<今日のダイアログ>
・You can say that again. 全くそのとおり→しみじみした同感
・You married your old flame. marryは他動詞、withをとらない
・congratulations. おめでとうがいっぱいという気持ち→"s" を忘れない
・I'm so happy for you.
・How are things with you? 相手の調子を尋ねる典型表現
<文法と語彙>
・It's been ages. お久しぶり の典型表現
・You must have been busy.
助動詞+現在完了形→それまでの出来事に対して現在確信している
<典型表現>
・That's not exactly right.→exactly という強い語を否定することで
直接That's wrong. ”正しくない”と言うより柔らかな表現になる
・That's not quite right.
・I don't think that's correct.
・I'm afraid I don't agree with that.
・I wouldn't way that. 私ならそうは言わないでしょう。thatを強調して言う
wouldに仮定の気持ちが入っている
・There's no clear-cut answer here. 明確な答えはここにない
・I can't ready to cast my vote on that.
それについて票を投じる準備ができていない
・I haven't taken a side on that yet. まだどちら側に付くか決めていない
<作文>
・That's not exactly right. I went to a collage in Washington but I'm not from there.
・I don't think that's correct. Where did you get that info?