F27 Christopher

alphabetic order
Star-Gazing/Moon-Watching gaze:～をじっと見つめる
同：stare,look fixedly, take a good look

We can watch TV on mobile phone.10 years ago we couldn't do that.We ccan get new information easily. That's true but we should learn how to use the movile phone. When we use them, we can call anyone anytime from almost anywhere. It's more convienient than 100 years ago. I think it will be much smaller and lighter and it will have function like a PC. I don't like that idea. It sounds kind of like the Borg.

It's not as big a problem as people say.
It's not as bad as people think.

For examplem Ayumi Hamasaki, a famous Japanese ainger. She sings many songsm but I don't get the difference.The songs are too similar. I don't thnk so, but at that time we gave more importance to the lyrics than these days.
I can't understand why so many people follow new tech. We don't have to keep up with it.
user-friendly=easy-to-use

I think it depends.
an instruction manual:取り扱い説明書
I have a DVD recorder with many function, but I only use 1 or 2 usually.

F00 Eoghan

It's a kind of pun...
Seven days without water make one weak.
The price are lower than usual.The price are reduced than usual.
The usual price is...
How many of you were there?There were 5 of you.
How many of them there?There were 5 of them.
a rush mat
rush:い草reed:アシ、ヨシa wheat(小麦）［barley（大麦）］straw
circumlocution：遠回し、回りくどい表現
housewarming party 新築祝い、新居披露パーティーwelcome party歓迎会←leaving partyfarewell　送別会wedding reception結婚披露宴
bachelor party（米）独身（男性）最後のパーティ（英／stag night)bachelorette party （米）独身（女性）最後のパーティ

F35 Eoghan

◆ 日曜に快い朝寝を楽しむ
enjoy a pleasant morning in bed on Sundays
enjoy a refreshing long sleep on Sundays
have a nice lie-in on Sunday mornings

◆ This morning I slept in and didn’t get up until after midday.
今朝は二度寝をして起きたのは昼過ぎだった。

◆ 土砂降り
It's raining cats and dogs outside.
It's really pouring.

get soaked びしょ濡れになる

drizzle 霧雨、細雨、こぬか雨
It is drizzling


We had a really excellent time on vacation in Hawaii. The weather was awesome. I bought tons of magnificent souvenirs for people back home. We did amazing fun things there. I went scuba diving and I saw loads of unbelievable things underwater. My husband took a great number of pictures. He’s the best photographer I have ever seen. We ate the most gorgeous meal on a cruise ship on the last night. I would recommend traveling to Hawaii. It’s a wonderful place.


We had a good time on vacation in Hawaii. The weather was very nice. I bought some nice souvenirs for people back home. We did some fun things there. I went scuba diving and I saw many nice things underwater. My husband took a lot of picture. He’s a good photographer. We ate good meal on a cruise ship on the last night. I would recommend traveling to Hawaii. It’s a nice place.


-example answer-
We had the best vacation in Hawaii. The weather was perfect, really spectacular. I bought a ton of exotic souvenirs for everyone I know. You wouldn’t believe how much fun we had.
The greatest experience of my life was when we went scuba diving. The coral and the fish are breathtaking. I was like nothing I’ve ever seen before. It didn’t look real.
My husband took a thousand photographs. He’s such a spectacular photographer, he really should start working for a magazine.
Last night blew me away. We dined on board a cruise ship. The food just melted in my mouth. You have to go to Hawaii. It’s out of this world.

F09 Christopher

warranty:〔商品の品質に〕保証、保証書
insurance:保険

-Preparing the listener-
I know you're busy, but could I ask you a favor?
I hate to be a nuisance, but...
I'm sorry to bother you, but do you mind if I ask you a question?
I'm sorry to be so much trouble, but...

-Giving reasons-
Well, you see...
I'd really like to...
It's really important that...

-Making polite requests-
It would really help if...
I was wondering if it would be possible....?
I'd really appreciate if it...

I don't have much time to get to my flight (before my flight.)
Would you mind letting me forward? ( a head of you)

Would you mind if I ask a question?
I’d like to board the airplane with 2 bags.
I understand that, but…
Actually my company is having a big meeting tomorrow morning.
*会議、パーティなどはhavingを使って進行形で。

Please don’t make me meet this client.
don’t make me 原形不定詞　～させてないで

F23 Rick

I'm not fussy.
Either one is OK.
Anything's OK.

