Teacher MichaelArchive
May, 2011
· Forgiveness: The Unreal Past (Level B)
· Travel Blues: Losing Your Wallet & Passport (Level A)
· A Boy's Love: A Heartwarming Story (Level C)
· Cultured people happier, less stressed: study (Level C)
· Travel Troubles (OTHERS)
· Any Volunteers?: Past Perfect Progressive Tense (Level B)
· Paralysed Man Takes Hopeful First Steps (Level C)
· Using 'Enough' (Level A)
· Tai Chi improves mental health in elderly: study (Level C)
· Bad eating can give you depression: study (Level C)
· Blood Test Predicts When You’ll Die (Level B)
· Shanghai Starts One-Dog Policy (Level B)
· Do It Yourself: Future Progressive Tense (Level B)
· Japanese language traced to Korean Peninsula: study (Level C)
· Are Cellphones Killing Honeybees? (Level B)
· Branding and Brand Names (Level C)
· Keeping in Touch: Future Perfect Tense (Level B)
· Common Mistakes in English - Bring, Take, Fetch, Get (Level A)
· Rice makes you stronger, healthier than bread: study (Level B)
· China grows more slowly to 1.34 billion, older and more urban (Level C)
· Newspaper Admits Hacking Celebrity Phones (Level B)
· Study links lower education to faster ageing (Level C)
· Coffee And Cola Can Lead To Strokes (Level B)
· Board Games: Simple Future Tense (Level B)
· Lack of jobs for women costs Asia billions yearly: report (Level C)
· Inactive lifestyle can cause cancer, heart disease – WHO (Level C)
· No. of children drops for 30th straight year to record-low (Level C)
· Open 24 Hours: Modal Verbs (Level B)
· Myths and truths about Osama bin Laden (Level C)
· Sweets: Second Conditional (Level B)
· Family Meals Keep Kids Slimmer (Level B)
· Left-handers more likely to be fearful (Level C)
· World hails death of Osama bin Laden (News)
· "Korean Wave" set to swamp North Korea, academics say (Level C)
· Cool Biz starts in Diet, but most officials appear in suits, ties (News)
· Calling Animals ‘Pets’ Is Unfair (Level B)
April, 2011
· Consumer Society (Level C)
· Technology addiction takes toll in Asia (News)
· Men act stupid when talking to beautiful women, study shows (Level C)
· Insects: the answer to global malnutrition? (Level C)
· Apple Suing Samsung for Copying (Level C)
· TOEIC Speaking Practice Part 6 (TOEIC)
· 'Divorce ceremony' gives couples chance to make clean break (News)
· Direct Speech & Reported Speech (Level B)
· Success and Fame (Level C)
· Junk food addicts show same brain activity as drug addicts (Level B)
· Chinese Writer to Have Shakespeare's Face (Level B)
· 60-70% of public backs higher taxes for disaster recovery: media polls (News)
· What about "sprummer" or "sprinter"? (Level B)
· To the brain the pain of rejection really hurts—study (Level C)
· Disaster sparks social media innovation (News)
· Slang: "makes my blood boil" (Level B)
· Meditation Better Than Pain-Killers (Level B)
· TOEIC Speaking Practice Part 5 (TOEIC)
· Talking About the News (Level C)
· Walking-On-Water Balls Could Be Dangerous (Level B)
· Should rumor spreading be a prosecutable offense? (Level C)
· Slang: Let's Face It (Level B)
· Japan defends radical decision to dump toxic water in Pacific (News)
· Tokyo gov't criticized for discouraging cherry blossom viewing parties (Level B)
· Slang: Road Rage (Level C)
· Obama Calls for Cut in Oil Use (Level B)
· Do You Suffer From Facebook depression? (Level B)
· A Good Sandwich (Kids B)
· Scientists create energy-making artificial leaf (Level C)
· Meet and Greet: Conditionals with "Unless" (Level B)
March, 2011
· Lack of Sleep Increases our Weight (Level B)
· Earthquake (Kids A)
· OMG, LOL, FYI Now in Oxford English Dictionary (Level C)
