理工系学生の遊歩道

A noun clauses is a part of a sentence that has both a subject and a predicate. That is optional in noun clauses after be. Also notice the prepositions used in each sentence.

• The only trouble with being a tow-income family is (that) we don't spend as much time together.
• The big advantage of having Grandma at home is (that) she can baby-sit more often.

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Use the gerund form after these verbs.

• I enjoy going to parties where I don't know everyone.
• I avoid expressing my feelings and ideas in public.
• I don't mind giving up my time to help other people.

Use the gerund or infinitive form after these verbs.

• I can't stand being / to be in a messy room.
• I love taking / to take my friends to cool new clubs.
• I hate getting up / to get up for early morning classes.

Use te gerund form after these expressions containing prepositions.

• I insist on making my own decisions.
• I always feel like going dancing!
• I'm into going out to new foreign restaurants.

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ベルリッツのレッスンが録音できるようにICレコーダーをサクラヤで買いました。保証費込みで12000円しましたが使えば使うほどコストが下がっていくので、頑張って使っていきたいと思っています。録音したベルリッツのレッスンをテキストに起こしたので、ここに少しメモしておきます。

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TOEFL iBTを北新宿の大智学園高校で受験してきました。開始時間が90分も遅れて、TOEFLに対する印象は悪くなりました。それ以上に出来のほうが悪かったと思います。何の準備もなしに受験してはダメですね。スピーキングもライティングもどう考えてもテンプレを頭の中にたくさん準備しておかないと回答なんかできないって感じでした。普通に取り組むと話すことや書くことなんてすぐになくなりました。学習メモその２です。

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このごろブログを英語で書いたりしていますが、普段日本語で使っている言葉をいざ英語で…というときにパッとでてこない！という問題が何度も発生しています。このあたりでちょっとまとめておいたら便利だと思って、自分用学習メモをつくります。

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I have read some books in these monthes. There were "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, "Discourse on the Method" by René Descartes, "Beneath the Wheel" by Hermann Hesse and "The Apology of Socrates; Crito" by Plato and so on. It was most interesting books for me was "Crime and Punishment" (You can freely read the whole of this book to see this link. Note that page is unusually heavy.) in these pieces. It is a very masterpiece though this is just common speech. To read classical writings is good when we are young and college students. Incidentally, these books were all translated editions, that is, written in Japanese. I did't read in English or other languages.

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"What would you like to change in Todai?" This was the question suggested in today's Berlitz lesson. We made a suggestion based on our usual thinking: There are few girl students in the faculty of engineering. That's why how does Todai increase number of girl students?

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Hello guys, this is Kazu. Today was the second day of Todai May Festival (MF). I got up after ten in the morning and my cell phone rang soon. The call was from my mother and father. She said they were going from Waseda station to Todaimae station. In fact my parents and her friends came to Todai to meet me and to see the festival.

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