【DME】今日の学び_20110514

English Method

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・What’s the best age to teach children to tidy up their rooms?
  - The best age to teach children to tidy up their rooms is four years.

・How often do they tidy rooms in a hotel?
  - They tidy rooms in a hotel every day or when they’re asked to.

・How long is a university term in this country?
  - A university term in this country is four months long.

・In which term do students usually have exams at university?
  - Students usually have exams at university at the end of the summer term or in the spring term.

・When you stay in a hotel, do they usually expect payment on the day when you arrive or when you leave?
  - When you stay in a hotel, they usually expect payment on the day when you leave.

・Which room in a hotel offers more confort: a single one or a double one?
  - A double room in a hotel offers more confort than a single one.

・When you travel by train, do you buy a single ticket or a returen one?
  - When I travel by train, I sometimes buy a single ticket and sometimes a return one.

・Whould it be easy to go through one’s entire life being single?
  - No, it wouldn’t be easy to go through one’s entire life being single.
  - Because you have no one you can depend on.

・What’s the main disadvantage of mass-production?
  - The main disadvantage of mass production is lower quality / the fact that all products are more or less the same.

・When looking for a job what can give you an advantage over others?
  - I think a university education can five me an advantage over others when looking for a job.

・What are the advantages of public education for the masses?
  - The advantages of public education for the masses are that more people can study.

・What would you think if you saw a mass of people at the entrance of a shop?
  - If I saw a mass of people at the entrance of a shop, I’d think they were selling something cheaply.

・How do schoolchildren sometimes take advantage of a teacher’s absence?
  - Schoolchildren sometimes take advantage of a teacher’s absence by misbehaving or not doing their work properly.

・What do doctors usually forbid people?
  - Doctors usually forbid people smoking / drinking.

・Is drink-driver forbidden?
  - Yes, drink-driver’s forbidden.

・Should smoking in public places be forbidden?
  - Yes, smoking in public places should be forbidden.
  - Because other people are in danger of passive smoking.

・What did your parents forbid you to do when you were a child?
  - My parents forbade me to come home later than 10 o’clock when I was a child.

・What do you do when someone doesn’t get the joke you are trying to make?
  - When someone doesn’t get the joke I’m trying to make, I say ‘never mind’ or ‘forget it’.

・What’s retirement?
  - Retirement’s the time when you retire from work or the time after you’ve retired.

・What’s the retirement age for women?
  - The retirement age for women is 65 in my country.

・What do most people do in their retirement?
  - Most people take care of their grandchildren in their retirement.