<今日のダイアログ>
・It has been a while. お久しぶりです
・I'm getting by. なんとかやっています
・It looks like you can get about 60,000 yen for it. それは6万円で売れそうです
・That's quite the thing to~. ~するなんてとんでもない
□worth…価値がある □for free…ただで □give away…手放す、ただであげる
文法と語彙
・What can I do for you today? wh疑問文の作り方
・I wanted to get this plastic figure appraised. get のあとは目的語説明型
<典型表現>
・It seems that you have an oroginal King Zizira figure from 1958.
~のように見える
・It looks like this is fake.
・It appears this is fake.
・It feels like this is fake.
・Dave looks(seems, appears) frantic.□frantic…取り乱す
・This carpet feels nice and soft.
・I got the impression that he was lying.
・He gave the impression that he was hiding something.
・It's giving me vibes. いい感じですね □vibes いい雰囲気
・He comes across a good person. 彼はいい人そうですね
<作文>
・It looks like these seats have been already taken. Let's find another spot.
・Something seems fishy about his story. I think he might be lying.