Clean Off Your Desk Day

Are you a messy or tidy person?

messy:汚い　散らかった
tidy:きちんとした　きれい好きな

Most of us have a lot of clutter on our desktops and most of it needs to be filed away somewhere.

clutter:取り散らかす　混乱させる

You'll have somewhere safe to put your coffee mug;a place where it isn't in danger of tipping over and making your documents a soggy brown mess.

tipping:先　先端
soggy:ずぶぬれの　水浸しの
mess:汚いもの

Is it s sign of a creative mind,an overworked person,or simply laziness?

overworked:働きすぎる
laziness:怠惰な


http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/01/clean_off_your_desk_day.html

Bad Habits

Slurping your noodles is a sign that you enjoy your food,but making a noise while eating in England is not good.

Slurping:音を立てて飲む（食べる）

I get annoyed when people are late for meetings or talk loudly on thier phones in public.

annoyed:いらいらして

http://wbx.me/l/?p=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.listenaminute.com%2Fb%2Fbad_habits.html

New Years Eve

The Little Mole

Although the cartoon is more than 50 years old,it is still very popular today.

cartoon:漫画　アニメ


I liked this cartoon when I was children.
I want to read once again.

http://www.simpleenglishnews.com/archives/stories/the-little-mole-531505

My Passion, My Life http://www.eslmonkeys.com/student/storyroom/story.php?id=34

I used to dwell on all the icky things back then but now I write God with my cheers and gless instead.



dwell:ゆっくり考える　詳しく書く

icky:不愉快な　感傷的な





I can remember the day of accident that left me in a wheel chair for today.



wheel:ホイール　ハンドル





Next I write wisdom ,only wisdom I can share.



wisdom:知識





The excitement occurs when I pick up my pen and get the surprise of how far its all come.



excitement:興奮　興奮させるもの





For when their inklings first appear,



inkling:暗示　うすうす知っていること





When I crawl under the covers at night,



crawl:むずむずする　ぞっとする





I nod off to sleep,gracefully and slow, lingering on the stories yet to be told.



nod:（nod off） 眠り込む

lingering:長引く　ぐずぐずする





After my last eye lid shutter,my last thought is tomorrow's putter.



lid:

putter:のんびりする

The Power Of Love To Transform And To Heal

I believe in love’s humble, practical components and their combined power.

humble:つつましい、控え目な、謙虚な気持ちにさせる
component：構成要素
combine：結合させる

He cried easily and withdrew at the slightest provocation.

withdraw:引っ込める、引き戻す
slightest:わずかな
provocation：怒らせること、興奮、挑発

He hid food in his pillowcase and foraged in garbage cans.

forage:あさる、捜しまわる

I wondered then if he would ever get over the wounds of neglect that the orphanage had beaten into him.

wound:傷
neglect：～を構わずにおく、無視、放置
orphanage：孤児院
beaten：打ち負かされた、疲れ果てた

http://thisibelieve.org/essay/13/

The Last Christmas Tree

He strung some twinkly lights And hung a sign up with a nail;

string:疲れきった
hung up:～をかける

"To trim that trunk and give that tree a drink!"

trim:～を手入れする、～を削る
trunk:幹

And dragged the last Christmas tree Out to the woods.

drag:～を引きずる


http://www.eslmonkeys.com/student/storyroom/story.php?id=7