お上手ですね
You sing really well. 歌が上手ですね。
songの名詞ではなく動詞sing＋really well がポイント
You speak Japanese really well.
17 May 2022
2022年5月24日火曜日
is something that
Why do you study English?
What made you decide to study English?
What is something that you study English?
...is something that...
間接的に言う、言い換えることができる
That is...（とっさに言葉がでてこない）something that has a lot of history.
There is...(いきなり伝えたいことがあると直接的に言いずらい）something that I really want to tell you.
2022年5月23日月曜日
日本滞在が長い相手に
Oh, you've seen most of Japan/around Tokyo, right?
出身地を語った相手に
Oh, I've always wanted to visit England.
滞在地、訪問したい場所を語った相手に
Kyoto? My goodness. I haven't been there in/for decades.
地方都市出身と語った相手に
Is it far from London?
日光は近いか尋ねてきた相手に
It's about as far as Shizuoka.
何か良い提案をしてきた相手に
That would be wonderful/great/nice!
どこかに行くと語った相手に
Don't forget to take your driver's license with you?
そのような場所をよく知ってるねと言った相手に
My job took/has taken me around Tokyo.
車/モーターバイクを買ったと語った相手に
He will take you to your apartment on his car/motor bike.
16 May, 2022
Well, I've seen most of Oxford. It's lovely city, but I'd like to see other places. Where do you want to go, Roxy?
I've always wanted to visit Stonehenge.
Stonehenge? My goodness. I haven't been there in decades.
Is it far from here?
It's about as far as London.
Can you take me to Stonehenge, Grandpa?
Sure. How about next Saturday?
That would be wonderful!
2022年5月22日日曜日
2022年5月16日月曜日
慣れる
be/get used to
Are you used to Japan yet? もう日本には慣れましたか？
I'm used it now/already. もう慣れました。
I'm not used it yet. まだ慣れてません。
I'm not used this cold weather at all.
I'm used to getting up early.
I'm used to having meetings on line.
Have you gotten used to...
I've gotten used to...
British English イギリス英語
the time difference 時差
get/wake up early 早起き
have meetings on line オンライン会議
cold weather この寒さ
開催する/される
hold 開催する
開催する団体や人が主語
We are going to hold an annual meeting next week.
The university is planning to hold an international symposium on the next-generation wireless communication.
be held/take place 開催される
開催されるイベントが主語
The Christmas Concert will be held at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium.
The Olympic Games are held every four years.
The opening party will take place on Monday.
The discussion will take place next Friday.
have (パーティーなどを）開催する
2022年5月15日日曜日
When will Japan open to tourists?
Over the past few months, Japan has been slowly easing its COVID-19 related border restrictions. In March, after almost two years, it started allowing in students, academics and business people. Then in April, parents and immediate relatives of foreign residents were allowed to enter the country. But the borders are still closed to tourists, a broad category of people that includes everyone from leisure travelers to the unmarried partners of residents of Japan. This week on Deep Dive, Kanako Takahara, The Japan Times' head of domestic news, join me to discuss when Japan might reopen to international tourism, and what that reopening might look like.
immediate ｲミ-ﾃﾞｨｴｯﾄ adj)直接の関連がある
broad ﾌﾞｩロｰﾄﾞ adj)幅の広い
2022年5月10日火曜日
2022年5月9日月曜日
a problem with... 問題があります
There's a problem with the order we received today.
今日受け取った商品に問題があります。
poor condition ひどい状態
The items you sent are in poor condition.
お送りいただいた品物はひどい状態です。
defective ﾃﾞｨフｪｸﾃｨｳﾞ adj)欠点のある n)欠陥品
More than half of the merchandise are defective.
品物の半分以上が欠陥商品です。
replacement 交換
We need a replacement for the defective products immediately.
欠陥品をすぐに交換して下さい。
We need the entire order to be replaced by June 30.
注文品をすべて6月30日までに交換して下さい。
The Golden Week
happy times=the golden week
billion(一兆）of people
Do you take a lot of days off?
