ラジオ英会話 Lesson 021 理由･原因のフロー① due to、because of、thanks to ほか
レッスンのポイント 今回は「理由･原因」を表す様々なフレーズを取り上げます。
Today’s dialog
会社の同僚、ヤヨイとジョナス。早退したタエコについて話しています。
Jonas: Where’s Taeko? She said she was going to update the software on my PC today.
Yayoi: She had to leave work early due to a family emergency.
Jonas: Oh, really? I hope it’s not too serious.
Yayoi: Well, her son got injured on the school playground, so Taeko went to the hospital.
Jonas: I see. Well, that’s understandable. By the way, do you know exactly what happened?
Yayoi: Yes. He fell over while playing soccer and twisted his knee badiy.
英訳練習
本日のテキストを英訳してみましょう。文章をクリックすると英文例が表示されます。
Where’s Taeko? She said she was going to update the software on my PC today.
She had to leave work early due to a family emergency.
Oh, really? I hope it’s not too serious.
Well, her son got injured on the school playground, so Taeko went to the hospital.
I see. Well, that’s understandable. By the way, do you know exactly what happened?
Yes. He fell over while playing soccer and twisted his knee badly.
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY ～文法と語彙を確認しましょう～
get 受動態
Her son got injured on the school playground.
while（～している間）
He fell over while playing soccer and twisted his knee badly.
ABSORB THE FLOW!～英語の流れを身につけましょう～
She had to leave work early due to a family emergency.
AZA flight 723 from LA has been delayed due to bad weather conditions.
We were late for the concert because of you.
Thanks to my parents, I could have an excellent education.
CREATE THE FLOW! ～英語の流れを作り出しましょう～
due to や owing to、because of、thanks to のどれかをを使って理由･原因のフローを生み出しましょう。
The trains stopped running due to the typhoon.
He was fired because of his poor sales record.
We had a great time thanks to your warm hospitality.
WORDS & PHRASES
update 更新する
due to/owing to （原因を）負っている
emergency 緊急事態
playground 運動場
understandable 納得出来る
twist ひねる、ねじる
because of ～のため
thanks to ～のおかげで
fire クビにする、受動態でクビにされた
hospitality 厚遇、おもてなし