ラジオ英会話　Lesson 009 前置詞 at ② – 「点」に向かう動き

Roxy: Grandpa, look at these flowers. What are they called?

Grandpa: Oh, you don’t have them in Japan? They’re called “bluebells.”

Roxy: What a lovely name! You know, I love all these flowers.

Grandpa: Well, it’s not easy. We have to work at it.

Roxy: At maintaining the garden? I can tell.

Grandpa: Thank you. So, Roxy, how’s life at the university these days?

Roxy: Fun. I jumped at the chance to join Professor Peacock’s archaeology class. It’s interesting.

Grandpa: Peacock. I remember him. We met him at Stonehenge.

Roxy: Yes, he’s aged a bit since then.

Grandpa: It happens to all of us.

I jumped at the chance to join Professor Peacock’s archaeology class.

It happens to all of us.

We have to work at it.

Look at these flowers.

I jumped at the chance.

Don’t laugh at me!

He was angry at me.

 

My date got angry at me because I laughed at her.
But I didn’t!
I was looking at a guy behind her.
He smiled at me with a funny face and winked.

 

We have to work at it.