ラジオ英会話 Lesson 234 説得する②：受け入れて主張する
KEY SENTENCE You have a point, but don’t you think we should do something less drastic?
Today’s dialog
高校生のアメリアとライカーがお世話になったキャンベル先生の送別会を計画しています。
Amelia: Ryker, did you hear that Mr. Campbell is leaving?
Ryker: I can’t believe it. He’s a strict teacher, but I like him.
Amelia: He’s very popular. Let’s organize a farewell party for him.
Ryker: Good idea. We can surprise him by throwing a cake in his face.
Amelia: What?
Ryker: We need to do something he’ll never forget.
Amelia: You have a point, but don’t you think we should do something less drastic?
Ryker: I guess so.
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。
Ryker, did you hear that Mr. Campbell is leaving?
I can’t believe it. He’s a strict teacher, but I like him.
He’s very popular. Let’s organize a farewell party for him.
Good idea. We can surprise him by throwing a cake in his face.
What?
We need to do something he’ll never forget.
You have a point, but don’t you think we should do something less drastic?
I guess so.
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY ～文法と語彙を確認しましょう～
①hear の使い方・I can’t believe it.
Did you hear that Mr. Campbell is leaving?
I can’t believe it.
②-thing / -one / -body で終わる名詞・関係代名詞修飾
We need to do something he’ll never forget.
ABSORB THE FLOW!～英語の流れを身につけましょう～
You have a point, but don’t you think we should do something less drastic?
I see, but I think you’re mistaken.
That’s a good point, but still, I cannot agree with your overall argument.
I take your point, but all the same, I’m sure my way will prove to be more effective.
CREATE THE FLOW! ～英語の流れを作り出しましょう～
「受け入れ＋主張」のリズムを英語で使ってみましょう。
I see, but you’re the only one that thinks like that.
You have a point, but even so, it’s not very convincing.
I take your point, but still, there’s no way I can agree with you.
WORDS & PHRASES
strict 厳格な
farewell party 送別会
drastic 劇的な、思い切った
I think your mistaken. あなたは間違っていると思います。
still まだ・依然として
all the same まったく変わらず＝それでもやはり
the only one 唯一の人
like that そんなふうに
even so たとえそうであっても
convince 納得させる
convincing 納得させるような＝説得力のある
there’s no way +節 ～はあり得ない