【Lang-8】今日の学び_20100929

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世界各地に友達も増えるし、一石二鳥？

・Recently, I have been learning English on an internet English language school.
  × Recently, I have been learning English on internet English language school.

・I started it about two months ago and I’m studying English every day.
  × I started it about two months ago and studying English every day.

・Therefore I can write a diary now more fluent compared to before.
  × Therefore I can write diary now more fluentry to compared to before.

・I have a bad backache today.
  × My back has very ache today.

・I have sore ache.
  × I have a muscle ache.

・On Wednesdeay  and Saturday.
  × On Wedneseday and on Saturday.

・on the internet
  × on internet

【DME】今日の学び_20100928

English Method

stage3も佳境に。Lesson39 からLesson41 の途中まで！

・Must people wait if they come to the lesson too early?
  - Yes, people must wait if they come to the lesson too early.

・Do you understand people when they speak very quickly in English?
  - No, I don’t understand people when they speak very quickly in English.

・Do you forget a person’s name?
  - Yes, I sometimes forget a person’s name.

・Where must we wait for a bus?
  - We must wait for a bus at a bus stop.

・What’s the quickest way to the sation?
  - The quickest way to the station is to walk along Main street.

・What is the best way to remember English words well?
  - The best way to remember English words well is to repeat them often.

・Is eating too much good for the health?
  - No, eating too much isn’t good for the health.

・Is it healthy to eat a big dinner very late?
  - No, it isn’t healthy to eat a big dinner very late, but it’s unhealthy.

・Do you like talking to people you don’t know?
  - I like talking to people I don’t know.

・Can lazy students learn a language very well?
  - No, lazy students learn a language very well.
  - Because they don’t study enough.

・Do you like it when people aren’t  punctual?
  - No, I don’t like it when people aren’t punctual.

・Is ‘lorry’ an American English word?
  - No, ‘lorry’ isn’t an American English word, but it’s a British English word.

・What do they use to carry heavy things to the port?
  - They use lorries to carry heavey things to the port.

・What is a suit?
  - A suit is a jacket plus trousers or a skirt.

・Which animals do they usually make sausages from?
  - They usually make sausages from pigs.

・When will the next lesson start?
  - The next lesson will start on Wedneseday at one p.m.

・When will we finish stage 3?
  - We will finish stage 3 in a weeks’ time.

・When you buy something expensive, do you pay in cash of by credit card?
  - When I buy somethins expensive, I pay by credit card.

・Do you think CDs from abroad are expensive?
  - No, I don’t think CDs from abroad are expensive.

・What is the difference between ‘mean’ and ‘meaning’?
  - The difference between ‘mean’ and ‘meaning’ is that ‘mean’ is a verb and ‘meaning’ is a noun.

・What countries are there in Great Britain?
  - There are England, Wales and Scotland in Great Britain.

【Finance】今日の学び_20101027

Professional English in USE

経済用語に強くなろう、第三弾。

【Accounting and accountancy】

・bookkeeping, a bookkeeper : I record all the purchases and sales made by this department.

・external auditing, an independent auditor : This month, I’m examining the accounts of a large manufacting company.

・management accounting, a management accountant : I analyse the sales figures from the different departments and make decisions about out future activities.

・financial accounting, a financial accountant : I am responsible for preparing our annual balance sheet.

・accounting, an accountant / internal auditing, an internal auditor : When the accounts are cmplete, I check them before they are presented to the external auditors.

1. accounting rules are set by an independent organization : in Britain

2. accounting rules are set by the government : In most of continental Europe and Japan

3. accounting rules are established by a government agency : In the USA

4. companies are manly funded by shareholders or stockholders : In Britain and the USA

5. the major source of corporate finance is banks : In much of continental Europe

【eTOC】今日の学び_20100926

English Teacher On Call

今日はCNNのニュースを使って、Canada と The Ivory Coast の違いを考える。

【GLOBAL CONNECTION: CONNECT CANADA AND THE IVORY COAST】

・summarize : to make a short statement giving only the main information and not the details of a plan, even, report etc

・multicultural : involving or including people or ideas from many different countries, races, or religions

・wilderness : a large area of land that has never been developed or famed

・stellar : relating to the stars, extremely good(a)

・reptation : the opinion that people have about someone or something because of waht has happened in the past

・livable : liveable, a situation that is liveable is satisfactory but not good

・tumultuous : full of acrivity, confusion, or violence

・consistantly : all the time, or very often

・airing : an occasion when an opinion, idea etc is discussed

【DME】今日の学び_20100926

English Method

今日はLesson36 の途中から Lesson38 の終わりまで！

ハイペースでススム。結構ぼりゅーみい。

今回のミソは「天気の言い方」かな。

・Do you carry an umbrella with you?
  - Yes, I sometimes carry an umbrella with me.

