H☆Mさんの おぼえた日記 - 2018年5月3日(木)

【A Bad Day / Getting Started】-Ken's Enjoy English Conversation

How was your day?

Ugh! I din't know where to start!

Start from the beginning.

Well. (A big sigh) To begin with, I was late for work because of a train delay.

Uh-oh.

Then I thought I left the iron on, so I rushed home.

Was it on?

No! And when I went back to work, my computer crushed!


【Apply it!】
[I don't know where to start!]=[I don't know where to begin.]
　どこから始めたらいいものやら！

How was Lovelia Island?
　-It was great.

What's it like there?
　-Um. I don't know where to start!

Start from the beginning. Come on! Tell me.
　-Okay. It's gonna been a long story.

【Say it!】Was it on?

【Write it!】
It was a bad day for her today. To begin with, she was late for work because of a train delay. And then her computer crashed.

【In Another situation!】It was a good day.

【words and phrases】
-[a bad day] ついてない一日
-[How was your day?] 今日はどうでしたか？
-[Ugh!] ああ！もう！うわ！
-[I don't know where to start!] どこから始めたらいいものやら(分かりません)！
-[start from the beginning] 最初から始めてよ
-[to begin with-] まず初めに…
-[train delay] 列車/電車の遅れ
-[Uh-oh.] おお、なんと。それはいけない。
-[leave the iron on] アイロンをつけっぱなしにする
-[rush home] 家に飛んで帰る
-[computer] パソコン/PC
-[crash] (パソコンが)壊れる、突然故障して動かなくなる



【A Fresh Start / Getting Started】-Ken's Enjoy English Conversation

How did you end up working for Hatfeathers, Inc.?

Well, I started out as a treasure hunter.

Interesting. How did that go?

Not well. I couldn't make ends meet. So I decided to turn over a new leaf.

I see.

Now I travel the world collecting rare feathers.

That's a feather in your cap.

(Chuckling) Right.


【Apply it!】
[Well, I started out as a treasure hunter.]
　ええと、最初の仕事がトレジャーハンターだったんだ。

Have you always been in this business?
　-No. I started out as a musician.

How did that go?
　-It's a long story.

【Say it!】That's a feather in your cap.

【Write it!】
He started out as a treasure hunter, but it didn't go well. He couldn't make ends meet.

【In Another situation!】The man is now a trophy maker.

【words and phrases】
-[fresh start] 再出発、出直し
-[end up -ing] …することに至る
-[start out as-] 最初の仕事は…である、…として社会に出る
-[treasure hunter] 宝探しをする人
-[How did that go?] それはどうでしたか？
-[Not well.] うまくいかなかった。
-[make ends meet] 生計を立てる
-[turn over a new leaf] 生き方を変える、心機一転する(新しい頁をめくる)
-[travel the world] 世界を旅する
-[a feather in one's cap] (人)の誇りとするところ、自慢の種