Lesson 067 とどまる : stay、remain
レッスンのポイント 今回は「とどまる」を意味する重要動詞を２つ。stay と remain。動きのない静かなイメージを持つ動詞です。
Today’s dialog
スペイン旅行に行っていたナナコにハンスが様子を尋ねます。
Hans: How was your trip to Spain?
Nanako: It was very productive. Now we have enough information for this autumn’s travel brochure.
Hans: I hope so. Customers have become bored with the usual places in Spain.
Nanako: We stayed in Barcelona for three nights. We spent a lot of time in the new downtown area.
Hans: Excellent. That’s the area we should focus on this time.
Nanako: Exactly. There are a lot of new shops there.
Hans: I’m looking forward to seeing the brochure.
WORDS & PHRASES
productive 実りの多い、生産的な
brochure パンフレット
customers 顧客
exactly (返答で)そのとおり
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。
How was your trip to Spain?
It was very productive. Now we have enough information for this autumn’s travel brochure.
I hope so. Customers have become bored with the usual places in Spain.
We stayed in Barcelona for three nights. We spent a lot of time in the new downtown area.
Excellent. That’s the area we should focus on this time.
Exactly. There are a lot of new shops there.
I’m looking forward to seeing the brochure.
CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR! ～文法のポイントを確認しましょう～
①「裸の」複数形
Customers have become bored with the usual places in Spain.
②関係代名詞による修飾・on の語感
Excellent. That’s the area we should focus on this time.
BUILD UP YOUR VOCABULARY～語彙のハートを身につけましょう～
We stayed in Barcelona for three nights.
include にはリストがイメージされています。いくつかの項目の中の１つとして「含む」ということ。キーセンテンスでは、ツアーが提供するサービス項目の１つだということですね。
You can stay for dinner if you like.
The unemployment rate stayed below 3%.
Bill remained at home because he was ill.
Everything remained the same.
EXPRESS YOURSELF IN ENGLISH! ～英語で表現しましょう～
How many nights will you be staying, madam?
The most important thing is to stay calm, OK?
Please remain silent until the judges have left the room.