ラジオ英会話 Lesson 133 思考を表す動詞④ 予期する・想像する:expect、imagine

Lesson 133 思考を表す動詞④ 予期する・想像する:expect、imagine

レッスンのポイント

予期・想像についての重要動詞を1つずつ学んでおきましょう。

Today’s dialog

ウィルは同僚のリコに週末何をしたかを尋ねます。

Will: Hi, Riko. Did you do anything special over the weekend?

Riko: I went trick-or-treating with my daughter on Sunday.

Will: Oh, yeah. For Halloween. That sounds like fun.

Riko: Well, it was fun for a while, but then it started to rain. I didn’t expect rain.

Will: That’s too bad. What was your daughter’s costume?

Riko: She was a princess. I made the costume for her.

Will: Oh, that’s right. You used to be a patternmaker, didn’t you?

Riko: You remembered!

WORDS & PHRASES

patternmaker  パタンナー(衣服用の型紙製作者)

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。

Hi, Riko. Did you do anything special over the weekend?
I went trick-or-treating with my daughter on Sunday.
Oh, yeah. For Halloween. That sounds like fun.
Well, it was fun for a while, but then it started to rain. I didn’t expect rain.
That’s too bad. What was your daughter’s costume?
She was a princess. I made the costume for her.
Oh, that’s right. You used to be a patternmaker, didn’t you?
You remembered!

CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR! ~文法のポイントを確認しましょう~

①-thing / -body / -one で終わる単語は後ろに説明

Did you do anything special over the weekend?
over the weekend は「週末にかけて」

②助動詞表現 used to

You used to be a patternmaker, didn’t you?

BUILD UP YOUR VOCABULARY~語彙のハートを身につけましょう~

I didn’t expect rain.
expect の成り立ちは「ex-(外を)spect(見る)」。「当然こうなるはずだ」と予期・期待するという単語です。
I expect to arrive at 8 o’clock.
Do you expect me to agree with everything you say?
I expect you all to participate actively in class.
All members are expected to obey the dress code.
I can’t imagine living without you.
I imagine you must really miss your family.

EXPRESS YOURSELF IN ENGLISH! ~英語で表現しましょう~

We expect to increase our profits by around 5% this year.
I expect that your opponent will play very aggressively.
I can’t imagine why the boss wants to talk with me.
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