次の２つは、ネガティブイメージ
I don't care.
Whatever.

fussy(adj):<人が>〔ささいなことに〕うるさい、気むずかしい
*fussily(adv):やきもきして
*fussiness(n):小うるさいこと

*syn./finicly(いやに気にする）,paticular,difficult
*ant./indiscriminate(〔物を選ぶのに〕無差別の、見境のない、でたらめな),random,thoughtless

■to assign=to give responsibility/duty/task
■to accept=to agree to receive
■to deny=to refuse to accept a fact
=to say "That's not true." about an accusation.

*to accuse=to say "You're guilty."
*an accusation = a statement: "You're guilty.", "You did it."

■blame=responsibility for a negative result
■assign blame(君がいけいない）=say:
"It's your fault."
"You made this happen."
"This happend because of you."
"You're the one to blame."
"I blame you for this."

■accept blame=say:
"It's my fault."
"I'm resposible for this."
"I'm culpable."
"Mea culpa!"
"Guilty, as charged."

*culpable(adj):非難に値する、とがめるべき
*culpably(adv)
*culpability,culpabiliness(n)

■deny blame=say:
"No way!"
"I'm innocent!"
"Don't blame me!"
"It's not my fault!"
"I didn't do it!"
"Don't look at me!"

■re-assign blame=say:
"It's not my fault. It's your fault.!"

F23 Eoghan

■It wasn't as wonderful as I thought it would be.
■It was better than I thought it would be.
(It was better than I expected.)

■会話の途中でYeah!を連発しない！
-Oh! OK.
-Oh! I see.
-Oh! Gotcha.
-Oh! I understand.
Yeah!の連発は不自然。相手を急かしている雰囲気、関心がない印象を与えてしまう。

*gotcha:（発言に対して）わかった！

■jar:（広口の）かめ、びん、つぼ
*a jar of jam:ひと壺のジャム

■tub:おけ、たらい、（バター・ラードなどの）容器、入れ物
*a tub of margarine

■loaf:パン1個
*a loaf of bread:パン１本

■自分の考えを言う…
in my(own) opinion,
if you ask me,（私に言わせれば）
I think that....
My image is ....

【Review (050910/051022/051120/051208)】
*Giving Opinion
I believe…/I am sure…/I think…/I reckon…(support: because…必要)
I suggest…/I suppose…/I guess…(don’t supportly)
In my opinion…
It seems to me that…
I suppose…(Agreeing opinion)
I guess…(Agreeing opinion)
From(In) my point of view…/From my view point…
In (From) my experience…
The way I see it…
My understanding is…
As far as I am concerned…（←very strong）
If you ask me…
Personally, I reckon…

*Agreeing with opinions
I suppose so.
I guess…
That’s true.
I think so too.
Exactly (←strong)
I couldn’t agree more. (←very strong 100% agree)

*Disagreeing/Polite disagree/Part agree
You have a good point, (but/although/however/on the other hand)
That’s a good point, but…
That’s true, but…
I understand what you are saying,
I understand what you are trying to say,
Partly I agree,
In part I agree,
I can understand what you are saying,
I can understand your point,
I know(can understand) where you are coming from,
I know(can understand) what you are getting at,
I know(can understand)what you are trying to say,
You might be right.

I don’t think so…
No way!

■How've you been?
ハゥ（口をすぼめて）　Howであげて youで下げて　beenで上げ　最後は下げるイントネーション

■simple(adj)-simply(adv)-simplify(v):簡単にする
*simplify:make simple【OPPSTE】complicate

F35 Eoghan

excellent,outstanding,magnificent,exceptional,sublime,fantastic,wonderful,brilliant,
amazing,unbelievable,incredible,astonishing,unspeakable,admirable,outragerous,
tremendous,stunning,marvelous,stupendous,awesome,fabulous,beautiful,gorgeous, dazzling,