· Making Small Talk (Level B)
· 27.5 million displaced people around the globe—UN report (Level C)
· Music Snob: Zero Conditional (Level B)
· UK Axes Quarter of Student Visas (Level C)
· Mystery solved in death of legendary Japanese dog Hachiko (Level B)
· Cybercriminals prey on the uninformed (Level C)
· Mountaineering: Verbs with "ing" (Level B)
· Is Email Only For Old People Over 25? (Level B)
· NHK to recommence standard children's TV programs (News)
· International Coalition Attacks Libya (Level C)
· 'Such' and 'So' (Level A)
· Police Bust Biggest Ever Paedophile Ring (Level C)
· Nuclear Power: Present Progressive Tense (Level B)
· More Japanese companies moving to tap halal market (Level C)
· Fun with Sentence Stress (Level B)
· What is Sentence Stress? (Level A)
· Stressing Sentence Stress (Level B)
· Energy Drinks Harmful to Kids (Level B)
· Kan calls quake worst crisis since World War II; OKs power outages (Level C)
· No Strings Attached: Second Conditional (Level B)
· Protests: Future Progressive Tense (Level B)
· Getting Fat: Verbs with "ing" (Level B)
· New-style ramen targets female noodle-lovers (Level C)
· Lack of sleep can make you overly optimistic—study (Level C)
· Shopping Carts Covered in Bacteria (Level B)
· Possessive Nouns, Pronouns & Adjectives (Level A)
· Expression: Never Say Never (Level B)
· News Bites: Empty Houses and People Dying Alone (Level C)
· Education Helps Keep Blood Pressure Down (Level B)
· British Car Insurance Gender Inequality Ends (Level C)
· Exposing globalization's dark side (Level C)
· Reading: Film Festival Season (Level B)
· News Bites: Obama and Iran's Cyber Army (Level C)
· Spring Gardening: Gerunds vs. Infinitives (Level B)
· Know your Auxiliary Verbs! (Level A)
· Good Manners: Conversation Fun! (Level A)
February, 2011
· Red Meat Increases Risk of Cancer (Level C)
· Allergies (Level B)
· Sidewalk Rage Common in Big Cities (Level C)
· Whether and If : Differences (Level A)
· Difference between OF and FROM in English (Level A)
· Unrest around the region (Level C)
· Vancouver still world's most liveable city: report (Level C)
· Planet could be 'unrecognizable' by 2050, experts say (Level C)
· Speak Business English Like an American (Level B)
· Rainy Days: Simple Present Tense (Level B)
· TOEIC Speaking Practice Part 4 (TOEIC)
· He Forgot Again (Kids B)
· Women file suit to keep their surnames after they marry (Level C)
· Disney Company Targeting Newborns (Level C)
· How the war of words was won in Cairo (Level C)
· Cosmetic Surgery Becoming More Popular (Level B)
· Slobs and Neat Freaks: Comparatives and Superlatives (Level B)
· Adjective + Preposition (Level A)
· Slang: Sugarcoat it! (Level B)
· Prepositions + Nouns (Level A)
· Kids of Working Mothers More Overweight (Level C)
· TOEIC Practice Part 3 (TOEIC)
· Spring Cleaning: Simple Future Tense (Level B)
· Adventure travel going mainstream - study (Level C)
· Finite / Non-Finite Verbs (OTHERS)
· 10 nations, EU press Japan again to join int'l child custody pact (News)
· Cover Songs: Modal Verbs (Level B)
· Job seekers flop at impressing potential employers (Level C)
· Malawi to Punish Breaking Wind in Public (Level C)
· Etiquette: Modal Verbs (Level B)
· South Korea could be model for Japan’s economic development (Level C)
· E-Mail Gets an Instant Makeover (Level C)
· China to Create City of 42 Million People (Level B)
· Japan far behind in global language of business (Level C)
· Prepositions of Place and Time (Level A)
· My Family's House (Kids B)
· Experts Predict Chocolate Drought by 2014 (Level C)
January, 2011
