Lesson 169 offが持つ意味の広がり
レッスンのポイント
「小さな」単語、そして基本副詞の最終回です。off が作り出す表現力を入手しましょう。
Today’s dialog
朝9時、まだベッドにいるロキシーに父親が話しかけます。
Dad: Roxy, it’s 9 o’clock. Don’t you have a part-time job today?
Roxy: I’m off this morning. I have to go to the dentist.
Dad: Oh, OK. By the way, I’m cooking dinner again tonight.
Roxy: Please don’t make seafood paella again. Maybe I won’t be able to eat it because of my tooth.
Dad: OK, let me think of another recipe with soft ingredients.
Roxy: Thanks, Dad. Anyway, let me sleep a bit more, OK?
Dad: Sure, but don’t miss your appointment!
WORDS & PHRASES
appointment 約束、予約（の時間）
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。
Roxy, it’s 9 o’clock. Don’t you have a part-time job today?
I’m off this morning. I have to go to the dentist.
Oh, OK. By the way, I’m cooking dinner again tonight.
Please don’t make seafood paella again. Maybe I won’t be able to eat it because of my tooth.
OK, let me think of another recipe with soft ingredients.
Thanks, Dad. Anyway, let me sleep a bit more, OK?
Sure, but don’t miss your appointment!
CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR! ～文法のポイントを確認しましょう～
①否定疑問文
Don’t you have a part-time job today?
②let の目的語説明型
Let me think of another recipe with soft ingredients.
Let me sleep a bit more, OK?
BUILD UP YOUR VOCABULARY～語彙のハートを身につけましょう～
I’m off this morning.
off は on の逆、「離れて」。この文の off は 「（仕事から）離れて＝休み」ですということ。
I’m off to bed.
Take off your jacket.
We’re about five kilometers off the coast.
Tom yam kung is off today, I’m afraid.
I feel a bit off this morning. It must be the curry I ate.
The curry she made me was off. Don’t you think that’s a bit off?
EXPRESS YOURSELF IN ENGLISH! ～英語で表現しましょう～
I saw them getting off the 9 o’clock train.
get off は get on の逆で「(乗り物から）降りる」。
We had to put off going to Hawaii because my father fell ill.
put off は「延期する」。
Carol loves to show off her soccer skills.
show off は「見せびらかす・誇示する」。
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