Success, Failure, Brain Power & サヴァン症候群
2010年 08月 31日
Culture ~The key to having fun!~
Success
Failure
& Brain power
じゃあ、
Hey, summer is back here!
College Football starts tonight!!
First lets look at
some basic grammar.
Success - Noun
Succeed - Verb
Successful - Adjective
Failure - Noun
Fail - Verb
*verb: 動詞
noun: 名詞
adjective: 形容詞
Is success countable??
Yes
"I had two successes
when I was a painter!"
"She is a success."
This is important to
remember because often
students will forget the "a."
I also hear very few
students using the verb: succeed!!!
It's very useful, so please
use it!!
AT
This preposition goes
with both success and failure!
"He was a success at
selling homes."
"He was a failure
at being a good husband."
"You can succeed at anything
that you put your mind to."
To put your mind to something
means to focus on something!!!
Remember that there can't
be an object after this phrase!
"I put my mind to math."
"I put my mind to painting."
*put one's mind to: ~に全力を傾ける
Quotes on success
"Don't confuse fame with success.
Madonna is one;
Helen Keller is the other."
Erma Bombeck
*confuse ~ with...: ~を...と混同する
fame(名): 有名なこと; famous(形): 有名な
"It's not the size of
the dog in the fight,
but the size of the fight
in the dog."
Paul "Bear" Bryant
This means that
size doesn't mean
anything, but the
will to succeed means
everything!!!
*will: 意志(力)、願望
Mind over
matter
What does this mean???
Matter is a scientific word
that means anything that
has substance!
In other words, anything
physical in the universe!!
The phrase mind over matter
means that our brains are
more powerful than
anything else!!
*substance: 物質
physical: 物質的な
universe: 宇宙
mind: 精神
PK
Psychokinesis
This is the ability
to move objects with your mind!!!
People who can bend
spoons are famous!
Most scientists agree
that PK is real to
some extent!!
*psychokinesis: サイコキネシス、念力
bend: 曲げる
This stuff freaks me out!!
Freak out is a phrasal verb
that means to be scared
by something or to have
a big emotional reaction!!!
Scared - "That movie freaked me out."
Anger - "I told her that I bought a car
and she freaked out."
Emotional surprise - "I won the
lottery and my mom freaked out."
英語でこれなんていう???
サヴァン症候群
Savants
*Do you know what these are?
These are people who
have a developemental
problem, but are able
to do amazing things.
Some can do amazing
things with numbers!
Some can tell the weather
of any day in the past
that you ask about!!
Some can remember
any floor plan from any
building they ever went
into!!!
*developmental: 発達上の
floor plan: 間取り
Does anybody remember
the T.V. Show "In Search of...?"
Follow us and join us!!!
Success
Failure
& Brain power
じゃあ、
Hey, summer is back here!
College Football starts tonight!!
First lets look at
some basic grammar.
Success - Noun
Succeed - Verb
Successful - Adjective
Failure - Noun
Fail - Verb
*verb: 動詞
noun: 名詞
adjective: 形容詞
Is success countable??
Yes
"I had two successes
when I was a painter!"
"She is a success."
This is important to
remember because often
students will forget the "a."
I also hear very few
students using the verb: succeed!!!
It's very useful, so please
use it!!
AT
This preposition goes
with both success and failure!
"He was a success at
selling homes."
"He was a failure
at being a good husband."
"You can succeed at anything
that you put your mind to."
To put your mind to something
means to focus on something!!!
Remember that there can't
be an object after this phrase!
"I put my mind to math."
"I put my mind to painting."
*put one's mind to: ~に全力を傾ける
Quotes on success
"Don't confuse fame with success.
Madonna is one;
Helen Keller is the other."
Erma Bombeck
*confuse ~ with...: ~を...と混同する
fame(名): 有名なこと; famous(形): 有名な
"It's not the size of
the dog in the fight,
but the size of the fight
in the dog."
Paul "Bear" Bryant
This means that
size doesn't mean
anything, but the
will to succeed means
everything!!!
*will: 意志(力)、願望
Mind over
matter
What does this mean???
Matter is a scientific word
that means anything that
has substance!
In other words, anything
physical in the universe!!
The phrase mind over matter
means that our brains are
more powerful than
anything else!!
*substance: 物質
physical: 物質的な
universe: 宇宙
mind: 精神
PK
Psychokinesis
This is the ability
to move objects with your mind!!!
People who can bend
spoons are famous!
Most scientists agree
that PK is real to
some extent!!
*psychokinesis: サイコキネシス、念力
bend: 曲げる
This stuff freaks me out!!
Freak out is a phrasal verb
that means to be scared
by something or to have
a big emotional reaction!!!
Scared - "That movie freaked me out."
Anger - "I told her that I bought a car
and she freaked out."
Emotional surprise - "I won the
lottery and my mom freaked out."
英語でこれなんていう???
サヴァン症候群
Savants
*Do you know what these are?
These are people who
have a developemental
problem, but are able
to do amazing things.
Some can do amazing
things with numbers!
Some can tell the weather
of any day in the past
that you ask about!!
Some can remember
any floor plan from any
building they ever went
into!!!
*developmental: 発達上の
floor plan: 間取り
Does anybody remember
the T.V. Show "In Search of...?"
Follow us and join us!!!
by available_english
| 2010-08-31 08:00
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