2008年8月18日

徹底トレーニング英会話2008年08月18日(月)

夢を実現するために毎日練習しましょう。
Practice every day to make your dream come true.

【今日のスキット】
Mike:
○Well, Liz, the weddomg is just a few days away. Here's the scale.
===> Well, Liz, the weddomg is just a few days away. Here's the scale.
○Step on. It's time for your weekly weigh-in.
===> Step on. It's time for your weekly weigh-in.

Liz:
○OK. Here we go ... Look! I've done it. I've reached my goal.
===> OK. Here we go ... Look! I've done it. I've reached my goal.
○Now I'll be able to fit into yhe blue dress.
===> Now I'll be able to fit into yhe blue dress.

Mike:
△Great. A number, though, the wedding is still a few days away, so be sure not to lose youe self-control and go off your diet.
===> Great. Remember, though, the wedding is still a few days away, so be sure not to lose youe self-control and go off your diet.

Liz:
△I know. That's what's always happen to me in the past.
===> I know. That's what's always happened to me in the past.
△But this time I have a lot of confidense I'll be able to stay annet.
===> But this time I have a lot of confidence that I'll be able to stay on it.

confidence 自信、信頼
「stay on it」に進行中を意味する「on」が使われていますね。

Mike:
△You know, I've been in more sensively to, these past few weeks.
===> You know, I've been eating more sensibly, too, these past few weeks.
○Let me step on that scale.
===> Let me step on that scale.

sensibly 分別をもって、賢明に

Liz:
△Hmm, it looks like you've got a long way to go if you're going to slim down its muches as I have.
===> Hmm, it looks like you've got a long way to go if you're going to slim down as much as I have.

【Let's Listen and Write!】
(1) 君の誕生日はまだ1か月ほど先だよね。
○Your birthday is still about a month away, isn't it?
===> Your birthday is still about a month away, isn't it?

(2) クリスマスまで3日しかないのに、まだ彼のプレゼントを買ってないの。
○With Christmas only three days away, I haven't bought his present yet.
===> With Christmas only three days away, I haven't bought his present yet.

先週に引き続き、真夏に冬の話題です。気持ちだけ涼しくなるかもしれませんね。

(3) その新しいオフィスは電車で約1時間のところにある。
○The new office is about an hour away by train.
===> The new office is about an hour away by train.

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