Did you know lionesses are the primary hunters in the pride?

Did you know?

Lioness

What type of food do you like? Meat? Fish? Vegetables? What do you enjoy the most?  Do you enjoy spicy dishes? What time of the day do you most enjoy eating at?

Just Chatting....

Food!

Hi, and welcome to Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. This novel centers around a colony of escaped lab rats, the rats of NIMH. They live in a technologically sophisticated and literate society mimicking that of humans. They come to the aid of Mrs. Frisby, a field mouse who seeks to protect her children and home from destruction by a farmer's plow.

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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 

Chapter 1 The Sickness of Timothy Frisby

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What is Snow?



こんにちは！Atsushiです。
今回も慣用句シリーズでいきます。

体に関わる慣用句はかなり多いです！
今日は首くびの慣用句でいきます。

世界でも同じかもしれないですが、日本では首は仕事に関わる表現が多いように思います。生活が苦しい時の表現などにも使われるので、首は体の中でも頭と胴体をつないでいるように、大切な部分のようなイメージが昔からあるのかもしれません。

ということでいきましょう！



① 首が繋がる  (くびがつながる)
ギリギリのところで解雇をまぬがれる、のがれる、という意味です。
例えば、
ー本当にやばいと思ったけど、なんとか首がつながった。
などと使います。

② 首が回らない (くびがまわらない)
この意味は、
借金など支払わないといけないお金が多くてどうしようもないことを意味します。
ーどうにもこうにも首が回らない、
などと使います。

③ 首を突っ込む (くびをつっこむ)
この意味は、
関心や興味をもつこと、また、何かに深入りすることを意味します。深入りすることについてはネガティブな、良くないイメージで使います。
例えば、
ー彼はなんにでも首を突っ込みたがる。
ーずいぶん、ややこしいことに首を突っ込んでるなぁ。
とか使います。


どれもポジティブな表現ではなかったですね。
他の首に関する慣用句も少しネガティブな表現が多い感じでした。

ということで、いかがだったでしょうか。
今回の表現も、テレビなどで聞くことの方が多いかもしれません。刑事物のドラマとかによく出てきそうですね。
ということで今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！ではまた！


Atsushi のJapanese podcast (travel/news /文法・漢字・語彙/Osaka/Hokkaido/🇹🇷🇬🇪🇦🇲🇪🇸🇵🇹)

#105 首くびを使った慣用句、について

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ESfIh0Ee_wC_QYl2L0pxREgIhbGPNWvK/view?usp=drivesdk

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

World Leprosy Day (with transcript for study)

We know a lot of jobs can be done remotely, an arrangement we often call "working from home."

But we also know that working remotely may not mean actually working at home — people work in libraries, in their cars and in cafes.

Many of us like working in the nice atmosphere of a coffee shop. But some cafe and bar owners have had enough of remote workers using their tables.

Some have banned laptops and turned off their Wi-Fi, while others have begun asking remote workers to pay to use the space.

Owners have complained that some people buy one coffee and work in their cafe for up to eight hours, or ask for the music to be turned down so they can have meetings online.

Peter Duran runs a coffee shop in Berlin. He doesn't have Wi-Fi and doesn't let people use laptops. He told Barista Magazine: "We want to be a place where people come to meet each other or be alone, but leave the stress of work outside."

And it's not just about the atmosphere of the place. Remote workers aren't good for business, says Duran, since they spend much less per hour than he pays his workers.

Of course, remote workers themselves don't agree.

On TikTok, one worker said if you pay $8 for a coffee you should be able to choose how you spend your time in a cafe.

However, with so many people working remotely, towns and cities around the world have begun opening remote working spaces where people can work without annoying any cafe owners.



Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Some Cafes Have Had Enough of Remote Workers

“One city that I really find so interesting is Venice, which I think has to be one of the most amazing, and fascinating cities in the world. Venice is located in… I think….the north of Italy, on the coast,and is one of the most popular tourist destinations… not just in Italy but, anywhere in the world today.

 

Venice is known as the city of canals, and there are so many things Venice is famous for including its beautiful bridges, gondola rides, historical buildings…. interesting old streets…..Oh! and also the Venice carnival, which looks like so much fun.

 

I remember I first learned about Venice back when i was in high school, and we studied the Shakespeare play “The merchant of Venice……. I can still remember my English teacher showing us a short video showing all the sites of Venice……… I remember thinking…..wow! This has to be one of the most amazing cities i’ve ever seen, and decided this is a place i must visit in the future.

 

Venice with all of its magnificent….. historical buildings, ancient bridges and water really looks like no other city in the world today. It almost looks like something from a movie set, and it’s amazing to think that this is actually a real place, that still remains and looks the same as it did hundreds of years ago. I think that’s what really makes it so interesting in my mind.

 

There are no ugly modern or high rise buildings, which again just makes it such an interesting city compared to other popular tourist cities.

 

  I really think there are no other cities that can be compared to Venice, and it is truly a unique city, with more interesting and fascinating sites than you can imagine.”

 

Thank you……

IELTS 85 Speaking

Describe a city you think is interesting

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