past.

・Do we use ‘could’ to express the meaning og ‘to manage’?
  - No, we don’t use ‘could’ to express the meaning of ‘to manage’, but we use ‘was able to’.

・What can we use when the sentence is in the negative?
  - We can use both ‘couldn’t’ and ‘wasn’t able to’ when the sentence in the negative.

・Could you speak English well when you were seven?
  - No, I couldn’t speak English well when I was seven.
  - This sentence expresses a general ability in the past.

・What was the fastest you were able to run the 100 meters?
  - The fastest I was able to run the 100 meters was 30 secounds.
  - It express a particular action in the past.