英語の記事を毎週読むのが英語上達に役立つvol.850
更新日:2020年10月25日
多くのラーナーさんの悩みがボキャブラリーをなかなか覚えられないということです。
でも単語を単語帳を作って覚えるというのはめちゃくちゃ大変な割に効果は限られています。
では、ボキャブラリーを増やすには、どうしたらいいのでしょうか?
それは簡単です。
毎日に英語を使い、慣れるのが一番です。
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■Kitten Shenanigans
Characters: C - Chan; M - Mari
A GV and a learner in class talking about a kitten
M: Something odd happened last Sunday.
C: What happened?
M: I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen.
C: Oh! Why was a kitten eating chicken in your kitchen?
M: I had no idea!
(Mari and Chan both laugh)
C: So.. What did you do with the kitten eating chicken
in your kitchen?
M: Well, the little guy is adorable so I decided
to adopt him. (Shows the kitten)
C: Aww. That’s very nice of you. He IS adorable.
M: I still don’t know where it came from hahaha. Anyway,
do you see the curtains behind me?
(Mari moves to the side to show the shiny gold curtains)
C: Yeah. What about it?
M: I had to mend it because the kitten scratched it.
C: Aw, that’s too bad.
M: (shows the bottom part of the curtains) So, as you can see,
there are stitches on it now. I’m not really
good at stitching either hahaha.
C: What a shame if such shiny curtains should show such
shabby stitches due to the kitten’s scratching.
M: For the most part, the kitten is all right. He definitely
loves to play around with boxes.
C: I grew up with pet cats so I’m positive that your
new kitten has a lot of shenanigans. Sometimes,
when I was younger, I would wake up and find
my shoes chewed and scratched by the kittens. Hahaha
M: Ohh. I wonder. If this kitten chews shoes, whose shoes