2022/8/31 ラジオ英会話 L103 after
dialog)
Hi, Jonas.
Can I ask you a favor?
Sure, Taeko.
What's up?
I'm going on a business trip /to Europe /for a few weeks.
(未来形:予定、go on a trip)
Could you look after my plant?
Um, I can, /but I'm not good with plants.
Yayoi asked me once,/ but the plant died.
Oh no!
Didn't you water it?
I kind of forgot.
(ちょっと、レベル指定)
Well, my plant doesn't need much water.
It can pretty much look after itself.
(少しくらい放っておいても大丈夫、結構自分で面倒できる)
OK, I'll be more careful this time.
聞き取れなかった音)
once, but
water it
after)
順序
look after:後ろからみる、世話をする
例)
after dinner
after lunch
after work
after school
after that/そのあとに
after nine o'clock
take after your father/似ている、後ろについていきながら手に取る
name my daughter after my mother/母にちなんで名付ける、もとの持ち主に似るように名付ける
the police are after you/追っている、おいかける
the painting is after Picasso/模倣です
after you/お先にどうぞ
day after day/来る日も来る日も
time after time/何度も何度も、反復に焦点
※day by day/日毎に、連続性に焦点
after finishing my homework
after the class is over
1)
Let’s watch a movie after dinner.
*
Let’s watch the movie after dinner.
2)
Everyone says I take after my mom.
現在形:普段、いつも
*
Everybody says you look after your mom.
3)
I was so relieved that after passing the entrance exam.
試験に合格して
*
I’m really relieved after passing the entrance exam.
Ending)
TLC: tender loving care
2022/8/31 英会話タイムトライアル 体調に関する表現
熱を測る
take one’s temperature
熱を測らせてもらってもいいですか?
May I take your temperature?
今日は熱を測りましたか?
Did you take your temperature today?
今朝熱を測りました
I took my temperature this morning.
平熱
normal temperature
平熱でした
I had a normal temperature.
My temperature was normal.
*
It was a normal temperature.
彼女は高熱があります
She has a fever.
*
She has a high fever.
微熱
slight fever
彼は微熱があります
He has a slight fever.
息子は風邪気味です
My son has a slight cold.
風邪の症状
cold symptoms
風邪の症状はありますか?
Do you have any cold symptoms?
家族のどなたかに風邪の症状はありますか?
Does anyone in your family have cold symptoms?
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Does your family have any cold symptoms?