■excellent
Her performance was excellent beyond expression.
彼女の演奏は言葉では言い表せないほどすばらしかった。
【同意語】outstanding:目立った、顕著な、傑出している、優秀な
an outstanding example
顕著な例
【同意語】magnificent:壮大な、堂々とした、崇高な、すばらしい、とびきり上等な
a magnificent party
すばらしいパーティ
【同意語】exceptional:例外的な、特別すぐれた、優秀な
exceptional beauty
並外れた美しさ
【同意語】　sublime:荘厳な、崇高な、（女性語）すばらしい、卓越した
What a sublime dress!
なんとすばらしいドレスでしょう
■fantastic
As for how good their beef stew tastes, it’s utterly fantastic!
その店のビーフシチューときたら、本当にすばらしい。
*as for～:～について言えば
*utterly:まったく、すっかり（否定的な意味合いで使われることが多い）
*entirely:全く、すっかり（望ましい内容の語句を修飾することが多い）
■wonderful
It was such a wonderful movie that I saw it five times.
あれはとてもすばらしい映画だったので、私は５回見た。
■brilliant
He’s an absolutely brilliant singer.
彼はまったくすばらしい歌手だ。
* absolutely:（主に女性語）断然、無条件に、確実に、決定的に
■amazing:びっくりさせるような、驚嘆すべき、見事な
You’re amazing!
すごいね。大したものだ。
“Amazing [How unbelievable!] The weather’s fantastic.” –“Yes, it’s hard to believe there was such a storm last storm last night.”
うわー、すっごくいい天気。うん、夕べの嵐がうそみたい。
■unbelievable
It’s unbelievable [incredible,amazing], isn’t it.
恐れ入ったね。
an absolutely [a quite] unbelievable mistake[piece of good luck]
まったく信じられない誤り［幸運］
■incredible:信じられない、途方もない、驚くべき、びっくりするほどすばらしい
It was so incredible I rubbed my eyes in disbelief.
信じられなくって思わず目をこすったね。
a tremendous[a stunning, an incredible] bargain
すごいお買い得商品
in incredible haste
信じられないほど急いで
absolutely incredible
まったく信じられない
■astonishing:〔人を〕びっくりさせるような、驚くばかりの、めざましい
It’s astonishing (that) she (has) got angry that way.
彼女がそんなに怒ったなんて驚きだ。
What is amazing [astonishing] is that he could finish the work in only two days.
驚くべきことは彼がその仕事をわずか２日でやり遂げたということである。
■unspeakable:言葉に表せない（言葉に言い表せないほど）ひどく悪い、大変不快な
unspeakable happiness
言いようのない幸せ
■admirable:賞賛に値する、あっぱれな、立派な、見事な(excellent)
His determination to keep going in spite of the repeated setbacks was admirable.
挫折を繰り返しながら、なおかつあきらめない根性は見上げたものだ。
It is an admirable place to come to for a holiday and rest.
そこは休日や静養にやってくるには申し分のない場所だ。
■outrageous:著しく上記を逸脱した、あきれほどの(terrible)、すてきな、ほれぼれする（fantastic）
How outrageous she looks in red!
彼女は赤い服だとほれぼれするね。
outrageously expensive
法外に高い
His behavior was absolutely outrageous.
彼の行動はまったくけしからんものだった。
■tremendous:すさまじい、とても大きな、巨大な(enormous)、すてきな、すばらしい(wonderful)
a tremendous appetite
ものすごい食欲
a tremendous talker
たいへんなおしゃべり
a tremendous time at a party
パーティでのすばらしいひととき
■stunning: 美しい、とても魅力的な、かっこいい(marvelous) 、驚くべき
The view of Kobe at night is stunning.
神戸の夜景は実にきれいだった。
a stunning beauty
すごい美人
■marvelous:驚くべき、不思議な、ありそうもない(wonderfulより強意的)優秀な、すばらしい
