【英语趣味课堂】昨晚-Last Night

I had a really good time last night, Thursday night, so I couldn't stay out that late, but I went over to a friend's house, an English girl, that I met over here in Japan, where I'm living at the moment, but she's like the only English girl that I ac

【英语趣味课堂】绿色蔬菜-Good Greens

Todd: OK, Gabrielle, you are a vegetarian. Gabrielle: That's right! Todd: So, you do not eat meat! Gabrielle: I don't. No meat, no fish! Todd: OK, and you said that you have a garden. Gabrielle: Yeah, I'm lucky to have enough room to have a vegetable

【英语趣味课堂】放松的周日-A Relaxing Sunday

I had a really nice day today. It's Sunday today, so obviously I got nothing to do so I went to meet my English friend Ben in a place called Harajuku in Tokyo, which is a great place to hang out in on Sundays anyway, but we found this amazing sushi r

【英语趣味课堂】漫画-Manga

Todd: Ah, Kawabe, (Yes, Sir) You are Japanese, so can you explain manga? And what is Manga? And why is it so popular? Kawabe: OK, it's a diff...it's easy, but difficult question. (Yeah). OK, manga is the, is the drawing with the story. Todd: Uh-huh!

【英语趣味课堂】狗狗-Dogs

One of our dogs at home, he used to go walking with my granddad, and it was on these old country roads, so very quite really, not many cars would pass so the dog, Jonathan, used to run off in front of my granddad and my granddad's hearing wasn't too

【英语趣味课堂】学习英语-Learning English

Todd: OK, Kawabe! (Hai) Can you tell us about your English success story. Kawabe: English success story (Yeah, yeah) It's not a success story but I can tell how I learned. OK, first of all, I don't think I learned English as a foreign, a foreign lang

【英语趣味课堂】职业规划-Career Plans

Nicola: So, Cat, I'd like to ask you more about your job. What exactly does an O. T. do? Cat: Occupational therapists work with people who have had accidents or disabilities, help them regain function and so that they can be independent in the activi

【英语趣味课堂】克莱斯特彻奇-Christchurch

Todd: So, Hello! Gabrielle: Hi! Todd: Can you say your name please? Gabrielle: Gabrielle: Todd: Gabrielle. Now, Gabrielle you talked to us last year. Gabrielle:That's right! Todd: And you said that you're from Christchurch? Gabrielle: Uh-huh, from Ch

【英语趣味课堂】神秘-Myths

OK. Growing up in America, in the United States, as a young child, we have three special people, mythical people, we believe in and we really like because they give us gifts or money. The first special person is the tooth fairy, and the tooth fairy g

【英语趣味课堂】厄瓜多尔的食物-Ecuadorian Food

famine That was so important for Europe, during the famine in Europe. A 'famine' is when there is little or no food for a population. A famine can happen when there is a problem growing or producing food or when a group of people can't receive availa

【英语趣味课堂】加拉帕戈斯群岛-The Galapagos

Todd: OK, Jose, you just said you went to the Galapagos Islands. Jose: Yes Todd: Can you talk about the Galapagos? Jose: Yes, the Galapagos, as everybody knows is such a unique place and I went there and by chance I was in the same tour like with Pre

【英语趣味课堂】设计-Design

Todd: So, Raphael, what did you study at university? Raphael: My main specialty is stage design, but stage design is basically theater decoration, but it tends to disappear because there is not so many job in this field, so it's closely related to in

【英语趣味课堂】美国的家-Home in America

Todd: Hello! Heidi: Hi! Todd: Hi! What is your name? Heidi: My name is Heidi? Todd: Heidi! Where are you from? Heidi: I'm from the U.S. Todd: OK. Where are you from in the U.S? Heidi: From Connecticut. Todd: OK. Ah..tell us about Connecticut. Heidi:

【英语趣味课堂】对于设计的兴趣-Interest in Design

Todd: Eli, could you talk a little bit about what you study to be an animator and how the industry has changed over the years? Eli: Yeah, well, I actually studied, the degree I did was a graphic design course, which taught you art, every aspect of gr

【英语趣味课堂】学习日语-Learning Japanese

Todd: So, Eli, how are your Japanese classes going? Eli: They're going OK. Japanese is a very difficult language and I think as someone who has never learned another language before I'm struggling more than other kids are. I feel that a lot of theoth

【英语趣味课堂】澳大利亚的主流运动-Aussie Sports

Todd: OK, Aaron can you talk a little about sports in Australia? Aaron: No worries. In Australia, when I was a child, I used to play cricket and Australian football every weekend. In the winter, I played Australian football, and in the summer it was

【英语趣味课堂】投票-Voting

Todd: So, Aaron, how does the government work in Australia? Aaron: The government in Australia is very simple. We have two major parties. The Liberal Party and the Labor Party, and the people decide who the Prime Minister is. You chose a politician t

【英语趣味课堂】清洁-Cleaning

Todd: Adrienne, we're going to talk about cleaning! So, first of all, how often do you clean, like your apartment? Adrienne: Thoroughly, I would say I clean once a week. Todd: So, do you consider yourself a clean person? Adrienne: I consider myself a

【英语趣味课堂】基多-Quito

Todd: Jose, what is Quito like? Jose: Quito, we say Quito is like the face of God. Todd: No kidding! The face of God? Jose: Yes, yes, yes! Todd: Because? Jose: Because, you know,at least for us, it's such a beautiful downtown, very old, and actually,

【英语趣味课堂】周天-Sunday

Todd: OK, Raphael, I'm going to ask you about Sunday. (Yes) OK, what do you like to do on Sunday? Raphael: What do I like to do on Sunday? Well, I think it's changing every Sunday. I like to go see some exhibits, art exhibitions or things like that.