Unit 2 – Part 3
VOCABULARY
WORKSHEETS
• Talk About Yourself (for Unit 2) • Find the Implicit Questions (for Unit 2) • Conversation Analysis (for Unit 2) • Give Longer Answers (for Unit 2)
AUDIO TRACKS + TRANSCRIPTS
1-32
1-33
1-34
1-35
1-36
1-37
1-38
♪ 1-32 MODEL SENTENCES (p.36)
| How much time do you spend studying a day? 1日にどのくらい勉強に時間をかけますか？ |
How much time do you spend studying a day? Ichi nichi ni dono kurai benkyou ni jikan o kakemasu ka? |
| How much time do you spend studying a week? 1週間にどのくらい勉強に時間をかけますか？ |
How much time do you spend studying a week? Isshu kan ni dono kurai benkyou ni jikan o kakemasu ka? |
| I spend around two hours a day. 1日に2時間くらい時間をかけます。 |
I spend around two hours a day. Ichi nichi ni ni-jikan kurai jikan o kakemasu. |
| Around two hours a day. 1日に2時間くらいです。 |
Around two hours a day. Ichi nichi ni ni-jikan kurai desu. |
| I hardly ever study. めったに勉強しません。 |
I hardly ever study. Metta ni benkyou shimasen. |
| 何かをするときの所要時間について答えるときには、「Around two hours a day.」のように、「I spend」を省略しても構いません。ネイティブスピーカーはいつも省略して話します。 | Around two hours a day. When answering how long you spend time doing something, it’s okay to drop the “I spend” in your answer. Native speakers do so all the time. |
♪ 1-33 MODEL SENTENCES (p.37)
| How often do you clean your room? どのくらいの頻度で部屋の掃除をしますか？ |
How often do you clean your room? Dono kurai no hindo de heya no souji o shimasu ka? |
| About once a week. 1週間に1回くらいです。 |
About once a week. Isshu kan ni ikkai kurai desu. |
| I rarely do. めったにしません。 |
I rarely do. Metta ni shimasen. |
| I hardly ever do. ほとんどしません。 |
I hardly ever do. Hotondo shimasen. |
| I never do. 全くしません。 |
I never do. Mattaku shimasen. |
| では、「About once a week.」について見てみましょう。これを完全な文で答えるとしたら、「I clean my room about once a week」となりますが、「I clean my room」の部分はあってもなくても構いません。このように質問文の繰り返しとなる部分は、ふだんの会話では省略して答えることもよくあります。 | About once a week A longer version of this answer includes the subject and verb: “I clean my room about once a week”. Again, this is optional during conversation, where dropping subjects and verbs is quite common. |
♪ 1-35 SOUNDING NATURAL NOTE: How to talk about yourself (p.38)
| Sounding Natural Note: How to talk about yourself | Sounding Natural Note: How to talk about yourself |
| 英語での会話をよりスムーズに進めるためには、いつも質問をされてから答えるのではなく、ときには聞かれていなくても自分から話を広げることが大切です。それというのも、ネイティブスピーカーは、「質問してそれに答えるのを繰り返す」という基本的な会話のパターンにとどまらずに、お互いどんどん自分の話をしていって会話を進めることがよくあるのです。それは相手と自分との共通点を探るためでもあります。 日常会話のレベルでは、自分のことを話すのは簡単です！教科書の4行の会話例を見てみましょう。Aさんが質問をすることで会話が始まり、Bさんが聞かれたことにプラスアルファした長めの答えを返しています。続く3行目では、Aさんが、Bさんの答えに対してリアクションしてから、1行目の質問に自分自身も答えています。そして4行目では、Bさんが、Aさんの話にリアクションして、さらに別のコメントを付け加えています。ネイティブスピーカーは、このような調子で質問し合わずに会話をすることが多いので、いつも頭に置いて練習してみてください。では、パートナーと一緒にこの会話例を声に出して読み合いましょう。次に、同じようなパターンの会話を自分たちに当てはめて書いてみましょう。 |
One important key to sounding more natural in English is to sometimes talk about yourself. This is because native English speakers often vary from the basic “question-answer” conversation pattern in an effort to find common ground. Talking about yourself, at a basic level, is easy to do! Take a look at this four-line example. Speaker A begins with a question, and Speaker B gives a “+alpha” long answer. In line 3, Speaker A reacts to Speaker B’s answer, then makes a personal comment by answering his own question from line 1. Speaker B then reacts and adds a personal comment about the same topic.Native speakers talk like this all the time, so the more you can do this, the better. For practice, read the example dialog out loud with your partner and then write your own similar version in the spaces below. |
♪ 1-36 (USA), 1-37 (UK), 1-38 (AUS) LISTENING PRACTICE (p.39)
| A: Hey! You look great this morning! B: Oh yeah? (UK: Really?) Thanks! Well, I slept (1) well last night, I guess.(UK: I must have slept well last night.) (AUS: I slept well last night, I suppose.) A: That’s good. What time do you usually go to bed? B: Oh, I try to get to bed by 11… I need at least seven (2) hours of sleep (UK: seven hours sleep). A: Yes, I know what you mean! I need at least eight or I feel really tired. Today is my hardest (3) day. I have three classes, my club, and then work. B: Wow, that’s tough (4)! What’s your easiest day? A: Hm… probably Friday. I only have one class in the morning. B: Sounds nice! You have the afternoon (5) free (AUS: off then). A: Yes, that’s right! I usually do my homework then. B: Great. (AUS: I see.) How much time do you spend (6) studying each week? A: Hm… that’s a hard question! Um, about ten hours, I suppose, on average (7). B: Yeah, me too. I try to study one or two hours a day, if I can. A: Oh! Speaking (8) of studying… I have to go to class now. Shall we meet later for lunch? B: Great idea! See you in the cafeteria at noon. A: Okay, later! (AUS: See ya!) B: Bye! |