*太字の単語やフレーズは、今週のボキャブラリーです。この記事の最後に詳しい説明を載せています。My birthday was a few weeks ago and around that time, someone asked me how it felt to become 41 years old. I said it didn’t feel any different than when I became 40 years old. And for that matter, it didn’t feel any different than when I was 39 or 38

*太字の単語やフレーズは、今週のボキャブラリーです。この記事の最後に詳しい説明を載せています。Last week’s answers surprised me a little bit. EVERY PERSON I spoke to said they felt UNVAVORABLE about North Korea. There were other countries they felt unfavorable about too, for example, China, Myanmar, Iraq and America, but the most unfavorable country

*太字の単語やフレーズは、今週のボキャブラリーです。この記事の最後に詳しい説明を載せています。After speaking with students last week, I realized that talking about family is difficult for many people. Using adjectives to describe someone’s body or personality was very DIFFICULT for many of you!We will talk about family again at a later date but for

*太字の単語やフレーズは、今週のボキャブラリーです。この記事の最後に詳しい説明を載せています。 It was interesting to hear about different people’s “phobias” last week. It seems that MOST EVERYONE has a cockroach phobia! I thought I was the only one, but there were many people who said they shared my intense fear. There were also many other

*太字の単語やフレーズは、今週のボキャブラリーです。この記事の最後に詳しい説明を載せています。In last week, I wrote about “life’s little pleasures” or the little things in life that make you smile. This week, I am going to ask you something very different and that is: What phobias, if any, do you have? Phobias are things that give you GREAT

*太字の単語やフレーズは、今週のボキャブラリーです。この記事の最後に詳しい説明を載せています。Hello everyone. This week’s question focuses on what gives you pleasure in your daily life. I recently read an interesting news article about a survey that was conducted in England that asked people what gave them pleasure, or more clearly, what were their

*太字の単語やフレーズは、今週のボキャブラリーです。この記事の最後に詳しい説明を載せています。This week’s question requires us to think about our own well-being versus the well-being of others. Image you have been given the following 3 scenarios and you must choose ONLY ONE of them to come true. Your choices are: To end world famine; To

It's been COLD lately.Growing up in Minnesota, I am supposed to be accustomed to cold weather since the winter season there has daily average temperatures between -5 and -15 degrees centigrade. Without a doubt, winter is cold in Minnesota but I remember dealing with it rather well mostly because I had no choice. I was also active in the winter when I was younger, playing ice hockey, building snow forts,

Happy New Year everyone.During this time of year, many people, including myself, make some new year resolutions. Resolutions are decisions we make to DO something or STOP doing something in our lives. Most people in the US have similar resolutions each year. In fact, the US government recently posted this year’s top ten new year resolutions—which are pretty much the same EVERY year.The

We are nearing the end of the year and that is, for most people, a time to reflect on life and especially the last year. I am no exception and have been spending the last few weeks thinking about where I am, what I have, what I want, what I need, what is important to me and most importantly, what I am thankful for in my life.So I will share some of my answers with you and then I would like you to start