· Violence Erupts Across Egypt (Level C)
· Woman who knows no fear could offer brain clues (Level C)
· A Cool Laptop (Kids B)
· Talking to Strangers: First Conditional (Level B)
· TOEIC Practice Part 2 (TOEIC)
· Get ready for a really bad hay fever season this spring (News)
· Modals: Had Better, Have Got To, May, Shall (OTHERS)
· Slang Definition: "get rid of" (Level B)
· Sleeping Next To Pets Can Make You Sick (Level C)
· Parent-Friendly Music: Phrasal Verbs (Level B)
· Food makers struggling with rising costs in deflationary Japan (Level C)
· Only 20% of English conversation teachers give classes in English (Level C)
· Reinforcing: English Slang (Level B)
· Naps: Zero Conditional (Level B)
· President Hu Jintao Visits Barack Obama (Level C)
· Education burdens on rise among Japanese families (Level C)
· Get Your Flu Shot (Kids A)
· Australia Facing Major Reconstruction (Level C)
· Hollywood Power Couples: Be able to (Level B)
· Working Out: Simple Future Tense (Level B)
· Dentist Drill Noise Reducer Invented (Level B)
· 15,273 killed in Mexico drug violence in 2010 (Level C)
· TEST-TAKING TIPS FOR THE TOEIC (TOEIC)
· Intern death officially laid to overwork (Level C)
· TOEIC Practice & Tips (TOEIC)
· Singing: Present Perfect Progressive (Level B)
· TOEIC Practice (TOEIC)
· Piano Player (Kids A)
· Walking Fast a Sign of Longer Life (Level C)
· Youths want to move to Japan, Singapore: study (Level C)
· New Year's Resolutions: Zero Conditional (Level B)
· Hillary Clinton World's Most Admired Woman (Level C)
· Sushi school to challenge British assumptions on Japanese cuisine (Level C)
· A Short Plane Trip (Kids B)
· Frugality is key to cutting food waste, Hong Kong restaurateur says (News)
· 2011 to Be Best Year Ever (Level C)
· China Protects its Language from English (Level C)
· Spontaneous or Planner: Verbs with -ing (Level B)
December, 2010
· For Japan, 2010 was a year to forget (News)
· Birthdays: Future Perfect Tense (Level B)
· Past Simple or Present Perfect (Level A)
· Something's Biting Him (Kids B)
· "A, An, The": Definite and Indefinite Articles (Level A)
· Sample Graphs (Level C)
· Facebook Creator is Time Person of the Year (Level C)
· New Year's Party: Simple Present Tense (Level B)
· Christmas getaway misery as snow hits Europe (Level B)
· Describing Trends in Graphs (Home)
· Easily Confused Words (Level A)
· Dream Job: Second Conditional (Level B)
· Happiness: Simple Present Tense (Level B)
· Describing Graphs (Level C)
· The Birthday Party (Kids A)
· Singapore discounts WikiLeaks slips (Level C)
· Society Needs Competition? (Level C)
· Just Click to Socialize with Your Friends (Level C)
· Top Store Fires Santa for Telling a Joke (Level B)
· Writing Letters: Gerunds and Infinitives (Level B)
· The Police Dog and How Cats Drink (Level B)
· Presentations Challenge and Tips (Level C)
· How to Improve your English via the Internet (Level B)
· Gum-chewing and the World's Smartest Students (Level C)
· For & Since for Time (Level A)
· Circus Clowns (Kids A)
· Brushing and Flossing (Kids B)
· Talking Business: Presentations (Level C)
· Animal Rights: Are They Important? (Level C)
· Curing Cancer: Used to Do vs Be Used to (Level B)
· Love robots will end loneliness (Level B)
· Tag Questions (Level A)
· Internet Safety for Children (Level B)
· Deaf People Can Rewire Their Brains (Level C)
· Asia-Pacific most prone to natural disasters but unprepared—UN report (Level C)
November, 2010
· U.K. Students in University Fees Protest (Level C)
· Bananas Ripen Better With Mozart (Level C)
· Ridding the Oceans Plastic (Level C)
