Lesson 166 upが持つ意味の広がり
Today’s dialog
将棋クラブのディーナとマサヤが部室を掃除中の会話です。
Deena: Masaya, what are you doing reading those old magazines?
Masaya: What do you mean?
Deena: We have to clean the club room today. It’s going to take us forever to clean it up.
Masaya: I know.
Deena: So why don’t you begin by sweeping the floor?
Masaya: Let’s have a game of shogi first.
Deena: What? We don’t have time for that! You are the laziest person I know.
Masaya: Maybe, but I’m a great shogi player.
WORDS & PHRASES
forever 永遠に
lazy 怠惰な
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。
Masaya, what are you doing reading those old magazines?
What do you mean?
We have to clean the club room today. It’s going to take us forever to clean it up.
I know.
So why don’t you begin by sweeping the floor?
Let’s have a game of shogi first.
What? We don’t have time for that! You are the laziest person I know.
Maybe, but I’m a great shogi player.
CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR! ～文法のポイントを確認しましょう～
①What do you mean? の否定的な使い方
Masaya, what are you doing reading those old magazines?
Why must you always leave the toilet seat up?
Who do you think you are?
②Why don’t you …? の提案
Why don’t you begin by sweeping the floor?
Why don’t we take the kids to the zoo on Saturday
BUILD UP YOUR VOCABULARY～語彙のハートを身につけましょう～
It’s going to take us forever to clean it up.
up は「上」という位置や方向を表す単語です。例えば、コップの中に水が「上」までなみなみと注がれた様子を想像してください。コップは「完全に」いっぱい。そこから up には完全性のニュアンスが生まれます。clean up はただ clean（掃除）するわけではありません。完全に・ピカピカにするのです。
I need to fill up the car with gas.
Hey, just shut up, will you?
The number of road fatalities went up.
Could you speak up a bit, please?
I woke up late today.
Your letter really cheered me up.
EXPRESS YOURSELF IN ENGLISH! ～英語で表現しましょう～
Food prices seem to go up every day!
Let’s finish up quickly. Then we can go for a drink.
Let me just freshen up before we go out, OK?
「サッパリする」 シャワーを浴びたり顔を洗ったり服を着替えたり。英語では fresh up と言います。