・Are there a lot of clouds today?
  - No, there aren’t a lot of clouds today.

・Was it cloudy yesterday?
  - Yes, it was cloudy yesterday.

・Do you think tomorrow will be a windy day?
  - No, I don’t think tomorrow will be a windy day.

・Do you have a lot of snow in your country in winter?
  - No, we don’t have a lot of snow in my country in winter.

・Do we have heavy fogs in this country?
  - No, we don’t have heavy fogs in this country.

・Can you see well when it’s foggy?
  - No, I can’t see well when it’s foggy.

・Is Spain a better place for a summer holiday than Sweden?
  - Yes, Spain is a better place for a summer holiday than Sweden.

・What is the best place for a winter holiday?
  - I think Austria is the best place for a winter holiday.

・What was your best subject at school?
  - My best subject at school was history.

・Is Sweden a worse place for a summer holiday than Spain?
  - Yes, Sweden is a worse place for a summer holiday than Spain.

・What is your worst subject at school?
  - My worst subject at school is mathmatics.

・Do you want to live in a big house in the country?
  - Yes, I want to live in a big house in the country.

・Is the air better in the city than in the country?
  - No, the air isn’t better in the city than in the country, but it’s worse.

・Is Luxembourg a very big country?
  - No, Luxemboug isn’t a very big country, but it’s a very small country.

・Do you get up very early or quite early?
  - I get up quite early, at seven a.m.

・The weather more pleasant in spring or in autumn?
  - The weather is more pleasant in spring.

・Is the weather good when it snows?
  - No, the weather isn’t good when it snows.

・Did we arrive in the classroom late for the lesson?
  - Yes, we arrived in the classroom late for the lesson.

・Is it quicker to go to France by ship than by bus?
  - No, it isn’t quicker to go to France by ship than by bus, but it’s slower.

・Is it slower to go to the USA by plane than by ship?
  - No, it isn’t slower to go to the USA by plane than by ship, but it’s quicker.

・Did you add sugar to your tea yeasterdy?
  - No, I didn’t add sugar to my tea yesterday.

・If you come to the classroom too early, what do you do?
  - If I come to the calssroom too early, I wait.

・Is it easy to drive when the road is very foggy?
  - No, it isn’t easy to drive then the road is very foggy.

・Is it pleasant to go for a walk on a fine day?
  - Yes, it is pleasant to fo for a walk on a fine day.

・Do you walk quickly when you have a lot of time?
  - No, I don’t walk quickly when I have a lot of time.

【Finance】今日の学び_20100926

Professional English in USE – Finance

経済用語に強くなろう、第二回目。

【2. Business finance】

・Small campanies often try to get bank loans when they need to borrow money.

・We don’t have sufficient money to build a complentely new factory.

・Details of a company’s liabilities are shown on the balance sheet.

・We’re going to raise more money by selling new shares to our existing shareholders.

・We had to rais $ 50,000 capital in order to start the business.

・We’re going to pay back some of the people who lent us money, and reduce our debt.

・I decided to buy a $ 10,000 bond insted of shares, as it’s probably safer.

・Another term for profit is net income.

・I think this is a good investment: it pays 8% interest.

・When they saw our financial statements, the bank refused to lend us any more money.

・Profit is the different between revenue and expenses.

・The profit and loss account shows if a company is receiving more money than it’s spending.

・If you don’t like taking risks, you should only invest in very successful companies.

・A company’s retained earning belong to its owners.

・Anything a company uses to produce goods or services is an assets.

・The company made such a big profit, I expected a higher dividend.

・We sold a lot more last year, so our revenue went up.

・We owe our suppliers $100,000 for goods bought on credit.

・Everyone who buys a share owes parts of the company.

・Thirty percent of our profits goes straight to the government in tax.

【ET】今日の学び_20101026

English Talk

今日はCNNの生ニュースを題材に、TeacherとTalking.

たまたま渡辺謙さんが表紙にいたので、彼をピックアップしてみる。

・I felt hesitant.

・diagnosed : medical term, docter use this, found out or discover

・I’m near sighted on my right eye.

・I had weared may glasses.

・I started wearing glasses since I was 12.

・Ioften have mistakes.

・meaningless : not worthy, no meaning, no value

・I study English to expand my own horizons.

・I’m avoiding being typecast.

・It was a kind of sense of duty. : Something you have to do / must do