ラジオ英会話 Lesson 173 yet, already

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ラジオ英会話 Lesson 173 yet, already

Key Sentence

Have you discovered what it says yet? – No, I haven’t yet.

Today’s dialog

Peacock: Aki, you’ve been looking at that stone tablet for two months now.

Aki: Has it been that long?

Peacock: Yes. Have you discovered what it says yet?

Aki: No, I haven’t yet, Brendan. But I’m getting very close.

Peacock: But you already said the symbols represented letters.

Aki: Right, but that’s just the start. It appears to be a cryptogram. A secret code.

Peacock: A code? You mean there’s a hidden message there?

Aki: Yes, I believe so. The writer of this message didn’t want others to know what it said.

Peacock: Fascinating.

stone tablet: 石板
represent: ~を表す
letter: 文字
appear to be ~: ~であるように見える・思われる
cryptogram: 暗号文
code: 暗号、符号
fascinating: 興味深い、すごい

英訳練習

Grammar and Vocabulary

You’ve been looking at that stone tablet for two months now.

have been + 動詞-ing形: ずっと~している

The writer of this message didn’t want others to know what it said.

Grasp the Concept

Key Sentence

Have you discovered what it says yet? – No, I haven’t yet.

yet: もう・まだ「未完」

other examples

That was his best game yet.

 

yet: これまで・今まで

I was tired, yet I kept working late into the night.

 
He won the championship yet again.

 

yet again: それで終わらず・さらに繰り返し

You already said the symbols represented letters.

 

already: すでに、「完了」のニュアンス

Stop talking already!

 

already: すでに十分、もうたくさん
(I’ve had [That’s]) enough already.: もうたくさん
Enough with ~ already.: ~はもうたくさん

Practical Usage

下記のフレーズを使って、次の内容を英語にして言ってみよう。
・best ~ yet
・not ~ yet
・already

日本文をクリックすると、英文例が表示されます。

know ~: ~を知っている→~を確信している

 

Pronunciation Polish

Have you discovered what it says yet?
 
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