昨日の「ラジオ英会話」の勉強内容です。
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12月のテーマは副詞・限定詞
👉12月は、副詞・限定詞について勉強をしています。
Lesson 174 限定詞④:共有のイメージの the
👉 the のイメージ▶︎「ひとつに決まる」- 誰もがもつ共有のイメージにもつながる
Opening で
Roza
▶︎ Hey, everyone. This is Akino Roza.
Chris
▶︎ Hi, guys. Let’s enjoy today’s practice. Chris McVay here.
Dialogue で
① I think I made one mistake though.
👉ここでは、though。though が文の一番最後に付けられています。
「〜だけれどもね」こうした使い方、しっかりできるようになってくださいね。
② I didn’t notice.
👉さあ、ここでは notice という動詞が出て来ましたね。
これは、sense「感じる」に近い内容を持っている動詞です。
何か自分の感覚の中にふっと入って来て、”あっ” と気づく、それが
notice の感覚ですね。
③ Oh, no wonder you’re so good.
👉さあ、この no wonder という表現ですね、「なるほど〜なわけだ」という
日本語がピッタリくる表現ですけれども、基本 wonder は大きなクエスチョンマーク
ですね。クエスチョンマークが全然ない、ということを no wonder が指している
わけです。従って、「なるほど〜なわけね」という日本語が合うわけですね。
④ I can play the air guitar. – air guitar について
👉 Chris, could you explain this phrase to the audience?
Chris
▶︎ Air guitar is when you pretend to be playing a heavy metal electric guitar.
And then you make wild gestures while imagining the squeaking sounds of
a real rock guitar.
Roza
▶︎ But you don’t have a guitar, right?
Chris
▶︎That’s right. You’re just imagining, you’re pretending.
Practice
Chris
▶︎ OK, guys. Are you ready to practice?
This will be our final practice of the word “the.”
And this time we’re focusing on the way to describe a common image of
something rather than the actual thing.
OK. Let’s try together.
Roza
▶︎ And the thing to keep in mind is to think in English.
Chris
▶︎ OK. Here we go!
・You play the violin like a pro.
So we’re not looking at a particular, specific violin, just the instruments,
the common image of the violin. So we’ll try that once more.
・You play the violin like a pro.
・I often listen to the radio.
・Please call the police.
Roza
▶︎ Let’s do one more example.
Here too we’re talking about the general version of the words
we use “the” in front of. OK. Let’s go!
・The poor are getting poorer, the rich are getting richer.
You see there? Let’s try one more time.
・The poor are getting poorer, the rich are getting richer.
Chris
▶︎ OK. The final group.
・the giant panda
・The car is the most convenient way of transportation.
So again we’re not speaking about my car, we’re talking about the image
of the car. Let’s try that once more.
・The car is the most convenient way of transportation.
And the final one which is my favorite.
・The British gentleman is a dying bleed.
Once more.
・The British gentleman is a dying bleed.
Roza
▶︎ That was excellent.
Chris
▶︎ That was wonderful.
Well done, guys.
Ending
Onishi
▶︎ Hey, guys. Is the British gentleman extinct?
Chris
▶︎ Well, we can’s say it’s extinct, but it’s an endangered spices.
Roza
▶︎ Well, of course. We can’t say it’s extinct.
We have one right here, Chris.
Words and Phrases
① squeaking
👉きしむような、キーキーする音
② white rhino
👉シロサイ
③ extinct
👉死に絶えた・絶滅した
④ endangered spices
👉絶滅危惧種
これで、
Lesson 174 は終了!