Lesson 030 I promise to never leave
I promise to never leave
Boy: Hi, Turtle…. who are you?
RoboCorpus: Hello. My name is RoboCorpus. I’m a translation robot.
Boy: Oh, hello. I’m Asahi. Why are you here?
RoboCorpus: I saw you with the turtle yesterday, and I want to help.
Asahi: Help? How?
RoboCorpus: Here is a quote about promises:
“If you promise to say, I promise to never leave.”
Asahi: I see… that means she is still here, maybe.
RoboCorpus: Oh, here is another one:
“A promise is a cloud, fulfillment is rain.”
Asahi: Fulfillment is rain… maybe I should come here when it rains. Thank you, Robo! That is a good piece of advice. I’ll be back. Bye.
Lex: RoboCorpus, you only gave him your corpus examples!
Words & Phrases
quote 引用文
promise to do … ・・・すると約束する
promise to never leave 決して離れないと約束する
maybe たぶん、おそらく
cloud 雲
fulfillment 実現、実行、成就
a piece of … 1つの・・・ (数えられない名詞の前につく)
advice 助言、アドバイス
わたしも決して離れないと約束する
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Hi, Turtle…. who are you?
Hello. My name is RoboCorpus. I’m a translation robot.
Oh, hello. I’m Asahi. Why are you here?
I saw you with the turtle yesterday, and I want to help.
Help? How?
Here is a quote about promises:
“If you promise to say, I promise to never leave.”
I see… that means she is still here, maybe.
Oh, here is another one:
“A promise is a cloud, fulfillment is rain.”
Fulfillment is rain… maybe I should come here when it rains. Thank you, Robo! That is a good piece of advice. I’ll be back. Bye.
RoboCorpus, you only gave him your corpus examples!
Comprehension Check
Asahi.
He wants to help.
Step Up Points
CAN-DO Chunk that’s means … (それは・・・ということです)
That means she is still here, maybe.
KISO 1
The red light means “stop”.
KISO 2
What do you mean?
KISO 3
That means I have to get up early tomorrow.
GRAMMAR POINT
mean の便利な慣用表現
I mean … (つまり、言いかえれば ):補足説明や、言い間違いの訂正をする表現
I play football, I mean soccer.
You mean …? (それは ということですか?):自分の理解が正しいかどうかを確認する表現
May 29th? Tomorrow, you mean?
CAN-DO Chunk Practice
That means I have to help.
That means I have to walk to the hotel.