2009年1月29日木曜日

アンドゥルー先生のイディオム a steal



“These glasses were a steal”

“My uncle is doing time.”

“I need a few bucks.”

“What are you up to?”

Surprisingly these phrases mean:

These glasses were cheap

My uncle is in jail.

Can I borrow some money?

What are you doing right now?

Every wonder why you can understand when someone speaks English to you, but not to another English speaker, or why movies are harder to understand than people?

The most important thing you can do to improve your fluency is to understand how native speakers speak to other native speakers! Natural, everyday speech in North America is filled with idioms, phrases and slang not found in text books. Understanding this will improve your fluency greatly!

From studying everyday speech and idioms you will improve:

Your understanding of Movies.

Your accent and pronunciation .

Your ability to understand real people in North America and Abroad


アンドゥルー先生がイディオムを教えてくれます。