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.
