It's 3 degrees Celsius today. -- coldest day so far, I think.
'degrees of separation' is an expression.
If you have a friend, and the friend knows Obama, then you are 2 degrees of separation from Obama. They say that everyone is six degrees of separation from anyone on earth.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Xmas decorations
The shopping malls start putting up xmas decorations around the middle of November. 'xmas' or "Xmas" is short for 'Christmas'.
Some people say "Holidays" instead of 'Christmas' if they are not Christian.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Toronto is 14 hours behind Tokyo
Daylight Savings Time is over.
We are now on EST (Eastern Standard Time).
Now Toronto is 14 hours behind Tokyo.
When it is 10pm in Tokyo, it is 8am in Toronto.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
comparatives in English
If an adjective has one syllable, you make the comparative form by adding "er" to the end:
brown -> browner
green -> greener
red -> redder (double 'd')
cold -> colder
hot -> hotter (double 't')
If an adjective has 2 syllables and it ends in 'y', you change 'y' to 'ier':
sunny -> sunnier
funny -> funnier
cloudy -> cloudier
windy -> windier
if an adjective has 2 or more syllables, you put 'more' at the beginning:
purple -> more purple
wonderful -> more wonderful
interesting -> more interesting
brown -> browner
green -> greener
red -> redder (double 'd')
cold -> colder
hot -> hotter (double 't')
If an adjective has 2 syllables and it ends in 'y', you change 'y' to 'ier':
sunny -> sunnier
funny -> funnier
cloudy -> cloudier
windy -> windier
if an adjective has 2 or more syllables, you put 'more' at the beginning:
purple -> more purple
wonderful -> more wonderful
interesting -> more interesting
Spring forward, fall back
........
... is an expression that means:
In Spring, we move the clocks forward one hour for Daylight Savings Time.
In Fall, we move the clocks back one hour to end Daylight Savings Time.
'spring forward' means: to jump at someone
'fall back' means: to run away, or retreat
