Lesson 138 Tell us what to do next
マイナスとノンはネガティブ・フォース郷へ報告に戻ります。
Tell us what to do next
Minus & Non: We are at your service, my lord.
Negative Force: You know what I have in mind.
Non: You must have been embarrassed. Your negative power beam didn’t hit RoboCorpus.
Minus: Quite, Non. RoboNegative was a real miscalculation. We didn’t expect him to protect RoboCorpus.
Negative Force: You idiot! I knew that RoboCorpus would survive my beam!
Non: Wow, did you hear that? He foresees everything.
Minus: Tell us what to do next, my lord.
Negative Force: We must pretend that we are giving up. Tell Sylphie that we won’t bother her again.
Minus: Then RoboCorpus will go back home.
Non: And Sylphie will leave him.
Negative Force: And who is waiting for RoboCorpus?
Minus & Non: That boy with strong N marks, Yukichi!
Words & Phrases
embarrassed 恥ずかしい思いをして、困惑して
miscalculation 誤算、計算間違い
expect A to do … Aが･･･することを予期する、予想する
idiot 愚か者
survive … ･･･を生き残る、切り抜ける
foresee … ･･･を見抜く、予想する
pretend that … ･･･というふりをする、 ということを装う
bother … (人の)邪魔をする
次なる一手はどうなさいますか
今日のストーリー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。
We are at your service, my lord.
You know what I have in mind.
You must have been embarrassed. Your negative power beam didn’t hit RoboCorpus.
Quite, Non. RoboNegative was a real miscalculation. We didn’t expect him to protect RoboCorpus.
You idiot! I knew that RoboCorpus would survive my beam!
Wow, did you hear that? He foresees everything.
Tell us what to do next, my lord.
We must pretend that we are giving up. Tell Sylphie that we won’t bother her again.
Then RoboCorpus will go back home.
And Sylphie will leave him.
And who is waiting for RoboCorpus?
That boy with strong N marks, Yukichi!
Comprehension Check
RoboNegative.
They will pretend that they are giving up.
Step Up Points
CAN-DO Chunk must have + 過去分詞（･･･だったに違いない）
You must have been embarrassed.
KISO 1
I’m tired.
KISO 2
You look tired.
KISO 3
You must have been tired.
GRAMMAR POINT
must have + 過去分詞は「･･･だったに違いない」という意味がほとんどですが、should の場合は文脈によって意味が変わってきます。
The bus should have arrived by now.
I should have called the police.
CAN-DO Chunk Practice
She must have forgotten her homework again.
The concert must have been fun.