ラジオ英会話４月２２日
Key Sentence
Don’t judge your book by its cover!
手段,方法のｂｙ
Helena: Koichi, which hot-spring resort should we chose for the tree-days weekend?
Koichi: My grandparents run a great little hotel in a mountain of Shizoku.
Helena: Is there a webpage for it?
Koichi: Yes, let me see… Ah, here it is! It’s an old web page, though.
Helena: Form these photos, the place looks kind of shabby.
Koichi: Don’t judge your book by its cover! The hot spring there is first-class, and the food is exquisite.
Helena: Are you sure?
Koichi: Trust me. It’s awesome.
Vocabulary
by
手段、方法のby
Don’t judge your book by its cover.
It’s quicker if you go by the backroad.
We should play by the rules.
通信、交通手段のby
I go to school by bicycle. (by car, by bus, by letter, by email)
by のあとは不可算名詞
どのくらい、どの程度のby
Our sales increased by 5 percent this year.
付き合う友を見れば人柄がわかる
A man is known by the company he keeps.
僕の馬が鼻の差で勝ってすごくラッキーだった。
I was so lucky that my horse won by a nose.
応用練習
A: Don't you think lieutenant Columbo looks shabby?
B: Don't judge your book by its cover. He is actually a first-class investigator. Besides, his wife is exquisite.
A: Are you sure?
B: Trust me. She is awesome.
A: Look at his friends. They say a man is known by the company he keeps.
B: Yeah, he is a louse.
Weeping cherries in Kakunodate