The food was absolutely marvelous.
料理はこの上なくすばらしかった。
■stupendous:並外れた(astonishing)、とてつもなく、すばらしい
There are stupendous views in all directions.
あたり一面はどこもすばらしいながめがある。
■awesome:すさまじい、すごい、とてもいい
■fabulous:とてもなく大きい、信じられないような、（女性略式）すばらしい(wonderful)
We had a fabulous time on our vacation.
休暇は本当に楽しかった。
Every answer right! Fabulous!
全問正解です。お見事！
I have a fabulous idea.
（口語）とてもいい考えがある。
■beautiful:美しい、きれいな、すばらしい、みごとな
■gorgeous:豪華な、華美な、華麗な(splendid)、（主に女性語・略式）見事な、すてきな、すばらしい(wonderful)
an absolutely gorgeous view
まったくすばらしいながめ
an unbelievably gorgeous meal
信じられないぐらいに豪華な食事
■dazzling:目もくらむほどの、まぶしい、見事な、すばらしい
She was dazzling young scientist.
彼女はまばゆいばかりの若い科学者だった。
dazzling [loud, strong] colors
強烈な色
■awful:ひどい、たいへん悪い、不快な
I am awful tired.
ぼくはへとへとに疲れている。
I’m awfully sorry.
本当に気の毒です。本当にごめんなさい。
How awfully hot it is!
えらい暑さだ。
Oh, it was an awful experience!
いやさんざんでしたよ。
■terrible
You can’t imagine what a terrible time we had at the party.
パーティがどんなにつまらなかったか、見当もつかないでしょう。
I had a terrible nightmare.
私は恐ろしい夢を見た。
be terrible at driving
運転が下手だ。
This party is boring and the food is terrible.
このパーティは退屈で料理はひどいもんだ。
I’m terrible with names!
私は名前を覚えるのが苦手だ。
I had a terrible headache.
ひどく頭が痛い。
■huge:巨大な、莫大な、でっかい、たいした
■enormous:異常に大きい、巨大な、すごい
■tiny:ごく小さい、ちっちゃな、ごくわずかの
■exhausted:疲れ切った、へとへとの（tired out）、使い尽くされた
■starving:餓死寸前の
【同意語】famish(ed):飢えている
I’m famished. （口語）I’m famishing.
私は腹ぺこだ。
【同意語】ravenous：腹ぺこの、食欲旺盛な、非常に飢えている
I’m terribly ravenous [famished]. I’m starving to death. I’m awfully hungry.
お腹がぺこぺこだ。
■totally:まったく、すっかり、完全に
That’s crazy; you are totally wrong.
それは絶対的におかしいよ、間違っている。
You’re completely [quite] wrong. It’s totally different.
それは全然違う。
That is totally out of the question.
そんなことはとてもできない。
■incredibly:信じられないほど、非常に、とても
incredibly cheerful
底抜けに明るい
It was incredibly funny.
すごく面白かった。
I’m incredibly hungry. I’m absolutely starving.
すごく腹が減った。
be incredibly [marvelously, wonderfully] adept
信じられないほどうまい
*adept: 熟練した、巧妙な
This is an incredibly easy problem to solve.
信じられないくらい解くのが簡単な問題だ。
■insanely: 狂ったように
be insanely [madly, crazily] busy
目が回るほど忙しい
■unbelievably
an unbelievably beautiful day
信じられないほど美しい日
It tasted unbelievably foul.
信じられないほどにまずかった。
*foul:不潔な、汚い、（天候などが）悪い、荒れた、（主に英略式）ひどい、不愉快な
an unbelievably gorgeous meal
信じられないくらいに豪華な食事
■tons of
I have tons of things to do.
やらなければならいことが山ほどある。
■loads of
We have loads of problems.
問題が山積みだ。
We had loads of fun.
大いに楽しんだ。
■miserable:みじめな、情けない、粗末な
It’s miserable today. I don’t want to go out.
今日はひどい天気だ。外に出たくない。


