徹底トレーニング英会話2008年07月17日(木)
努力しなければ成功しないのです。
Success doesn't come without effort.
【Let's Listen and Write More!】
(1) 鍵が鍵穴に入ったまま、どうしても抜けなかった。
○The key got stuck in the keyhole and wouldn't come out.
===> The key got stuck in the keyhole and wouldn't come out.
(2) よく注意してみれば、その方向に火星がかろうじて見える。
△If you look very carefully, you can just barely see Mars at the direction.
===> If you look very carefully, you can just barely see Mars up in that direction.
「up in that direction」は、英作問題だと絶対間違いそうです。
「~の方向に」の場合、「in」を使うのは覚えるとして、「up」を挿入しようという気にならないですね。
(3) 昼食を食べてる暇はないから、なしですまさないと。
○There's no time for lunch, so I'll just have to do without.
===> There's no time for lunch, so I'll just have to do without.
【Let's Read Out Loud!】
△They turned on thier cellphone screens then used them like flashlights.
===> They turned on thier cellphone screens and used them like flashlights.
○It gave them just enough light to evacuate safely.
===> It gave them just enough light to evacuate safely.
○My cellphone is in my suitcase.
===> My cellphone is in my suitcase.
○I think the batteries still have some juice.
===> I think the batteries still have some juice.
○This must be the toothpaste.
===> This must be the toothpaste.
△On the squeeze a little around the brush, and ...
===> I'll just squeeze a little out on the brush, and ...
○Hmm, I've never tasted toothpaste like this before.
===> Hmm, I've never tasted toothpaste like this before.
△I can just barely make up the label ... "Sunny Smiles."
===> I can just barely make out the label ... "Sunny Smiles."
○Oops! I knocked some bags off the counter.
===> Oops! I knocked some bags off the counter.
○Everything spilled out on the floor.
===> Everything spilled out on the floor.
○I couldn't help it.
===> I couldn't help it.
△The stuff with teetering on the edge of the counter.
===> The stuff was teetering on the edge of the counter.
同じようなミスを繰り返しています。前置詞は特に注意しましょう。

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