英会話 - English USA [Lesson L20P1]

English USA
Lesson 20, Part 1

1.	このレッスンのPart 1では、現在のことを話す場合と過去のことを話す場合の違い、過去のことに関する質問への答え方を学びます。マーティンは農家の家族について取材するために農業を営む夫婦の家を訪ねています。

	This is English USA, on the Voice of America. Now, Lesson 20, Part 1.

	MARTIN:	I like your farm, Walter.
	WALTER:	Thanks. I like the farm too. I lived in town for seven years.
	MARTIN:	But you liked the farm?
	WALTER:	Yes. My father was a farmer. I was a child. And then I was a student. I lived in the country for nineteen years.
	MARTIN:	Did you work with your father?
	WALTER:	Of course. I worked in the morning, and I worked in the evening.
	MARTIN:	Did you go to school?
	WALTER:	Yes. I went to high school in town.

	WALTER:	Some farmers don't like animals.
	MARTIN:	You have cows.
	WALTER:	That's right. I like sheep too.
	MARTIN:	Do you grow corn and beans?
	WALTER:	Yes. But I have cows and sheep. Do you like sheep?
	MARTIN:	I like animals. But I live in the city.
	WALTER:	Where is your home?
	MARTIN:	I live in Baltimore.
	WALTER:	Do you have a family?
	MARTIN:	Yes. I have a wife, a son and a daughter.
	WALTER:	Are they with you here?
	MARTIN:	No, they're in Baltimore. My wife is working.
	WALTER:	My brother lives in Philadelphia. That's in the East.
	MARTIN:	That's right.
	WALTER:	My sister lives in the West. She lives in Los Angeles. She lived in San Diego last year.
	MARTIN:	Is she married?
	WALTER:	Yes, she is.
	MARTIN:	What does she do?
	WALTER:	She makes airplanes. Her husband makes airplanes too.
	MARTIN:	Are your parents living?
	WALTER:	Yes, they are.
	MARTIN:	Where do they live?
	WALTER:	They live in San Diego. They lived with my sister.
	MARTIN:	Was your sister married?
	WALTER:	No. She is married now. She married last year. She moved to Los Angeles. They stayed in San Diego.

2.	過去のことを話す時には動詞が変化します。「私は（現在）町に住んでいます。」と言うときには"I live in town."ですが、「私は（以前）町に住んでいました。」と過去のことを言うときには"I lived in town."となります。会話の一部をもう一度聴いてください。

	MARTIN:	I lived in town for seven years.

	MARTIN:	But you liked the farm?

	MARTIN:	I lived in the country for nineteen years.

	MARTIN:	Did you work with your father?

	MARTIN:	I worked in the morning, and I worked in the evening.

	MARTIN:	Live. Lived.

	MARTIN:	Work. Worked.

3.	過去のことについて尋ねるときの質問はよく"Did"からはじまります。"Did"(～した)からはじまる質問をされたら、あなたは過去のことについて答えることになります。次の質問と答えを聴いてください。

　
MARTIN:

Did you work last year.

　
WALTER:

Yes, I worked with my father.

　
　

　

　
MARTIN:

Did she live with her parents?

　
WALTER:

Yes, she lived with her parents.

　
　

　

　
MARTIN:

Did they walk to town?

　
WALTER:

Yes, they walked to town.

　

4.	マーティンが過去のことについてあなたに質問しますので答えてください。その後、ストーリーは続きます。

　
MARTIN:

Did you work last year?

　
YOU:

[Yes, I worked last year.] or [No, I didn't work last year.]

　
　

　

　
MARTIN:

Did you live in an apartment last year?

　
YOU:

[Yes, I lived in an apartment last year.] or [No, I didn't live in an apartment last year.]

　
　

　

　
MARTIN:

Did you study last year?

　
YOU:

[Yes, I studied last year.] or [No, I didn't study last year.]

　
　

　

　
WALTER:

Let's walk to the house. Do you want some coffee?

　
MARTIN:

Yes, please.

　
WALTER:

See the corn?

　
MARTIN:

Where?

　
WALTER:

Look to the south.

　
MARTIN:

Is that south? I see the corn.

　
WALTER:

Now look to the west.

　
MARTIN:

I can see soybeans.

　
WALTER:

That's right. I grow corn and beans.

　
MARTIN:

Do you visit your mother and father?

　
WALTER:

My wife and I visited my mother and father last year.

　
MARTIN:

Did you visit your sister?

　
WALTER:

No, we didn't. She visited us here.

　
MARTIN:

Do you visit your brother?

　
WALTER:

No, he visited us too. We had a family reunion.

Lesson 20, Part 1はこれで終わりです。

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