ラジオ英会話 Lesson 118 英訳練習 最上級① 基礎

Oh, are those photos of your stay in Texas?

Yes, I can’t believe it’s already been five months since I got back.

Is that a Mexican restaurant?

Yes, this is the best restaurant in town. One of my American friends took me there.

And that’s a burrito, isn’t it? It looks really good.

Yeah, it was awesome!

And who’s this tall guy next to you?

That’s the school’s basketball team captain. He looks sad because he missed the final shot in the national tournament.

Well, even the best players can sometimes make mistakes.

Yes, I know. I hope he’ll get over it and be no less confident than before.

I can’t believe it’s already been five months since I got back.

I can’t believe（信じられない）と現在完了の文の組み合わせ。I got back した過去の時点から今に視線がズームアップしてくる感触で現在完了が使われています。

Even the best players can sometimes make mistakes.

Even（でさえ）と最上級を使った譲歩を表す形。

I hope he’ll get over it and be no less confident than before.

over は「〜を超えて」という位置関係を表す前置詞です。get と結びつき、get over は 「乗り越える」。 no less ～ than …は「…に劣らず～」。less は little の比較級。程度がより低いこと。この less を no で力強く打ち消すことで「決して劣っていない」を表します。ここでは「以前に劣ることなく(＝前のように)自信を持って」ということ。