2020年12月26日 ~ Book7 Lesson14

＜今日の進捗＞
Book7 - 53 (If, while returning home from work, you saw something which looked like a flying saucer, would you be intrigued by it?)

＜オリジナル回答＞
What would be the consequences of parents satisfying their children’s every whim?

The consequences of parents satisfying their children’s every whim would be a selfish child.

Why are pregnant women thought to crave different types of food?

Pregnant women are thought to crave different types of food because their food preferences change.

If you set your heat on going to Portugal for a holiday but your family had other plans, how would you try to persuade them to change their mind?

If I set my heat on going to Portugal for a holiday but my family had other plans, I would explain how beautiful Portugal is to change their mind.

Why is that, more often, men have political ambition and women don’t?

Men have political ambition and women don’t because men are more interested in politics than women.

Why have people always been intrigued by the question of whether there is intelligent life somewhere in the universe?

People have always been intrigued by the question of whether there is intelligent life somewhere in the universe because we would like to know something mysterious.

＜単語・イディオム＞
know sth inside out :

sthを知り尽くしている、に精通している

on a whim :

思い付きで

whim :

気まぐれ、出来心、移り気

crave :

切望する、渇望する

set one’s heart on :

～を強く望む、～することに決めている

as proud as a peacock :

とてもうぬぼれて、大得意で、得意げに

intrigue :

～の興味をそそる

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