Lesson 118 主張する：レベル２動詞 insist、claim、assert
レッスンのポイント
「主張する」はたいへん重要なコミュニケーション。
Today’s dialog
久しぶりに会った友人同士のキースとマリリンです。
Keith: It’s so good to see you again, Marilyn. How have you been?
Marilyn: Very well. Thanks, Keith. How about you?
Keith: Can’t complain. Actually, I’ve just started my own real estate company.
Marilyn: That sounds great, but very challenging.
Keith: Yes, it’s not easy, but I relish such a challenge.
Marilyn: Was it tough to persuade your wife?
Keith: Well, she was naturally nervous, but I insisted that it was the right thing to do.
Marilyn: So now she supports you.
Keith: Absolutely.
WORDS & PHRASES
Can’t complain.：順調だ、何も不満はない。
real estate：不動産
challenging：骨の折れる、やりがいのある
relish：～を楽しむ、味わう
英訳練習
本日のテキストを英訳してみましょう。文章をクリックすると英文例が表示されます。
It’s so good to see you again, Marilyn. How have you been?
Very well. Thanks, Keith. How about you?
Can’t complain. Actually, I’ve just started my own real estate company.
That sounds great, but very challenging.
Yes, it’s not easy, but I relish such a challenge.
Was it tough to persuade your wife?
Well, she was naturally nervous, but I insisted that it was the right thing to do.
So now she supports you.
Absolutely.
CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR! ～文法のポイントを確認しましょう～
①現在完了形 How have you been?
How have you been?
②it … to ～
Was it tough to persuade your wife?
BUILD UP YOUR VOCABULARY～語彙のハートを身につけましょう～
I insisted that it was the right thing to do.
insist のイメージは「ここから出ないよ」。この動詞は「in（＝upon）＋sist（立つ）：上に立って動かない」という語源を持っているのです。「自分の考えは変えないよ」といった頑固な強い主張がこの単語の持ち味なのです。
claim も「主張する」と訳されますが、そのイメージは「叫ぶ」。「私は正しい、私には手に入れる権利がある」と叫んでいる感触。
She claimed that she was innocent.
You should be able to claim expenses for entertaining your foreign clients.
Passengers on flight 203 from Istanbul may claim their baggage at carousel No.4.
The leadership camp taught me to assert myself more.
EXPRESS YOURSELF IN ENGLISH! ～英語で表現しましょう～
She insisted on going Dutch.
go Dutch で「割り勘にする」。
The woman claimed that she had been robbed.
rob は「強奪する」。
It’s encouraging to see so many women asserting their rights.
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