· Space Exploration: Second Conditional (Level B)
· Snow Days: Present Perfect Tense (Level B)
· Asking Direct and Indirect Questions (Level A)
· Students stage rally to protest time-consuming job-search 'farce' (Level C)
· Digital Newspapers on Their Way (Level C)
· Expressing Quantity (Level A)
· 200-Year-Old Deep-Sea Champagne Found (Level B)
· Celebrity Sightings: Second Conditional (Level B)
· Tweetups: Adverbs (Level B)
· Holiday Travel (OTHERS)
· Relaxation Techniques (Level B)
· Common misconceptions about the opposite sex in Japan (Level C)
· Possessive Nouns and Pronouns (Level A)
· Practice Different Tenses (Level A)
· Do or Make (Level A)
· The Cold Winter (Kids A)
· Energy Drinks and Airport Scanners (Level C)
· Health Care: Zero Conditional (Level B)
· German-French Protests Over Nuclear Waste (Level C)
· Compost: Verbs with "ing" (Level B)
· We Spend Half Our Time Daydreaming (Level C)
· Global study finds China and Middle East leading digital age (Level C)
· Heavy Texting – a New Social Problem (Level C)
· Barack Obama Writes Children’s Book (Level B)
· Mobile phones help lift poor out of poverty: U.N. study (Level C)
· FANBOYS: The Coordinating Conjunctions (Level A)
· Chores: Gerunds and Infinitives (Level B)
· Norway world's best place to live; Japan 11th: U.N. (Level C)
· Cure for Common Cold Close (Level C)
· Study: Tuna black market worth billions of dollars (Level C)
· Vaccinations: Zero Conditional (Level B)
· Staycation: Phrasal Verbs (Level B)
· Prepositions and Polite Offers (Level A)
· One-Way Ticket to Mars Mission (Level B)
· Alcohol More Harmful Than Heroin (Level C)
· Diplomatic Rows with China and Russia (Level C)
· Are texting and Facebook worse for teens than TV? (Level C)
· What’s the real cost of quitting? (Level C)
October, 2010
· Scammers: Zero Conditional (Level B)
· Present Simple and Progressive Tenses (Level A)
· Simple Future: "will" vs. "going to" (Level A)
· 5 Billionaire Habits That Can Make You Richer (Level C)
· Hugging: Conditionals with "Unless" (Level B)
· Pluto Chases Kid (Kids B)
· Halloween Songs: Adjectives (Level B)
· WikiLeaks Releases Flood of Iraq War Files (Level C)
· "Going to" for Future Plans (Level A)
· A Funny Story (Kids A)
· 7 Millionaire Myths (Level C)
· Merkel - Multiculturalism “Failed” in Germany (Level C)
· Japan entering the age of living alone (Level C)
· Math Reinforcing: Finding Percentage Parts (OTHERS)
· World History: Five Epochs of Civilization (OTHERS)
· Science Reinforcing: Photosynthesis (OTHERS)
· Eating Out: Simple Present Tense (Level B)
· Weird Pets: Past Progressive Tense (Level B)
· All 33 Chilean Miners Rescued (Level C)
· 90% of groping victims do not report it to police: survey (Level C)
· Present Simple Adverbs of Frequency (Level A)
· Phobias: Count and Noncount Nouns (Level B)
· Travel: Booking a Room (OTHERS)
· UN Will Halve Poverty By 2015 (Level B)
· Over 60 percent of Afghans suffer mental health problems (Level C)
· Home Decorating: Simple Past Tense (Level B)
· World faces era of 'near permanent' global refugees—UNHCR (Level C)
· Kids and Computers (Level C)
· Saying Goodbye: Gerunds vs. Infinitives (Level B)
· Japan can be a leader in accomplishing Millennium Development Goals (News)
· Cash or Card?: Past Perfect Progressive (Level B)
· Dinner Parties: First Conditional (Level B)
· Train Travel: Used to Do vs Be Used to (OTHERS)
· Fall: Comparatives and Superlatives (Level B)
· British Actress Attacks English Slang (Level C)
· To Have, To Want, To Need (Level A)
· Let’s Speak English (Level B)
· Justice panel hears out experts on death penalty (Level C)
