ラジオ英会話 ~(222)2024/3/5(火)興味を示す2:相槌を打つ

ぼくたちの世代はやっぱりピラミッドより・・

大西泰斗/Akino Roza/David Evans

 

 

Key Sentence

They were talking about pyramids. 

― Were they?


Dialogue 散歩から戻ってきた異星人ゼイトォクスがマサミと話す
M: Zatox! Did you have a nice walk?


Z: Yes, I saw some humans. Humans really like mobile phones, don’t they?


M: Yeah. They weren’t looking at you?


Z: Nobody cared. I heard some young people chatting. They were talking about pyramids.


M: Were they? Like the pyramids in Egypt?


Z: I guess so. Humans don’t remember where pyramids came from.


M: Where did they come from?


Z: From us. We aliens taught humans how to build them a long time ago.


M: Oh, did you?


Z: Yes, that’s why they’re everywhere.

 

*come from :~に由来する


Grammar and Vocabulary
1) 裸の複数形は何も限定してないので~一般を表す
Humans really like mobile phones. (人間は本当に携帯電話が好きです

 

2) I heard some young people chatting. (私は若者たちがおしゃべりしているのを聞きました

 

 

Typical Expressions あいづちの表現
They were talking about pyramids. 

―Were they? (彼らはピラミッドについて話していました。 そうなんですか?

 

 

I can drive you home. 

― Oh, can you? That would be nice. (家まで車で送れますよ。え、送ってくれるの?それはいいですね。

 

Ben and Hiromi broke up! 

― Oh, did they? 

 

I’ve been to Hawaii. 

― Oh, have you? 

 

Cath likes to binge-watch horror movies. 

― Oh, does she?  (キャスはホラー映画を一気に見るのが好きなんだ。え、そうなの?軽さ

 

 

Typical Expressions in Action
1) I’ve seen this already.

ーOh,have you? Okay, I'll pick up a different movie then.

 

2) My father loves sake.

―Oh, does he?Next time I visit, I'll bring a bottle.