2021年7月18日 ~ Book9 Lesson18

＜今日の進捗＞
Book 9 - 70 (Why do abused children often succumb to threats and keep quiet?)

＜オリジナル回答＞
If you were on the phone talking to your boss, and all of a sudden they hung up on you, what would you think?

If I were on the phone talking to my boss, and all of a sudden they hung up on me, I would think he ran out of the battery.

If you were talking on the phone to your boss and he started yelling at you, would you hang up on him? Why? What might the consequences be?

No, if I were talking on the phone to my boss and he started yelling at me, I wouldn’t hang up on him because otherwise he’d get more angry with me.

Why is e-commerce getting more and more popular?

E-commerce is getting more and more popular because you don’t have to go out to buy what you want.

Why do abused children often succumb to threats and keep quiet?

Abused children often succumb to threats and keep quiet because otherwise they might be abused more.

＜単語・イディオム＞
telephone directory :

電話帳

voice mail :

留守番電話

dead call :

無言電話

get through to :

～に連絡を取る

line is engaged : （

電話が）話し中である

missed call :

不在着信

make a resolution :

決心する

succumb to temptation :

誘惑に屈服する、負ける

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