· Extinction and Lack of Electricity (Level C)
September, 2010
· Giving to Charity: Second Conditional Progressive (Level B)
· Weak Economy Hits Kids’ Pocket Money (Level C)
· Mobile Phones and Texting (Level C)
· Cooking: Modal Verbs (Level B)
· Want to be a success? Celebrate (Level C)
· Taxis: Count and Noncount Nouns (Level B)
· English Speaking Nations Most Overweight (Level C)
· Disciplining Kids: Verbs with -ing (Level B)
· Uses of "To Get" (Level A)
· John Lennon’s Killer Says Why He Did It (Level C)
· When retirement takes you by surprise (Level C)
· Plastic Surgery (Level B)
· Saving Money (Level B)
· It's good to think - but not too much, scientists say (Level C)
· Laundry Day: Regular & Irregular Verbs (Level A)
· Kids Need Lessons on Alcohol Emergencies (Level C)
· Fly Away (Level A)
· It Looks Like Rain (Kids B)
· Young US women learn, earn more than men—study (Level C)
· Baby Found in Airplane Trash (Level B)
· Money can buy you happiness, up to $75K (Level C)
· Keeping Up with New Music (Level B)
· Suicide, depression toll on economy ¥2.7 trillion (Level C)
· Taking Risks (Level B)
· China rejects Japan probe of ship incident (News)
· Firm Handshake Means Longer Life (Level C)
· Strikes Over Pensions Cause Chaos in France (Level C)
· Swimming Pool (Level B)
· Renting vs. Owning (Level B)
· Get Him to the Greek (Level B)
· U.N. Calls Emergency Food Prices Meeting (Level C)
· Companies struggle to deal with workers' Twitter addiction (Level C)
· Hearing in Young People Worsening (Level B)
· Cuddles Bring Miracle Baby Back to Life (Level B)
· Race is on: Ozawa to challenge Kan (Level C)
August, 2010
· Natural English Exercises (Level B)
· Tightrope Walker Breaks World Record (Level C)
· On an Airplane (OTHERS)
· Heal Yourself (Level B)
· Asian Youth Forgetting How to Write (Level C)
· How to Be Comfortable on a Long Airplane Trip (OTHERS)
· It's the Only Earth We've Got (Level A)
· Ten-day Chinese Traffic Jam (Level B)
· Lawmaker Noda becomes pregnant at 49 after fertility treatment (Level C)
· Showing Places of Interest (OTHERS)
· A New Pet Store (Kids A)
· Driver Gets Million-Dollar Speeding Fine (Level B)
· Social Expressions (Level B)
· China overtakes Japan as world's second biggest economy (Level C)
· Dialogues for Small Talk and Introductions (Level B)
· Time for a Nap (Level A)
· France Continues to Deport Roma (Level C)
· The Big Wedding (Level B)
· Making Complaints--in English! (Level B)
· A Healthy Heart (Level B)
· Causative Verbs (Level B)
· Tailoring Your Investment Plan (OTHERS)
· A Big Lottery Winner (Level B)
· Cloning Pets (Level B)
· Homeless Man in Credit Card Honesty (Level C)
· UN Appeals for More Pakistan Aid (Level C)
· Talk Radio (Level A)
· Japanese companies get serious about globalization for survival (Level C)
· Vacation at Home (Level B)
· His Stomach Is Growling (Level B)
· N Koreans demand compensation from Japan for colonial rule (Level C)
· Sleep In or Get Up? (Level B)
· Using RISE, RAISE and LET, LEAVE (Level B)
· Europeans Must Now Pay to Visit USA (Level C)
· Take a Bite (Level B)
· Ballet, cooking, other classes no longer solely the domain of women (Level C)
· Blind and Kind (Level B)
· Criminals, spies swamp cyber world—experts (Level C)
· 40 US billionaires pledge half of wealth to charity (Level C)
· Japanese dietary tips to prevent summer lethargy (Level C)
· Gov't moves to determine situation of elderly people (News)
· The Big One (Level B)
· Fill Out the Form (Level A)
· The World Map (Kids B)
· A Pizza (Kids B)
· Work up an Appetite (Level A)
· A Thoughtful Gift (Level B)
