「パックンマックン・海保知里の英語に Thank you!」2012 年 03 月 19 日

In English, please!

日本の卒業式

We have a rehearsal for the graduation ceremony.
At the ceremony, we get a diploma from the principal.
We sing a graduation song.
We get an album commemorating graduation.
Everyone writes in each other's year book.
Girls get the second button off the jacket of their boyfriend to remember him by.
Boys without a girlfriend take off their own buttons to hide their shame.

  • 校長は、イギリス英語では headmaster/アメリカ英語では principal
  • 4 文目の get を make にすると、その場で作るように誤解される
  • commemorate を記念する
  • 「蛍の光」は英語圏では "Auld Lang Syne"

聞き耳リスニングクイズ

I am the strongest in the spring.
I'm on the news everyday.
I'm from the forest.
I am all around you.
Some people cry when they meet me.
You should wear glasses if you don't want to cry.
Who am I?

花粉

  • 花粉症 hay fever
    • hay 干し草
  • 花粉 pollen
  • くしゃみ(をする) sneeze