You'd had a work on that day? その日は働く？
It's like a spread holiday. 飛び石連休
spread ｽﾌﾟレｯﾄﾞ v)広げて伸ばす、散らして配置する、まき散らす
2022年5月8日日曜日
難しい・困難な状況、バタバタしている
a juggling act
複数の事を同時にこなしている難しい状況
How are you?
Barely(almost not OK). My life's been a juggling act lately between work and home life, work-life balance.
I think you need to learn to say, "No." It's better to do one thing well rather than do ten things poorly.
barely ベｱﾘｰ adv)かろうじて、なんとか、やっと
2022年5月7日土曜日
Bill Gates says no beef for rich countries
Synthetic and Plant-based Meat
Do you think your country should stop eating real meat?
Imagine you can only eat synthetic meat or plant-based meat. Which one will you choose?
Do you think that synthetic and plant-based meat will ever taste 100% the same as real meat?
Greenhouse Gases
To lessen greenhouse gases, Gates believes that rich countries should switch to only synthetic or plant-based meat. Do you think his idea is reasonable?
Other than farming, what other human activities cause greenhouse gases to increase(ex. cutting down trees, driving cars)?
Do you think it's still possible to fix the world's greenhouse gas problem, or is it too late?
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently suggested that rich countries should eat only synthetic or plant-based meat. Synthetic meat is grown in a lab from animal cells, while plant-based meat is created from plant and other non-animal ingredients. Gates added that the world's 80 poorest countries should still eat real meat.
In Gates' new book, he says that it's impossible to completely get rid of the greenhouse gases that come from cows and the fertilizers used for the grass that they eat. In the US, 10% of the total greenhouse gases come from farming. To lesson them, Gates believes that countries should switch to eating only synthetic or plant-based meat.
According to Gates, the taste of synthetic and plant-based meat is different from real meat, but manufactures are trying to improve it. Some plant-based meat companies have also made their products more affordable and easily available. Impossible Foods now offers a set of two burger patties for $5.49(about \600) and a 340-gram pack of ground beef for $6.99(about \765). A similar company, Beyond Meat, has partnered with Walmart to sell its products in more than 2,400 stores.
co-founder
synthetic ｽｨﾝセﾃｨｯｸ adj)組み合わせの、合成の
plant-based 植物由来の
lab ラァﾌﾞ n)研究･実験室 laboratory ラァﾌﾞｧﾗﾄﾘｰ の略語
cell セﾙ n)小部屋、細胞
ingredient ｲﾝｸﾞリ-ﾃﾞｨｴﾝﾄ n)材料、食材⇒類語 element n)要素
greenhouse ｸﾞリｰﾝﾊｳｽ n)温室
greenhouse gas/gases n)温室効果ガス ※地球に温室効果をもたらすガス CO2 など
fertilizer フｧ-ﾃｨﾗｲｻﾞｰ n)肥料、化学肥料
grass ｸﾞｩラｧｽ n)草、芝
glass ｸﾞラｧｽ n)ガラス、コップ
manufacture ﾏﾆｭファｸﾁｬｰ n)生産、製造 v)生産、製造する
affordable ｱフｫ-ﾃﾞﾌﾞﾙ adj)手頃な、手に入る
patty パァﾃｨ n)パイの皮、ひき肉の薄い円形に作った料理
partner パｧ-ﾄﾅ-ｧ n)相棒 v)パートナーを組む、提携する
farming フｧ-ﾐﾝｸﾞ n)農業
Van, Truck, Lorry, SUV
Van ヴｧﾝ
BE) a covered vehicle with NO side windows in its back half, usually smaller than a lorry, used for carrying goods or people
AE) a covered vehicle with side windows, usually smaller than a lorry, that can carry about twelve passengers
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| VAN |
SUV ｴｽ ﾕｰ ヴｨ- sport utility vehicle
utility ﾕｰテｨﾘﾃｨ- n)実用性、利便性、役に立つもの、公共サービス（電気水道ガス）
SUV(US)=TRUCK(UK)
GAS STATION(US)=PETROL(UK)
2階建てバス・電車・船
double-decker 2階建てのバス･電車･船、ロンドンのダブルデッカー
=open top bus
decker デｯｶｰ n)船の甲板員、…階のバス･電車･船、...層のもの
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| double-decker in London |
from Sam
2022年5月6日金曜日
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