· Using SIT or SET and LIE or LAY (Level B)
· Moving Back Home (Level B)
· Magic number for sleep is 7 hours, study finds (Level C)
· Europe's Population Now Half a Billion (Level C)
· Coming to the Rescue (Level B)
· Moonlighting salarymen must anticipate pitfalls (Level C)
July, 2010
· Nutrition “Facts” (Level B)
· Learning English (Level B)
· Social withdrawal often triggered by work: gov't study (Level C)
· Make a Sandwich (Kids B)
· Summer Holidays Stress Workers Out (Level C)
· Make a Splash in the World's Largest Swimming Pool (OTHERS)
· Using Get/Got/Gotten (Level A)
· His Red Bike (Kids B)
· Lawyers involved in capital cases call for death penalty abolition (News)
· Enjoy the Movie (Level B)
· Bad News, Good News (Level B)
· Over-used Words: DO and GET (Level B)
· High Heels Shorten Women's Leg Muscles (Level C)
· Two Polite People (Level A)
· My Laptop Is So Slow (Level A)
· Housecleaning Day (Level A)
· How about a Pizza? (Level A)
· Depression Makes Everything Grey (Level B)
· School Starts (Kids B)
· The Eiken Practice Test (OTHERS)
· Larry King to Quit His CNN Show (Level C)
· The Street is Burning (Level B)
· Visit the Ocean (Kids B)
· The Swimming Pool (Kids A)
· All Eyes on Spain (OTHERS)
· Twitter a hit in Japan as millions 'mumble' online (Level C)
· Vaseline Promotes Whiter Skin in India (Level B)
· Japan PM points at suicides, vows to 'minimize unhappiness' (Level C)
· A Nice Place to Live (Level A)
· The Chicken Came Before the Egg (Level B)
· Debate swirls over best abbreviation for McDonald's (Level B)
· More people growing vegetables for food safety, healing purposes (Level C)
· A Good Lunch (Level A)
· Subway in the Sky in New York (Level B)
· Airplane Food Cooked in Dirty Kitchens (Level B)
· English is everywhere in Japan (Level C)
· Japanese couples say "I do" -- in divorce ceremonies (Level C)
· Russian Spy Wants to Stay in USA (Level C)
· What’s on TV? (Level A)
· Practice with Idioms (Level B)
· Children learn about the world of work (Level C)
· A Taste of Italy (OTHERS)
· Bathtub Blues (Level B)
· Eat Your Vegetables (Level B)
· Jimmy Fixes His Door (Level B)
· Run-on Sentences (Level B)
June, 2010
· UN Says World Shifting to Synthetic Drugs (Level C)
· Are You Sleepy? (Level A)
· Calls for Technology in Soccer After Referee Errors (Level C)
· Some Pronunciation Rules for English Words (Level B)
· Kan, Obama meet for first time (News)
· Books Don’t Grow on Trees (Level B)
· Drinking Wine Can Rot Your Teeth (Level B)
· Coffee Doesn’t Wake You Up (Level B)
· Parties focus on economy, taxes (News)
· Gear to create 3-D content starts to heat up (News)
· Tattoos make a statement (Level C)
· Changing Meaning through Word Stress (Level C)
· Japanese People Have Sushi Stomachs (Level B)
· Common English Idioms Test (Level B)
· Stress: Key to English Pronunciation (Home)
· Abu Dhabi: Chic Middle East (OTHERS)
· Trees Are a Threat (Level B)
· Beautiful Teacher Smiles, then Walks Away (Level B)
· When I Retire, We Will See the World (Home)
· Walking the Dog (Home)
· The Park That Went to the Dogs (Level B)
· Pet lovers grieve over poor funerals (Home)
· President Obama Worth $7 Million (Home)
· What's So Funny? (Home)
· Tourism revs up for China boom (News)
· The Lonely Planet (OTHERS)
· Better To Be Unlucky (Level B)
· Men Hurt More in Rocky Relationships (Home)
· U.S. Mothers Older and Better Educated (Home)
· Holdout singles stalling birthrate (Home)
· “Generation Me” Students More Selfish (Home)
· The Way to a Man’s Heart (Home)
· Let’s Go to Vegas! (Level B)
· Is It Raining? (Home)
