月テーマ: Talking About the Weather 天気の話をする
DIALOGUE (3): Typhoon Coming Up! 台風接近中！
スパーマーケットで食料品を買い込んでいる妻に、夫がたずねる。
Husband: Why are we buying so much food?
Wife: There's a typhoon approaching.
Husband: Oh, you mean typhoon Jeffry? I heard that it may not make landfall.
Wife: Well, you never know.
Husband: Right. Let's buy some batteries in case there's a power outage.
Wife: Good idea. Oh, listen to that! Wind is picking up.
Husband: Let's go home.
WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS
～が接近中です There's ～ approaching.
ああ、～のことですか? Oh, you mean ～?
Oh, you mean typhoon Jeffry?
私は～だと聞きました I heard that ～
上陸する(イディオム) make landfall
I heard that it may not make landfall.
上陸しないと聞いたけど。
そうなるかどうかわかりませんよ you never know
(そう)ですね Right.
You're right.の略。
電池 battery
～に備えて/～起こる・ある場合を想定して in case there's ～
停電 power outage
イントネーション注意
風が出てきました/強くなってきました Wind is picking up.
APPLY IT!
There's a typhoon approaching.
台風が近づいているのよ。
There's ... approaching.（…が近づいている）「A が B に近づいている」は There's A approaching B. と言います。There's ... coming up.
YOU ARE THE ★
Jeff: Why aren't we coming in tomorrow?
なぜ僕たちは明日出社しないんだい?
★: There is a snow storm approaching.
吹雪が近づいているんです。
Jeff: Is it going to be big?
大きいのかなあ?
★: They say it's the biggest ever.
過去最大だということです。
Jeff: Oh, we'd better go home early today.
Carolyn: Good idea.
SAY IT!
節を導入するthatは弱める
I heard that it may not make landfall.
上陸はしないかもしれないと聞きましたが
WRITE IT!
日本語: ラブリアにサイクロンが近づいています。上陸する可能性があります。最悪の事態に備えましょう。
サイクロン cyclone
参考にするダイアローグの部分:
There's a typhoon approaching.
I heard that it may not make landfall.
チェックポイント:
[ラブリアに近づいている]はapproaching to?
Carolyn: Well, actually we wouldn't say "approaching to". We just say "approaching". We don't need a word "to".
Ken: So you say approaching Lovelia?
Carolyn: Yes, approaching Lovelia, not approaching to Lovelia.
[可能性がある]
Jeff: Well, in the dialogue we used "may". "May" means maybe it will, maybe it won't. But if you use "could", that's a little more possibility.
couldがmayよりも強い可能性を示す
[最悪の事態に備える]
Ken: This is a set phrase, right?
Carolyn: Yeah, that's right, Ken. It’s set phrase. "Prepare for the worst".
解答例: There's a cyclone approaching Lovelia. It could make landfall. Let's prepare for the worst.
IN ANOTHER SITUATION!
They sing their lines to tune of "Three Blind Mice".
彼らは「スリーブラインドマイス」のメロディーに合わせてセリフを歌う
♪Husband: Why are we buying so much food?
Wife: There's a typhoon approaching.
Husband: Oh, you mean typhoon Jeffry? I heard that it may not make landfall.
Wife: Well, you never know.
Husband: Right. Let's buy some batteries in case there's a power outage.
Wife: Good idea. Oh, listen to that! Wind is picking up.
Husband: Let's go home.♪