World Lifeの英語術

Have you ever dreamed of being like those amazing language experts who can remember long texts effortlessly? For example, there's a story about Schrieman, who studied the Trojan civilization and memorized everything written by the ancient Greek epic poet, Homer.

「紅葉する」の英語はturn redなんです。でも「葉が赤くなる」ならbecome redじゃないの？と疑問に。色々な英語の「なる」について。さっそくbecome。でもこれ固い言い方。後に「名詞」が来て「名詞になる」が普通みたい。

One sunny morning in early summer, I saw something surprising – leaves on a tree were turning red, even though it was still early in the season. Maybe this was because of global warming, I thought.