2008年8月 6日

徹底トレーニング英会話2008年08月06日(水)

一生懸命頑張れば成功するのです。
Hard work leads to success.

【今日のスキット】
Liz:
○I'm sure that blue dress is somewhere.
===> I'm sure that blue dress is somewhere.
△And I think we would be just the right thing to wear to Kevin abd Sharon's wedding.
It's just that ...
===> And I think it would be just the right thing to wear to Kevin abd Sharon's wedding.
It's just that ...

Mike:
○So go get it and put it on. Let's have a look.
===> So go get it and put it on. Let's have a look.

Liz:
○It's just that that was almost eight years ago.
===> It's just that that was almost eight years ago.
△It's been sitting in nearly all that time ...
===> It's been sitting in the attic all that time ...

attic 屋根裏部屋
「in the attic」は「インニアリッ」って聞こえます。慣れが必要です。

Mike:
×Well, ****** *** ***** **** ***** ** ** they haven't.
===> Well, either the moths have eaten it or they haven't.
△What are you so hasn't about?
===> What are you so hesitant about?

moth 衣類につく虫
hesitant ためらって

Liz:
△I don't know if I can store fill into it.
===> I don't know if I can still fit into it.
○That wedding reception was many years ago, and quite a few pounds ago, too, I'm afraid.
===> That wedding reception was many years ago, and quite a few pounds ago, too, I'm afraid.

Mike:
△There's only one way to find out. I'll go look for it in areck.
===> There's only one way to find out. I'll go look for it in the attic.

「go + 動詞の原形」が2回出てきましたが、「go to look」「go to get」としてとらえるといいでしょうか。

【Let's Listen and Write!】
(1) 座って一緒におしゃべりしない?
○Why don't you sit down and have a chat with me.
===> Why don't you sit down and have a chat with me.

(2) 今すぐ家に帰ってお風呂に入れたらな。
○I wish I could go back home right now and have a bath.
===> I wish I could go back home right now and have a bath.

(3) 悪い夢を見て、汗びっしょりになって目が覚めた。
△I had a bad dream and work a bad in sweft.
===> I had a bad dream and woke up bathes in sweat.

bathe 風呂に入る、水に浸す、濡らす

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