月別アーカイブ:2018年10月

Webcomics and English: An educational match made on the internet 英会話・英語 アミック

Thanks to the internet, there are seemingly endless ways to learn and practice English. Today, I’d like to focus on webcomics. Webcomics are very aptly named in the sense that they are exactly what they sound like; comic strips hosted on a website. Unlike newspaper or magazine comics, webcomics can be started by nearly anyone with an internet connection and basic drawing skills. The beauty of using webcomics to learn English is that nearly every webcomic deals with a different aspect of Western life. Some webcomics can be political or contain social commentary, such as Questionable Content and Scenes From A Multiverse. Some can be fun and educational (funducational?) like Hark! A Vagrant and xkcd. And some can be downright weird and hilarious like Wondermark, Dr. McNinja, and BOASAS.  Whatever your story preference is you can find a webcomic that fits the bill. Learn different English expressions and metaphors, as well as clever Western humor, all in three to five frames! Enjoy!

投稿日:2018年10月30日

7 More Words My Kindle Has Taught Me (Pt. 3) – 英会話・英語 アミック

Turns out I still haven’t learned every word in the English language (but I’m working on it). Here are seven more words I came across recently that I had never seen (or at least remembered) before.

  • Canard: a false or unfounded rumor, story, or belief 
  • Furtive: done secretly, stealthily 
  • Inchoate: being imperfectly formed or only partly in existence 
  • Limn: to draw or paint on a surface; to outline in sharp detail 
  • Spume: frothy matter/foam/scum on liquids 
  • Sui generis: unique, particular, in a class of its own 
  • Yegg: safecracker, robber

 

投稿日:2018年10月26日

Happy Mole Day! 英会話・英語 アミック

If you’re a chemistry enthusiast and/or huge nerd, you’re in for a treat! Mole Day, which is an integral part of National Chemistry Week, is the celebration of Avogadro’s Number. You may be asking yourself, “What in the world is Avogadro’s Number?!” As I am no chemistry devotee, I took the time to look this information up for you, dear reader. Avogadro’s Number (or Avogadro’s Constant, if ya fancy), named for famed Italian scientist, Amedeo Avogadro, is the number of molecules in one mole. I understand that you may be shouting “Now, what the heck is a mole?!” at your computer screen.  Fear not, dear reader, a mole is but the unit of measurement for amount of substance. Simply put, moles give chemists more accuracy when it comes to determining amounts of substances produced in a given reaction. Okay, maybe that wasn’t so simple, but the mole is a very useful unit of measurement. The measurement is approximately 6.022140857(74)×1023 mol−1   (and yes, I copied and pasted that formula). And so on this October twenty-third in the year two thousand and eighteen, and every October 23rd hereafter, between the hours of 6:02 A.M. and 6:02 P.M.,  we celebrate the mole. I recommend a visit to the American Chemical Society for more Mole Day activities and crafts to get you in the spirit to celebrate your favorite unit of measurement.

For those of us that are still confused; here’s a handy chart!:

Avogadro & The Mole

投稿日:2018年10月23日

英会話・英語 アミック – Phrasal verb with “run” (part 3)

Run in

  • Meaning: Arrest
  • ExampleThe guys who robbed the bank last week have finally been run in.

Run in

  • Meaning: Use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage
  • ExampleI have to drive slowly for the first 1,000 miles to run the engine in.

Run into

  • Meaning: Enter by running
  • ExampleHe ran into the building.

Run into

  • Meaning: Collide with
  • ExampleHe lost control of the vehicle and ran into a tree.

Run into

  • Meaning: Encounter or meet unexpectedly
  • Example: I ran into your cousin the other day.

Run into

  • Meaning: Cause to blend into
  • ExampleYou can use the paintbrush this way to run the colors into each other.

Run into

  • Meaning: Reach a large figure
  • ExampleBy the end, the cost of the project ran into the millions of dollars.

Run low

  • Meaning: Near the end of a supply of something; to be nearly running out
  • ExampleOur stocks of meat are running low.

RUN OFF meaning – Phrasal verbs with RUN

Run off

  • Meaning: Flee or depart quickly
  • ExampleDon’t run off before the end of the event.

Run off

  • Meaning: Make photocopies, or print
  • ExamplePlease run off a couple dozen more flyers to pass out.

Run off

  • Meaning: Write something quickly
  • ExampleShakespeare could run off a play in just a couple of days.

Run off

  • Meaning: Pour or spill off or over
  • Example: They kept a barrel to store rainwater that has run off the roof.

Run off

  • Meaning: Chase someone away
  • ExampleIf anyone comes into this field, the bull will soon run them off.

Run off

  • Meaning: Operate by a particular energy source
  • ExampleThis radio runs off batteries.

Run off with

  • Meaning: Leave with someone with the intention of living with them or marrying them
  • ExampleThe chief accountant has run off with his secretary!

Run off with

  • Meaning: Steal or abscond
  • ExampleHe ran off with my wallet.

Run on

  • Meaning: Continue without interruption
  • ExampleWe can’t afford for the performance to run on for more than the specified time.

Run on

  • Meaning: Using a certain time zone
  • ExampleI was still running on daylight savings time.

Run on

  • Meaning: Continue talking for a long time
  • ExampleShe ran on and wouldn’t let anyone get a word in edgeways.
投稿日:2018年10月20日

英会話 英語 アミック Horror movies

It has been a really long time since I last watched a good horror movie. Now that Halloween is approaching, it might be the best time to get back into it. When I was just a wee little girl I remember the thrill I got from watching Jaws, Arachnophobia, and The Gremlins. I miss the adrenaline rush, getting goosebumps, jumping out of my skin, curling up and hiding under a blanket, and covering my eyes or ears because it’s too scary to watch or listen to. You know it’s a good horror movie when you’re too scared to go to the toilet on your own!

To name a few, my favorites would have to be The Exorcist, The Ring, Shutter, Thirteen Ghosts, The Grudge, Shutter Island, and Silence of the Lambs.

A student recommended I watch a more recent one titled A Quiet Place. What do you recommend I watch?

投稿日:2018年10月19日

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アミック・イングリッシュセンターは、1998年に愛媛県重信町(現東温市)で英会話スクールとして創業して以来、愛媛県松山市と東温市を中心に、これまで20年以上にわたり誠実に英語を教えて参りました。
最近のグローバル化に伴い、英会話スクールの必要性はますます増加しております。特に、スピーキング・リスニング・ライティング・リーディングの4技能をバランスよく持つ人材が必要とされており、英検など4技能対応型の試験への期待も高まっております。小学校の英語必修化や資格試験を重視する大学入試の大幅な変更もすぐそこに迫って来ている中、 アミック・イングリッシュセンターとしては、英検やTOEICの対策にも力を入れており、優秀な外国人及び日本人講師を積極的に採用しております。

特にお伝えしたいアミック・イングリッシュセンターの魅力は、「英語を教える外国人講師及び日本人講師が極めて優秀である」「英語教授法により、効果的に英語力を向上させるカリキュラムが組まれている」「初心者にも優しく、かつ通訳という高い英語力が必要な指導も可能な英会話スクールである」という点です。

TOEICの点がなかなか伸びない、英検を取りたい、更に英語力を伸ばしたい、通訳者になりたい、これから英語を始めるので正しい勉強法を知りたいという方は、ぜひアミック・イングリッシュセンターにお越しください!

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