Past Hokudai/Cast Entries

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Hokudai/Cast 281: First Lines


The first lines of novels. Why? Sometimes they show up in other places, like movies or TV shows. It is always nice to recognize words or phrases that come from famous novels while watching TV or movies. Right?

Dystopia and Utopia are two of the three words in Word/Play today. The other, related to dystopia, is apocalyptic. Dystopia and apocalyptic mean a terrible place, a violent future, a terribly & violent place. Utopia is the opposite; it means a good place.

 

Music is

Sayonara by NorickH from gbuc.net

My Original by Chet Lam from last.fm


Check out this episode!

About Hokudai/Cast and 北陸大学

My Photo
EnglishBob
Mirai Sozo is the School of Future Learning at Hokuriku University. The primary focus is on language (English and Chinese) and management (hospital administration, sports, and business).
View my complete profile