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増田有華ファンが英語学習に悪戦苦闘する日記

New Year's Eve's Eve

dogged dogged behavior shows that you are very determined to continue
doing something: a dogged determination to succeed
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英語学習の組み立ては,1週間単位なので,今日から新サイクルです。
この1週間で英語学習を含めた生活習慣を是正したいと考えています。

英語リスニング入門(2003年6月30日New Year's Day)

Introduction

   Auld Lang Syne is a traditional song of friendship and is sung 
at midnight on New Year's Eve. Its melody is based on an old Scottish
fork tune. The words to the song are said to have been written by
Robert Burns, the 18th-century Scottish poet, although he may have
been inspired by some verses that already existed.
   In Japan the song is sung at graduation ceremonies at schools.
In English-speaking countries, the song is associated with New Year's
Eve as people sing it at midnight to mark the end of the old year.
;「蛍の光」はたしか紅白歌合戦の最後でも歌われていたはず。

英語5分間トレーニン(2009年12月30日モノローグ)

Keep to this side.
Lots of bikes keep coming by.
Why do they have to go so fast?

The weather forecast was right on the mark.
It's sleeting.
I'm glad I brought this folding umbrella.

on the mark correct The inflation forecasts have been right on the mark.

sleet 
(n) half-frozen rain that falls when it is very cold:
scattered sleet and snow showers
(v) It was sleeting so hard we could barely see for 30 yards.

What did we have for dinner last night?
I can't quite remember.
It must not have been very special.


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