· Going to the Beach (Home)
· Internet Addiction – A Growing Problem (Home)
· Japan No. 3 most-peaceful nation; Iraq worst (News)
· The Baby Bear (Kids A)
· Getting Older But Not Sitting Around (Level B)
· Parental leave still finds dads in huge minority (Home)
· Uses of "Like" (Level A)
· Honk if You're in a Hurry (Home)
· World Cup Insured for $9 Billion (Home)
· Where Did That Book Go? (Home)
· Provincial areas experiencing doctor shortages (News)
· People Fear Personality Transplants (Home)
· Teacher on Trial for Attacking Student (Home)
· Tough times confront Japan's new prime minister (Home)
· Frequently Asked Grammar Questions (Home)
· Aussies to take Japan to ICJ over whaling (Home)
· There Goes the Neighborhood! (Home)
· Shapes and Colors (Kids A)
· Add Numbers (Kids B)
· The Farm (Kids B)
· Larry Needs a New Air-Conditioner (Home)
· South Africa: Home of the World Cup 2010 (OTHERS)
· Happy and Unhappy Renters (Home)
· A Missing Cat (Home)
May, 2010
· Let’s Go Fishing (Home)
· English is Confusing (Home)
· 40-A-Day Smoking Baby Shocks Indonesia (Home)
· Sentence Connectors (Level A)
· Fun With Words: Often Mispronounced Words and Phrases (Home)
· Environmentalists Worry About Synthetic Life (Level B)
· 13-Year-Old Climbs Everest (Level B)
· Travel Visa (Home)
· Dads Get Post-Natal Depression Too (Level B)
· Monaco: Las Vegas of Europe (OTHERS)
· Grads landing jobs near all-time low (News)
· Women shake up male-dominated restaurants (News)
· U.K. Says Goodbye to 500-Euro Notes (Home)
· Vowels and Consonants (Kids A)
· Nervous Flyer (Home)
· Saudis learn from Japan to combine tradition and modernization (News)
· Japanese — a language of tall tales (Home)
· Lost Bags (Home)
· Loss of Nature Will Damage Economies (Home)
· Lack of sleep linked to early death: study (Home)
· Baboons a 2010 Soccer World Cup Problem (Home)
· A Business Meeting (OTHERS)
· More Filipino nurses set to arrive (News)
· Calls for Americans to Use Less Salt (Home)
· The 10 Small Business Ideas For 2010 (OTHERS)
· Finance officials come up with work-habit ideas (Home)
· China seeks to match Japanese quality (News)
· House Chores (Level A)
· For Sale (Home)
April, 2010
· A Friendly Conversation (Home)
· Aging not good for happiness as pension anxiety grows (Home)
· Why do English teachers have to be native speakers? (Home)
· Hawaii Hit by Great Plastic Garbage Patch (Home)
· Youths driving demand for mobile phone videos (Home)
· How to Create a Marketing Plan (Home)
· Dog Dyed to Resemble Elvis Wins Contest (Home)
· In the Doghouse (Home)
· Teens explore abuse on the dating scene (Home)
· British Man To Live With Venomous Snakes (Home)
· US Cities (Home)
· Shopping — a bitty of the kitty in all of us (Home)
· Babysitting (Home)
· English Grammar: Parts of Speech (Home)
· English Grammar (Home)
· Countries Vote on Sale of Ivory (Home)
· Internet Access Is A Human Right (Home)
· Future Looking Rosy for Luxury Goods Makers (Home)
· In a Rush (Home)
· Door-to-door Sales (Home)
· The secrets behind Japanese beauty (Home)
· Broadcasters pinning hopes on online radio (Home)
· Egypt Calls for Return of Ancient Treasures (Home)
· Life Story (Home)
· California Strawberry Festival (OTHERS)
· Getting a leg up on health care (Home)
· Murder Heightens Racial Tensions in S. Africa (Home)
· Migrant children struggle in public schools (Home)
· Why China kills a chicken to scare monkeys (Home)
· Japan urged to mediate U.S.-China yuan row (News)
· No fast-track education in Japan (Home)
· Japan-EU Summit a chance to chart new decade of change (Home)
· Chocolate Is Good For Your Heart (Home)
