英会話タイムトライアル 「4月DAY8」
4月8日(水)
Siblings?
Brothers and sisters
Do you have any brothers and sisters?
妹と姉がいます。
I have two sisters.
I have an older sister and a younger sister.
弟と兄がいます。
I have two brothers.
Are both your parents still around?
be still around / still be around
(=) be alive
Yes, my parents are still around. They live in Tokyo.
They both passed away.
Pass away
I’m sorry to hear that.
My dad passed away a long time ago.
Relatives
Do you have a lot of relatives?
Relatives on my mom’s side/mother’s side.
I have a lot of relatives on my mom’s side.
I have a lot of relatives on my mom’s and dad’s sides.
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• siblings /ˈsɪblɪŋz/ 兄弟姉妹（フォーマル寄り）
• brothers and sisters /ˈbrʌðərz ənd ˈsɪstərz/ 兄弟姉妹
• older sister /ˈoʊldər ˈsɪstər/ 姉
• younger sister /ˈjʌŋɡər ˈsɪstər/ 妹
• older brother /ˈoʊldər ˈbrʌðər/ 兄
• younger brother /ˈjʌŋɡər ˈbrʌðər/ 弟
• parents /ˈpɛrənts/ 両親
• still around /stɪl əˈraʊnd/ まだ健在で
• pass away /pæs əˈweɪ/ 亡くなる（婉曲）
• a long time ago /ə lɔːŋ taɪm əˈɡoʊ/ ずいぶん前に
• relatives /ˈrɛlətɪvz/ 親戚
• on my mom’s side /ɑːn maɪ mɑːmz saɪd/ 母方で
• on my dad’s side /ɑːn maɪ dædz saɪd/ 父方で
• both /boʊθ/ 両方とも
→ on my mom’s and dad’s sides（両方なので複数形がより自然）
• “Do you have any brothers and sisters?”
→ “Do you have any siblings?”（ややフォーマル）
• “Are both your parents still around?”
→ “Are your parents still around?”（どちらでもOK）
• “They both passed away.”
→ “Both of them passed away.”（少し丁寧）
• “I have a lot of relatives on my mom’s and dad’s sides.”
→ “I have relatives on both sides of the family.”（かなり自然）
■ニュアンス
• siblings は便利だけど会話ではやや硬め
👉 日常は brothers and sisters が多い
• pass away はかなり重要
👉 die よりやわらかく、ほぼ必須表現
• still around
👉 直訳「まだその辺にいる」→ 健在 の意味になるのがポイント
英会話タイムトライアル 「4月DAY7」
4月7日(火)
Let’s build your 瞬発力.
田舎・郊外
Suburb
Where did you grow up?
Where were you brought up?
I grew up …
I grew up in Chicago.
I grew up in Florida.
I grew up in a quiet suburb.
I grew up in a quiet suburb outside of Tokyo.
The countryside
I grew up in the countryside.
I love the countryside.
I was born in Singapore.
And I grew up in Japan.
I was born and raised in Singapore.
What’s your hometown like?
• hometown /ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/ 地元・故郷（home＋townの複合語）
• What’s ~ like? /wʌts ~ laɪk/ ～はどんな感じ？（likeは「好き」ではなく性質）
It has a lot of greenery.
There is a lot of greenery.
It’s a lively city.
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Jenny, where did you grow up?
I grew up in Crown Point.
I grew up in a town called …
I grew up in a town called Crown Point.
I grew up in Indiana.
I grew up in a state called Indiana.
・a town called ~ = 後ろから名詞を説明する形
（＝ a town that is called ~）
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• grow up /ɡroʊ ʌp/ 育つ・成長する（growはフラップTなしだが弱くつながる）
• be brought up /brɔːt ʌp/ 育てられる（受動・ややフォーマル）
• suburb /ˈsʌbərb/ 郊外（実際は the suburbs が頻出）
• outside Tokyo /ˌaʊtˈsaɪd toʊkioʊ/ 東京の外（ofは省略されることが多い）
• the countryside /ðə ˈkʌntriˌsaɪd/ 田舎・地方
• be born in ~ /bi bɔːrn ɪn/ ～で生まれる
• be raised in ~ /bi reɪzd ɪn/ ～で育つ
• be born and raised /bi bɔːrn ænd reɪzd/ 生まれ育つ（セット表現）
• What’s ~ like? /wʌts ~ laɪk/ ～はどんな感じ？
• greenery /ˈɡriːnəri/ 緑・植物の多さ（不可算名詞）
• lively city /ˈlaɪvli sɪti/ 活気のある街
英会話タイムトライアル 「4月DAY6」
4月6日(月)
What brought you to Japan?
カジュアルなら
→ “What made you come to Japan?”（やや柔らかい）
△Why did you come to Japan?
What brought you to this city?
-Next are some replies to that question.
I came because I wanted to learn English.
I came to learn English.
I came to sightsee.
I came for sightseeing.
I came for work.
Surprise
Was there anything that surprised you about Japan?
Was there anything ...?
I was surprised by the number of … ?
I was surprised by the number of restaurants.
I was surprised by the number of train stations.
• what brought you to ~ /wʌt brɔt ju tu/ 何がきっかけで～に来たのか
• why did you come /waɪ dɪd ju kʌm/ なぜ来たのか（直接的）
• replies to ~ /rɪˈplaɪz tu/ ～への返答
• because /bɪˈkʌz/ ～だから
• to learn ~ /tu lɝn/ ～するために（目的）
• sightsee /ˈsaɪtˌsi/ 観光する（動詞）
• sightseeing /ˈsaɪtˌsiɪŋ/ 観光（名詞）
• for work /fɔr wɝk/ 仕事で
• be surprised by ~ /bi sərˈpraɪzd baɪ/ ～に驚く
• the number of ~ /ðə ˈnʌmbər əv/ ～の数
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brought /brɔt/ → 「ブロート」ではなく「ブロッ」に近い
did you → /dɪdʒu/（ディジュー）
to learn → /tə lɝn/（弱化して「トゥ」→「タ」に近い）
number of → /ˈnʌmbərəv/（連結して「ナンバラヴ」）