遠山顕の英会話入門 秋号 Dialog 13
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Challenge!
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(3-25)
K: Are you ready, Jeff, five times in one breath?
J: It's kind of like what happened to the "T"?
K: Drop it.
J: Drop it. OK. All right. Let's try.
J: Yeah, a little bit.
J: All right.
All: Good job!
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Answer the Question!
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(3-26)
ダイアログが終わったところから
K: OK, back to the question.
J: Uh-huh.
K: Who won't give who the time of day?
J: Hmm... who, who?
Y: Is there an owl somewhere?
J: I don't think so.
Y: Not in the dialog.
K: Well...
All: What do you think, everybody?
K: So, what do you think, Julia? What's the answer going to be like?
Y: Umm... let's see. Um... Raven won't give Cardinal the time of day.
J: You did great.
Y: Great! Very good.
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Write It!
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(3-27)
◆ カーディナルはオオガラスをからかって、……だと言います。
Y: OK. It goes Cardinal gives Raven a hard time. And tells him 何々.
J: They always do.
Y: Of course. I have faith in them.
(have faith in 信じ切る、信じ込む、信頼する)
J: Way to go!
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Sign Off
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(3-28)
Y: Uh-huh. This time, It's a conversation between sparrow and Raven.
S: Raven, have you seen Cardinal lately?
R: Cardinal? I won't f give him the time of day, Sparrow.
S: What happened?
R: Well, I was singing one morning and Cardinal told me I can't carry a tune.
S: That's not nice.
R: I know. So I decided to give him a hard time.
S: What did you say?
C: I told him, "You are a dull singer and that's a cardinal sin."
S: Ah! Splendid!!
(dull 鈍い、動作がのろい、鈍感な、頭の回転が遅い)
(cardinal sin 大きな罪)
J: I think that's kind of cute.
Y: Me too.