おじぎ草さんの おぼえた日記 - 2024年4月19日(金)

Unit 12 At the Dentist
I go to the dentist every six months. I don’t like going to him, but I have got good, white teeth, and I don’t want to lose any of them. I telephoned my dentist two weeks ago, and last Tuesday I went to see him.
His nurse said, ‘ Good morning, Miss Robinson. Will you please wait in the waiting room-room?’ I went in and sat down. There are always a lot of magazines there, so I took one and began reading an interesting story. After a few minutes, the nurse came in and said, ‘ Mr, William will see you now, Miss Robinson. ‘ ‘ I will finish this story next time, ‘ I thought, because I usually come back twice or three times.
The dentist is always very kind. He tries not to hurt me, but sometimes he does, and then he says, ‘ It will soon be finished, Miss Robinson, be patient, ‘ and gives me a pleasant smile.
This time, Mr. Williams looked at all my teeth very carefully and then said, ‘ Your teeth are quite all right this time, Miss Robinson. ‘ I was very glad, but I said, ‘ Oh, now I won’t finish that story in the magazine in your waiting-room!’ Mr. Williams laughed, and I did too.

Exercise A
Rewrite the following sentences in indirect speech, using the verb in parenthesis:
⑴ The nurse said to Miss Robinson, ‘ Will you please wait in the waiting-room’
(ask)
The nurse asked to Miss Robinson to wait in the waiting-room.

⑵ The dentist said, ‘ Your teeth are quite all right, Miss Robinson’.
　　（tell）
The dentist told to Miss Robinson that your teeth are quite all right.


Exercise B
Find words in the story which mean the opposite of:
(a)stood up, sat down
(b)begin, finish
(c)nasty , kind
(d)carelessly , carefully
(e)sad, glad



E=ｍｃ２　　　(2は二乗ですが表記できませんでした)
アインシュタインの有名な数式です。
子供の頃、東大出と噂のある乞食のおじさんが学校の帰り道の野原に土管を棲家にしていました。
教えて欲しいことがいっぱいあった。兄たちは宿題を教えてもらっていました。
そのおじさんに聞けばいろんなことがわかるような気がした。太陽がどこから来るのか知りたかった。透明な空と太陽の関係を知りたい。
そのおじさんのことをゴガトモさんの日記にコメントしたら、アインシュタインの数式で返答をもらった。
この数式は私の憧れです。Newton 別冊を読んで見ました。読むのがもったいなくて、難しくて進みません。高校の物理で習ったかどうか覚えていません。
もう一つおじさんに聞きたかったこと。アメリカ人は100才まで生きるってほんとう？友達がそう言った言葉が耳に残っていました。コテンパンに負けて原爆落とされた町の子供の感想でした。
日本人とは違う、強い国、インテリではない普通の大人たちが感じていたことが背景にあったのでしょうか。





ラジオ英会話（2024/3/25～） リスニングテスト5問 - 結果
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○ Thank you for coming to see me.
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○ Roxy, I don't think you should work so much.
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○ See you around.
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○ As far as I know, there are no aliens here.
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○ Thank you both for taking good care of me.
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ラジオ英会話（2024/3/18～） リスニングテスト5問 - 結果
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○ If I could just finish...
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○ I don't mean to be rude, but he is not so well known outside of Japan.
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○ Um, that's none of your business.
/english/phrase/284469

○ It is hard to tell you this, but Dr. Stein is in the hospital.
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