Lesson 124 知識を表す:know②
レッスンのポイント
know の2回目。今回は素敵な know の使い方。
Today’s dialog
ヒロキは、会社の経営幹部のイトウさんに呼ばれます。
Ms. Ito: Hiroki, do you have a minute?
Hiroki: Of course, Ms. Ito. Is there a problem?
Ms. Ito: No. Don’t worry. Please have a seat.
Hiroki: Thank you.
Ms. Ito: Hiroki, we’ve been very impressed with your sales performance over the last several months.
Hiroki: Thank you. I have been doing my best.
Ms. Ito: That’s why we’d like you to become the new regional sales manager.
Hiroki: Me? But I don’t have any management experience.
Ms. Ito: That’s OK. We know you can do it.
WORDS & PHRASES
have a minute ちょっと時間がある
regional (特定の)地域の
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。
Hiroki, do you have a minute?
Of course, Ms. Ito. Is there a problem?
No. Don’t worry. Please have a seat.
Thank you.
Hiroki, we’ve been very impressed with your sales performance over the last several months.
Thank you. I have been doing my best.
That’s why we’d like you to become the new regional sales manager.
Me? But I don’t have any management experience.
That’s OK. We know you can do it.
CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR! ~文法のポイントを確認しましょう~
①現在完了進行形
I have been doing my best.
②That’s why …
That’s why we’d like you to become the new regional sales manager.
BUILD UP YOUR VOCABULARY~語彙のハートを身につけましょう~
We know you can do it.
know のさまざま使い方を身につければ、会話の幅はグッと広がります。know の大きな特徴は、その内容が「事実」であるということにあります。そこから生まれるのがこの、心温まる使い方。You can do it.(君ならできるさ)だけでも、「あなたにはそうした力が潜在的に備わっているのです」という意味ですから、たいへん大きな励ましです。でも、この文にはさらに「それを私たちは知っています=それは事実なのです」が加わっているのです。
I know I won’t pass the test.
I’ve never known her to say a bad word about anyone.
I’ve known high temperatures, but nothing like today’s 40℃. It’s unbearable!
Do you know what I mean?
EXPRESS YOURSELF IN ENGLISH! ~英語で表現しましょう~
I know you’ll do a fantastic job.
Have you ever known such a charismatic leader?
Do you know what this symbol means?