ラジオ英会話 Lesson 178 単数・複数
レッスンのポイント 英語の可算名詞には単数形・複数形の別があります。この区別をネイティブスピーカーはどのようにとらえているのでしょうか。
Today’s dialog
クリスマスプレゼントを買いに来たお客さんに店員が対応しています。
Clerk: Hello, sir. May I help you?
Customer: Yes, thanks. I’m looking for Christmas presents for my two nieces.
Clerk: Do you have anything in mind?
Customer: Well, do you have stuffed animals?
Clerk: Yes, we have a wonderful selection. If you’d care to follow me, they’re in the next aisle.
Customer: Thanks a lot. You must be very busy during the Christmas season.
Clerk: Yes, but I don’t mind because I love to imagine the kids’ smiles when they open their presents.
WORDS & PHRASES
niece めい
selection 選択の幅
aisle 通路
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。
Hello, sir. May I help you?
Yes, thanks. I’m looking for Christmas presents for my two nieces.
Do you have anything in mind?
Well, do you have stuffed animals?
Yes, we have a wonderful selection. If you’d care to follow me, they’re in the next aisle.
Thanks a lot. You must be very busy during the Christmas season.
Yes, but I don’t mind because I love to imagine the kids’ smiles when they open their presents.
CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR! ～文法のポイントを確認しましょう～
①would care to
If you’d care to follow me, they’re in the next aisle.
Would you care to join us?
②積極的につないでいこう
I don’t mind because I love to imagine the kids’ smiles when they open their presents.
BUILD UP YOUR VOCABULARY～語彙のハートを身につけましょう～
Do you have stuffed animals?
店にぬいぐるみの有無を尋ねるとき、「１つ」だけが意識されることはないため複数形が普通なのです。
A mother will love her children.
I am a student.
We are students.
Dogs have a tail/tails.
EXPRESS YOURSELF IN ENGLISH! ～英語で表現しましょう～
Do you have fountain pens?
These guys are geniuses.
Male proboscis monkeys have really large noses.