ラジオ英会話 ～（193）2024/1/24（水）感情11：失望・がっかり
せんそうとへいわかあ・・
大西泰斗／Akino Roza／David Evans
Key Sentence
It was a letdown. (それは期待外れでした
Dialogue 大学のカフェでのヘレンとギャリー
H: Hi, Gary. How was your winter vacation？
G: Oh, hi, Helen. It was great. I saw some friends and did a little shopping.
H: Yeah, that’s a nice shirt you’re wearing.
G: Thanks. How about you? Did you finish reading ”War and Peace”?
H: I did, finally, but it was a letdown.
G: I thought you loved Tolstoy.
H: It’s a great novel. But it wasn’t what I’d hoped it would be□.
G: Well, at least you can say you read it. Most people can’t say that.
*letdown：失望、期待外れ
Grammar and Vocabulary
1) Did you finish reading "War and Peace"？ (あなたは『戦争と平和』を読み終わりましたか？
2) At least you can say you read it. (少なくともあなたは、それを読んだということができます
Typical Expressions 失望・ガッカリを表す表現
It was a letdown. (それは期待外れでした
I was disappointed. (私はがっかりしました
That was disappointing. (それにはがっかりしました
I had such high hopes for that. (私はそれにはとても大きな期待を持っていました
That wasn’t what I’d hoped. (それは私が望んでいたものではありませんでした
It’s a pity that you can’t come. (あなたが来ることができないのは残念です
It’s a shame that you can’t come.
It’s too bad that you can’t come.
What a shame! (なんて残念なことでしょう！
What a pity!
That was anticlimactic. (それは拍子抜けでしたね
Typical Expressions in Action
1) I can’t believe they canceled the match just because of a little rain. What a letdown!
2) The live-action version of "Hiroto no Nikki" was bad. I had such high hopes for it.
to be continued
