ラジオ英会話 ~(224)2024/3/7(木)引いて押せ2

アトランティスというよりもガトランチスだろうね・・

大西泰斗/Akino Roza/David Evans

 

 

Key Sentence

I agree with you up to a point, but I’ve written several books on the topic of Atlantis.

 

 

Dialogue ピーコック教授が記者会見で記者のエマロックからの質問を受ける
P: ・・And I’ll take the next question from the lady in blue there.(では、次の質問は、、


E: Thank you. I’m Emma Rock with the Big West Daily News.


P: Hello.


E: Professor, you wrote the screenplay for Atlantis Wars.


P: Yes. And your question?


E: Isn’t it strange for a university professor to be writing a script for a fantasy movie?


P: I agree with you up to a point, but I’ve written several books on the topic of Atlantis.


E: Yes, of course, but don’t you think people will get the wrong impression?


P: Oh, I certainly hope not.(おやおや私はもちろんそんなことは望んでいませんよ

 

*screenplay: 映画の脚本  

*up to a point: ある程度



Grammar and Vocabulary
1) Isn’t it strange for a university professor to be writing a script for a fantasy movie?  (大学の教授がファンタジー映画の脚本を書いているのは、奇妙ではないでしょうか?

 

2) I’ve written several books on the topic of Atlantis. (私はアトランティスをトピックにした本を何冊か書いたことがあります

 

 

Typical Expressions  引いて押す
I agree with you up to a point, but I’ve written several books on the topic of Atlantis. (ある程度はあなたと同意見ですが、私はアトランティスをトピックにした本を何冊か書いたことがあります

 

 

You’re right up to a point, but ~. (一理ありますが、~

 

You have a point, but ~. (一理ありますが、~
I can see your point, but ~. (おっしゃることはわかりますが、~

 

I see what you’re saying, but ~ (おっしゃることは分かりますが、~

I see what you mean, but ~
I get where you’re coming from, but ~ (あなたがどうしてそう言うのかはわかりますが、~

 

 

Typical Expressions in Action
1) I agree with you up to a point, but we need to see things from a broader perspective.

 

2) You have a point, but scientific evidence points to a different cause.

 

3) I can see your point, but that doesn’t change the facts.