ラジオ英会話 Lesson 187 信念：驚きを表す表現
KEY SENTENCE I can’t believe it. How did you know that?
Today’s dialog
マジックショーの舞台。マジシャンのクレオパトラとレジナルドの会話。
Cleopatra: I can read your mind.
Reginald: Really? What’s my name, and what do I do for a living?
Cleopatra: Your name is Reginald Taylor, and you’re an English teacher.
Reginald: I can’t believe it. How did you know that?
Cleopatra: I could tell from your glasses that you are a teacher.
Reginald: Just because I wear glasses?
Cleopatra: Yes, and your accent tells me you are from England.
Reginald: That’s too easy. Anything else?
Cleopatra: Also, you dropped your business card!
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。
I can read your mind.
Really? What’s my name, and what do I do for a living?
Your name is Reginald Taylor, and you’re an English teacher.
I can’t believe it. How did you know that?
I could tell from your glasses that you are a teacher.
Just because I wear glasses?
Yes, and your accent tells me you are from England.
That’s too easy. Anything else?
Also, you dropped your business card!
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY ～文法と語彙を確認しましょう～
現在形の「広く・一般的に成り立つ状況」
What do I do for a living?
What do you do?
複数形で使う名詞
Just because I wear glasses?
ABSORB THE FLOW!～英語の流れを身につけましょう～
I can’t believe it. How did you know that?
Nancy has just been fired. Can you believe that?
How on earth did you manage to persuade them? Unbelievable!
I could hardly believe my ears when I heard I’d been accepted into Oxford.
You won’t get away with this, believe you me!
CREATE THE FLOW! ～英語の流れを作り出しましょう～
「信じられない」のフローを作ってみましょう。
I can’t believe it. How did you do that?
You ate all the donuts? Unbelievable!
I can hardly believe we’re here in Hawaii. It’s a dream come true.
WORDS & PHRASES
tell from ～ ～から判断する
business card 名詞
Just because だからと言って
I can’t believe it. 信じられない
Can you believe that? 信じられるかい？
unbelievable 信じられない
hardly ほとんど～ない
I could hardly believe my ears ほとんど信じられない
believe you 本当だよ
ca tell このサイトを参照
How on earth/ What on earth このサイトを参照