Let’s listen to today’s story.
Miki: Is your grandmother doing any special training for the marathon?
Sho: Not really.
Miki: My grandmother is practicing with a track coach.
Sho: Track coach?
Miki: He’s the coach for Mr. Aoki’s company’s track team. He and Mr. Aoki are staying at our hotel to train for the marathon.
Sho: I see. And your grandmother is training with them.
Miki: Yeah. Sho, I don’t know who’s going to win this year.
Sho: Is winning really that important?
Miki: Of course it is. I saw you practicing the wadaiko all the time. If you practice something else very hard, I’m sure you can be a champion at that, too.
I don’t know who’s going to win this year
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Is your grandmother doing any special training for the marathon?
Not really.
My grandmother is practicing with a track coach.
Track coach?
He’s the coach for Mr. Aoki’s company’s track team. He and Mr. Aoki are staying at our hotel to train for the marathon.
I see. And your grandmother is training with them.
Yeah. Sho, I don’t know who’s going to win this year.
Is winning really that important?
Of course it is. I saw you practicing the wadaiko all the time. If you practice something else very hard, I’m sure you can be a champion at that, too.
Words & Phrases
I see. （新しい情報を得て）なるほど。
Is … that important? ～はそんなに重要？
Today’s CAN-DO
I saw you practicing the wadaiko all the time.
だれかが何かいいことをしているのを見かけたときなどに、I saw you＋…ing で、「あなたが～しているのを見ましたよ」と言ってほめたり励ましたりできます。
GRAMMAR POINT
知覚動詞 see + 人 + …ing
「see + 人 + 動詞の原形」をおくパターンは、その動作が完了するまで、初めから終わりまで見る、ということを表します。
I saw him walk across the street.
「see + 人 + …ing」を置くと、進行中の動作をちらっと目にした感じが伝わります。動作が完了したかどうかは不明です。
I saw him walking across the street.
ただこの違いがあまり重要でなく、両方の形がほぼ同じように使われる場合もあります。
I’ve never seen her dance[dancing].
CAN-DO 活用例文
I first saw my father crying on that day.
I saw Tom singing a Japanese song beautifully.
Get It Right
I saw him eating bananas on the bench.