2017年12月23日土曜日

2018's motto



 Put a little love in your heart

and

a little heart in your love.
💞 

~Tim~ 

2017年11月12日日曜日

今週のワンポイント英会話 第756回 To off-load. 〜

To off-load.= To get rid of.

(不要な物を)取り払う。

My iPad is old and broken,  I want to off load it.




https://youtu.be/qQlAHPH-AQg

2017年10月31日火曜日

2017年10月17日火曜日

今週のワンポイント英会話 第753回 When the going gets the tough, ..〜

When the going gets the tough, the tough get going. = When things are difficult, it brings out your best.

厳しい状況になると、タフな者が活躍しだす。困難な状況にあっても諦めるな。


When things lock bad, the tough get going.



https://youtu.be/W6Wa-zT-YWc

2017年9月5日火曜日

今週のワンポイント英会話 第747回 You have to pay your dues....〜

You have to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues. And you know that's not easy.
=You must give up something and work hard if you want to be successful.

成功するには犠牲がつきもの。

Got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues  And you know it don't come easy.
 -Lyrics "It don't Come Easy" By Ringo Starr    George Harrison


https://youtu.be/20RMSU7o2mU

2017年8月22日火曜日

今週のワンポイント英会話 第745回 If you mess with the bull, .... 〜

If you mess with the bull, you get the horns.= Don't cause trouble with someone stronger.

触らぬ神に祟りなし。

In New York, if you are being bothered by someone, you simply say "If you mess with the bull, you get the horns".


https://youtu.be/MnkJyzuVcEY

2017年8月21日月曜日

Rainbow


You will never find a rainbow looking down. 

Look up and be happy.


~Tim~

2017年7月25日火曜日

今週のワンポイント英会話 第741回 To take a chill pill. 〜

To take a chill pill. = To relax.

落ち着いて

Many people are excited about the political situation.  They should take a chill pill.





Your jeans

Diarrhea is hereditary it runs in your jeans.

~Tim~

Note:
Another word for diarrhea in America is the runs. Hereditary means jeans. 
This is a word play. 
Jeans equal j-pants. This means that diarrhea runs down your leg.

2017年7月18日火曜日

2017年7月11日火曜日

今週のワンポイント英会話 第739回 Trophy wife. 〜

Trophy wife. = Usually a pretty young woman who marries an older man with money.

裕福な年上の男性と結婚した魅力的な若い妻。

In my class reunion, I saw a few trophy wives.



https://youtu.be/QBVdbWHKNxE


2017年6月27日火曜日

2017年5月23日火曜日

"Vanilla" or "Banana"

I went to the supermarket to get some vanilla ice cream but I could not find any. So I asked the clerk for vanilla ice cream and she replied "no banana". So I spoke more slowly and I repeated the same question. This time she replied "no banana only vanilla".
~Tim~

2017年5月12日金曜日

Alarm

One of my students has trouble waking up in the morning so she recorded sections of my text book which l have recorded into her i-Phone. 
So every morning at six o'clock she hears my beautiful voice every three minutes.
~Tim~

2017年4月18日火曜日

2017年4月4日火曜日

今週のワンポイント英会話 第725回 〜Sooner better than later. 〜

Sooner better than later. = To do something quickly.

素早くする。

It is best to finish my job sooner better than later.



https://youtu.be/aN_rsi2neWQ

Coke

In my younger days, I used to work for Coke. I would tell my customers that if you cut my veins I bleed Coke. 
Now that I have been an English teacher for forty years; 
if my out cut my veins I bleed verb tenses.
~Tim~

Buzz cut

During the Vietnam war,  I did my time in the military. We had to have our heads shaved like a buzz cut and every G.I. hated it. 
Now it's the new fashion. Boy, have time changed.
~Tim~

2017年3月23日木曜日

Monkey in the graveyard.

Behind my office building is a very large graveyard. I looked out of my window this afternoon and was astonished to see a very large monkey climbing on the headstones and eating the fruit that was left for the deceased. 
The police were called but they were unable to catch it as the monkey climbed over the wall and got away.

 ~Tim~

2017年3月21日火曜日

今週のワンポイント英会話 第723回 〜On the same page. 〜

On the same page. = The same thinking.

同じ意見。意見の一致。

Sometimes my staff and I are not on the same page.



https://youtu.be/WbKnC3etCQI

〜ニューヨーク英語学院〜

2017年3月14日火曜日

今週のワンポイント英会話 第722回 〜The mind is strong but the body is weak. 〜

The mind is strong but the body is weak. 
= To have the desire and to imagine you can do something but in the end no strength or will power.

〜をしたい気持ちはあるけど・・・。

I imagine I can lift heavy weights but in the end I fail because the mind is strong but the body is weak.



https://youtu.be/Ag1e6qS7iA0


2017年3月13日月曜日

Your house.

The news is always 24/7 about president Trump. 
There is too much interest in this news. 
I wish people would pay attention to their own house 
rather than the White House.

~Tim~

2017年2月28日火曜日

2017年2月14日火曜日

今週のワンポイント英会話 第718回 〜To be as dumb as a rock. 〜

To be as dumb as a rock.= Not really smart, stupid.

とてつもなく無知。

In the morning, I sometimes feel as dumb as a rock.


https://youtu.be/D7yi1wuJzXs


〜ニューヨーク英語学院〜

2017年2月3日金曜日

Still Japan

I went in a shop yesterday and the assistant came up to me and said, 
"Okyakusama, may I help you?"
This is still Japan.
~Tim~