*tremendously
*hopelessly
*greatly

F22 Stephen

*impatient:我慢できない、いらしている、もどかしい
【OPPOSITE】calm,indifferent:無関心な、

>If you are impatient, you are annyoed because you have to wait too long for something.
>If you are impatient, you are easily irritated by things.

irritated:いらいらした、怒った。

>having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked

provoke:<人・事が><人など>を怒らせる、じらす

*defensive:防御的な、防御用の　【OPPOSITE】attacking

>You use defensive to describe things that are intended to protect someone or things.
>Someone who is defensive is behaving in a way that shows they feel unsure or threatened.

threatened:おどされた、

*uninterest:無関心

>If you have an interest in something, you want to learn or hear more about it.

*stressed out:ストレスで疲れた、ストレスがたまった

> If someone is stressed out, they feel very tense and anxious because of difficulties in their life.

tense:緊張した、張りつめた

*confident:確信している、自信がある

>If you are confident about something, you are certain that it will happen in the way you want it to.
>If a person or their manner is cofident, they feel sure about their own abilities, qualities, or ideas.

=optimistic, sure, self-assured,

*attentive:注意深い、油断のない、思いやりのある

>If you are attentive, you are paying close attention what is being said or done.

=alert, conscientious:入念な、用心ぶかい

*sincere:誠実な、まじめな、心からの、真剣な

honest, heartfelt:心からの、深く感じた、 genuine:本物の、心からの

*exhausted:疲れ切った、へとへとの(tired out)、消耗された、使い尽くされた

>If you are exhausted, you are very tired indeed. You do not use words such as 'rather'or'very' in front of exhausted, you can, however, use words such as completely, absolutely, or utterly.
>very tierd

【OPPOSITE】fresh as a daisy（疲れないで、元気で活動して）, raring to go（勇んで）

*fidget:もじもじする。そわそわする。

>If you fidget, you keep moving your hands or feet slightly or changing your position slightly, for example because you are nervous, bored, or excited.

slightly:わずかに、

【OPPOSITE】sit still, be at ease

*frown:しかめつらをする、まゆを寄せる

>When someone frowns, their eyebrows become drawn together, because they are annoyed, worried, or puzzled, or because they are concentrating.

eyebrows:まゆ毛
drwan:引きつった、引き伸ばされた

*roll:（目が）ぎょろぎょろ動く、

>His eyes rolled with surprise.
彼はびっくりして目をぎょろぎょろさせた。

*slouch:前屈みになる、だらけた態度（歩き方）

>If someone slouches, they sit or stand with their shoulders and head bent so they look lazy and unattractive.

*shrug:肩をすくめる

*crack:パン（ピシッ）と音を立てる

F07 Rick

*teamwork: the combined action of a group, especially when effective and efficient

>combined:結合した、組み合わせた、複合体の
>effective:効果的な
>efficient：有能な、効率がよい

*strength :the quality or state of being physically strong（強さ）

*strategy:a plan of action designed to achive a long-term or overall aim

>overall:全体の、全般的な、すべてを考慮に入れた

*coordination:the organization of the different elements of a complex body or activity so as to enable them to work together effectively（調整）

>complex:複合の、合成の

*aggression:feelings of anger or antipathy resulting in hostile or violent behaviour（攻撃、侵害）

>antipathy:（生理的な）嫌悪、反感>hostile:敵の、敵意のある、反感をもった

*reflexes:an action that is performed without conscious thought as a response to a stimulus（反射神経）

>stimulus: 刺激、激励、鼓舞

*flexibility:（柔軟性）

*discipline:the practice of training people to obey rules or code of bhavior, ushing punishment to correct disobedience（規律）

>code:規約、規則、習慣

*endurance:the ability to endure an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way（耐久、忍耐）

*focus:the centre of interest or activity, the state or quality of having or producing clear visual definition（集中）

>definition:定義、限定、想像力

F01 Chris

Main Language

I’ve always wanted to visit India and see the pyramids.

- You mean Egypt, don’t you?

- I think they might be in Egypt.

The pyramids are in Alexandria.

- Aren’t they in Cairo?

- Actually, I think you’ll find they’re in Cairo, not Alexandria.

Did you know the first man in space was American?

- I think it was a Russian, actually.

- The first man in space was from the Soviet Union, wasn’t he?

The first man on the moon was Russian.

- I think he might have been American.

- Are you sure? I thought he was American, not Russian.


*I think, 付加疑問文、might be（現在）、might have been（過去）を活用する。

Practice

It takes four hours to fly from Tokyo to New York.

- No way! It’s at least twelve hours.

- I could be wrong, but doesn’t it take a bit longer than that?

- Yeah, right! And it takes ten hours to fly to the moon.

- Er…sorry, but I think I read somewhere that it takes about fourteen hours.

- Actually, I’m not sure about, Isn’t it a bit longer than four hours.

- What? You must be joking! It’s much longer than that.