岩村式トレーニングブック 表現力アップ編の状況報告です。
第４章まで終了しました。
毎週１章ずつやってますので４週続いているということに。
あと６週！
今日音読したものから一つご紹介すると、
奇想天外
This movie ends with a plot twist that you'll never expect.
この映画は奇想天外な話の展開で終わる。
英会話レッツスピーク 岩村式トレーニングブック ~表現力UP編 岩村 圭南
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4140394013/ref=nosim/?tag=englishbbss05-22
Travelisticというサイトは世界中の国に整理された観光地に
関するビデオが見れて面白いです。
http://www.travelistic.com/
http://archive.mag2.com/0000038545/20080621145028000.html
のshopdroppingの参考サイトで知りました。
第４章まで終了しました。
毎週１章ずつやってますので４週続いているということに。
あと６週！
今日音読したものから一つご紹介すると、
奇想天外
This movie ends with a plot twist that you'll never expect.
この映画は奇想天外な話の展開で終わる。
英会話レッツスピーク 岩村式トレーニングブック ~表現力UP編 岩村 圭南
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4140394013/ref=nosim/?tag=englishbbss05-22
Travelisticというサイトは世界中の国に整理された観光地に
関するビデオが見れて面白いです。
http://www.travelistic.com/
http://archive.mag2.com/0000038545/20080621145028000.html
のshopdroppingの参考サイトで知りました。
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Office Chitchat (3) 6/20 2008
松下さんの解説より
I got them to stop.
I stopped the car.
の違い。前者は苦労する感じがする。
I was most impressed. は
I was quite impressed. と同じ。
コウビルドでは
You use most to emphasize an adjective or adverb. [FORMAL]
ex) I believe he is most painfully anxious about Diana.
■意味を考えてみよう。今日取り上げる単語が含まれています。
The Japanese police officers were so kind and courteous.
They really go out of their way to make sure that
the streets are safe.
And I understand that they even lend money to people in need.
Police officers meet with community groups to pinpoint problems.
But would that be enough to continue bringing
the crime rate down in this country.
──────────────────────────────
courteous, [形] 親切な、丁寧な、礼儀正しい
──────────────────────────────
Someone who is courteous is polite and respectul to other
people.
ex) He was a kind and courteous man.
──────────────────────────────
go out of one's way to, ...するために力を尽くす、わざわざ...する
──────────────────────────────
If you go out of your way to do something, for example
to help someone, you make a special effort to do it.
ex) He was very kind to me and seemed to go out of his way
to help me.
──────────────────────────────
people in need, 困っている人たち
──────────────────────────────
People in need do not have enough of essential things
such as money, food, or good health.
ex) Remember that when both of you were in need, I was the one
who loaned you money.
──────────────────────────────
pinpoint problems, 問題を特定する
──────────────────────────────
If you pinpoint the cause of something, you discover or
explain the cause exactly.
ex) The commission pinpoints inadequate housing as a basic
problem threatening village life.
──────────────────────────────
bring the crime rate down, 犯罪率を低下させる
──────────────────────────────
To bring down the level of something means to reduce it.
ex) to bring population growth down further
──────────────────────────────
その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ★は重要表現
──────────────────────────────
patrolman on duty, 巡回中の警察官
松下さんの解説より
I got them to stop.
I stopped the car.
の違い。前者は苦労する感じがする。
I was most impressed. は
I was quite impressed. と同じ。
コウビルドでは
You use most to emphasize an adjective or adverb. [FORMAL]
ex) I believe he is most painfully anxious about Diana.
■意味を考えてみよう。今日取り上げる単語が含まれています。
The Japanese police officers were so kind and courteous.
They really go out of their way to make sure that
the streets are safe.
And I understand that they even lend money to people in need.
Police officers meet with community groups to pinpoint problems.
But would that be enough to continue bringing
the crime rate down in this country.
──────────────────────────────
courteous, [形] 親切な、丁寧な、礼儀正しい
──────────────────────────────
Someone who is courteous is polite and respectul to other
people.
ex) He was a kind and courteous man.
──────────────────────────────
go out of one's way to, ...するために力を尽くす、わざわざ...する
──────────────────────────────
If you go out of your way to do something, for example
to help someone, you make a special effort to do it.
ex) He was very kind to me and seemed to go out of his way
to help me.
──────────────────────────────
people in need, 困っている人たち
──────────────────────────────
People in need do not have enough of essential things
such as money, food, or good health.
ex) Remember that when both of you were in need, I was the one
who loaned you money.
──────────────────────────────
pinpoint problems, 問題を特定する
──────────────────────────────
If you pinpoint the cause of something, you discover or
explain the cause exactly.
ex) The commission pinpoints inadequate housing as a basic
problem threatening village life.
──────────────────────────────
bring the crime rate down, 犯罪率を低下させる
──────────────────────────────
To bring down the level of something means to reduce it.
ex) to bring population growth down further
──────────────────────────────
その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ★は重要表現
──────────────────────────────
patrolman on duty, 巡回中の警察官
