今日勉強した英語の中で間違えたことや調べたことをメモしておく。
コロケーション
今回は古沢寛行・小宮山浩光・レコード，カービィ(2004)「コロケーション徹底演習I」(泰文堂)PP.73-76を参照。
今回、間違えたのは以下の表現：
| 451. | As the great Odysseus aged, he realised that although his former powers were gradually failing him, he could only be happy seeking new challenges. | |
| 偉大なオデュッセウスは年老いて、かつての自分の力が次第に衰えつつあったが、新しい挑戦を探せば幸せになれることが分かっていた。 | ||
| 456. | A sudden panic swept through the camp. The general was on his way to inspect the troops. | |
| 突然のパニックがキャンプ中を覆った。将軍が部隊を視察に来る途中だったのだ。 | ||
| 458. | Elderly people are sometimes cheated of their savings when they fall for some smooth-talking salesman. | |
| 少し年を取った人々は話の上手いセールスマンに騙されて貯金を騙し取られることがある。 | ||
| 460. | I recently came across a text written in French, so I asked my friend to see if he could translate it for me. | |
| 最近フランス語で書かれたテキストに出くわしたので、友人に翻訳してもらえるかどうか尋ねた。 | ||
| 461. | I handed a student in my homeroom a note which instructed her to report to the main office as soon as possible. | |
| ホームルームのとき、できるだけ早くメイン・オフィスに出頭するよう指示してあるメモをある学生に渡した。 | ||
| 462. | Having received four speeding violations in the span of six months, my brother had his driver's license revoked. | |
| 私の弟は、6か月間に及んで4階のスピード違反を犯し運転免許証を取り上げられた。 | ||
| 467. | No matter how tough things got, the defending forces had no intention of abandoning their position. | |
| どんなに状況が困難になろうとも、防衛軍はその陣地を明け渡すつもりは無かった。 | ||
| 469. | He was inexperienced as a teacher but did manage to engage the students' interests by telling them stories of the many foreign countries he had visited. | |
| 彼は教師としては経験がまだ浅かったが、彼がかつて訪れたことのある多くの外国の話をして聞かせることで、生徒たちの関心を何とか惹くことができた。 | ||
| 470. | Our business has been thriving, partly due to the fact that it is strategically located near the downtown area of the city. | |
| 我々のビジネスは繁盛していたが、1つには、市のダウンタウン近くという販売戦略上有利な所に位置しているためである。 | ||
| 473. | We all thought he would attend an Ivy League school, so we were surprised when he enrolled at Stanford. | |
| 我々は全員、彼がアイヴィー・リーグに行くと思っていたため、スタンフォード大学に入学した時は驚いた。 | ||
| 474. | From his 15th floor condominium he can command a majestic view of the whole city and the mountain range beyond. | |
| マンションの15階の彼の部屋からは、街全体とその先の山脈の素晴らしい景色を臨むことができる。 |
英文解釈
今回は伊藤和夫(2017)「英文解釈教室 新装版」(研究社)
PP.33-35まで*1。
| Too much travel, too much variety of impressions are not good for the young, and cause them as they grow up to become incapable of enduring fruitful monotony. | |
| 過剰に旅行したりやあまりに様々な印象を与えることは若者にとって良いものではなく、若者は成長するにつれて実りをもたらす単調な生活に耐えることができなくなってしまう原因になる。 | |
| I found myself instinctively as I walked noting the color of a leaf. | |
| 私は自分が歩きながら葉の色に直観的に注目していたことに気付いた。 |
2.3 例題 People who lack confidence in their knowledge of good English would like to have each spelling, pronunciation, meaning, and grammatical usage decided for them, once an for all, so that they could know that one is right and another is wrong. They feel uncertain when choices are clearly permissible. Partly because they would like to have a fixed standard to settle all questions of usage, they come to believe that one exists and operates, and constantly repeat judgments and rules without examining the basis for them.
| People who lack confidence in their knowledge of good English would like to have each spelling, pronunciation, meaning, and grammatical usage decided for them, once an for all, so that they could know that one is right and another is wrong. | |
| 正しい英語の知識に自信を持てない人は綴りや発音、意味および文法用法をひとつひとつきっぱりと決めてもらって、どれは正しくどれは誤りだと分かればよいと思う。 | |
| They feel uncertain when choices are clearly permissible. | |
| そうした人たちは複数の用法から選ぶことが明確に許容されるときには不安になる。 | |
| Partly because they would like to have a fixed standard to settle all questions of usage, they come to believe that one exists and operates, and constantly repeat judgments and rules without examining the basis for them. | |
| 彼らはある一定の基準に照らしてあらゆる慣用の疑問を解決出来たらよいと願うせいもあって、この種の標準が存在し機能していると信じ込むようになり、その基準の根拠を評価することなく判断と規則を繰り返す。 |
so thatの用法
先ほど英文解釈で出てきた際に忘れていたことから復習しておく。
- "so that"は①目的、②結果を表し得る。
- 目的の副詞表現をする際、格式体では節形式が用いられる。
が格式体である。
| E.g. | She bought the book in order that she might learn English. | |
| =She bought the book so that she could learn English. | ||
| 彼女は英語を勉強するためにその本を買った。 | ||
| E.g. | Please turn off the lights so that I can sleep. | |
| 私が眠れるように明かりを切ってもらえますか。 | ||
| E.g. | Then please hurry, darling, and get dressed so we can start. | |
| じゃあお前、出かけられるように急いで着替えてくれ。 |
- 結果の副詞節は
もしくは
で導かれる。
は主文の後に置かれ、その前にコンマを付ける。
| E.g. | He held up the candle, so that the light fell strongly on his visitor. | |
| E.g. | I took no notice of him, so he flew into a rage. |
- so thatを含む結果節と目的節とは形式上は類似するものの、4点相違点がある： ①結果節は実際に生じた事実を述べるため、法助動詞を取らない。 ②結果節では
| E.g. | We paid him immediately, so (that) he left contented. | |
| [結果節]彼に直ぐ支払いを行なったので、彼は満足して帰った。 | ||
| We paid him immediately so that he would leave contented. | ||
| [目的節]彼が満足して帰るよう、直ぐに支払った。 | ||
| E.g. | ×It was so that he flew into a rage that I took no notice of him. | |
| 〇 It was so that she could learn English that she bought the book. | ||
| E.g. | × So that he flew into a rage, I took no notice of him. | |
| 〇 So that she could learn English, she bought the book. |
辞書を引いた語彙
辞書は
単語
語彙 |
発音記号 |
意味・内容 |
調べた理由 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| whatsoever | not at all; not of any kind | 意味 | ||
| thrive | to become, and continue to be, successful, strong, healthy, etc. | 意味 | ||
| façade | 1. the front of a building2. the way that sb/sth really is | 意味 | ||
| infallibility | 1. never wrong; never making mistakes2. that never fails; always doing what it is supposed to do | 意味 | ||
| majestic | [məˈdʒestɪk] | impressive because of size or beauty | 意味 |
今週の英会話
先週分の練習が足りないため、先に進まず先週分を引き続き勉強します。
