時空の旅わくわく日記

　皆さんはどのようにして英単語を覚えていますか？　私の方法は、「私には知らない英単語はない！」と周りの人に対して、豪語することです。この方法、意外と効果的ですよ！

【今日の単語】
　８月９日の単語は、「credenza」。

　例文： There was no room on the dining table, so they placed the desserts on the nearby credenza and encouraged their guests to help themselves to cake.

　テーブルの上がいっぱいでデザートを近くの戸棚の上に置くことって時々ありますよね。

【前回の単語】
　８月２日の単語は、「ragamuffin」。

　例文：The wealthy bachelor（独身男子）had pity on the ragamuffin and handed him a wad of bills（札束）, instructing him to buy himself dinner and a new coat.

　定義: (noun) A shabbily clothed, dirty child.

　同義語：tatterdemalion


【Bon appétit !】

　自由の女神

　The Statue of Liberty, located on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, was a gift to the US from France to commemorate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence.
　The statue was designed by the French sculptor F.A. Bartholdi and depicts a woman with an uplifted arm holding a torch.
　The pedestal（台座）was designed by American architect Richard Morris Hunt, and its cornerstone was laid on August 5, 1885.