Meeting people
The follwing is a short conversation between a young man, Santos, and a young woman, Mona
A. Excuse me, is anybody1 sitting here?
B. Uhh... no, here, let me move my books.
A. Thank you. Oh, ESL books! What class are you in?
B. Well... acutually I'm not an ESL student. I'm an ESL student teacher.
I'm doing my practice teaching here. And you,are you in ESL?
A. Uhh...yeah.. I'm in the advanced ESL class.
B. How do you like it?2
A. It's OK, but I'm not really enjoying it. I love Art.
Thats what Iwant to do. I plan to take Graphic Design next term.
By the way, I'm Mona.
B. Pleased to meet you, Mona. I'm Santos Manuel.
A. Nice to meet you, Mr. Manuel.
B. Santos. Call me Santos.
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誰かがいるかもしれない時はsomebody
いないと思う時はanybodyを使う。
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What do you think of it?
Don't I know you from some where
A. Excuse me,1 but don't I know you from somewhere?
B. No, I don't think so.
A. Sure.2 Don't you work at the main street?
B. No, I'm afraid not . You must have me confused3 with somebody else.
A. Oh, I'm sorry.4 I guess I made a mistake.
under line
Haven't we met before?
Haven't we met somewhere?
1
Pardon me.
2
Of corse
3
mixed up
4
Excuse me.
I like guys who...
A. Do you have a date for the party yet?
B. Actually,I don't... Do you know anyone I could go with?
A. Hmm. What kind of guys do you like?
B. Oh, I like guys who aren't too serious and
who have a good sense of humor.
You know , some one like you.
A. OK.Uh, what else?
B. Well, I'd prefer someone I have something in common with-
- who I can talk to easily.
A. I think I know just the guy for you.
Bob Branson. Do you know him?
B. No,I don't think so.
A. OK, I'll ask him to meet us for coffee,
and you can tell me what you think.
Sorry. ごめんなさい
謝罪に対する答えとしては次のような表現があります。
Don't worry about it. どうぞ、ご心配なく。
Never mind./ Forget it. 気にしなくていいですよ。
It's nothing. 何でもありません。
It's doesn't matter. 構いませんよ。
No problem. 何も問題はありませんよ。
I don't think we've met.
A. I don't think we've met. My name is 1 Carmen.
B. Hello.2 I'm1 Kenji. Nice to meet you.3
A. Nice meeting you,3 too. Where are you from?
B. Japan. How about you?4
A. Venezuela.
1
My name is
I'm
2
Hello.
(less formal)Hi.
(more formal) How do you do?
3
(It"s) nice to meet you.
(It's) nice meeting you.
(I'm) glad to meet you.
(I'm) pleased to meet you.
4
How about you?
What about you?
And you?
I agree.
A. You know ...rush hour was awful this morning.
B. I agree.1 Rush hour was awful this morning, wasn't it.
A. Traffic must have been slow because of the snow.
B. That's just I was thinking.2
A. You know... this coffee tastes terrible!
B. I agree.1 This cofee does taste terrible, doesn't it.
A. We should switch to a different brand.
B. That's just what I was thinking.
1
I agree with you.
You 're right.
That's right.
That's true.
I know.
2
That's exactly what I was thinking.
I disagree.
A. You know... I think the air conditioning is broken.
B. Really? I'm not so sure .1
What makes you say that?2
A. Well,it's unusually warm in here.
Wouldn't you agree?3
B. No, not really. I disagree.4
1
I don't know.
I'm not so sure I agree.
2
Why do you say that?
What makes you think so?
Why do you think so?
3
Wouldn't you say so?
Don't you agree?
Don't you think so?
4
I don't agree.
I don't think so.
That's just what I was thinking.
A. You know... they aren't very impressed with our presentation.
B. I agree.1 They aren't very impressed with our presentation, are they.
A. I don't think we're going to get their business.
B. That's just what I was thinking.2
1
I agree with you.
You're right.
That's right.
That's true.
I know.
2
That's exacly what I was thinking.