Lesson 133 思考を表す動詞④ 予期する・想像する：expect、imagine
レッスンのポイント
予期・想像についての重要動詞を１つずつ学んでおきましょう。
Today’s dialog
ウィルは同僚のリコに週末何をしたかを尋ねます。
Will: Hi, Riko. Did you do anything special over the weekend?
Riko: I went trick-or-treating with my daughter on Sunday.
Will: Oh, yeah. For Halloween. That sounds like fun.
Riko: Well, it was fun for a while, but then it started to rain. I didn’t expect rain.
Will: That’s too bad. What was your daughter’s costume?
Riko: She was a princess. I made the costume for her.
Will: Oh, that’s right. You used to be a patternmaker, didn’t you?
Riko: You remembered!
WORDS & PHRASES
patternmaker パタンナー（衣服用の型紙製作者）
英訳練習
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Hi, Riko. Did you do anything special over the weekend?
I went trick-or-treating with my daughter on Sunday.
Oh, yeah. For Halloween. That sounds like fun.
Well, it was fun for a while, but then it started to rain. I didn’t expect rain.
That’s too bad. What was your daughter’s costume?
She was a princess. I made the costume for her.
Oh, that’s right. You used to be a patternmaker, didn’t you?
You remembered!
CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR! ～文法のポイントを確認しましょう～
①-thing / -body / -one で終わる単語は後ろに説明
Did you do anything special over the weekend?
over the weekend は「週末にかけて」
②助動詞表現 used to
You used to be a patternmaker, didn’t you?
BUILD UP YOUR VOCABULARY～語彙のハートを身につけましょう～
I didn’t expect rain.
expect の成り立ちは「ex-（外を）spect（見る）」。「当然こうなるはずだ」と予期・期待するという単語です。
I expect to arrive at 8 o’clock.
Do you expect me to agree with everything you say?
I expect you all to participate actively in class.
All members are expected to obey the dress code.
I can’t imagine living without you.
I imagine you must really miss your family.
EXPRESS YOURSELF IN ENGLISH! ～英語で表現しましょう～
We expect to increase our profits by around 5% this year.
I expect that your opponent will play very aggressively.
I can’t imagine why the boss wants to talk with me.
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