11th

web:
http://www.history.com/video.do?name=christmas&bcpid=2647858001&bclid=1675979322&bctid=1586348684


unknown words

①christmas
the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.

②holiday
vacation, break

③merry
happy, blithe, blithesome, frolicsome, cheery, glad. See gay.
jolly, jovial, gleeful

④origin
root, foundation. 4. birth, lineage, descent

⑤history
record, annals. See narrative




history.com was fun.

10th

web:
http://netacademy.ferris.ac.jp/anet2/lms/student/crsmenu/stCourseMenu.aspx

http://a4esl.org/q/j/dt/mc-2000-01def.html


unknown words10

①disdain
hate; indifference

②stiff
hard, inflexible

③yield
production of labor

④brag
talk boastingly

⑤steep
extreme in direction, course



ESL Quiz was interesting, I enjoyed that.
I think it is an appropriate site.

9th

web site:
https://bb-sv.ferris.ac.jp/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_2_1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse%26id%3D_6405_1%26url%3D :)

unknown words 9

①symptom
a symptom is one of the ways in which a disease, illness or medical condition manifests, or shows itself

②a higher portion of
more

③stroke suffers
people who have had a stroke, i.e. a sudden change in the blood supply to a part of the brain, and are often partially disabled (usually on one side of their body) as a result

④hemisphere
　here, half of the front part of the brain; the left and right hemispheres of your brain process information in different ways: the left hemisphere works in a more logical, linear, reality-based way, whereas the right hemisphere is more random, intuitive and fantasy oriented

⑤constract with
is opposite to, is unlike

⑥brain imaging
studying the brain using scans, tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, encephalography or other techniques

⑦tonal languages
languages where using specific tones, i.e. the quality of the speaker's voice (e.g. pitch, rising or falling intonations etc.), is very important both for expressing yourself while speaking and for understanding the speech

⑧tends to occur
usually happens

⑨investigations
research, examining and/or testing




that was so interesting:)

8th

7th

web site:
http://netacademy.ferris.ac.jp/anet2/lms/student/crsmenu/stStudentSubCourseMenu.aspx :)

unknounwords 7

①access
a way of entering or reaching a place

②convenient
useful, easy or quick to do; not causing problems

③available
that you can get, buy or find

④offer
to say that you are willing to do sth for sb or give sth to sb

⑤criminal
connected with or involving crime

4th

week four


web site:
http://netacademy.ferris.ac.jp/anet2/lms/student/crsmenu/stStudentSubCourseMenu.aspx :)



（unknown words 4）

①sheer
1.used to emphasize the size, degree or amount of something
2.complete and not mixed with anything else

②portrayal
1.the act showing or describing sb/ something in a picture, play, book, etc.

③whereabouts
1.the place where sb/ sth is
2.used to ask the general area where sb/ sth is:
　
④collect
1.to bring things together from different people or places
2.to buy or find things of a particular type and keep them as a hobby

⑤range
1.the area of variation between limits on a particular scale.
2.a set of different things of the same general type.

3rd

week three

web site:
http://netacademy.ferris.ac.jp/anet2/lms/student/crsmenu/stStudentSubCourseMenu.aspx :)



（unknown words 3）

①groom
1.man being married
2.stable attendant; servant
3.make ready, prepare physically

②strategy
1.plan of action
2.management of an organization or effort

③humbleness
1.modesty

④politeness
1.cortesy

⑤conflict
1.fight, warfare
2.disagreement, discord
3.be at odds

2nd

week2

site:
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/index.html :(
http://netacademy.ferris.ac.jp/anet2/lms/student/crsmenu/stStudentSubCourseMenu.aspx :)



(unknown words 2)
1.gritty
①containing or like
②showing the courage and determination to continue doing sth difficult or unpleasant
③showing sth unpleasant as it really is

2.profound
①very great; felt or experienced very strongly
②showing great knowledge or understanding
③needing a lot of study or thought
④very serious; complete

3.nominate
①to formally suggest that sb should be chosen for an important role, prize, position, etc:
②to choose sb to do a particular job
③to choose a time, date or little for sth:

4.portrayal
the act of showing or describing sb/ sth in a picture, play, book, etc; a particular way in which this is done

5.torment
①to make sb suffer very much
②to annoy a person or an animal in a cruel way because you think it is amusing

6.sheer
①used to emphasize the size, degree or amount of sth:
②complete and not mized with anything else:
③very steep:
④thin, light and almost transparent:

7.steep
①rising or falling quickly, not gradually:
②sudden and very big:
③too much: unreasonable

1st

1.neuralgic
a sharp pain felt aalong nerve, especially in the head or face

2.extreme
①very great in degree
②not ordinary or usual
③far from what most people consider to be normal, reasonable or acceptable

3.lecture
①a talk that is given to a group of people to teach them about a particular subject, often as part of a university or college course
②a long angry talk that sb gives to one person or a group of people because they have done sth wrong

4.ingenious
①very suitable for a particular purpose and resulting from clever new ideas
②having a lot of clever new ideas and good at inventing things

5.region
①a large area of land, usually without exact limits or borders
②one of the areas that a country is divided into, that has its own cuustoms and/or its own goverment
③all of a country except the capital city

6. capital
①the most important town or city of a country, usually where the central goverment operates from
②a large amount of money that is invested or is used to start a business