ラジオ英会話 Lesson 222 同意の定型表現② 強い同意
レッスンのポイント 今回は強い同意。「大賛成」を表すフレーズ。
Today’s dialog
大学近くの商店街の会合。マイケルとレストランを営むノリコが話しています。
Noriko: Let’s begin our meeting. What is the first item on the agenda?
Michael: The new university year.
Noriko: I see. Every year at this time, many new students come to our town. We should do something to welcome them.
Michael: I couldn’t agree more. Do you have anything in mind?
Noriko: I was thinking of putting lottery boxes in shops. That would attract students.
Michael: What kind of prize would they get?
Noriko: Maybe a free meal at my restaurant?
WORDS & PHRASES
item もの、項目
agenda 議題
have ～ in mind ～を考えている
lottery くじ引き
free 無料の
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。
Let’s begin our meeting. What is the first item on the agenda?
The new university year.
I see. Every year at this time, many new students come to our town. We should do something to welcome them.
I couldn’t agree more. Do you have anything in mind?
I was thinking of putting lottery boxes in shops. That would attract students.
What kind of prize would they get?
Maybe a free meal at my restaurant?
CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR! ～文法のポイントを確認しましょう～
①習慣を表す現在形
Every year at this time, many new students come to our town.
②目的を表す to 不定詞
We should do something to welcome them.
BUILD UP YOUR VOCABULARY～語彙のハートを身につけましょう～
I couldn’t agree more.
このフレーズは couldn’t agree と否定文になっているため、とっさには賛成なのか反対なのか判断しづらいかもしれません。このフレーズが「大賛成」になる理由は couldn’t ~ more にあります。can の過去形 could は「できるだろうなぁ」と、過去ではなく can の婉曲表現として使われることはおなじみですね。couldn’t で「できないだろうなぁ」。agree more（もっと＝さらに、同意する）と結びつけば「これ以上は賛成できないだろうなぁ＝大賛成」となるというわけです。
I completely / totally agree.
Listening to Radio Eikaiwa is a great way to improve your English, right?
Absolutely.
This work is so boring.
You can say that again!
EXPRESS YOURSELF IN ENGLISH! ～英語で表現しましょう～
I couldn’t agree more. I was thinking exactly the same thing.
You can say that again! I’ve never taken such a difficult test in my life!
I completely agree. That’s the ideal solution as far as I’m concerned.
as far as I’m concerned は「私に関するかぎり･私としては」。