ラジオ英会話 Lesson 217 便利な定型表現：正確に理解する④ 自分の理解を確認する
レッスンのポイント 今回は自分の理解正しいか確認する定型表現です。
Today’s dialog
同僚のユウタととケイト。今日中に2人で顧客全員に招待状を送る準備をしなくてはなりません。
Yuta: How is the customer database coming along, Kate?
Kate: I’ll be done in about another…15 minutes.
Yuta: Great. But after that, invitation cards and labels for the envelopes need to be printed out by the end of today.
Kate: Are you saying that I have to do all that too?
Yuta: No, of course not. I’ll help you.
Kate: That’s good, because there is no way I could get all this done by the deadline.
WORDS & PHRASES
invitation card 招待状
deadline 期限、締め切り
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 is the customer database coming along, Kate?
I’ll be done in about another…15 minutes.
Great. But after that, invitation cards and labels for the envelopes need to be printed out by the end of today.
Are you saying that I have to do all that too?
No, of course not. I’ll help you.
That’s good, because there is no way I could get all this done by the deadline.
CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR! ～文法のポイントを確認しましょう～
①How is … coming along?
How is the customer database coming along?
How is your homework / project / job coming along?
②There is no way + 節・get の目的語説明型。
There is no way I could get all this done by the deadline.
BUILD UP YOUR VOCABULARY～語彙のハートを身につけましょう～
Are you saying that I have to do all that too?
相手の意見をしっかり理解することが難しい─そうした経験は誰しもお持ちのことだと思います。こうしたとき私がおすすめするのは「相手の言葉を自分の言葉に置き換えて確認してもらう」テクニックです。このキーセンテンスは「あなたは～と言っているのですか」と自分の言葉にとらえ直して相手に確認を求めていますね。
So you’re saying that you can’t help me out.
So what you really think is that I would be a fool to take him back, right?
If I understand you correctly, [you’re saying / you mean] that they can’t be trusted.
EXPRESS YOURSELF IN ENGLISH! ～英語で表現しましょう～
So you’re saying that Chikako and Junko would make ideal team leaders.
So what you really think is that my presentation was awful.
If I understand you correctly, you are withdrawing your application.