ラジオ英会話 Lesson 219 比較⑧:比較級
KEY SENTENCE
Can you ride more slowly, please?
Today’s dialog
ホストマザーのユウコと、留学生のトーマスが奈良の史跡巡りをしています。
Yuko: Thomas, can you ride more slowly, please?
Thomas: Sorry, I am just so excited about being in Nara. Look, there’s Todaiji straight ahead!
Yuko: Right, we can park our bikes close to it.
Thomas: I finally get to visit the oldest wooden building in the world!
Yuko: Todaiji isn’t the oldest. Horyuji is older than Todaiji.
Thomas: Oh, I thought it was Todaiji. Anyway, it’s much bigger than Horyuji, right?
Yuko: Yes, there’s a big statue of the Buddha inside.
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。
Thomas, can you ride more slowly, please?
Sorry, I am just so excited about being in Nara. Look, there’s Todaiji straight ahead!
Right, we can park our bikes close to it.
I finally get to visit the oldest wooden building in the world!
Todaiji isn’t the oldest. Horyuji is older than Todaiji.
Oh, I thought it was Todaiji. Anyway, it’s much bigger than Horyuji, right?
Yes, there’s a big statue of the Buddha inside.
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
there+be 動詞
Look, there’s Todaiji straight ahead!
There’s a big statue of the Buddha inside.
説明ルール
We can park our bikes close to it.
FEEL ENGLISH LIKE A NATIVE SPEAKER!
Can you ride more slowly, please?
Horyuji is older than Todaiji.
I have a better idea!
GRAMMAR IN ACTION
文法を実践で使ってみよう。
You should listen more carefully.
The Tokyo Tower is taller than the Eiffel Tower.
Look. Here are some cheaper bananas.
WORDS & PHRASES
straight ahead まっすぐ先に
get to … ~することができる
wooden 木造(製)の
statue 彫像