Lesson 098 see のイメージ②
レッスンのポイント see は「見える」。この動詞は心の動きと密接なつながりがあります。
Today’s dialog
スーパーで蚊取り線香を探しているお客さんが店員さんに場所を尋ねます。
Customer: Excuse me. I’m looking for mosquito coils, but I can’t find any.
Clerk: No problem. I’ll show you where they are.
Customer: Thanks.
Clerk: Oh, this is where they usually are, but we seem to have run out.
Customer: I guess there’s a lot of demand in the summer months.
Clerk: That’s right. Just give me a moment. I’ll see if there are any in the storeroom.
Customer: Any luck?
Clerk: No, sorry. Please try again in a few days.
Customer: OK.
WORDS & PHRASES
mosquito coil： 蚊取り線香
demand： 需要
storeroom： 倉庫
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。
Excuse me. I’m looking for mosquito coils, but I can’t find any.
No problem. I’ll show you where they are.
Thanks.
Oh, this is where they usually are, but we seem to have run out.
I guess there’s a lot of demand in the summer months.
That’s right. Just give me a moment. I’ll see if there are any in the storeroom.
Any luck?
No, sorry. Please try again in a few days.
OK.
CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR! ～文法のポイントを確認しましょう～
①show のイメージ・wh 節
I’ll show you where they are.
This is where they usually are. （ここが、それがいつもある場所です）
②to have + 過去分詞(完了不定詞）
We seem to have run out.
run out（なくなる）
BUILD UP YOUR VOCABULARY～語彙のハートを身につけましょう～
I’ll see if there are any in the storeroom.
see は「心」と直接つながる動詞です。see のイメージ「見える」は、視覚対象が頭に入ってくること。そこから「チェックする」使い方が生まれます。
You don’t need to worry. Mary will see to everything.
Please see that your seatbelts are securely fastened.
I see your point.
Can’t you see I’m busy?
EXPRESS YOURSELF IN ENGLISH! ～英語で表現しましょう～
Let me see if the manager is in her office.
See that your grandma takes her medicine three times a day.
You can see now why we need to upgrade our computers.