徹底トレーニング英会話2008年07月05日(土)
一歩ずつ前進していきましょう。
Keep moving ahead step by step.
【Let's Listen and Fill in the Blanks!】
△Have you heard from Frank it at all?
===> Have you heard from Frank at all?
○Not since he left for Germany.
===> Not since he left for Germany.
○I hope He's doing all right.
===> I hope He's doing all right.
○No news is good news, I suppose.
===> No news is good news, I suppose.
「Not since ～」は「I have not heard from him since ～」
【Let's Listen and Write!】
△There's no secret message for losing weight.
===> There's no secret method for losing weight.
○It's just plain old common sense.
===> It's just plain old common sense.
○You have to exercise more and eat less.
===> You have to exercise more and eat less.
○I'll be walking to the grosery store today.
===> I'll be walking to the grosery store today.
○I usually go by bicycle.
===> I usually go by bicycle.
△But I just saw the bike has flat tire.
===> But I just saw that my bike has a flat tire.
「have a flat tire」でパンクするという表現、実際に使うのは難しいですね。
日本人的感覚だと、「a tire is flat」って言いますかね。
【Let's Listen and Answer!】
○I was listening to really exciting baseball game in the park the other day.
===> I was listening to really exciting baseball game in the park the other day.
△My team would advanced the championship at they won, so it was really important to me.
===> My team would advance to the championship if they won, so it was really important to me.
△It was a tie game, and my team slugger went to bat.
===> It was a tie game, and my team's slugger went to bat.
○The announcer said "It's a hit!"
===> The announcer said "It's a hit!"
△And then my radio badly went dead.
===> And then my radio batteries went dead.
△I ran around franticly to looking for a convenience store to buy some.
===> I ran around frantically looking for a convenience store to buy some.
frantically 必死になって
「I ran around franticly to looking for a convenience store to buy some.」のところで、何かを買いに行ったんだけど、その前の文を見ても「And then my radio badly went dead.」なわけで、ラジオを買いに行ったのかな？と不思議でした。「badly」じゃなくて「battery」だったんですね。
○But the game was over by the time I found one.
===> But the game was over by the time I found one.
○We won, by the way.
===> We won, by the way.
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