「パックンマックン・海保知里の英語に Thank you!」2011 年 08 月 22 日

In English, please!

夏休みの宿題

Japanese students have a lot of homework to do during the summer.
They keep diaries with pictures.
They do research on a topic of their ???.
They write book reports.
Most of them put their homework off to the very end of the vacation and their parents do it.

  • diary には、write ではなく keep を用いる
  • 読書感想文 book report
  • 引き延ばす procrastinate
    • 引き延ばす人 procrastinator
  • ??? が聴き取れた方は、メールを下さい

聞き耳リスニングクイズ

This woman is very beautiful.
She lives with her stepmother and 2(two) stepsisters.
She has tiny feet.
A prince falls in love with her.
She looses her slipper.
She must go home before midnight.
Who is she?

シンデレラ

  • stepmother 継母/step mother in law 義母
  • slipper はローファーのように踵のある靴
    • ガラスの靴は glass shoe(s) ではない
  • midnight 夜の 12 時/noon 昼の 12 時