ラジオ英会話 Lesson 209 受動態⑧：「直接」が求められる受動態
KEY SENTENCE
Your new book is expected to become a bestseller!
Today’s dialog
ピーコック教授の新しい著書が人気を博しています。ジェシカは夢を膨らませているようです。
Jessica: Professor Peacock, your new book is expected to become a bestseller!
Peacock: That is surprisingly good news.
Jessica: After it won that award last year, it has attracted a lot of public attention.
Peacock: And I thought my best years were behind me.
Jessica: Didn’t I tell you to stop thinking like that?
Peacock: Yes, you were right, Jessica. You’re never too old to do something new.
Jessica: Exactly. Maybe you can plan a big research expedition now.
Peacock: That’s what I was thinking.
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。
Professor Peacock, your new book is expected to become a bestseller!
That is surprisingly good news.
After it won that award last year, it has attracted a lot of public attention.
And I thought my best years were behind me.
Didn’t I tell you to stop thinking like that?
Yes, you were right, Jessica. You’re never too old to do something new.
Exactly. Maybe you can plan a big research expedition now.
That’s what I was thinking.
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
否定疑問文・目的語説明型・リアリティ動詞
Didn’t I tell you to stop thinking like that?
too ～ to…
You’re never too old to do something new.
FEEL ENGLISH LIKE A NATIVE SPEAKER!
Your new book is expected to become a bestseller!
A Japanese woman is thought to be the oldest living person.
This medieval castle is said to be haunted.
The accused was seen to leave the building at 10 p.m.
I was made to open my suitcase at the airport.
GRAMMAR IN ACTION
文法を実践で使ってみよう。
Our new CEO is said to be a genius.
Many students were seen to be sleeping during his lecture.
This Ming vase is reported to be worth over two million dollars.
WORDS & PHRASES
be expected to … ～することが期待されている
surprisingly 驚くほど
attention 注目
behind (人） (人）にとって過去のものとなって
expedition 調査旅行
be said to be ～ ～と言われている
be seen to ～するのを見られた
be reported to ～であると報告・報道される
worth ～の価値がある