(会員）2017年４月１０日 (Monday) English Live Lesson

(会員）2017年４月１０日 (Monday) English Live LessonSimple news English.

1. Trump attacked Syria.
2. Trump fired 50 missiles at Syria.
3. In 2013 Trump was against attacking Syria.
4. Trump reversed his position.
(More conversational: He changed his mind.)
5. Trump was against Obama’s health care. (Obamacare)
6. Trump tried to repeal and replace Obamacare.

repeal = 〔法律などを〕無効にする、取り消す、廃止する、撤回する、破棄する
replace = ～を取り［付け・差し・置き］替える

7. Trump failed to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Why did he fail? It's complicated.
8. Is healthcare a right or a privilege?
特権 privilege
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9. 人口 = population
Japan’s population is decreasing.
< Japan’s population is plunging.
10. Japan's population is projected to plunge to 88 million by 2065.
11. Startups in Japan are seeing ample cash but there is a lack of innovators.
start-up【名】開始、起動、始動、立ち上げ、新興企業、新規事業、成金（産業）
豊かな胸［乳房] ample bosom/breasts
ample = lots of, more than enough, enough
 a lack of = 不足、欠乏
an innovator = 革新者、創意工夫に富む人、導入者
innovator = a person who introduces new methods, ideas, or products.
an innovation = new idea or method

(会員）2017年４月０6日 (Thu) English Live Lesson

(会員）2017年４月０6日 (Thu) English Live Lesson
1. Happy Anniversary!

2. Today is the 18 year anniversary of the opening of the school.
DATE is the NUMBER/TIME anniversary of ST.
Today is our 18th anniversary!
March 24th was the 3 year anniversary of Maggie’s death.

3. Today is milestone.

4. This was a landmark.

5. This was a turning point in history.

6. What was the highlight of your trip?
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Time Idioms:

1. on time vs. in time
on time = at the agreed on time,  
in time = before it’s too late
You are just in time for cake.

2. It’s go time!  = It’s time to take action!

3. It’s crunch time.  = It’s our last chance to succeed — deadline is coming or game is almost over.

4. a big time spender  = sb who spends a lot of money

5. I don't have time to catch my breath.
not have time to catch one's breath 息をつく暇もない

6. (living) on borrowed time = You are lucky to be alive now. You should have died already.
BONUS: to impeach a president
to oust sb = to get rid of sb

7. precedent 【名】  前例、先例、慣例
It’s unprecedented for the president to fight with the previous president.
the president = the executive branch

(会員）2017年４月０５日 (Wed) English Live Lesson

(会員）2017年４月０５日 (Wed) English Live Lesson

1. お久しぶりです。= Long time no see. = It’s been a while. = It’s been a long time. = Hello stranger!

2. He is a wallflower. = He is shy and does not interact at parties — especially a girl with no partner.

3. Life is not a bed of roses.
a bed of roses = an easy and peaceful life

4. to push up daisies 
Ex: He is pushing up daisies.

5. He won’t get to the point. He keeps ~ around the ~.
He keeps beating around the bush.

6. He is a good gardener. He is good at growing plants. = He has a green thumb.

7. I’m sleepy. I’m going to hit the hay.

8. She is wearing rose-colored glasses. = to be overly optimistic

9. Life is short, but you have to stop and smell the roses sometimes.

10. to come out smelling like roses = He came out of a situation looking good.
I don’t think Trump is going to come out of this smelling like roses.

11. The grass is always greener on the other side.
Your friends’ situations always seem better than yours.

12. to nip st in the bud = to do st to stop something before it becomes a problem

13. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
= Children are like their parents.