March, 2010
· Dinner Party (Home)
· Targeting top bankers' pay won't bridge inequalities (Home)
· Australia’s Curry Protest Against Racism (Home)
· Making Your Own Business Plan (Home)
· Dog-Washer Cleans Pets and Saves Cash (Home)
· Record fiscal '10 budget enacted (Home)
· Google Ends Censorship On Its China Site (Home)
· Table Service (Home)
· Populous China heads toward labor shortage (News)
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February, 2010
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· Corporate fine raised for illegal waste-dumping (News)
· 10% of university students don't get money from folks (News)
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· Arms deal chills U.S.-China ties (Home)
· Tempers Over Super Bowl Abortion Ad (Home)
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· Despite recalls, Toyota expects return to profit (News)
· Hope for Haiti Event Raises Millions (Home)
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January, 2010
· 'Fathering school' opens to give men lessons in raising children (Home)
· Rapper Fights Yemen Terror with Hip-Hop (Home)
· Suicides top 30,000 for 12th year (Home)
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· Universities must look abroad to reverse Japan's brain drain (Home)
· Experts say Japan must change how it is handling low birthrate (Home)
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December, 2009
· The Dubai shock: What to learn from our previous bubbles (News)
· Males fancy being veggie, fruit 'sommeliers' (Home)
· Autism in U.S. Children on the Rise (Home)
· More seek, fewer win status as refugees (Home)
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· ¥7.2 trillion stimulus plan is unveiled (Home)
· Cabinet OKs move to pursue World Cup (Home)
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· Battle for JAL heats up as bids top $1 billion (News)
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· 'One-Stop Service' for jobless starts (News)
November, 2009
· Man Trapped in 23-year Coma Feels Reborn (Home)
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· Apology for the ‘Forgotten Australians’ (Home)
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· President eyes future visit to Hiroshima, Nagasaki (News)
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October, 2009
· JAL downfall not just its own doing (Home)
· U.S. concerned by Japan's changes in foreign policy (News)
· Cultural Differences of Dating and Relationships (Home)
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· Activities in your Country (Kids A)
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· The Brits on Holiday (Home)
· Arctic Ice May Disappear in a Decade (Home)
· English instructors hired illegally: union (News)
· China too reliant on exports, fixed-asset investments: expert (Home)
· Helping Afghanistan easier said than done (Home)
· Tourist Industry: Accomodations (Home)
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· Japan hit over child porn (News)
· Norway is best place to live, China moves up: UN (Home)
· Swiss banks promise less secrecy (Home)
· Toyota to recall 3.8 million cars in U.S. (News)
· Scientists Say Water is on the Moon (Home)
September, 2009
· System to evaluate public projects planned (News)
· Media Show War Dead After 18-Year Ban (Home)
· Rent-A-Friend Agencies Growing in Japan (Home)
· Bank Error Makes Customers Millionaires (Home)
· Alcoholism – Russia’s "National Disaster" (Home)
· Australia May Need Extra Seasons (Home)
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