ラジオ英会話 Lesson 071 動詞句の説明⑤：原因を表す to 不定詞
KEY SENTENCE
I was delighted to see you.
Today’s dialog
留学中でニューヨークにいるシホに恋人のダグが東京から会いに来ました。
Shiho: Doug, it was sweet of you to come to New York.
Doug: I needed a vacation, but this week has gone by too quickly!
Shiho: I know. We had so much fun together. I finally got to see the Statue of Liberty. It was a dream come true.
Doug: I don’t want to go back to Tokyo, but I have a lot of work waiting for me.
Shiho: Well, I was delighted to see you, Doug.
Doug: Me too, Shiho. And we’ll see each other again very soon.
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。
Doug, it was sweet of you to come to New York.
I needed a vacation, but this week has gone by too quickly!
I know. We had so much fun together. I finally got to see the Statue of Liberty. It was a dream come true.
I don’t want to go back to Tokyo, but I have a lot of work waiting for me.
Well, I was delighted to see you, Doug.
Me too, Shiho. And we’ll see each other again very soon.
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
it ～ to・ of の意味
It was sweet of you to come to New York.
get to
I finally got to see the Statue of Liberty.
FEEL ENGLISH LIKE A NATIVE SPEAKER!
I was delighted to see you.
I was excited to hear about your new project.
GRAMMAR IN ACTION
文法を実践で使ってみよう。
I’m sad to see you go.
I’m relieved to know you all arrived safe and sound.
We were all flabbergasted to hear that Pete had been fired.
WORDS & PHRASES
sweet (人・行為が）親切な、優しい
the Statue of Liberty 自由の女神像
a dream come true 夢の実現
was delighted とても嬉しかった
relieve 安心させる
safe and sound 無事に
flabbergast ビックリ仰天させる
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