In English, we sometimes say that a person who likes sweet food has a ‘sweet tooth‘. In this article from the ABC News website, it seems like the boy’s ‘sweet tooth‘ got him into trouble. There are some words we have seen before in this article, like plead guilty/not guilty and bail, but there are …
I love trying new kinds of food. When I was in Malaysia last week, I ate so many new types of interesting food that I came back home more than a kilo heavier! I guess I’ll need to do some extra running this week to work the extra weight off. While I was browsing the …
Can you imagine a website that only lets beautiful people join? Well there really is such a thing. This article on the Reuters website takes a look at which nationalities were considered ‘most beautiful’ by users of the site. I was a little upset to see the Brits do so badly but I guess everyone …
I know a lot of people all over the world have been affected by the recent recession. Some people have lost their jobs, others have lost their homes. The man in this article on Reuters.com managed to find an interesting way out of his unemployment. The article has a great title, too. It mentions that …
Did you celebrate Halloween? It’s not such a popular holiday here in Indonesia but I still like to watch a scary movie in the evening to get into the Halloween spirit a bit. In lots of parts of the world, people like to dress up for Halloween but it looks like the runners in this …
I’ve had a very busy time this weekend. I promised you on Friday that I have some exciting news and here it is. The kind people over at learn2lingo have invited me to write their blog for them. It’s a great site for finding a private teacher to learn with or even for teaching your …
One of my students from Japan mentioned the singer Noriko Sakai’s court case to me in class recently. I was interested to read more on the topic after the class and my reading led me to this article on the BBC news website. There’s some interesting legal and crime-related vocabulary in the article, too. The …
I buy all my clothes second-hand. Well, almost all of them. I wouldn’t consider buying second-hand boxer shorts or socks but other than that, all my clothes are already used when I buy them. Until I saw this article on the Reuters website, I didn’t know that dealing in used clothes was such big business. …