ラジオ英会話 Lesson 179 イメージは強力な武器：relief
レッスンのポイント 名詞の解説も今回で終了。最後は気楽な話で。「名詞の理解もイメージが大切です」というお話。
Today’s dialog
レオとリエが忘年会で話しています。
Leo: I know you don’t like lemon on fried chicken.
Rie: Oh, go ahead. Squeeze some lemon on it.
Leo: I thought you didn’t like it.
Rie: Well, I started to like it that way. Oh, I hear we aren’t going to karaoke after this year-end party.
Leo: But I thought the boss was looking forward to it.
Rie: Yes, but he’s caught a cold and can’t sing tonight.
Leo: What a relief! I was prepared for another long night of his terrible singing. Cheers!
Rie: Cheers!
WORDS & PHRASES
squeeze 搾る
year-end party 忘年会
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 know you don’t like lemon on fried chicken.
Oh, go ahead. Squeeze some lemon on it.
I thought you didn’t like it.
Well, I started to like it that way. Oh, I hear we aren’t going to karaoke after this year-end party.
But I thought the boss was looking forward to it.
Yes, but he’s caught a cold and can’t sing tonight.
What a relief! I was prepared for another long night of his terrible singing. Cheers!
Cheers!
CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR! ～文法のポイントを確認しましょう～
①way を副詞的に使う
I started to like it that way.
Come this way, please.
②I hear の「聞いて知っている」
I hear we aren’t going to karaoke after this year-end party.
BUILD UP YOUR VOCABULARY～語彙のハートを身につけましょう～
What a relief!
relief という名詞を、ここでは「安心」と訳しましたが、危機が去ったあとの「ああよかった」と「ホッ」とため息が出てくるような解放感・安心・安堵、それが relief のイメージなのです。
pain relief formula
tax relief
a relief project
a relief pitcher
EXPRESS YOURSELF IN ENGLISH! ～英語で表現しましょう～
Massage therapy can provide short-term relief for muscle pain.
To our relief, nobody was injured.
to one’s relief は「ホッとしたことには」。他の例では to one’s disappointment（がっかりしたことには）to one’s sorrow（悲しかったことに）to one’s surprise(驚いたことに）などいろいろあります。
Many NGOs have organized relief for the disaster victims.