遠山顕の英会話入門 2023年春号 Dialog 5
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Challenge!
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(1-39)
K: Thanks for waiting for your patience, Carolyn. It's your turn this time.
C: What? That's not very nice.
K: I think it's really nice for us to hear you do this.
J: Yeah, I think it's good. We take turns once in a while.
K: So, uh... are you ready for five times in one breath?
C: I am, indeed.
K: All right. Let's hear it.
J: Yeah!
C: Was that very nice?
K: Yeah, that was really nice.
All: Very nice.
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Write It!
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(1-40)
◆ 「元気の出る」という形容詞は？
C: Oh, that should sound familiar, because I think we came across it in Dialog 4.
K: OK.
C: And it will be "uplifting."
◆ 送ります
C: How about ... could we use "give"?
K: So, what it's going to be?
C: So, the whole thing will be "gives him some uplifting comments."
◆ ～することにします
J: Uh-huh. "... is going to 何々" is a good pattern to remember. So, the whole thing would be "the bever is going to reset his mind and start a fresh.
J: They always do.
K: Oh, yeah.
C: Yes.
K: Okay.
J: Wonderful!
C: Great work.
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Before We Move On!
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★ sensitive と delicate は同じように使えるのでしょうか？
K: I am a little delicate about my work.
J: No, we don't really... that doesn't work in English.
C: It sounds a little strange to my ears.
J: Yeah, we don't use "delicate."
J: "Delicate" kind of means something else.
K: Okay.
J: It means something that's very uh... fragile or breakable. You don't break feelings. I think.
C: Yeah, like… you could have a delicate situation.
K: delicate skin というのもありますね。こうなってくると sensitive skin と似てるかもしれません。
C: Oh, yeah, yes.
J: You can use both in that sense.
K: If you are sensitive about your work, or if you are sensitive about some people or whatever, then you are kind of easily hurt.
C: I guess so. Yeah. Your feelings get upset easily.
K: 例えば sensitive tooth なんているのもありますかね？
C: Sure, sure.
J: Yes. Uh-huh.
C: Yeah, weather ... when something specific touches that tooth, like something cold. It's ... we say “your tooth is sensitive to cold.”
K: delicate tooth というのは、easy to break という感じですかね？
C: Yeah, that's my image. It's ... my tooth is delicate.
J: Yeah, that's not a good situation at all.
