Lesson 168 outが持つ意味の広がり
レッスンのポイント
今回は out。
Today’s dialog
妻が夫に電話をかけてきて、夕食は外に食べに行くことを提案します。
Husband: Hello?
Wife: Hi, honey. What do you want to eat for dinner?
Husband: Anything’s fine. You decide.
Wife: Mmm. Let’s eat out tonight. I’m too tired to cook.
Husband: That’s a good idea. I don’t want to wash the dishes, either. How about our usual place?
Wife: Sounds good. We haven’t been there in a while.
Husband: Yeah, that’s right. And I love their French fries.
Wife: We’ll order a salad instead of fries. You need to cut down on fried foods.
WORDS & PHRASES
eat out 外食する
in a while しばらくの間
cut down on ～ ～を減らす
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。
Hello?
Hi, honey. What do you want to eat for dinner?
Anything’s fine. You decide.
Mmm. Let’s eat out tonight. I’m too tired to cook.
That’s a good idea. I don’t want to wash the dishes, either. How about our usual place?
Sounds good. We haven’t been there in a while.
Yeah, that’s right. And I love their French fries.
We’ll order a salad instead of fries. You need to cut down on fried foods.
CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR! ～文法のポイントを確認しましょう～
①イメージを知ること
Anything’s fine.
②too … to ～
I’m too tired to cook.
③意思の will
We’ll order a salad instead of fries.
You will follow my instructions to the letter!
BUILD UP YOUR VOCABULARY～語彙のハートを身につけましょう～
Let’s eat out tonight.
out は「外」。eat out は「外食する」となります。
I found out where they were hiding.
They carried out the plan successfully.
Truth will out.
Miniskirts are out this year.
We can’t rule out the possibility.
My friend helped me out when I was in deep trouble.
EXPRESS YOURSELF IN ENGLISH! ～英語で表現しましょう～
My kids are great, but sometimes they get out of control.
get out of control は「コントロールが利かなくなる」。
My parents helped me out when I needed to buy a car.
help … out と help はしっかり区別すること。help … out は「困った状況から助け出すこと」。help は単に「手伝う」こと。
The candidates were all strong, but two stood out in terms of charisma.
stand out は「突出する・際立つ･目立つ」。in terms of は「～の点で」。
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