一期一会で一喜一憂

空き時間を活用しましょう。
Put your spare time to practice use.

【今日のスキット】
Liz:
○Here's to the newlyweds!
===> Here's to the newlyweds!

newlyweds　新婚夫婦

Mike:
○Long life and happiness to you both. Cheers!
===> Long life and happiness to you both. Cheers!

Sharon:
○Thanks guys. Liz, you look fabulous.
===> Thanks guys. Liz, you look fabulous.
○You seem somehow younger. Or maybe that dress makes you look taller.
===> You seem somehow younger. Or maybe that dress makes you look taller.

fabulous　とてもすばらしい
昔、ファビラスラフインって馬がいまして、お父さんがFabulous Dancerなわけで、スペルを知っていました。

Kevin:
○No, I think she's lost weight.
===> No, I think she's lost weight.

Liz:
○Yes, I have shed a few pounds -- thanks to you as a matter of fact.
===> Yes, I have shed a few pounds -- thanks to you as a matter of fact.

Sharon:
○Thanks to us? How's that?
===> Thanks to us? How's that?

Liz:
△I've been on a diet for tha past month so that I could fit into the old dress of mine.
===> I've been on a diet for tha past month so that I could fit into this old dress of mine.
○It was a great incentive.
===> It was a great incentive.

Kevin:
△Great we could be of service. You've sertainly succeeded.
===> Glad we could be of service. You've sertainly succeeded.

【Let's Listen and Write!】
(1) 横になって休んで風邪を治すために1日休みを取った。
△I took the day off so that I could rest in get off my cold.
===> I took the day off so that I could rest and get over my cold.

(2) 僕たちの約束を忘れないためにメモを書いておけよ。
△Write and note so that you won't forget our appointment.
===> Write a note so that you won't forget our appointment.

(3) ここでは日本人の口に合わせてタイ料理を作っている。
○They cook tha Thai food here so that Japanese people will like it.
===> They cook tha Thai food here so that Japanese people will like it.

今日、外国人3人と日本人1人という一行を発見したので、「生の英語が聞けるチャンス！」と思ってそばに行ったんです。(英語が母国語の人かどうかはわからないですけどね。)そしたら、みんな日本語でしゃべってました。うーん、なんだかな～。